Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in? The world of ‘The Perfect Gentleman; or, Etiquette and Eloquence’ of 1860 USA. In 1860’s New York, the ‘manners’ of a New York ‘Gentleman’ may well have aped those of Old England, it being understood tht by then the word ‘gentle’ in ‘gentleman’ had … More The world of ‘The Perfect Gentleman; or, Etiquette and Eloquence’ of 1860 USA.