What's the real title of that "proper young man's guide" book I saw?

What's the real title of that "proper young man's guide" book I saw?
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Could it be "A Gentleman Entertains"? This sounds similar. I picked it up this up skeptically off a friend's liquor cabinet and found that it was not what I thought but actually something that might be useful.
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