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HALF-LENGTH FIGURES.

No. 3. DEMI-TOILETTE.-Buff silk robe; the corsage is half-high, and very open on the bosom. Long tight sleeve, and deep mancheron trimmed with folds. India muslin pelerine Canezou it is of the heart shape, and a triple fall, each bordered with Valenciennes lace, and tapering to a point at the bottom of the waist. Lace cuffs, very deep. Tulle cap; the border is turned back over the forehead, and rather deep at the ears, at each of which light tufts of flowers are placed: a band of pink gauze ribbon, encircling the caul, and tied in a knot on one side, completes the garniture.

No. 4. DINNER DRESS.-Grey satin robe; the corsage, half-high at the back, opens on the bosom over an embroidered guimpe; it is trimmed in the lappel style, with Brussels lace: the skirt opens in front on a muslin dress, embroidered en tablier. Tight sleeve, a threequarter length, with a round, deep lace cuff, terminated by a ruffle. Lace cap, decorated with a band and knot, with floating ends of black and crimson-striped velvet ribbon.

No. 5. MORNING DRESS. - Muslin robe, made quite up to the throat, with a standing collar trimmed with lace. Blue levantine redingote; the corsage is of the habit form, with a falling collar and lappels, festooned at the edges: the skirt is open, and the sides decorated with festooned robings, increasing in width as they descend. Long tight sleeve; festooned cuff and mancheron; the latter arched and cleft in the centre. Organdy cap; a round shape, bordered with Valenciennes lace, and decorated with a

twisted band of pink ribbon, terminated by a knot, with fringed ends on one side, and a tuft of roses embedded in foliage on the other.

SECOND PLATE.

MORNING VISITING DRESS. - Robe of striped and shaded Italian taffeta, a high corsage deeply pointed, and long tight sleeves. Blue satin polonaise; the corsage is made quite high; it buttons from the throat half-way to the waist, sloping off and open at the sides, so as to display the front of the dress. The skirt sloped off in a round in front, is a half-length, and bordered with black velvet lace, which is headed by a row of fancy trimming; the latter decorates each side of the corsage. The back of the polonaise is ornamented with three buttons, attaching bands of fancy trimming on each side of the hips; they descend half-way down the skirt, and are terminated by buttons. Ornaments composed of fancy trimming and buttons decorate each corner of the front of the skirt. The sleeve is rather more than a three-quarter length, tight at the upper part, and moderately wide at the lower; it is terminated by a cuff of a novel form (for which we refer to our print), and a fall of black velvet lace. Chapeau of pink velours épinglé, a round moderately open shape, very short at the ears; the garniture is composed of a double rouleau of twisted ribbons, a lappet of point d'Angleterre, which forms coques and ends

at the sides and crosses the crown, and pink brides. Collar of point d'Angleterre. SECOND FIGURE Presents a back view of the dress we have just described; but the robe is green satin, and the polonaise black velvet. Stone-coloured satinchapeau, trimmed with ribbons to correspond, forming a full knot on one side, and terminated on the other by a bouquet composed of a fullblown rose, encircled by small May roses, and placed in the centre of a tuft of foliage.

HALF-LENGTH FIGURES.

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No. 3. EVENING DRESS.-French grey robe, a low corsage deeply pointed, opening in front on a lace guimpe, and trimmed round the top with a deep fold, which is bordered with two rows of point d'Alençon; the trimming descends in a point nearly to the bottom of the waist. Short sleeve, covered with double bands of ribbon placed lengthwise. Head-dress of hair, decorated with a guirlande Sevigné, and a large gold pin.

No. 4. CARRIAGE DRESS.-Puce-coloured levantine robe; the corsage is quite high, tight front is formed by a triple seam; the front, as to the shape, and demi-pointed; the shape of the far as the point of the shoulder, is trimmed with bands of black velvet ribbon placed horizontally, and terminated at each end by a fancy silk or

nament.

stomacher style to the bottom of the corsage, This trimming is continued in the and is repeated in a reverse direction on the skirt. Long tight sleeve; cuff trimmed with velvet bands, and cleft mancheron crossed in the style of the corsage. Blue velvet chapeau; one ming is composed of ribbon to correspond, and of the new, moderately open shapes; the trima long white and blue shaded ostrich feather.

No. 5. EVENING DRESS.-Pink Italian taffeta robe; a low corsage deeply pointed at bottom, and descending a little in the centre of the bosom. Brussels lace pelerine, open on the bosom, and sufficiently deep to cover the short tight sleeve. The centre of the corsage is ornamented with a bouquet of roses without foliage. The head-dress presents a front view of No. 3.

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WM. S. ORR & CO., AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER ROW.

PERCY ST. JOHN'S INDIAN TALES.

This day is published, elegantly bound in cloth, price 3s. 6d.

THE ENCHANTED ROCK.

"Graphic Tale."-Athenæum.

BY PERCY B. ST. JOHN.

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"As a picture of wild semi-savage life, it is full of interest."-Atlas.

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