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TRICHOCOSMOS.


NOTES

HISTORICAL, ÆSTHETICAL, ETHNOLOGICAL,

PHYSIOLOGICAL, ANECDOTAL,

AND

TONSORIAL,

ON

THE HAIR & BEARD.

“Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.”

LONDON:

READ & Co., 10, JOHNSON’S COURT, FLEET ST.

Entered at Stationers’ Hall.

(THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION IS RESERVED.)

CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE.
I.The Beauty of the Hair3
II.The Fashion of Antiquity7
III.Freaks of Fashion17
IV.Wigs42
V.Barbers83
VI.Structure, Growth, and Colour of the Hair112

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BEAUTY OF THE HAIR.


CHAPTER I.

Although much time and attention are usually bestowed in dressing andornamenting the hair, in compliance with the dictates of fashion, butlittle regard is paid to the natural beauty of the hair itself, ascontributing to the expression and comeliness of the features. Theabsurdities and caprices of fashion have been constant themes forridicule and declamation with the wits of all ages. The sharp epigramsof Martial, the satires of Juvenal, the anathemas of the Romishecclesiastics, the invectives of sour Puritans, the coarse raillery ofSwift, and the good humour of Addison, have all in turn been levelledagainst some prevailing folly of the day. It is not our intention,however, to act the part of censor, but, as humble chroniclers, to notethe change from one fashion to another.

Before entering on the task we will say a few words about the hair,in relation to art, a subject of some interest, and which we believehas not been sufficiently insisted on. The hair is, undoubtedly, thechief ornament of the head; we naturally associate the idea of vigour,fertility, and gracefulness, with its growth. Its flowing[4] outlinegives grace and freedom to the symmetry of the features, and by alittle license of the artist’s hand, its form may be made to correctwhatever harshness of character the countenance may chance to haveacquired. In the colour, too, and texture of the hair, what facilitiesare afforded for heightening the charm of the most delicate complexion,or the dignity of the manly brow. The poets have universally recognisedthe truth of these principles, and in their descriptions of idealbeauty we invariably find some allusion to the hair.

Milton delights to adorn the human countenance with

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