CONTENTS.

Preliminary Observations on the Subject 5
General Remarks on the Manners and Fashions of the Past and Present Times 14
On the Female Form 19
The same Subject, of Female Beauty, more explicitly considered 34
General Thoughts on Dress and Personal Decoration 48
On the Peculiarities of Dress, with reference to the Station of the Wearer 68
Of the Detail of Dress 82
On Deportment 105
Peculiarities in Carriage and Demeanor 110
On the Management of the Person in Dancing, and in the exercise of other Female Accomplishments 126
Continuation of the same Subject 149
Conclusion 156
APPENDIX.
On the Use of Corsets 163
On the Ladies’ Passion for Levelling all Distinction of Dress 173
Recipes 183