full; the waists long; the corsages plain, fitting tight to the bust, and covered with a pelerine or a mantelet; the sleeves full all the way down, with a deep poiquet (or wristband), which is sometimes pointed. Redingottes of gros de Naples, bordered all round with a liseré, or small rouleau or piping of a different colour, and bows to match, are extremely fashionable, as grey or lavender, with blue or pink, very dark with very light green, violet, and pink, &c. &c. but the newest dresses are of plaid silks, and exceeding pretty dresses they are. Velvet and satin dresses are still worn, as the warm weather has not yet set in, but they will soon be replaced by gros de Naples, mousselines de laine, foulards, Jaconas, and muslin dresses.

Mantelets of taffetas and gros de Tours, black, and trimmed with black lace, will again be fashionable this season.

In BALL OR DINNER COSTUMES there has been no change lately. The corsages are plain, fitting tight to the bust, à la Sévigné, or à la Grecque; the sleeves short and full, with or without ruffles à la Louis XV., which, however, do not reach below the elbow. In dresses made à l'antique the corsages are à pointe, and the skirts are open in front. The ball-dresses are ornamented with flowers and bows of ribbon ; they are made of all sorts of light materials, as gauzes, crapes, blond, &c.

AND

TURBANS, SPANISH HATS, TOQUES, are exceedingly fashionable this season in Paris; they are ornamented with birds of Paradise, feathers, or jewels: the turbans à la Juive are those most in vogue. Le petit chapeau à la Camargo is also très bon ton, as well as the hats à la Dubarry.

I have not seen any thing particularly new in lingerie; large flat collars, embroidered all over, des cols à la Louis XIV.; embroidered pelerines, trimmed with lace; des manchettes ruffles, embroidered and trimmed with Valenciennes, are all worn.

Flowers, roses, tulips, hyacinths, apple blossoms, violets, holly, vergus (the small unripe grape), pinks, and field-flowers, are those in vogue at present.

COLOURS. For hats, the prevailing colours are pink, greens, straw colour and jonquille glacé de blane. For dresses, the colour of the purple stock gillyflower is decidedly the most fashionable. Grey, lavender, dark green, ecrue, vapeur, and violet; the first four particularly.

I was near forgetting to tell you that all our jeunes élégans wear beards à la Henri II. and à la Louis XIII. Is it not astonish

ing that they will make such figures of them. selves et tout ecla pour plaire aux dames!

Me voilà ma chère amie au bout de mon papier, je n'ai que la place de te dire combien je t-aime. Adieu, à toi pour la vie. LDE F-.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.

(No. 9.)-COSTUME DE LONG-CHAMPS ; WALKING DRESS.-The plate represents one of the most distingué toilettes brought out for the fashionable promenade of LongChamps. The hat is of toile de soie; the front rather deeper, and longer at the sides, than those that have been worn lately. At the sides it sits close to the face, but at the same time is rather evasive. The crown is neither very high, nor is it pointed. The border round the front of the hat, as well as the small roleaux on the crown, is of blue satin, forming a pretty contrast with the delicate straw colour of the hat. The bows, brides, and bavolet, are likewise edged with pipings of blue satin. (See plate.) Redingotte of a new silk called Elysienne. The corsage fits tight to the bust. The skirt, which is very full, is fastened down the left side with a row of silk buttons; on each side of the opening is a bias of satin. A large pelerine of the same, likewise edged with a bias hem of satin, nearly covers the corsage: the ends of the pelerine fasten beneath the band in front. The sleeves, which are quite new, are of an uncommon form. (See plate.) The under sleeve, which is long, fits as tight as possible to the arm; a second short sleeve, which is left loose, and is very full, reaches nearly to the elbow, and is edged with a narrow rouleau of satin. It is rather deeper on the outside of the arm than on the inside. The large falling collar of India muslin is embroidered and trimmed with a deep lace, set on tolerably full. It is fastened in front with a brooch. White silk stockings; black shoes of drap de soie; ceinture of gros grains broché; parasol of broché silk. The sitting figure gives the back of the dress.

The other embellishment which we have the pleasure of presenting to our readers, is a scene from the new opera of the Juive, now performing with so much success in Paris. The figures are those of Eudaice, Rachel, the Cardinal, and the Page. Our readers will see the true form of the turban à la Juive, and which has become one of the most recherché headdresses at present adopted in Paris.