A three-page magazine article, reprinted from Dickens's Household Words, that abridges a chapter on Belgian lace-making from the German traveler J. G. Kohl's book on the Netherlands. It covers the history and local character of Belgian lace, the 'points' of Brussels, Mechlin and Valenciennes, the division of labor among specialized workers, and the spinning of very fine flax thread in damp cellars. It also describes lace-making as home-based work and contrasts it with factory labor.

A one-page fashion plate article from December 1850 describing two engraved figures in winter dress. Fig. I is a promenade costume with a striped brown silk robe, a dark green satin mantle with a double skirt, and a brown velvet drawn bonnet. Fig. II is a back view of a claret broché silk gown with a black satin cloak trimmed with chenille fringe and passementerie, and a green velvet bonnet. The text details fabrics, trimmings and cuts of mid-19th-century women's outerwear.

A two-page fashion report from an 1851 American magazine, compiled mainly from the London World of Fashion. It describes early spring bonnets, capotes, ball dresses, and numbered costumes shown in engraved fashion plates, noting fabrics such as satin, velvet, tulle, brocade, and cachmere, plus trimmings like marabout, braid, and lace. It also gives a brief description of a young lady's dress.

A two-page fashion column from February 1851 describing current women's and children's dress, illustrated with engraved fashion plates. It covers a riding habit, a boy's outfit, an evening costume, a visiting dress, ball-dress trimmings (flounces, lace, fringe, marabout feathers), a violet velvet manteau and morning caps. Fabrics, colors, and trimmings are described in detail.

A three-page fashion column from January 1851 describing the season's women's dress: evening and ball gowns with heavy trimming, embroidered cloth walking dresses, and short velvet cloaks and mantelets. It lists the materials, trims and colors in vogue (lace, ribbon, braid, satin stitch embroidery). Captions explain the engraved illustrations: a lace cap, a velvet bonnet, muslin engageantes, a mantelet, and a group of bridal and evening costumes.

A three-page fashion column from an American magazine of 1850, describing women's dress for November. It covers dark winter materials, promenade dresses, bonnets trimmed with velvet, ribbon and lace, a Honiton lace cap, and detailed descriptions of a dinner and evening costume and a ball costume. Wood-engraved fashion plates signed Orr of New York illustrate the text.