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FIGURES 1 AND 2.-WALKING AND CHAMBER COSTUMES. ALKING DRESS.-Bonnet of lisse crape a breadth of thirty-two inches. This width is cut trimmed with blonde and marabouts. The slanting and put on quite even. The second sleeve brim stands off from the cheeks, the crown is rather is watered silk, cut in the pagoda shape, wide at back, and the curtain straight. The bonnet is cov- bottom. It has two seams, that in the bend of the ered with ruches of narrow blonde. On each side arm being hollowed out a good deal. The black there is a marabout thrown backward, so that its velvets are barely a quarter of an inch wide, and are extremity turns under the crown. The cheeks are placed three quarters of an inch apart; they are laid trimmed with bunches of small flowers. Dress of in the form of a V, and have at each end a small black gros d'Ecosse, having in front a width of moire black silk tassel with fringed ends. The same kind covered with narrow black velvets and terminated of velvets and tassels are placed slanting on the by silk tassels. The body is plain; low behind to sleeve. The collar, of modern guipure, is pointed the extent of three inches. It forms a kind of tight in front and round behind. The under sleeves are vest, and draws together at the waist. Leaving an composed of a large muslin bouillonne and a guipure interval of two and a half inches. There is only one falling over the hand. plait on each side. The skirt, sewed on to the body, is plaited at the hips in hollow and flat plaits. The black sleeve is rather wider than the arm and only seven inches long. A bow of watered silk completes the body and makes it high. The same width is continued in front as an apron and has at bottom

CHAMBER TOILET.-A chamber gown of hongroise (a new tissue of wool and silk ribbon like reps). Body high, gathered and drawn at the waist by a string. Talma tippet, that is to say, half round; sleeves à la Vénitienne. Skirt open straight down, but only parting through the movement and fullness

of the petticoat. The hongroise is a striped pattern and loose garments, such as: The Montmorenci, a imitating velvet. There are three groups of stripes | large cape, without a seam, with but a simple openon the skirt. The edge of the front, of the tippet, ing at the sides for the arms; the Siberian, a large and the sleeves, is made by means of bands cut out traveling cloak, reaching nearly as low as the dress, of the stuff and sewed on. The bows of the sleeves, having a large cape. The ornaments of these garneck, and waist, are watered silk of the same color. ments consist of velvet bands at different heights, The collar and under sleeves are modern guipure disposed in series, or put on as borders; of velvet with large vandykes. The under-dress is white cut from the piece, six inches wide, stamped with muslin embroidered in front, and trimmed with little figures; or of chiné plush ribbon, black and white, flounces pinked at the edges like cock's combs and edged with velvet, blue, green, or violet. The color plaited in small plaits. of the velvet should contrast with that of the stuff, and the lining match that of the velvet. Similar garments are composed of cloth or velvet. Braidings and galloons are the predominant trimmings. Flowered, satin, and watered galloons are especially in vogue.

HOME DRESS.-Hair arranged in double bandeaux; the first flat and divided at the sides so as to form a puffed bandeau which accompanies the upper part, and incloses the tress which passes over the flat bandeau. Body of white muslin embroidered with small bouquets in satin-stich. This body appears open from top to bottom, but it is mounted on a low white taffeta body, which clasps in front, under the trimming of the outer one. All the edges of the body are bordered with a No. 1 white ribbon gathered, under which is sewed a modern guipure rather more than three inches deep, and several rows of this same guipure are sewed together to form a flat piece under the body. The sleeve is in the pagoda form, and rather wide and long: it is bordered with a guipure. A second row placed in the shape of a V at the side is ornamented in the same way. A pretty rosette of watered ribbon is placed at the waist. The skirt is taffeta, a small plaid. Watered silk bracelets.

