How to Be a Gentleman Revised and Expanded: A Timely Guide to Timeless Manners (A Guide to Etiquette and Skills for a Successful Life) A Perfect Gift for Men (The GentleManners Series) Paperback – April 26, 2022

I keep a couple of these on my bookshelf for when graduation and birthdays roll around. Excellent update from the original I purchased back nearly 14 years ago.

This is a great book for older guys to take in (such as myself), but anyone would be doing the world a favor if they gifted it to an 18-year-old young high school graduate or even college. But the recipient has to read it and put the manners and etiquette contained within into daily practice. The world is lacking in civility, grace, and dignity. Women would appreciate any male reading this and taking it to heart.

My wife got me this book because I had seen a hardbound version of it in a men's clothing store but did not want to pay the large markup.The book is spot on with many suggestions but it could be spot-checked a little better. There are a few instances where the same suggestion is made again (and it's a proofreading error, not for emphasis).Nice to see the book is starting to incorporate more modern technology. It would be great to see a chapter emphasizing cellular and email etiquitte in any updated editions. Beyond a gripe about how it is rude to text when with others, it seems like the younger generation (myself being in it and teaching college students also in it) does not realize that it is not appropriate to use the same language or symbols in an email that might be common while texting. A series of these kinds of suggestions would help make a newer edition appear timely rather than a book that has a few random sentences added to it so a newer edition can be published.This book could be expanded in several topics that do not change often: like how to pair or use certain dresswear. I appreciate the diagram on tying a bowtie. From the description and the picture, I figured out how to fix a problem I had been having with my knot (and that I picked up in several online videos as well as a diagram I had seen before). I was a bit surprised not to see something similar for a few types of normal tie knots or at least a mention of how to use some of them (depending on a particular collar or jacket).Overall, this book was a pleasant and helpful read. I will eventually get a version of this kind of book for my son or daughther (in addition to passing down the tips they will encounter).

We millennials didn’t learn manners from the Cartoon Network; and too many of our parents did not instill their own children the manners they were taught in childhood. I have found that good etiquette makes me stand out in the workplace in very positive ways. Reading Mr. Bridge’s books has caused me to pine for a more genteel society. To paraphrase Gandhi, I am trying to be the gentleman I wish to see in the world.I cannot recommend Mr. Bridge’s works on gentlemanliness highly enough.

I purchased this book years ago for my oldest grandson and he missed placed. I re-purchased to re-gift to him now that he is 23 years old. I read the book before giving to him and love it. I feel it is an excellent book for boys who grow up without a father figure, as with my grandson. It helps to teach them the bits and pieces mom or in my case grandma misses. Thanks

Excellent book. Got it as a gift. It was read immediately and it is highly appreciated.

I ordered this book for my 19 year old son's birthday. He reads parts of this book often and found it has very good, useful tips. We also have it in our office lobby and people always pick it up and flip through it.

This book is detailed in its identification of manners but unfortunately not a comprehensive guide to etiquette. Bridges' approach is to identify and state the correct course of action for a gentleman. To his credit, the book does go through a lot of situations in which men will find themselves in our modern day. However, what this book requires to make it excellent is a comprehensive explanation of *why* these manners have become 'gentlemanly' custom. Other etiquette books I have read excel in explaining the reason why things are so rather than simply stating 'A gentleman will...' as begins almost every paragraph in this book. Because of this, it feels as though Bridges is simply providing a cheat sheet in the test of socialising rather than truly teaching one how to be a gentleman...... then again, that might be exactly the reason you want to read this book.