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196 herself with the ornamental parts of dress, with costume, or the elegance or absurdity of some particular fashion; but she has commenced from within, has analyzed the wants, and noted the structure of all the internal organs, and then adapted the clothing that envelopes them in such a manner as not only to preserve the health, but to impart the greatest benefit to the wearer. To assist nature to develope beauty of form, and to correct, perhaps to conceal, defects, is the task proposed to her­self by Madame Caplin."—Weekly Times, Oct. 5th, 1856.

"Of its kind, the work before us is one of the most perfect that has hitherto been published, that is, as a practical work; but it does not profess even to discuss the whole question of clothing. The chapter on the relation of dress to the human figure might have been enlarged into the dimensions of the whole volume, without exhausting the subject. The work, which is well illustrated and elegantly got up, is especially addressed to ladies, and is one that every mother should possess."—Educational Times, Oct. 1st, 1856.

"This work is intended expressly for females, and contains much useful information respecting dress in relation to health and comfort. The scientific knowledge of the authoress has availed for the invention of corsets and other articles of attire suitable for all the varying necessities and advancing infirmities peculiar to females. We recommend the work to the perusal of the maternity of England."—Lady's Newspaper, October 4th, 1856.

"Madame Caplin has invented a hygienic corset to which was awarded a medal at the Great Exhibition, and which has been otherwise recognised as an ingenious and useful invention. The present volume, however, comes within the scope of a notice in our columns chiefly because it contains intelligent and sensible disquisitions on the philosophy of health, taste, and comfort.