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 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.

1831.

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
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