VAKIETIES OF COSTUxME. 9 



contribute to the deliglit of this music-loving 

 people, and all seem in their several spheres to 

 possess the faculty of enjoyment in an eminent 

 degree. Lovely women of all nations throng 

 the walks, attired in the latest Parisian fashions, 

 and perhaps the most strikingly beautiful are to 

 be found there amongst the dark-eyed daugh- 

 ters of Israel, radiant with that loveliness pecu- 

 liar to their race. The fair Greeks too are as 

 remarkable for their beauty as for the j)ic- 

 turesque elegance of their national costume ; 

 even Greek women of the lower order, with 

 their fine hair braided into the folds of tlieir 

 turbans, and their open-laced bodices and 

 sleeves, were strikingly attractive in appearance. 

 I must not too omit mention of the quaint attire 

 of the Styrian peasantry. That of the females 

 consists of a short blue skirt, with crimson bor- 

 der; a white bodice, and a coloured apron, 

 with the Styrian head-dress of white linen, the 

 ends falling behind trimmed with lace; mas- 

 sive ear-rings and neck-chain with cross ; white 

 stockings and high-heeled shoes with rosettes ; 

 which costume would make a pretty fancy dress, 

 or one for a village scene in an opera. Mingled 

 with tlicsc many varieties of costume, were 



