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 PUBLICA TIONS OF CHARLES H. SERGEI S- CO. MYERS (Annie E.)- Home Dressmaking- A Complete Guide to Household Sewing. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Leather, $2.75. Silk and Vel- lum, ^3-25- The aim of this book is to aid women who are trying to help them- selves — an admirable purpose, admirably executed. The paper pat- terns so much used for the last ten or fifteen years have been a great boon to thousands of women who are obliged to make their own garments, but to many persons the directions accompanying thise patterns are woefully puzzling, and a garment has often been ruined by the unskilled amateur. No such danger need be feared by those who follow the minute and explicit instructions here furnished. The writer makes many practical sugges- tions with relation to different styles of dress, from the simplest house gown to a bridal trousseau. She dis- cusses artistic and " reform " dress, traveling dress, cycling, tennis, the- atrical, and fancy costumes — every description, in short, of feminine wear, Mrs. Myers has thought of everything pertaining to her subject, and her book will be a treasure to many a household. — The Chicago Tribune. This is a capital book on a sub- ject of universal interest. Every woman wishes to be well dressed — that is if she has any sense of propriety at all — and every man wishes to see her well dressed. But it is not every woman nor ev- ery man, nor every household that can afford to employ a dressmaker. The problem of style and fit, of CORDING "gusset and band and seam," must be worked out by home talent, with some resources. Unless one has a natural genius for cutting and fitting, pretty bad work is of- ten made of good material, and as a rule quite unsatisfactory work It is for people that meet with such results that this book is written. There is not a garment that a woman or her children wear that is not described in this volume, and directions given for its making, with all other in- formation necessary to be known in the sewing-room. It is an admirable manual and will prove helpful not only to those who are obliged to make their own whipping garments, but also to those who are not. — The Chicago Herald.