Formerly CIP. Uk

To a young woman wishing to join a male friend on a canoeing trip, 1895: "It surprises us to find that a girl sufficiently educated to write and spell well should be so deplorably ignorant of the common rules of society to think that she may go out alone with a young man in his canoe." Having trawled the archives of magazines and newspapers, many longforgotten, author Tanith Carey has gathered together this fascinating collection of advice from agony aunts' columns through the years, creating this wonderfully nostalgic look back to a simpler, more innocent time when agony aunts played a crucial role in educating the masses about love, sex and relationships.

Ettiquette and manners.