A new fabric for winter garments has made its appearance in Paris, to which the name of Ouatine has been given. It is stronger than cloth, as supple as Cashmere, and as soft and silky as velvet. It is made of every variety of tint and hue, but only in three patterns-the small chiné, the great chiné, and the striped chiné. It is the richest material of the season, and so thick that it is only adapted to full

Among the innumerable variety of out-of-door garments which the season has produced, the following are favorites: The Camargo, of maroon velvet representing a square mantle, with sleeves also square, concealed by the trimming composed of a satin ruche with a narrow lace on each side of it. It is decorated with two flounces of very rich guipure. The first is six inches deep, the second twelve inches The Rob-Roy, of black velvet rounded off in front, and hollowed on square fronts, put on with concealed seams. The collar is twelve inches wide, and square in front. It is trimmed with a galloon nearly three inches wide. Ground, satin and black reps, flowered with a double wreath of green bouquets. The lining is green satin. The galloon on the collar is much narrower.

Bonnets are decidedly closer, though still oval in shape, and graceful. Drawn bonnets of this style are worn, and are becoming to every cast of countenance. For full dress there is also a blonde bonnet with satin plats, and a bouquet rising almost like a crown. For a more unpretending toilet, a bonnet of three blond frills under which are arranged loops of No. 4 velvet of a periwinkle blue. Daisies, laurel flowers, periwinkles, and hearts-ease are in vogue for trimming the inside of bonnets.

We give below (Figure 4) a very pretty head-dress for a young lady. It is composed of blue-bells, and bows of No. 4 ribbon. The effect of this simple ornament is decidedly charming.

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No. XXXII-JANUARY, 1853.-VOL. VI.

MEMOIRS OF THE HOLY LAND.* tion, was situated chiefly in that part of Arabia

THE

BY JACOB ABBOTT

MOUNT SINAI.

THE EXODUS.

which is called the Peninsula of Mt. Sinai. The peninsular character is given to the territory by the Red Sea, which, dividing itself into two great branches at its northern termination, enHE migration of the children of Israel from closes, as it were, the vast mountainous region, Egypt to the land of Canaan, from whatever of which Sinai and its surrounding summits conpoint of view it is regarded, must be considered stitute the highest peaks, between them. This as one of the most remarkable transactions which region, as has already been intimated, is one of has occurred in the whole course of human his- the most extraordinary tracts of country on the tory. Every thing connected with it was extra- globe. It extends from the shores of the Mediordinary. The land which the emancipated terranean on the north, to the point of bifurcanation escaped from, the land which they fled tion of the Dead Sea on the south, a distance to, and the intervening wilderness through of nearly two hundred miles, and its breadth, which their long and weary journey lay, though from east to west, is more than one hundred. widely different from each other, were all marked with such striking peculiarities, as have made each one of them, in every age, the wonder of mankind. The circumstances of the migration too, were most extraordinary. A whole people, at the command of God, peaceably withdraw from a condition of abject and apparently hopeless bondage, and by one and the same act, emancipate themselves from slavery, enter upon a long migration, and found a kingdom. At the commencement of their undertaking, they had no organization, no known and acknowledged leaders, no common understanding of their plan. The country which they left was a green and lovely valley spontaneously fertile, whose lands, smooth, soft, and level, were as easy to till as they were generous in their products. The land which they went to, was mountainous,

rugged, and stern; fertile, indeed, but wild and | The whole of this vast region forms one wide grand in character, and abundantly provided with the means of resisting the attempts of the husbandman to subdue it. Then the dreary tract of country through which the suddenly enfranchised nation had to march on its way to its final home, is in all its aspects, one of the most wonderful conformations which the surface of the earth presents.

THE WILDERNESS.

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expanse of stupendous and sublime desolation. The scenery is infinitely varied, but the almost total absence of rain which characterizes this portion of the world, condemns all alike, mountain side, valley, and plain, to perpetual barrenness. The mountains consist of naked rocks, the valleys are dry and barren ravines, and the plains, instead of being clothed, like other plains. with verdure and beauty, are wastes of drifting sands, arid, and desolate. There are no rivers; for rivers are the offspring of rain. Their place is supplied with dry and desolate gulleys, which traverse the country in every part, intersecting the plains, and dividing the mountain ranges