The Mirror of the Graces / Containing General Instructions for Combining Elegance, Simplicity, and Economy with Fashion in Dress; Hints on Female Accomplishments and Manners; and Directions for the Preservation of Health and Beauty
CONTAINING
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR COMBINING
ELEGANCE, SIMPLICITY, AND ECONOMY
WITH FASHION IN DRESS;
HINTS ON FEMALE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MANNERS;
AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
BY A LADY OF DISTINCTION.
“If Beauty be woman’s weapon, it must be feathered by the Graces, pointed by the eye of Discretion, and shot by the hand of Virtue.”
FROM THE LONDON EDITION.
BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY FREDERIC S. HILL, NO. 7, WATER STREET.
active 19th century Lady of distinction
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CONTENTS.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUBJECT.
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE MANNERS AND FASHIONS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT TIMES.
ON THE FEMALE FORM.
THE SAME SUBJECT, OF FEMALE BEAUTY, MORE EXPLICITLY CONSIDERED.
GENERAL THOUGHTS ON DRESS AND PERSONAL DECORATION.
ON THE PECULIARITIES OF DRESS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE STATION OF THE WEARER.
OF THE DETAIL OF DRESS.
ON DEPORTMENT.
PECULIARITIES IN CARRIAGE AND DEMEANOR.
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PERSON IN DANCING, AND IN THE EXERCISE OF OTHER FEMALE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.
CONCLUSION.
APPENDIX.
ON THE USE OF CORSETS.
ON THE LADIES’ PASSION FOR LEVELLING ALL DISTINCTION OF DRESS.
RECIPES.
Transcriber’s Notes
