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To trace the origin of the wig our investigations must be carried to far distant times. It was worn in Egypt in remote days, and the Egyptians are said to have invented it, not merely as a covering for baldness, but as a means of adding to the attractiveness of the person wearing it. On the mummies of Egypt wigs are found, and we give a picture of one now in the British Museum. This particular wig probably belonged to a female, and was found near the small temple of Isis, Thebes. "As the Egyptians always shaved their heads," says Dr. T. Robinson, "they could. | England in the Days of Old by William Andrews 1 England in the Days of Old by William Andrews The Project Gutenberg eBook England in the Days of Old by William Andrews This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title England in the Days of Old Author William Andrews Release Date February 17 2012 eBook 38905 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENGLAND IN THE DAYS OF OLD E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team http www.pgdp.net from page images generously made available by Internet Archive http www.archive.org Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 38905-h.htm or 38905-h.zip http www.gutenberg.org files 38905 38905-h 38905-h.htm or http www.gutenberg.org files 38905 38905-h.zip England in the Days of Old by William Andrews 2 Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http www.archive.org details englandindaysofo00andriala ENGLAND IN THE DAYS OF OLD. BYGONE ENGLAND Social Studies in its Historic Byways and Highways BY WILLIAM ANDREWS. Of interest alike to the antiquary and general reader is Bygone England a book from the able pen of Mr. William Andrews devoted to the consideration of some of the phases of the social life of this country in the olden time. ---Whitehall Review. A very readable and instructive volume. --The Globe. Many are the subjects of interest introduced into this chatty volume. --Saturday Review. There is a large mass of information in this capital volume and it is so pleasantly put that many will be tempted to study it. Mr. Andrews has done his work with great skill. --London Quarterly Review. We welcome Bygone England. It is another of Mr. Andrews meritorious achievements in the
