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Title: Can't see how a young child could appreciate the humor
Review: We find out in the epilogue to the book that the author's husband gave her as a gift a very old (1802) booklet on manners. She took the manners tips from this book and turned it into a tongue-in-cheek book. The problem is that the tips are written in the 1802 form so that a young reader will read things like "Sit not down till thou art bidden by thy parents or superiors". The child is supposed to read this old style English and then notice that the accompanying illustration shows the host breaking the rule. Frankly, it was not easy to determine who were the hosts and who the guests, nor is it that obvious as to who is doing what, including pets who are somehow included in the illustration also involved in the breaking of the rules. I takes way too much effort for a young reader to figure out both the meaning and the humor, which, in all honesty, is not really there. I can't quite figure out why this book got published.
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