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Eric Horne recalls fifty-seven years in domestic service, describing the routines, expectations and personalities encountered in the households of the nobility and gentry. His recollections bring the formal appearance of a large house into contact with the practical work required to keep it running.
Meals, clothing, hiring, personal conduct and relationships between servants and employers form part of a career told in the author’s own unconventional voice. Horne also reflects on wages, savings, honesty and the uncertain prospects awaiting an aging servant. The complete 1924 memoir preserves the original illustrations, foreword and conclusion.
Eric Horne. Thomas Seltzer,NewYork,1924. Complete Project Gutenberg production credits and license retained.