A volume of poems on various subjects, of which the principal one is entitled The Christiad, has been published by the author, William Alexander, Esq., A. M. The work is brought out in handsome style, and a cursory examination induces us to believe that it contains many passages of merit.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FASHION PLATE.
Toilette de Ville.—Dress of violet colored satin, à la Reine; skirt plain; corsage high, à la Puritan; hat of shaded yellow satin, and ornamented with a shaded feather, or with shaded garnets velvet; sleeves large, slit half way up the arm, and falling back upon the sides.
Toilette de Bal.—Dress of white muslin; skirt ornamented with three rows of embroidery, in festoons, or scollops, with large spaces, and surmounted right and left by a bouquet, composed of three daisies, with foliage. The same trimming of embroidery and flowers on the corsage, which is very low, with the point somewhat rounded, and without sleeves. The head-dress, in perfect keeping with the toilette, is composed of a (franche) crown of daisies, those of the front part of the head very small, and those of the sides and back much larger.
The sketch by Fanny Forester published in our last was sent originally to the publisher of Graham’s Magazine, and was set up from the manuscript for our last number. We mention this to correct a misapprehension of the newspaper press, and to relieve the author from any imputation. The fault was our own, in leaving the article so long unpublished.
