CONTENTS

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[CHAPTER I]
In Classic Times1
[CHAPTER II]
In Early Mediæval Times10
[CHAPTER III]
In the Thirteenth Century19
[CHAPTER IV]
In the Fourteenth Century28
[CHAPTER V]
In the Fifteenth Century37
[CHAPTER VI]
In the Sixteenth Century49
[CHAPTER VII]
In the Seventeenth Century66
[CHAPTER VIII]
In the Eighteenth Century78
[CHAPTER IX]
In the Nineteenth Century92
[CHAPTER X]
Of British Peasants106
[CHAPTER XI]
Of some Foreign Peasants115
[CHAPTER XII]
Of some Foreign Peasants (continued)130
[CHAPTER XIII]
Of Oriental Dress147
[CHAPTER XIV]
Of Oriental Dress (continued)163
[CHAPTER XV]
Of Fancy Dress178
[CHAPTER XVI]
Of Dominoes and Masks190
[CHAPTER XVII]
Of Materials, the Corset, and the Crinoline201
[CHAPTER XVIII]
Of Ceremonial and Bridal Dress211
[CHAPTER XIX]
Of Dancing Dresses, European and Oriental, Ancient and Modern225
[CHAPTER XX]
Of Theatrical Dress236

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Coquelin, as Cyrano de Bergerac. (From a Water-Colour
Drawing by Percy Anderson)[Frontispiece]
In Ancient GreeceTo face [5]
In the Twelfth Century" [12]
In the Thirteenth Century" [22]
The Queen of Richard II." [28]
A German Student in the Fourteenth Century" [32]
Varieties of the Hennin" [40]
In the Eighteenth Century" [78]
Albanian Peasants" [120]
In Corfu To-day" [126]
In China of Old" [147]
The Seville Orange" [180]
An Egyptian Dancer" [226]
Isolde" [240]
Lewis Waller as Henry V." [250]
Othello" [254]
IN THE TEXT
Two Hand-Mirrors[4]
A Roman Head—A Greek Head[6]
A Roman Lady[7]
A Dress laced in the Front—A Dress laced at the Back[11]
A Coronet—A Brooch[13]
A Plain Wimple[14]
A Shoe[15]
Dagged Costume in the Twelfth Century[16]
A Clasped and Jewelled Girdle—A Cloak-Fastener[18]
Henry III.'s Queen[20]
A Simple Buttoned Gown[21]
A Quaint Wimple[34]
The Head-dress of Henry IV.—A Head Drapery held with Plaited Hair[35]
Embroidered Gloves[36]
An Elaborate Head-dress in the Reign of Henry V.[38]
Elizabeth of Woodville[39]
The Horned Head-dress[41]
Head-dress of Jewelled Velvet and Lawn[42]
The Houppelande[43]
A Girdle—A Pointed Shoe[44]
Elizabeth of York[45]
In the Time of Henry VII.[52]
A Trio of Ruffs[55]
Queen Elizabeth in Full Dress[56]
A Chemisette[58]
An Italian Lady[59]
Two Italian Coiffures—An Italian Gentleman[60]
A Spaniard in the Sixteenth Century[61]
A Shoulder-Jacket[62]
The Cape with Buttoned Sleeve[63]
Maximilian[64]
A Feather and a Chicken-skin Fan[67]
A Full Apron[68]
The Lace Commode[70]
Clogs and Chopines[71]
A Mob-Cap[73]
Glove with Jewelled Gauntlet[75]
A Riding Costume[76]
Madame de Pompadour[79]
Marie Antoinette[82]
A Peignoir[83]
A Coiffure[84]
A Variety of Head-dresses adopted in the Eighteenth Century[85]
A Cap and Hood[87]
Some Sticks[89]
Some Quaint Examples of Nineteenth-Century Headgear[93]
Lady Blessington[99]
Lady Blessington—Lady Dalmeny[101]
Two Coiffures—Early Victorian Styles[102]
In the Nineteenth Century[103]
The Austrian Peasant-Bride in Black[123]
A Croatian Peasant[124]
A Croatian Peasant[125]
A Greek Peasant in Mediæval Days[127]
A Greek Peasant—A Greek Peasant Woman—A Greek Priest—A Greek Brigand[128]
A Westphalian Peasant[142]
A Hungarian Peasant in the Seventeenth Century[144]
A Chinese Actor[152]
A Chinese Peasant[153]
An Egyptian Peasant Woman[159]
An Egyptian Water-Carrier[160]
An Egyptian Peasant[161]
An Old Indian Festival Dress[165]
A Botticelli Dancing-Dress[181]
An Eighteenth-Century Pierrot[183]
A South Sea Islander[186]
The Knave of Diamonds[187]
Miss Ellen Terry as Mistress Page[239]
George Alexander as Guy Domville[245]
Julian L'Estrange as Hermes[247]
Beerbohm Tree as Malvolio[249]
Miss Constance Collier as Viola[251]
Miss Gertrude Elliot as Desdemona[253]
Véronique[255]