Front matter

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Punctuation varies widely and was kept as printed; most other inconsistencies were kept as printed. Inconsistencies in spelling retained, along with the few corrections made, are listed at the end of this text.

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Pl. 1.

DRESS AS A FINE ART. WITH SUGGESTIONS ON CHILDREN'S DRESS.

By MRS. MERRIFIELD.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON Head Dress. By PROF. FAIRHOLT.

BOSTON: JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY. CLEVELAND, OHIO: JEWETT, PROCTOR, AND WORTHINGTON. 1854.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by JOHN P. JEWETT & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts

PRESS OF GEO. C. RAND, WOOD CUT AND BOOK PRINTER, CORNHILL, BOSTON.

STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.