After /the brilliant success which attended, in the spring of last year, our volume on/ The Fan--/a success which was the result, as I cannot conceal from myself, much more of the original conception and decorative execution of that work of luxe than of its literary interest--I have determined to close this series of/ Woman's Ornaments /by a last little work on the protective adornments of that delicate being, as graceful as she is gracious/: The Sunshade, the Glove, the Muff. /This collection, therefore, of feminine toys will be limited to two volumes, a collection which at first sight appeared to us so complex and heavy that a dozen volumes at least would have been required to contain its …
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