But here it is treated in a plain, simple, matter of fact sort of way.

Men and women are divided into classes and divisions in the same way that Buffon and other writers on natural history have classified and divided the animal world.

As Venus was represented by the Greeks to stand forth as the type of the beauty of woman, so the Hindoos describe the Padmini or Lotus woman as the type of most perfect feminine excellence, as follows: She in whom the following signs and symptoms appear is called a Padmini.
Her face is pleasing as the full moon; her body, well clothed with flesh, is soft as the Shiras or mustard flower, her skin is fine, tender and fair as the yellow lotus, never dark coloured.

Her eyes are bright and beautiful as the orbs of the fawn, well cut, and with reddish corners.

Her bosom is hard, full and high; she has a good neck; her nose is straight and lovely, and three folds or wrinkles cross her middle--about the umbilical region.