Regularly Scheduled Programming

I'm hoping to have two regular features on this blog. It helps keep me focused and productive.

The first is a review of Genevieve Antoine Dariaux's A Guide to Elegance. I intend to choose an entry each week (some weeks will have more than one as some of them are very short). I'd like to examine them in the context of modern understanding, since the book was written in 1964, and while some updates were made, such as addressing cell phones, it was not a full update. For those who would like to follow along and don't have the book, it can be found on Amazon by going here.

The second regular feature is a comparison of the original edition of Etiquette (1922) and the 18th edition (2011). The first edition is available through Project Gutenberg and the 18th on Amazon. It won't be a direct comparison, given that there are entire sections of each book that aren't in the others, but I'm interested in looking at the items that are in both and what has changed. Many of the changes happen gradually over the course of the 89 years between them, but still, it marks time rather uniquely.

These will begin in the next few weeks. I'm excited, since it gives me a chance to delve into three books that I rather enjoy. I hope you'll join me!