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  THE HERITAGE OF DRESS




  [Illustration: VERY EARLY MAN IN JAVA. (_Chapter II._)

  _PLATE I._]




  THE HERITAGE
  OF DRESS

  BEING NOTES ON THE HISTORY
  AND EVOLUTION OF CLOTHES

  BY
  WILFRED MARK WEBB

  FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON
  CURATOR OF ETON COLLEGE MUSEUM

  WITH ELEVEN PLATES
  AND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE FIGURES IN THE TEXT

  LONDON
  E. GRANT RICHARDS
  1907




  TO MY WIFE
  HILDA E. WEBB




PREFACE


It would be difficult to find a subject of more universal interest than
that of dress, and hosts of books have been written which deal with the
attire that has been adopted at different times and