Little Girl's Dress.-Tunic dress of red velvet; paletot of green velvet and gold-coloured braid. Felt hat, with feather.

Promenade Dress.-Robe of taffetas à disposition; double skirt, the upper one terminating with fringe, headed by wreath; high body, with fringe, and double sleeves to correspond. Bonnet of green velvet and satin.

Carriage Dress. - Robe of satin, the skirt ornamented by quilles of stamped velvet; jacket body; mantelet of rich blue velvet, trimmed with black lace. Bonnet of white Terry velvet and lace.

Walking Dress. - Robe of checked popeline, with plain skirt and high body, with small basque; manteau of drap, trimmed with velvet and tassel fringe. Bonnet of black velvet and plaid.

PLATE II.-Carriage Dress. Robe of taffetas; the skirt is covered by three flounces ornamented by velvet spots; casque with pelerine and large hanging sleeves to correspond. Capote of marron velvet and satin.

Little Girl's Dress.-Tunic dress of taffetas, ornamented by bouillons edged by lace; low body, with pointed berthe; very short sleeves, with frill, and under ones in bouillons, embroidered guimpe with collar.

Walking Dress.-Robe of droguet, with double skirt edged by bands of plaid; mantelet shawl of taffetas, with quilted border trimmed with lace. Bonnet of Terry velvet, with velvet flowers.

Evening Dress.-Robe of pink taffetas, covered by flounces of lace, the upper from the waist, the two lower ones are headed by bouillons having bouquets of flowers and noeuds of ribbon placed at intervals; the body is with berthe of lace, and bouillons, noeuds, and flowers on the shoulders, and similar ones in the hair.

Promenade Dress.-Robe of bois satin, with jacket body ornamented with velvet; manteau of black velvet, embroidered with rich galons. Bonnet of Terry velvet, with feathers.

PLATE III.-Dinner Dress. -- Robe of blue taffetas; the skirt is covered by flounces of the same, and one of black lace between every two of silk; jacket body, with berthe of black lace; bell sleeve, with lace, headed by a narrow bouillon. Coiffure à l'Eugenie, with flowers. Walking Dress.-Manteau of black silk, with deep band of velvet round the bottom; small pointed cape, edged with fringe and tassels at the point. Capote of marron velvet, with feathers.

Little Boy's Dress.-Tunic and paletot of cachemire, edged with plush.

Little Girl's Dress. -Frock of popeline, the body of a square form; burnous of cachemire, with hood, the whole having a band round of velvet plaid. Capote of green silk in small bouillons.

Evening Dress.-Robe of citron gauze, double skirt; the under one has three large bouillons, the upper two flounces of white lace headed by ruches; pointed body, with berthe of white lace; bunches of lilac ornament both skirt and body; the hair à l'Eugenie, with beads and flowers.

A COLD DAY—“ NOW."

Now

Now, the moment people wake in the morning, they perceive the coldness with their faces, though they are warm with their bodies, and exclaim, "Here's a day!" and pity the poor little sweep, and the boy with the water-cresses. How anybody can go to a cold ditch, and gather water-cresses, seems marvellous. Perhaps we hear great lumps in the street of something falling; and, looking through the window, perceive the roofs of the neighbouring houses thick with snow. The breath is visible, issuing from the mouth as we lie. we hate getting up, and hate shaving, and hate the empty grate in one's bed-room, and water freezes in ewers, and you may set the towel upright on its own hardness, and the window-panes are frostwhitened, or it is foggy, and the sun sends a dull brazen beam into one's room; or, if it is fine, the windows outside are stuck with icicles; or a detestable thaw has begun, and they drip; but, at all events, it is horribly cold, and delicate shavers fidget about their chambers, looking distressed, and cherish their hard-hearted enemy, the razor, in their bosoms, to warm him a little, and coax him into a consideration of their chins. Savage is a cut, and makes them think destiny really too hard.

Now breakfast is fine; and the fire seems to laugh at us as we enter the breakfast-room, and say, Ha; ha! here's a better room than the bed-chamber!" and we always poke it before we do anything else; and people grow selfish about seats near it; and little boys think their elders tyrannical for saying, "Oh, you don't want the fire--your blood is young." And truly that is not the way of stating the case, albeit young blood is warmer than old. Now the butter is too hard to spread; and the rolls and toast are at their maximum; and the former look glorious as they issue, smoking, out of the flannel in which they come from the baker's; and people who come with single knocks at the door are pitied; and the voices of boys are loud in the street, sliding, or throwing snow-balls; and the dustman's bell sounds cold;

PLATE IV.-Promenade Dress.- Robe of ruby coloured satin; with double skirt, trimmed with gimp of the same colour, and black scolloped velvet; jacket body, with berthe; and sleeves with two puffs and frill, trimmed to match the skirt. Mantle of royal blue velvet, with deep fringe. Bonnet of orange-coloured satin, trimmed with crape; and ribbon of the same colour.

