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| Title | Young man's own book (title page) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
| Publication Date | 1839 |
| Illustrator | Leslie, C.R.
Corbould, H.
Ellis, George B.
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Frontispiece and half-title page are illustrated with uncolored wood engravings. The rest of the book is unillustrated.
By drawing on other's experiences as well as his own, the author attempts to "[point] out the means of mental improvement, [lay] down maxims of worldly prudence and moral wisdom, and [offer] counsel concerning manners and behavior, amusements, occupations, the conduct of domestic life, and the pursuit of business." Specific topics discussed include: Effect of learning on the manners; Advantages of female society; Principles necessary to be observed by those young men who are not yet in business for themselves (including Government of the Tongue, Ill-natured jests, and Choice of friends); Advice on entering upon business (including Proper persons to deal with, Artificial insensibility, Safest to deal with those on one's own level, and Choice of a wife); Advice with respect to manners and behavior (including Cleanliness of person, Dignity of manners, and Rules for conversation); Importance of religious knowledge; and, Dueling.
Printed on the title page: A manual of politeness, intellectual improvement, and moral deportment, calculated to form the character on a solid basis, and to insure respectability and success in life.
Printed on the title page: Sui cuique mores fingunt fortunam -Corn. Nepos ("It is a man's manners that make his fortune").
A full text version of the 1833 edition of this title is available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=L1AZAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22young%20man's%20own%20book%22&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=&f=false |
| Contextual Notes | The Young Man's Own Book was a popular pocket lifestyle guide for men in the pre- and early Victorian era. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Young men -- Conduct of life |
| Category | Manners and social etiquette
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0398 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection BJ1671.Y7 1839 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [2] plates, x, [11]-320 p.: illustrated; 13.5 x 8.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist A.70 |
