As the title suggests, this is a fun crash course in etiquette designed for those who want to learn some manners and fast! Debrett's it is not. Chapters cover a range of topics from 'meeting and greeting faux pas' and 'how to tell if you're drunk' to 'how to address royalty', all interspersed with jokes and quotes and factoids.

Contains opinions and comment on other currently published newspapers and magazines, a selection of poetry, essays, historical events, voyages, news (foreign and domestic) including news of North America, a register of the month's new publications, a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs, a summary of monthly events, vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages), preferments, commodity prices. Samuel Johnson contributed parliamentary reports as "Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia."