text:  What a covering! what a termination to the capital of that pillar of the creation Man! what an ungraceful mis-shapen useless and uncomfortable appendage to the seat of reason--the brain-box! Does it protect the head from either heat cold or wet? Does it set off any of natural beauty of the human cranium? Are its lines in harmony with or in becoming contrast to the expressive features of the face? Is it comfortable portable durable or cheap? What qualities either of use or ornament has it in its favour that it should be the crowning point of a well-dressed man's toilet? The hat is beyond all doubt one of the strangest vestimental anomalies of the nineteenth century