LARES AND PENATES

Square 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, with Coloured Frontispiece
and numerous Illustrations, 10s. 6d.

THE

ART OF BEAUTY.

BY MRS. H. R. HAWEIS.

"Those ladies who will master the æsthetic principles, and condescend to act upon them, which are pleasantly and intelligibly laid down in this volume, will not fail to increase the attractiveness of their toilettes and their persons."-WORLD.

"Mrs. Haweis has good, wholesome notions about the true and the beautiful, and she sets them forth with refreshing frankness."-PALL MALL GAZETTE.

With numerous Illustrations, fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.'; or cloth limp, Is. 6d.

"Mrs. Haweis discourses amusingly and quaintly on dressing so as not 'to contradict the natural lines'; on choosing colours which will 'mix well with almost any other artistic colour'; on studying simplicity in ornament and economy in materials."-GRAPHIC.

"All Mrs. Haweis's advice and instruction is admirably worthy of consideration."-SCOTSMAN.

CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY, W.

"How hard the task, alas! full well I know,

With charm of words to grace a theme so low."

VIRGIL Georgics.

Dedication.

ΤΟ

THE LADY MARIAN

ALFORD,

WHOSE EXAMPLE, REFINED TASTE, AND PERSONAL INFLUENCE

HAVE SO MATERIALLY AIDED THE EFFORTS OF OUR ARTISTS AND

THE GOVERNMENT IN GIVING AN IMPULSE TO THE USE

OF RIGHT PRINCIPLES IN DOMESTIC ART

IN ENGLAND.