There are not a few points in Madame Caplin's book from which the author of Sartor Resartus might have gathered suggestive hints."—Literary Gazette, Sept. 20th, 1856.
"The exterior of this book is fascinating by its elegance, but we are more pleased with the interior. Madame Caplin discourses in a very rational manner on the requirements of the human body in respect to clothing. She declares health to be the first and essential requisite in clothing, She gives a description of the best kind of dresses for both sexes from infancy to old age. The causes of many deformities—notably those of the spine—and a rational mode of prevention and cure are also given. It is a book which every mother ought to possess."—Sheffield Free Press, Oct. 11th, 1856.
"This beautiful work is designed to prove that corsets may be so formed as to be beneficial, instead of being injurious, as at present formed. The fair author proposes to make them in accordance with the physiological laws of the human body, in its various stages from childhood to old age. It is beautifully illustrated with figures to show both the symmetry of the frame and the suitable form of dress. The volume is elegantly bound, and is so got up as to fit it for the table of the drawing-room. It is really a sensible book, and that is more than we can say of any other book of the same class."—Glasgow Examiner, Oct. 20th, 1856.
"The entire volume is peculiarly adapted for them [ladies], especially for mothers, on whom so much depends, not only as to the culture of the mental faculties, but also as to the preservation of the physical health of their children. Dressmakers and manufacturers of corsets should, by all means, procure and study this volume, which will do much towards correcting many erroneous ideas, and in establishing correct principles with respect to dress."—Ladies' Magazine of Fashion, Oct., 1856.
