I am please to be the first reader to contribute a review of this fine tome. Any fans (like me) of the excellent "I Am Dandy" book by Natty Adams and Rose Callahan will want to add "How to be a Chap" to their library of top-quality books about men's dress and behavior. "Chap" even uses several photos, and men, from Rose's "Dandy" shoots. Whereas "Dandy" deals with the men who devote themselves to the finer things, "Chap" gives you a manual on how to join in their ranks. It covers the history of gentleman culture from Beau Brummell to Mr. B, the Gentleman Rhymer and how to live by the "Rules of a Chap." Temple (himself featured in the "I Am Dandy") presents this information with tongue-firmly-planted-in-cheek. You know the pseudo-serious tone if you have read Temple's outstanding magazine "The Chap." He is serious about the need to return to more chappish ways (like the "Give Three-Piece A Chance" demonstration when Abercrombie & Fitch opened a garish store on Savile Row) but it does not mean one has to be a stick-in-the-mud about it. So raise a glass to the Chap and join the Chap Revolution. (Please also follow me: TheDapperAcademic on FB)