But；　like　a　generous；　creative　enthusiast；　he　fearlessly　makes　his　Idea　an　Action；　shows　himself　in　peculiar　guise　to　mankind；　walks　forth；　a　witness　and　living　Martyr　to　the　eternal　worth　of　Clothes。　　We　called　him　a　Poet：　is　not　his　body　the　（stuffed）　parchment…skin　whereon　he　writes；　with　cunning　Huddersfield　dyes；　a　Sonnet　to　his　mistress'　eyebrow？　　Say；　rather；　an　Epos；　and　_Clotha　Virumque　cano_；　to　the　whole　world；　in　Macaronic　verses；　which　he　that　runs　may　read。　　Nay；　if　you　grant；　what　seems　to　be　admissible；　that　the　Dandy　has　a　Thinking…principle　in　him；　and　some　notions　of　Time　and　Space；　is　there　not　in　this　life…devotedness　to　Cloth；　in　this　so　willing　sacrifice　of　the　Immortal　to　the　Perishable；　something　（though　in　reverse　order）　of　that　blending　and　identification　of　Eternity　with　Time；　which；　as　we　have　seen；　constitutes　the　Prophetic　character？
  And　now；　for　all　this　perennial　Martyrdom；　and　Poesy；　and　even　Prophecy；　what　is　it　that　the　Dandy　asks　in　return？　　Solely；　we　may　say；　that　you　would　recognize　his　existence；　would　admit　him　to　be　a　living　object；　or　even　failing　this；　a　visual　object；　or　thing　that　will　reflect　rays　of　light。　　Your　silver　or　your　gold　（beyond　what　the　niggardly　Law　has　already　secured　him）　he　solicits　not；　simply　the　glance　of　your　eyes。　　Understand　his　mystic　significance；　or　altogether　miss　and　misinterpret　it；　do　but　look　at　him；　and　he　is　contented。　　May　we　not　well　cry　shame　on　an　ungrateful　world；　which　refuses　even　this　poor　boon；　which　will　waste　its　optic　faculty　on　dried　Crocodiles；　and　Siamese　Twins；　and　over　the　domestic　wonderful　wonder　of　wonders；　a　live　Dandy；　glance　with　hasty　indifference；　and　a　scarcely　concealed　contempt！　　Him　no　Zoologist　classes　among　the　Mammalia；　no　Anatomist　dissects　with　care：　　when　did　we　see　any　injected　Preparation　of　the　Dandy　in　our　Museums；　any　specimen　of　him　preserved　in　spirits！　　Lord　Herringbone　may　dress　himself　in　a　snuff…brown　suit；　with　snuff…brown　shirt　and　shoes：　　it　skills　not；　the　undiscerning　public；　occupied　with　grosser　wants；　passes　by　regardless　on　the　other　side。
  The　age　of　Curiosity；　like　that　of　Chivalry；　is　indeed；　properly　speaking；　gone。　　Yet　perhaps　only　gone　to　sleep：　　for　here　arises　the　Clothes…Philosophy　to　resuscitate；　strangely　enough；　both　the　one　and　the　other！　　Should　sound　views　of　this　Science　come　to　prevail；　the　essential　nature　of　the　British　Dandy；　and　the　mystic　significance　that　lies　in　him；　cannot　always　remain　hidden　under　laughable　and　lamentable　hallucination。　The　following　long　Extract　from　Professor　Teufelsdrockh　may　set　the　matter；　if　not　in　its　true　light；　yet　in　the　way　towards　such。　　It　is　to　be　regretted；　however；　that　here；　as　so　often　elsewhere；　the　Professor's　keen　philosophic　perspicacity　is　somewhat　marred　by　a　certain　mixture　of　almost　owlish　purblindness；　or　else　of　some　perverse；　ineffectual；　ironic　tendency；　our　readers　shall　judge　which：
