Do's and Don'ts of Yesteryear and sparkling wordplay

and sparkling wordplay

the novel is distinctive among Dickens' work for its combination of antic humor

" and "The Lawyer's Tale" from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

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Do's and Don'ts of Yesteryear and sparkling wordplayA delightful mixture of early American know how and good old fashioned gentility, Eric Sloane's Do's and Don'ts captures the spirit of bygone America in words and pictures. Combining two of the beloved folk historian's nostalgic how to guides, this collection offers vintage, homespun advice that recalls "the joy of doing things not just the old fashioned way, but plainly the right way." A shining historical gem, this little book of American lore