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assumed formidable proportions during this period, and rose higher and ever higher, to be topped by ornaments as incongruous as hideous. The

A VARIETY OF HEAD-DRESSES ADOPTED IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

skilful hair-dresser who could "build" a head was at a premium; the art of hair-dressing being reckoned as one of the most important, and as rare as difficult. No lady's maid, however clever, was entrusted with