Sensible Dieting, and the Engel Vital Calorie Diets.
New York: Knopf, 1939. Octavo, 408 pages. FIRST EDITION. An early diet book, containing what appears to be a surprisingly sensible approach to weight loss. In the foreword titled, "Accidentally, I Become the Father of a Hornets Nest of Fads," in which the author relates the story of Hollywood starlet desiring to lose forty pounds in four weeks. He asked her what she liked to eat and recommend that she.....