THE KENT.
A very gentlemanly Hat, and although there is not the dignity of the Regent about it, there is, notwithstanding, much to admire: Indeed, the scale of proportions are very similar in both; the onlyrealdifference existing in thecrown, which is about one-half of an inch lower than the latter; and, in thenautical phraseology, may not inaptly be termed a Regent cut down. It is very singular, and worth remarking, that trifling as the Kent differs from the Regent in actual measurement, the contrariety of effect, when on the head, is great and striking; which unquestionably proves, that a very slight deviation from a given rule will produce results more opposed to each other than the deviation is to the rule itself. The style in which this Hat should be worn is as follows:-if the head be of anovalform, place it thereon, as near as possible, in an horizontal position; but if aroundhead (which of all descriptions is most dreaded by acastermonger) let the Hat be thrown alittleback, with a slight inclination on the side most agreeable, which will tend to prevent its assuming thattrencher-like appearance too common from such causes. Thepersonalrequisites suitable to the Kent, may be found on referring to the Cobourg; with this difference, that, as the brim is of larger dimensions, the wearer, if he pleases, may be six feet high.