Originally published in 1870, Personal Beauty contains many Victorian recipes for health and beauty along with valuable and unusual advice for attaining physical perfection.

The authors approach the subject of women's appearance from the perspective of health and hygiene.

Descriptions of dress, make-up, hair fashion, and physical beauty reflect the strict code of behavior regarding appearance in Victorian England.

Directions towards cooking and wifely conduct.

Sander L. Gilman explores such questions in Creating Beauty to Cure the Soul, a cultural history of the connections between beauty of body and happiness of mind.

Discussion about women and gynmastics, exercise, diet, nutrition, and general good health.

An illustrated guide to grooming, fashion, and etiquette for women.

Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich der Frage nach den sozialen Praxen und gesellschaftlichen Bedeutungen von Schönheit bei den Karo Batak in Sumatra, Indonesien.