(2) THE STITCHERY OF SAMPLERS, WITH A NOTE ON THEIR MATERIALS.--CUT AND DRAWN WORK.--BACK STITCH.--ALPHABET STITCHES.--DARNING STITCHES.--TENT AND CROSS STITCHES.-- VARIOUS STITCHES.--MATERIALS 161-171 INDEX 173 List of Colour Plates PLATE _To face page_ I. TAPESTRY EMBROIDERY. HENRY VIII., EDWARD VI., MARY, AND ELIZABETH _Frontispiece_ II. SAMPLER, BY M. C. 16TH-17TH CENTURY 9 III. PORTION OF LONG SAMPLER, BY A. S. DATED 1648 16 IV. SAMPLER, BY ELIZABETH CALTHORPE. DATED 1656 20 V. PORTION OF SAMPLER, BY MARY HALL. DATED 1662 24 VI. PORTION OF SAMPLER, BY ELIZABETH CREASEY. DATED 1686 36 VII. SAMPLER, BY HANNAH DAWE. 17TH CENTURY 42 VIII. SAMPLER, BY MARY POSTLE. DATED 1747 48 IX. SAMPLER, BY E. PHILIPS. DATED 1761 56 X. SAMPLER, BY CATHERINE TWEEDALL. DATED 1775 66 XI. SAMPLER, BY ANN CHAPMAN. DATED 1779 78 XII. SAMPLER, BY ANN MARIA WIGGINS. 19TH CENTURY 90 XIII. AMERICAN SAMPLER, BY MARTHA C. BARTON. DATED 1825 100 XIV. TAPESTRY EMBROIDERY: CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE, STONING OF MARTYRS, ETC. ABOUT 1625 123 XV. TAPESTRY EMBROIDERY. THE STORY OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL. ABOUT 1630 124 XVI. TAPESTRY EMBROIDERY. CHARLES I. AND HIS QUEEN. ABOUT 1630 126 XVII. LID OF A CASKET. THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS. ABOUT 1630 130 XVIII. TAPESTRY EMBROIDERY. THE STORY OF QUEEN ESTHER. ABOUT 1630 132 XIX. LID OF A CASKET. ABOUT 1660 143 XX. BACK OF CASKET IN TAPESTRY EMBROIDERY. SIGNED A. K., 1657 144 XXI. BEADWORK EMBROIDERY. CHARLES II. AND HIS QUEEN, ETC. 150 XXII. TAPESTRY EMBROIDERY. DATED 1735 158 XXIII. PURL EMBROIDERY. 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY 161 XXIV. DARNING SAMPLER. DATED 1788 164 Illustrations in Text FIG. PAGE 1. THE VISIT TO THE BOARDING SCHOOL, BY GEORGE MORLAND xiv 2. BOTTOM OF SAMPLER, IN KNOTTED YELLOW SILK, BY MARY CANEY, 1710 1 3. UPPER PORTION OF SAMPLER, BY PUPIL IN ORPHAN SCHOOL, CALCUTTA, 1797 9 4. SAMPLER OF CUT AND EMBROIDERED WORK. EARLY 17TH CENTURY 16 5. PORTION OF SAMPLER. 17TH CENTURY 17