Talks upon practical subjects
By: edited by Marion Harland (pseud.).
Contributors: Warner, Lucien C. (Lucien Calvin), 1841-1925; Warner, Ira DeVer, 1840-1913
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: Warner Brothers Co.
Published: 1895
Place of publication: New York; Chicago
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Women; Health and hygiene; Corsets
Notes: "First edition--one hundred thousand".

Advertisements for Warner Brothers Co. "Coraline corsets" and related products: p. 156-160. The company (renamed Warnaco in 1968) was founded by Lucien C. and Ira De Ver Warner; the latter's chapter on clothing includes a defense of corsets, with specific reference to the use of Coraline.

Reproduction of the original from the New York Public Library.
Table of contents: title: The air we breathe / Olive Thorne Miller; title: Food / Sarah Tyson Rorer; title: Exercise / Marion Harland; title: The nerves / Lucien C. Warner; title: Constipation / Louise Fiske Bryson; title: Corpulency and leanness / Lucy Hall-Brown; title: Care of the skin, hands, feet, and hair / Christine Terhune Herrick; title: Care of the teeth / M. Chas. Gottschaldt; title: Sleep and dreams / Grace Peckham-Murray; title: Clothing / Ira De Ver Warner; title: The art of dress / Annie Jenness-Miller; title: How to live long and well / Marion Harland.