  〃In　these　distracted　times；〃　writes　he；　〃when　the　Religious　Principle；　driven　out　of　most　Churches；　either　lies　unseen　in　the　hearts　of　good　men；　looking　and　longing　and　silently　working　there　towards　some　new　Revelation；　or　else　wanders　homeless　over　the　world；　like　a　disembodied　soul　seeking　its　terrestrial　organization；into　how　many　strange　shapes；　of　Superstition　and　Fanaticism；　does　it　not　tentatively　and　errantly　cast　itself！　　The　higher　Enthusiasm　of　man's　nature　is　for　the　while　without　Exponent；　yet　does　it　continue　indestructible；　unweariedly　active；　and　work　blindly　in　the　great　chaotic　deep：　　thus　Sect　after　Sect；　and　Church　after　Church；　bodies　itself　forth；　and　melts　again　into　new　metamorphosis。
  〃Chiefly　is　this　observable　in　England；　which；　as　the　wealthiest　and　worst…instructed　of　European　nations；　offers　precisely　the　elements　（of　Heat；　namely；　and　of　Darkness）；　in　which　such　moon…calves　and　monstrosities　are　best　generated。　　Among　the　newer　Sects　of　that　country；　one　of　the　most　notable；　and　closely　connected　with　our　present　subject；　is　that　of　the　_Dandies_；　concerning　which；　what　little　information　I　have　been　able　to　procure　may　fitly　stand　here。
  〃It　is　true；　certain　of　the　English　Journalists；　men　generally　without　sense　for　the　Religious　Principle；　or　judgment　for　its　manifestations；　speak；　in　their　brief　enigmatic　notices；　as　if　this　were　perhaps　rather　a　Secular　Sect；　and　not　a　Religious　one；　nevertheless；　to　the　psychologic　eye　its　devotional　and　even　sacrificial　character　plainly　enough　reveals　itself。　　Whether　it　belongs　to　the　class　of　Fetish…worships；　or　of　Hero…worships　or　Polytheisms；　or　to　what　other　class；　may　in　the　present　state　of　our　intelligence　remain　undecided　（_schweben_）。　　A　certain　touch　of　Manicheism；　not　indeed　in　the　Gnostic　shape；　is　discernible　enough；　also　（for　human　Error　walks　in　a　cycle；　and　reappears　at　intervals）　a　not…inconsiderable　resemblance　to　that　Superstition　of　the　Athos　Monks；　who　by　fasting　from　all　nourishment；　and　looking　intensely　for　a　length　of　time　into　their　own　navels；　came　to　discern　therein　the　true　Apocalypse　of　Nature；　and　Heaven　Unveiled。　　To　my　own　surmise；　it　appears　as　if　this　Dandiacal　Sect　were　but　a　new　modification；　adapted　to　the　new　time；　of　that　primeval　Superstition；　_Self…worship_；　which　Zerdusht；　Quangfoutchee；　Mahomet；　and　others；　strove　rather　to　subordinate　and　restrain　than　to　eradicate；　and　which　only　in　the　purer　forms　of　Religion　has　been　altogether　rejected。　　Wherefore；　if　any　one　chooses　to　name　it　revived　Ahrimanism；　or　a　new　figure　of　Demon…Worship；　I　have；　so　far　as　is　yet　visible；　no　objection。
  〃For　the　rest；　these　people；　animated　with　the　zeal　of　a　new　Sect；　display　courage　and　perseverance；　and　what　force　there　is　in　man's　nature；　though　never　so　enslaved。　　They　affect　great　purity　and　separatism；　distinguish　themselves　by　a　particular　costume　（whereof　some　notices　were　given　in　the　earlier　part　of　this　Volume）；　likewise；　so　far　as　possible；　by　a　particular　speech　（apparently　some　broken　_Lingua…franca_；　or　English…French）；　and；　on　the　whole；　strive　to　maintain　a　true　Nazarene　deportment；　and　keep　themselves　unspotted　from　the　world。
