“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.

1831.

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]