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ADVERTISEMENT.
The Book of Costume ! Though the philosopher
and the politician may, perhaps, at the first glance,
be disposed to regard with some degree of disdain
the subject of which the writer has ventured to treat
in this volume, yet a little reflection will be sufficient
to convince them that, after all, it is not so frivolous
as they may have imagined.
Costume, comprehending all that relates to Dress
and Fashion, furnishing a standard of civilization, in-
volving the interests of the arts and of commerce, is, in
fact, an important element in the prosperity of States.
The study of its changes, their causes, and their
consequences, cannot, therefore, be unworthy the at-
tention of the scholar or the statesman — of the man
of business, or the man of pleasure; while there are
few readers of the gentler sex to whom it can fail
to prove a theme of exciting interest.
The Book of Costume ! Though the philosopher
and the politician may, perhaps, at the first glance,
be disposed to regard with some degree of disdain
the subject of which the writer has ventured to treat
in this volume, yet a little reflection will be sufficient
to convince them that, after all, it is not so frivolous
as they may have imagined.
Costume, comprehending all that relates to Dress
and Fashion, furnishing a standard of civilization, in-
volving the interests of the arts and of commerce, is, in
fact, an important element in the prosperity of States.
The study of its changes, their causes, and their
consequences, cannot, therefore, be unworthy the at-
tention of the scholar or the statesman — of the man
of business, or the man of pleasure; while there are
few readers of the gentler sex to whom it can fail
to prove a theme of exciting interest.