text:  If any thing can be said against this buttoning it is on the score of inconvenience in civil life:--is a man at his library-table or his office-desk always to be fastened up in buckram? where are we to stow away our watches our knives our toothpicks our loose cash (when we have any--_par parenthese_)? There is some weight in these objections; for these little articles of comfort cannot be dispensed with; and we have no better answer than to propose small external pockets with lapels which would not spoil the symmetry of the figure; or else if you are obstinate good reader and are determined on throwing away your money upon waistcoats--then keep your frock-coat open; but have a waistcoat either of the same colour or of some respectable hue and have it made jacket-fashion as good behind as before