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THE study of dress, in every thing further than 

 always to appear like a gentleman, or strictly in the 

 character of what a man professes (except to the age 

 of two or three and twenty, when it is as natural for 

 a young man to study dress as for a child to play 

 with toys), might possibly, with many persons, give 

 rise to a reflection on a man's understanding, or a 

 suspicion that he w r as a " knowing hand," who made 

 a business of adorning his person, in order to get on 

 the weak side of weak people. I therefore, lest the 

 book should fall into the hands of some philosopher, 

 feel a hesitation in introducing any subject so fri- 

 volous, except for the object of suggesting what con- 

 tributes to comfort, for the perusal of some citizen, 

 who makes his first start as a shooter. We all know 

 that a jean, nankeen, or any kind of thin jacket, is 

 the pleasantest wear for September, one of fustian for 

 October, and one of velveteen for the winter ; and 

 that, for a man, who, at all times, uses but one kind 

 of jacket, fustian would be about the medium. After 

 having tried almost every thing, that is commonly 

 used, and some of the wretched articles that are 



