"Clothing of the Victorian era in turn delights and horrifies us. Billowing hoopskirts, modest poke bonnets, absurd and cumbersome bustles, dirt-collecting trains, painfully corseted wasp waists, leg-o-mutton sleeves, outrageous hats--one sartoial excess succeeded another. It was the last period in history of costume to display such incredible extravagance and impractality in dress." Over 280 rare photograohs depict American men, women and children of all ages, dressed in what must have been, in most cases, their Sunday best. By Priscilla harris Dalrymple. Paperback, 108 pages.