TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cock-Starkey,Claire
TI  - How to skin a lion: a treasury of outmoded advice 
SN  - 9780712357821
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - The British Library
KW  - Questions and answers
KW  - Humor
KW  - Curiosities and wonders
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
KW  - lcgft
N2  - 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
ER  -