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EBOOK AT THE SIGN OF THE BARBER'S POLE ***
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[Illustration: The House of Commons in the time of Sir Robert Walpole.
Wigs in Parliament.]
AT THE SIGN
OF THE BARBER'S POLE
STUDIES IN HIRSUTE HISTORY
BY
WILLIAM ANDREWS
AUTHOR OF "BYGONE ENGLAND"
ETC.
COTTINGHAM, YORKSHIRE
J.R. TUTIN
1904
PREFACE
Connected with the barber and his calling are many curiosities of
history. In the following pages, an attempt has been made, and I trust
not without success, to bring together notices of the more interesting
matters that gather round the man and his trade.
In the compilation of this little book many works have been consulted,
and among those which have yielded me the most information must be
mentioned the following:--
"Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London," by Sidney Young, London,
1890.
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