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

by active 19th century Lady of distinction

CONTENTS.

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[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]

MIRROR
OF
THE GRACES.

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