pendage to morning dress. The materials for gowns have not varied since last month. The trimming of a white gros de Naples dinner dress struck us as being very novel and pretty: it is composed of lozenge puffs of blond net; they are made very full, edged by a bias band of pink satin, attached by bows of the same material, and ornamented with a small rose composed of velvet in the centre of each puff. We should not omit to say, that this trimming surmounts a very broad wadded satin tuck. We have seen some dress hats made with a double brim; the lower one small, a little pointed, and rather narrower behind than before: the upper brim is of the same shape, but turns up; the crown is very small and low. These hats are composed of blond net; some are embroidered in gold, silver, or steel: when that is the case, they are ornamented with feathers. Those that have no embroidery are adorned with flowers. A wreath of flowers placed between the double brim is partially seen through it, and a small bouquet is attached to one side of the crown. Fashionable colours are, various shades of brown; those called Trocadero and bear's ear are much in favour; cinnamon and mouse colours are also fashionable; and different shades of rose colour, citron, lavender, deep blue, crimson, and azure.. FRENCH FEMALE FASHIONS. PARIS, Feb. 18. My dear SOPHIA, THE court mourning for the late King of Sardinia, which is at this moment very generally adopted by the greatest part of our élégantes, gives a good deal of uniformity even to promenade dress: I mean only as to colour, for there is no particular material expressly used for the mourning; velvet, silk, and satin being in equal estimation. The pelisse or manteau is generally of velvet; the bonnet of the same material, with black feathers; and the gown of silk or satin, trimmed with gauze, crape, or fur. Trimmings of this last material are now very much in favour, even for mourning dresses. Sable, chinchilla, red fox, and grey squirrel are most in favour, but ermine is supreme ton: those ladies to whom expense is not an object, have their mantles or pelisses entirely lined with it. The newest chapeaux have the crown in the form of a diamond; these hats are trimmed with marabouts, each angle being placed between two of these feathers; a full bouquet of marabouts also ornaments the front: the crowns of other bonnets have a fulness at the bottom and top, of about an inch broad, and between these ornaments is placed a garland of flowers, or a rouleau of curled feathers. The crowns of bonnets are still low, and the brims something smaller than they have lately been worn; they are made to stand a good deal out from the face, and the strings are always attached inside of the brim. The most fashionable bonnets for ladies who do not observe the court mourning, are composed of an intermixture of velvet and satin, of two very strongly contrasted colours; their only trimming is a full bow with long ends placed just over the left ear. Those élégantes who dislike this mixture of colours, wear velvet bonnets trimmed with a broad band of striped ribbon round the crown, and a large cockade of the same ribbon placed at each side. The mantles or pelisses worn with these bonnets are velvet, to correspond in colour, or coating; satin and levantine being now used only for linings, for which the former is most fashionable. The hoods of pelisses and the pelerines of mantles are now much longer; their trimming consists generally of an edging of the lining: some are, however, trimmed with fur; but this is rarely the case, except, as I before mentioned, when the mantle is lined with ermine. Dinner dress consists of a gown of gros de Naples, levantine, or velvet: the corsage is ornamented by a drapery in folds, which, sloping down on each side of the bosom, is confined at the bottom of the waist and on the shoulders by bands of jet beads; or, if the wearer is not in mourning, of coloured satin. Short | sleeve, made very full, and confined to the arm by a band; a row of cornets, a sort of trimming which sticks out in such a manner as to remind one of the quills of a porcupine, forms a half-sleeve. The trimming of the skirt consists of a broad satin rouleau, surmounted by a deep row of cornets, over which are three satin rouleaus. The most fashionable evening dresses are of black tulle, or crèpe over satin; they are spotted in general with jet stars; and the trimming consists of a mixture of the same material as the gown, with jet ornaments and plumes of cocks' feathers. White, rose, Trocadero, and azure crape, gauze, or tulle, over satin, are the materials used by the few élégantes who appear out of mourning. The favourite trimming is an intermixture of flowers and tulle: the tulle, quilled in a full ruche, and