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 the Sultan: My lord, a troop of those the dancing and singing girls, called Bayadères, approaches,' and to the dash of cymbals and the thumping of my heart, in she used to dance. There has never been anything like it—never. There never will be." Well, I say, when these words come into one's mind at the sight of the word Duvernay, it is natural to give this young lady a longer glance. The Queen has dressed her, not as she sprung upon Thackeray's bewitched gaze, but as she appeared in the ballet of the "Sleeping Beauty," in a fairy-like robe of white tarlatan, shining with tiny glittering shapes cut out of green, gold, and crimson tinsel. Pearls encircle her fair neck, and there are the remains of some sort of coiffure upon her head.

A robe with an immense amount of needlework in it and of the most artistic order (30) is worn by "Mrs. Dudley, formerly Mlle. Leontine Héberlé," as she appeared in the ballet of "L'Anneau Magique," in 1832—"made by Princess Victoria." It is of white satin covered with white Spanish net, and has on Each side of the skirt tiny panels made of white satin piping, tied at each end with infinitesimally small bows of white ribbon, and ornamented about half way up with tiny bunches of pink roses. The beautiful precision and symmetry of the bows and panels; the delicate finish of every part of the dress; the care with which the silver coronal and wreath of pink roses have been disposed on the head, constitute a piece of work which is, in its way, if one may use so big a word, a little "masterpiece" that would satisfy and gladden the heart of Mr. Ruskin.

The wreaths and ribbons are, I think, quite unique, and I should feel disposed to the belief that they were manufactured for this especial purpose.

The ribbon, extensively used for trimmings, is the prettiest thing of its kind. It is very narrow, well under a