Evening Dress. - Robe of pink silk, with four flounces, trimmed with bands of pink velvet; short sleeves of three double frills of silk; the body is ornamented in front with a bouquet of white roses. The hair is plaited back from the face, and ornamented with a wreath of small flowers; the back view of this head is shown in the glass. Scarf of white cachemire, edged with golden fringe.

Carriage Dress.-Robe of emerald green striped silk, with a triple skirt, each of which is edged with black blonde; the body is high, trimmed with basques, and sash of satin ribbon; the sleeves are made in puffs, trimmed with blonde and ribbon. Bonnet of lilac silk, and white lace.

Morning Dress.-Robe of French merino, with plain skirt; high body, fastened up the front with buttons, trimmed with goffered satin ribbon; the sleeves are wide and open. Cap of lace and pink ribbons.

PLATE V.-Evening cap of black blonde, trimmed with cerise ribbon.

Morning do. of net, spotted with black, and trimmed with royal blue satin ribbon, and bunches of white flowers.

Second do. of dotted muslin, trimmed with scarlet roses and ribbon of the same colour.

Head-dress of crimson satin ribbon and black velvet, ornamented with white roses, and golden leaves.

Second do. of blue velvet, trimmed with silver, and garnished with grapes on each side; and a wreath of vine leaves round the front. Carriage bonnet of dark fancy straw, trimmed with pink and black ribbon, and a dark grey feather round the back.

Second do. of green Terry velvet and fancy straw, trimmed with a fall of lace over the crown, and a wreath of dark purple flowers round the front.

Pelerine of embroidered muslin, trimmed with ruches of lavender satin ribbon.

Habit shirt of jaconet, with a collar of two frills at the neck, fastened with a bow of crimson velvet.

White under-sleeve of jaconet muslin, trimmed with white lace, and a bow of purple velvet.

Second do. of cambric, with a wide frill, trimmed with three rows of narrow black velvet, and bows of brown satin ribbon.

DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL.

The Model accompanying the present Number is of a Fichu of lace, tulle, or muslin, worn on a low body, replacing a berthe; it crosses in front, and the ends are fastened to the waist at each side.

and we wonder how anybody can go about selling fish, especially with that hoarse voice; and schoolboys hate their slates, and biow their fingers, and detest infinitely the no-fire at school; and the parish beadle's nose is redder than ever.

Now sounds in general are dull, and smoke out of chimneys locks warm and rich, and birds are pitied, hopping about for crumbs, and the trees look wiry and cheerless, albeit they are still beautiful to imaginative eyes, especially the evergreens, and the birch with boughs like dishevelled hair. Now mud in the roads is stiff, and the kennel ices over, and boys make illegal slides in the pathways, and ashes are strewed before doors; or you crunch the snow as you tread, or kick mud-flakes before you, or are horribly muddy in cities. But if it is a hard frost, all the world is buttoned up and great-coated, except ostentatious elderly gentlemen, and pretended beggars with naked feet; and the delicious sound of "All hot!" is heard from roasted apple and potato-stalls, the vender himself being cold, in spite of his hot," and stamping up and down to warm his feet; and the little boys are astonished to think how he can eat bread and cold meat for his dinner, instead of the smoking apples.

Now skaiters are on the alert; the cutlers' shop-windows abound with their swift shoes; and as you approach the scene of action-pond or canal-you hear the dull grinding noise of the skaits to and fro, and see tumbles, and Banbury cake-men and blackguard boys playing "hockey,' ," and ladies standing shivering on the banks, admiring anybody but their brother, especially the gentleman who is cutting figures of eight, who, for his part, is admiring his own figure. Beginners affect to laugh at their tumbles, but are terribly angry, and long to thump the bye-standers. On thawing days, idlers persist to the last in skaiting or sliding amidst the slush and bending ice, making the Humane-Society man ferocious. He feels as if he could give them the deaths from which it is his business to save them. When you have done skaiting, you come away, feeling at once warm and numb in the feet, from the tight effect of the skaits; and you