PREFACE.
appears on the surface; and the little book goes out hoping to meet, if not new friends, at least some old ones.
The science of the toilet is well-nigh as delicate as that of medicine; and as no prescription has yet proved a specific for disease, no recipe can reach all cases of complexion. I could wish for this book the good-will and consideration of physicians, under whose advice it may be hoped its suggestions will ap prove themselves of wide service.
S. D. P.
