Parties

This book offers practical guidance, ideas, advice and information to make a party an enjoyable occasion for guests and partygiver. Problems of social custom and etiquette are clarified and there is advice on style of party, venue, guestlist and invitations, food and drink, entertainment and social skills. In addition it shows the reader how to be the perfect party guest - how to answer invitations, how to arrive and when to make an entrance, how to dress, what gifts to bestow on the hosts, how to behave once there and how to leave at precisely the correct time. There are 20 original cartoons drawn by Austin to illustrate the text. Drusilla Beyfus has also written "Lady Behave", "The English Marriage" and "The Bride's Book".