Men and How To Manage Them

Men and How To Manage Them by ‘An Old Housekeeper’ is a facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1885 by A.H. Massina in Melbourne. It is augmented with illustrations from publications, catalogues and advertising pamphlets of the time, all held in the National Library of Australia collection. Like its sister book, A Book for Every Woman, the household advice in Men and How To Manage Them was serious in 1885. Today, it is a humorous look at the way one author advised women to make the best of their domestic situation in the late nineteenth century.