MIRTH. THE cobler in the Forty Thieves is represented in Plate LXIII. singing at his work. The costume is curious, as it displays the great taste of the inventor of the dresses in that splendid spectacle; who has evinced a great portion of taste, by making the dress of the Turkish characters in the subordinate situations of life, as just and appropriate as those of his leaders, captains, and pachas. |