Transcriber’s Notes • Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. • Typographical errors were silently corrected. • New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. • Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LADIES’ OLD-FASHIONED SHOES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LADIES’ OLD-FASHIONED SHOES BY T. WATSON GREIG OF GLENCARSE A Vice-President of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perthshire, &c., &c. -------------- _With Eleven Illustrations from Originals in his Collection_ -------------- EDINBURGH DAVID DOUGLAS 1885 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. -------------- PLATE SHOE SAID TO HAVE BELONGED TO MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, I. MISS LANGLEY’S SHOE, II. COUNTESS OF PORTSMOUTH’S SHOE, III. MRS WOODCOCK’S SHOE, IV. SHOE OF LILIAS, DAUGHTER OF THE 12TH EARL OF V. EGLINTON, LADY MARY MORDAUNT’S SHOE (_Black_), VI. LADY MARY MORDAUNT’S SHOE (_Yellow_), VII. MRS BROWN’S SHOE, VIII. UNKNOWN, IX. UNKNOWN, X. UNKNOWN, XI. _The Descriptions of the Shoes will be found before each Plate._ -------------- APPENDIX. PAGE I. Lord William Pitt Lennox on Shoes, 1 II. Shoes in the Antiquarian Museum in Edinburgh, 1 III. Shoes at the Exhibition at Cluny, in Paris, in 1883, by R. Heath, 1 IV. Shoes at Westminster Abbey, in Pictures, and mentioned in 9 Evelyn’s Diary, PREFACE. --------------