The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice

Introduction       x Part One: The Gregarious Gentleman       1Chapter One: Out & About       2Digital Man • Artful Conversation • Jukeboxing • Flaskmanship • Elevator Etiquette • At Table • Skinny-Dipping • Comings & Goings • Family Reunions • Amen Corner Chapter Two: Entertaining      38Group Dynamics • Hosting • Intimate Gatherings • The Active Table • Houseguests • Charcoal Briquetiquette • Bachelor Party • Best ManningChapter Three: Wooing      65Flirtation • Dates • The Open Triangle • Do-It-Yourself • Long-Distance Runaround • Exes & Ohs • Taking a Break • The Crack-Up  Part Two: The Inner Gentleman      95Chapter Four: Gentlemanly Knowledge      96Literature • Poesy • Classical Music • Jazz • Fitness • Soothsaying • Man Cycle • Fonzarelli Moves & Legerdemain Chapter Five: Appearance & Style       126Sartorial Savvy • Accessories • Knots & Cravats • Pyjamas • Eyewear • Hatiquette & Umbrella Policy • Tattoos • Hair, Hygiene, & Habits Chapter Six: Domesticity       154Domestic Policy • Vittles • Single Space • Heartifacts • Toiletiquette • Spitting, Hiccoughing, & Other Expulsions Part Three: The Potent Gentleman       179Chapter Seven: Venerable Vices: Alcohol, Tobacco, & Fireworks       180Spirits • Beyond & Tonic • The Solitary Drink • Oenophilia • Bubbly • Working with a Hangover • The Ethic of Alcohol • Tobacco • Substances • Gaming • Golf • The PoniesChapter Eight: Between the Sheets       221Romantic Recon • Prophyletiquette • XXX: Phineas’s Phavourites & Tesauro’s Titillations • The Afterglow • To the Power of 3Chapter Nine: Trouble      239Sticky Situations & Solutions • Conversational Gaffes • Secrets, Lies, & Confidences • Office Romance • Losing It • The Bile Barometer • The Apology  Part Four: The Wayfaring Gentleman      263Chapter Ten: Travel            264Motoring • Sleeper Trains • Theorem de Valise • Guest Decorum  Part Five: The Ceremonial Gentleman       283Chapter Eleven: Public Relations      284Politics of Friends • Social System • Correspondence • Flora • Gifting • Handy Gifting GuideChapter Twelve: Beyond Bachelorhood      303The Fourth Decade • The Rock • Proposals • Vows • The Good Husband  Afterword       314Bibliography       316About the Authors       319Index      320