• Adventure, an, of Louise de Lorraine, 92, 97.
• Alarming diseases said to be produced by wearing high-heeled shoes, 194, 195.
• Ancient inhabitants of Polenqui, reduction of the waist by, 10.
• An Italian duchess, the costume of, 54.
• Antiquities of Egypt, researches among, 25-27
• Augsburg, the ladies of, by Hoechstetterus, 104.
• Austria, Empress of, elegant figure of, 165.

• Backboards and stocks, 134.
• Bands (narrow), used as substitutes for corsets injurious, 213, 214.
• Barbers, an army of, 110.
• Beauties of Circassia, 13, 14.
• Beauty, Hindoo ideas regarding, 19, 20.
• Belles of India, 19, 20.
• Belt (ornamented) of the Indians, 9.
• Bernaise dress, 65.
• Blanche, daughter of Edward III., dress of, 49.
• Boarding-school discipline, letter on, 170, 171.
• Boddice, bodice, or bodies, 123.
• Bonnet À canon, the, 60.
• Bouffant sleeves of the reign of Henry II., 65.
• Bridal dress of an Israelitish lady, 28.
• Buchan, writings of, 130.

• Ceylon, figure-training in, 13.
• Chaucer's writings, his admiration of small waists, 50.
• Chinese gentleman, letter from a, 20.
• Cleopatra and her jewels, 37.
• Clumsy figures great drawbacks to young ladies, 182.
• Conquest of the Roman Empire, 38.
• Corps, the, 72, 75.
• Corset, a peculiar form of, worn by some ladies of fashion in France, 190.
• Corset in use among the Israelitish ladies, 28, 29.
• Corset, general use of the, on the Continent for boys, 136-138.
• Corset, origin of, 9.
• Corset, use of by the inhabitants of the Eastern Archipelago, 10.
• Corset-covers (steel), 75.
• Corsets and high-heeled shoes denounced, 194, 195.
• Corsets, custom of wearing during sleep, 150, 153.
• Corsets for growing girls, remarks on, 167, 168.
• Corsets of the present day contrasted with those of the olden time, 196.
• Corsets, remarks on the proper application of, 214-216.
• Corsets, severe form of, worn in the Elizabethan period, 75, 76.
• Corsets, the small size of, made in London, 165.
• Corsets, their use for youths, 138.
• Corsets worn by gentlemen in 1265, 46.
• Corsets worn by gentlemen of the present time, 138.
• Costume À l'enfant, 205.
• Tight corsets, letter in praise of, 182, 183.
• Tight corsets needed for short waists, 190.
• Tight-lacing revived, 130.
• Toilet of a Roman lady of fashion, 34-36.

• United States of America, belles of the, 153.

• Venice, fashions of the ladies of, 82, 87.
• Venus de Medici, waist of, contrasted with the waist of fashion, 180.
• Venus, the cestus of, 30.
• Vienna, slender waists the fashion in, 165.
• Voluminous nether-garments of the gentlemen of the Elizabethan period, 82.

• Waist, the point at which it should be formed, 193, 194.

• Young Baronet, letter from 184.

• Zephyrina jupon of Thomson and Co., 221.

Transcriber's Note: Original spelling/hyphenation/punctuation has been retained, but typographical errors have been corrected.