Project Gutenberg 2008-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 279 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org)) "The Ladies' Book of Useful Information" by Anonymous is a practical reference guide written in the late 19th century. This comprehensive work is designed specifically for women, offering a wealth of knowledge on topics ranging from beauty and health to home management and personal development. It aims to empower women with skills and information that would help them enhance their physical appearance, manage household tasks efficiently, and navigate social complexities. At the start of the book, the author emphasizes the importance of personal beauty and outlines various methods for maintaining a radiant appearance. The opening chapter delves into skincare, hair care, and oral hygiene, highlighting safe and natural remedies rather than harmful cosmetics. The author promises that with the techniques provided, any woman can enhance her natural beauty, with instructions on treating various skin issues and enhancing one’s overall physical appeal. This serves as an introduction to the extensive practical advice that follows, setting the stage for a manual that not only caters to vanity but also prescribes wisdom for nurturing health and domestic skills. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Women -- Health and hygiene Interior decoration Physiology -- Popular works Decoration and ornament Marriage Beauty, Personal Conduct of life -- Early works to 1900 Cosmetics Traditional medicine Sexual ethics Pregnancy Cooking for the sick Menstruation HQ RA Text Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: Health & Medicine 559525 559526 2024-10-11T09:45:40.925038 2023-09-11T12:03:50.888731 text/html text/html 559961 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 190794 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 284061 2024-10-11T09:45:52.584991 application/epub+zip 288860 2024-10-11T09:45:45.070040 application/epub+zip 267128 2024-10-11T09:45:43.382083 application/epub+zip 504071 2024-10-11T09:45:57.793984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472140 2024-10-11T09:45:51.391090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458604 2022-09-12T09:08:20.005388 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513272 2024-10-11T09:45:39.449051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 513918 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 182998 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 513054 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 182761 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 513051 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 182724 2021-01-04T00:40:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26630 2024-10-11T09:45:57.944944 application/rdf+xml 12163 2024-10-11T09:45:44.046031 image/jpeg 2894 2024-10-11T09:45:43.686046 image/jpeg 269760 2024-10-11T09:45:40.968056 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia