THE MIRROR OF THE GRACES; OR, THE ENGLISH LADY'S COSTUME. CONTAINING GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMBINING ELEGANCE, SIMPLICITY, AND ECONOMY HINTS ON FEMALE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MANNERS; HEALTH AND BEAUTY. BY A LADY OF DISTINCTION. "If Beauty be woman's weapon, it must be feathered by the Graces, EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR ADAM BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE, AND LONGMAN AND CO. LONDON. CONTENTS. PAGE 11 Preliminary Observations on the Subject General Remarks on the Manners and Fashions of the The same Subject, of Female Beauty, more explicitly General Thoughts on Dress and Personal Decoration . 48 118 Peculiarities in Carriage and Demeanour On the Management of the Person in Dancing, and in the exercise of other Female Accomplishments Continuation of the same Subject Conclusion 136 161 169 APPENDIX. On the Use of Corsets 177 On the Ladies' Passion for Levelling all Distinction of |