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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 was 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 frivolous, except for the 

 object of suggesting what contributes 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. 

 That called " &arag > aft"-fustian is by far the best and 

 most durable. After having tried almost every thing 

 that is commonly used, and some of the wretched ar- 

 ticles that are puffed by advertisement, I have found 

 nothing so good for a light summer jacket as what is 

 made at Manchester by the name of satteen,jeanet 9 or 



