Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper/Volume 18/Number 451/Book Notices

BOOK NOTICES.

Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of Fashion for May, 1864.

This universal favorite comes this month with something which drops out and proves to be full-sized patterns for a new Ceinture Parisienne, a Low Bodice for Evening Dresses and a Little Girl's Dress, sufficient and varied enough to gratify any lady: while the plate of colored fashions and the four-paged cut, the endless chemisettes, chemises, collars, ficbus, sleeves, jackets, caps, paletots, are enough to perplex many a head, and create inordinate desires.

It is not easy to conceive of anything more ample in this respect, and the descriptions are, we are assured, correct and full.

The literary and artistic departments are not neglected. The Doctor's Wife is continued, and bids fair to prove the most exciting of Miss Braddon's stories. Camilla's Stratagem, A Romance of Hallowe'en, Aline la Mort, An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House, excellent tales, finely illustrated, with poems and charming sketches, give a rich feast.