THE BOOK OF FAIR WOMEN THIRTY TWO PLATES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS E. O. HOPPÉ with an introductory essay by Richard King [Title Page Decoration] New York Alfred A. Knopf 1922 CONTENTS Beauty, Charm, & Beautiful Women the World Over Thirty‐two Portraits PORTRAITS 1. AMERICA—Lady Lavery 2. AMERICA—Mrs. Lydig Hoyt 3. AMERICA—Viscountess Maidstone 4. AMERICA—Miss Malvina Longfellow 5. AMERICA—Miss Marion Davies 6. RED INDIAN—Princess White Deer 7. ENGLAND—“Hebe” 8. ENGLAND—Lady Diana Duff‐Cooper 9. ENGLAND—Miss Gladys Cooper 10. ENGLAND—Miss Kathlene Martyn 11. SCOTLAND—Viscountess Masserene and Ferrard 12. IRELAND—Miss Grace D’Arcy 13. FRANCE—Mlle. Raymonde Thuillier 14. ALGIERS—Madame Revalles 15. SPAIN—Señora Tortola Valencia 16. GIPSY—Miss Fedora Roselli 17. ITALY—Signora Comanetti 18. PORTUGAL—Señora Maria Di Castellani 19. RUSSIA—Mlle. Fedorova 20. POLAND—Madame Mika Mikun 21. NORWAY—Miss Olga Morrison 22. SWEDEN—Miss Anna Q. Nillson 23. ARMENIA—Armen Ter Ohanian 24. CHILE—Countess Lisburne 25. ECUADOR—Mrs. Haddon Chambers 26. INDIA—Princess Monchsa 27. JAPAN—Mrs. Tokugawa 28. CHINA—Mrs. Wellington Koo 29. CUBA 30. HAITI 31. HAWAI 32. DUTCH WEST INDIES PREPARER’S NOTE The Introduction is a product of its time, and the preparer does not endorse its ideas about race. The book was notable in its day, however, for including portraits of non‐white women. BEAUTY, CHARM, & BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THE WORLD OVER BEAUTY “Beauty is only skin deep,” cries Ugliness, pinning her faith on the fascination of the Intelligence. “And ugliness goes to the bone,” Beauty replies, though she fears that that shaft of “wit” must have originally been spoken by a pantomime librettist. “Handsome is as handsome does,” retorts Ugliness, quoting from the Plain Woman’s volume of Copy‐Book Maxims. And so this battle of words goes on.