  〃They　have　their　Temples；　whereof　the　chief；　as　the　Jewish　Temple　did；　stands　in　their　metropolis；　and　is　named　_Almack's_；　a　word　of　uncertain　etymology。　　They　worship　principally　by　night；　and　have　their　High…priests　and　High…priestesses；　who；　however；　do　not　continue　for　life。　　The　rites；　by　some　supposed　to　be　of　the　Menadic　sort；　or　perhaps　with　an　Eleusinian　or　Cabiric　character；　are　held　strictly　secret。　　Nor　are　Sacred　Books　wanting　to　the　Sect；　these　they　call　_Fashionable　Novels_：　　however；　the　Canon　is　not　completed；　and　some　are　canonical　and　others　not。
  〃Of　such　Sacred　Books　I；　not　without　expense；　procured　myself　some　samples；　and　in　hope　of　true　insight；　and　with　the　zeal　which　beseems　an　Inquirer　into　Clothes；　set　to　interpret　and　study　them。　　But　wholly　to　no　purpose：　that　tough　faculty　of　reading；　for　which　the　world　will　not　refuse　me　credit；　was　here　for　the　first　time　foiled　and　set　at　naught。　　In　vain　that　I　summoned　my　whole　energies　（_mich　weidlich　anstrengte_）；　and　did　my　very　utmost；　at　the　end　of　some　short　space；　I　was　uniformly　seized　with　not　so　much　what　I　can　call　a　drumming　in　my　ears；　as　a　kind　of　infinite；　unsufferable；　Jew's…harping　and　scrannel…piping　there；　to　which　the　frightfullest　species　of　Magnetic　Sleep　soon　supervened。　　And　if　I　strove　to　shake　this　away；　and　absolutely　would　not　yield；　there　came　a　hitherto　unfelt　sensation；　as　of　_Delirium　Tremens_；　and　a　melting　into　total　deliquium：　　till　at　last；　by　order　of　the　Doctor；　dreading　ruin　to　my　whole　intellectual　and　bodily　faculties；　and　a　general　breaking　up　of　the　constitution；　I　reluctantly　but　determinedly　forbore。　　Was　there　some　miracle　at　work　here；　like　those　Fire…balls；　and　supernal　and　infernal　prodigies；　which；　in　the　case　of　the　Jewish　Mysteries；　have　also　more　than　once　scared　back　the　Alien？　　Be　this　as　it　may；　such　failure　on　my　part；　after　best　efforts；　must　excuse　the　imperfection　of　this　sketch；　altogether　incomplete；　yet　the　completest　I　could　give　of　a　Sect　too　singular　to　be　omitted。
  〃Loving　my　own　life　and　senses　as　I　do；　no　power　shall　induce　me；　as　a　private　individual；　to　open　another　_Fashionable　Novel_。　　But　luckily；　in　this　dilemma；　comes　a　hand　from　the　clouds；　whereby　if　not　victory；　deliverance　is　held　out　to　me。　　Round　one　of　those　Book…packages；　which　the　_Stillschweigen'sche　Buchhandlung_　is　in　the　habit　of　importing　from　England；　come；　as　is　usual；　various　waste　printed…sheets　（_Maculatur…blatter_）；　by　way　of　interior　wrappage：　　into　these　the　Clothes…Philosopher；　with　a　certain　Mahometan　reverence　even　for　waste…paper；　where　curious　knowledge　will　sometimes　hover；　disdains　not　to　cast　his　eye。　　Readers　may　judge　of　his　astonishment　when　on　such　a　defaced　stray…sheet；　probably　the　outcast　fraction　of　some　English　Periodical；　such　as　they　name　_Magazine_；　appears　something　like　a　Dissertation　on　this　very　subject　of　_Fashionable　Novels_！　　It　sets　out；　indeed；　chiefly　from　a　Secular　point　of　view；　directing　itself；　not　without　asperity；　against　some　to　me　unknown　individual　named　_Pelham_；　who　seems　to　be　a　Mystagogue；　and　leading　Teacher　and　Preacher　of　the