In 1894, Ruth Smythers, `Beloved wife of The Reverend L. D. Smythers’, wrote: `One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: give little, give seldom and, above all, give grudgingly…’ The Methodist wife didn’t intend to be amusing, but this brief treatise written for young brides is side-splitting today and an eye-opener to how our love lives have changed in just over a century.
ISBN 9781849539760