wreathed with roses, forms a very light and pretty chain; it surmounts a broad rouleau, to which bouquets of flowers are attached at regular distances. Very young ladies, if they do not appear in mourning, have gowns of white or rose-coloured crèpe trimmed with bouillonné, made very full, and interspersed with rosettes of another colour. The sleeves and the trimming of the corsage correspond. The rosettes must be of similar colours with the flowers which form the coeffure; and the bouquet is now an indispensable appendage to full dress. Mourning head-dresses consist of white satin hats with black feathers, or black ones with white plumes. An ornament, in the form of a reed, in jet, placed rather far back, and a plume of black cocks' feathers in front, are also fashionable. White marabout plumes, mixed with gold ornaments, are much in favour with ladies out of mourning, as are also flowers. A favourite coeffure consists of three bouquets of roses of different colours, one placed just above each ear, and the third inserted between the two large knots of hair on the crown of the head. Those ladies who appear in colours, wear Trocadero, lavender, citron, azure, rose, and crimson. Adieu! Always your EUDOCIA. 185 FASHIONABLE FURNITURE. A FRENCH BED AND DECORATION OF THE CHAMBER. the semicircular back or otherwise, as by a simple means it is readily attached or liberated. The colour of the apartment be THE end of the apartment being sufficiently recessed to receive the tripod supports of the drapery, they stand in the situation represented in the annexed plate during the day-ing a light blue, the draperies would time, but at night they may be drawn forward with the curtains, so as to canopy the bed in as ample a manner as may be desired, and thus obtain a larger inclosure than is usual with this article of furniture. The bed itself is prepared to draw forward on rollers, either accompanied by harmonize if of a delicate fawn or pink, lined with white. The basket is intended to contain artificial flowers, and each tripod would be decorated in a similar manner. The chairs and other furniture should be designed in a corresponding style. INTELLIGENCE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, &c. SHORTLY will be published, under the patronage of, and dedicated by permission to, the King, Views and Illustrations of his Majesty's Palace at Brighton, by his private architect, John Nash, Esq. This work will consist of Picturesque Views, highly finished in colours, as facsimiles of the original drawings, chiefly made by Mr. A. Pugin, of the entire building and principal offices, taken from the gardens; also views of the chief apartments, as completed with their furniture and decorations. The whole will be illustrated by plans and sections, accompanied by descriptions, explanatory of the building, the relative situation and appropriation of the apartments, and of their splendid furniture. Specimens of this work, which will be finished in the first style of elegance, and of which only two hundred copies will be printed, may be seen at Mr. Ackermann's, where also subscriptions are received. 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Mr. George Cruikshank is engaged in illustrating two volumes, entitled Tales of Irish Life, written, from actual observation, during a residence of several years in various parts of Ireland; and intended to display a faithful picture of the habits, manners, and condition of the people. translation of that part of this collection which has not yet appeared in an English dress, from a complete copy of the original, which the eminent Oriental scholar, Mr. von Hammer of Vienna, was fortunate enough to meet with during his diplomatic mission at Constantinople. Mr. A. A. Watts is preparing for publication a new edition of his Poetical Mrs. Lanfear has a small volume near-Sketches, which will include Gertrude de ly ready, entitled Letters to Young Ladies Balm and other additional poems. on their first Entrance into the World; to which will be added, Sketches from Real Life. 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Dibdin will publish in April next, The Library Companion, or the Young Man's Guide and the Old Man's Comfort in the Formation of a Library, in one very large 8vo. volume. It is well known that Galland's French translation of the collection of the Thousand and One Nights, from which the versions into other European languages have been made, was so imperfect as to contain only the smaller number of those celebrated tales. The public will there- || Pickersgill, A. R. A. will be published fore learn with interest, that Mr. Acker-in a few days. A highly finished and accredited likeness of Mrs. Hannah More, engraved by Worthington, from a painting by H. W. |