PAGE The House of Commons in the time of Sir Robert Walpole. Wigs in Parliament _Frontispiece_ The Barber's Shop, from "Orbis Pictus" 3 A Barber's Shop in the time of Queen Elizabeth 10 William Shakespeare (the Stratford Portrait) 15 Henry VIII. receiving the Barber-Surgeons 29 Bayeux Tapestry 34 John Knox, born 1505, died 1572 37 John Taylor, the Water Poet, born 1580, died 1654 38 The Lord Mayor of York escorting Princess Margaret through York in 1503. Shows the Beard of the Lord Mayor 39 Beards in the Olden Time 42 The Gunpowder Conspirators, from a print published immediately after the discovery. Shows the Beards in Fashion in 1605 45 Geoffrey Chaucer, born about 1340, died 1400 52 Russian Beard Token, A.D. 1705 58 Egyptian Wig (probably for female), from the British Museum 72 The Earl of Albemarle 78 Man with Wig and Muff, 1693 (_from a print of the period_) 80 Campaign Wig 81 Periwig with Tail 82 Ramillie Wig 83 Pig-tail Wig 84 Bag-Wig 84 Heart-Breakers 89 With and Without a Wig 90 Lord Mansfield 93 Stealing a Wig 94 George Frederick Muntz, M.P. 100 Charles Dickens, born 1812, died 1870 106 THE BARBER'S POLE