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Don'ts for Wives (Hardcover)

by Blanche Ebbutt (Author)

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Hardcover: 80 pages
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd; Min edition (25 Jun 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0713687908
ISBN-13: 978-0713687903
Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.2 x 1 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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'Anyone who has trouble deciphering their field sketches would learn something from the importance of observation stressed in this book.'
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4.0 out of 5 stars The best book of marital advice I've read, 13 Jun 2009

By	L O'connor (richmond, surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This book was published in 1913, but much of the advice it gives is still relevent today:

Don't try to model your husband on some other woman's husband. Let him be himself and make the best of him.

Don't expect your husband to be an angel. You would get very tired of him if he were.

Don't take your husband at his own valuations, but at yours. He may be unduly modest, or just a little too cocksure.

Don't set your husband up on a pedestal and then cry when you discover he is just an ordinary man, after all.

Don't expect to drop into marital harmony with the end of the honeymoon, you have not thoroughly learned to know each other's foibles by that time.

Don't think you can each go your own way and be as happy as if you pulled in double harness. In all important matters you want to pull together.

Don't expect all the 'give' to be on his side, and all the 'take' on yours.

Don't become a mere echo of your husband. If you never hold an opinion of your own, life will be dreadfully colourless for both of you, and there will be nothing to talk about.

Don't spend your life keeping up appearances. why should you buy expensive furniture for the benefit of your neighbours if you haven't got a balance at the bank?

Don't grudge the years you spend on child-bearing and child-rearing. Remember you are training future citizens, and it is themost important mission in the world.

This delightful little book is full of very sound advice, and my only regret is that it is so short. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a book of advice on how to have a happy marriage.

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5.0 out of 5 stars My grandmother bought the original, 25 Nov 2008

By	Dr. R. M. Laws "rmluk_-_not_a_trader_-_sellin... (England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have long been amused by this book and am very glad to see it reprinted. I have my grandmother's original copy which she bought when she got married in 1914. When you think that she bought it as a serious guide to how women should behave in a marriage you realise that things really have got better since then. Robert

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for verbal jousts, 13 Dec 2007

By	Maclennane (Horsham, Sussex) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)

A good read for Mr and for Mrs, sending admonishments flying back and forth. Written in a Victorian style (if the date is to be believed, it is early 20th. Century)the man is head of the household, and the lady must not be caught yawning as he finishes his last pipe! There is plenty to return in terms of what can be expected from the husband and, contrary to Harry Enfield sketches you might have seen, exhorting ladies to have opinions all of their own. Clearly an idea which will never catch on.

All in all it's a grin, and a quick, light read which is perfect as a cheeky stocking filler for a recalcitrant wife.

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