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THE MANTUA-MAKERS' ARMS.

On a shield sable, a Corset proper; crest upon a wreath of roses, an Hour-glass or, typical of golden hours wasted. Supporters, Harpies the dexter "Fashion," crowned with a chignon or, corsetted and crinoletted proper, her train being decorated with bows, and the wings with scissors; the sinister, Vanity," crowned

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JOHN MARSHALL, Esq.

F.R.S., &c. &c.

PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, AND ART ANATOMY,

TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART,

LONDON, 1874.

& Inscribe this little Book

AS A TOKEN OF

LONG-STANDING FRIENDSHIP.

LUKE LIMNER.

Body,

Form,' and 'Pressure.'

error, is our earnest desire; and even if we
cause a thinking few to pause before they
immolate youth and beauty at the shrine
of vanity, we shall be amply remunerated.
The sentiment enounced by some would-
be Theophrastus of the Siècle Louis XIV.:
"Il y a autant de foiblesse à fuir la Mode, .
qu'à l'affecter," was in that day con-
sidered a very convenient and expansive
axiom, there can be little doubt. It seemed
to embody an elasticity of meaning calcu-
lated to suit everybody. It was charmingly
accommodating, and without the slightest
cynical ill-nature in its mode of expression
or opinion.

By those whose affluent or easy circumstances enabled them to prefer the weakness of affecting the Fashion to the weakness of shunning it, and who had a predilection for sayings that furnished them with a semblance of rational authority for its indulgence, we may readily suppose it to have been a somewhat favourite mode of