Health & beauty in dress from infancy to old age / by Ada S. Ballin.

  • Ballin, Ada S.
Date:
[1893?]
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Credit: Health & beauty in dress from infancy to old age / by Ada S. Ballin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    instances their authorship has been honourably acknowledged, but in the great majority of cases the passages quoted have simply been pilfered by authors and editors, and their true origin com- pletely ignored. This being so, I am bound in self-defence to call the attention of my readers to the fact, lest they should say, on turning up a familiar passage in this book, “ Why, Mrs. Ballin has copied this verbatim from this or that journal,” while the contrary is the fact, the journal in ques- tion having calmly annexed the passage from some one of my writings. My publications on the subject of healthy dress have gained many converts, as has been proved by the large number of letters I have received asking further advice on the subject. I believe, therefore, that the wide dissemination of rational ideas on dress has done some good ; but, although isolated articles and paragraphs may be useful in their way, it is very desirable that a consecutive treatise on the subject should be available ; and, in order to supply this want, I have endeavoured to make the present work as complete, comprehensive, and practical as possible. AdAj S. Ballin. 15, Haverstock Hill, N.W.