LETTER II.

DRESS--(_Continued._)

STORIES AND ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATIVE OF DRESS.

THE HERO OF THE BALL-ROOM.--The Author's Liking for Mass Meetings--A Fête--Louis Philippe and the Militia Officer--A real Soldier conquered by the Fair!--The "Observed of all Observers"--A Morning Visit--Dissection of the "Observed of all Observers"--The Hero of the Ball-Room is consigned to the "Tomb of the Capulets" in a bright, pea-green, thin Muslin Shooting-Jacket! 43

Anecdote of Bulwer, the Novelist, 48

The Green Mountain Boy and his New Cloak, 49

Count Orloff at the "Peace Convention," 50

THE FASHIONABLE HAT.--A Young Clergyman resolves to Visit "the City"--His Plans for Economy--A new Black Coat--A Secret Design--Fashionable Ridicule--The Young Clergyman makes the mortifying Discovery that he is wearing a "Shocking Bad Hat"--Reluctantly determines to buy a New One--A Traveller in an Old "Kossuth"--Test of what is Admissible in the Dress of the Clergy--Reflections of a "Sadder and a Wiser" Man--The Uncle and his Little Nephew--"Bradbrook's" and the "Pretty Coat"--Another Secret "Design--The Tyrant of Social Life, 50

The Chief Justice--and the Travelling Gloves of an Exquisite, 54

GOV. MARCY AND THE PARISIANS.--The American Secretary of Legation at St. Cloud, at a Court Dinner--Address of the Turkish Ambassador--The Distinctive Mark of a Gentleman, 56

THE RED CORNELIAN PÂTÉ.--Sketch of an Elegant leaning upon a Bass-viol--Poetry of the Female Voice--An Alpine Party--A Lady's Avowal--Coxcombs--A Mysterious Stranger--My Lundy-Lane Sword--A Figure of Speech appropriate to a Sportsman's Daughter--The "Weed" and the Shawl--An Apple--The "Tug of War"--The Pitiable Finger! and the Cranberry Pâté--Design of the "Mysterious Stranger"--Jack the Giant-Killer and his Victim--A Revelation--The Dove and the Vulture, 58

Postscript to Letter II.--Letter to the Author from a Distinguished Man of Fashion--Directions for the Details of Gentlemen's Dress, on various Occasions--Wedding Costume-- Morning and Evening--Evening Dress--Dress for Morning Visits--Costume for Bachelors' Dinner-Parties--General Remarks upon Colors, etc.--Effect of Black Dress--Blue-- Brown--Anecdote of Beau Brummel--Opinion of a French Critic--Importance of the "Cut" of Garments--Ease the First Essential--An Artistic Air--Wadding, or Stuffing, to be used in moderation--Sensible Observations of a Man of Discriminating Taste, 63