How to skin a lion
Subtitle: a treasury of outmoded advice
By: Claire Cock-Starkey
Publisher: The British Library
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780712357821
Subjects: Questions and answers; Humor; Curiosities and wonders
Description: A collection of miscellaneous historical advice gathered from the archives of the British Library. Drawing on medieval manuscripts, Victorian manuals, and early twentieth-century self-help guides, this book uncovers an extraordinary range of advice dealing with everything from etiquette to apiculture, medicine to mechanics.