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Page 1 of 3 from Sketch 9, Peacock's The Art of Dancing
JSS0423 		Page 1 of 3 from Sketch 9, Peacock's The Art of Dancing Page 1 of 3 from Sketch 9 of Peacock's The Art of Dancing. He introduces some useful hints on manners for teachers.
Page 2 of 3 from Sketch 9, Peacock's The Art of Dancing
JSS0424 		Page 2 of 3 from Sketch 9, Peacock's The Art of Dancing Page 2 of 3 from Sketch 9 of Peacock's The Art of Dancing. Peacock provides some useful hints on manners from teachers of dancing.
Page 3 of 3 from Sketch 9, Peacock's The Art of Dancing
JSS0425 		Page 3 of 3 from Sketch 9, Peacock's The Art of Dancing Page 3 of 3 from Sketch 9, Peacock's The Art of Dancing. Peacock concludes his useful hints on manners for teachers with a discussion of dress.
Page 1 of 2, Letter from James Scott Skinner to Gavin Greig
JSS0426 		Page 1 of 2, Letter from James Scott Skinner to Gavin Greig Page 1 of 2 of a letter from James Scott Skinner to Gavin Greig in the early stages of planning the Harp & Claymore Collection. It reads as follows: Symonds, Mid Street Keith, Friday 11 Jan: 1896 - My dear Gavin Greig, The London Meat Market failure will I fear afect more than Dancing in Keith and...
Page 2 of 2, Letter from James Scott Skinner to Gavin Greig
JSS0427 		Page 2 of 2, Letter from James Scott Skinner to Gavin Greig Page 2 of 2 of a letter from James Scott Skinner to Gavin Greig, in the early stages of compiling the Harp & Claymore Collection. Skinner is discussing arrangements of various melodies. Page 2 reads as follows: In the field of Bannockburn var [variation] I'll leave you [Skinner then gives 2 bars...
Ball-Room Guide, cover
JSS0428 		Ball-Room Guide, cover The cover of the tiny pocket manual, Ball-Room Guide, or Dancing Taught without a Master
Title Page, Ball-Room Guide, or Dancing Taught without a Master
JSS0429 		Title Page, Ball-Room Guide, or Dancing Taught without a Master Title page of the penny pocket manual, Ball-Room Guide.
Contents, Ball-Room Guide, or Dancing Taught without a Master
JSS0430 		Contents, Ball-Room Guide, or Dancing Taught without a Master Contents page of The Ball-Room Guide or Dancing Taught without a Master. This little pocket manual contains instructions for most of the dances most commonly performed at balls or assemblies in the late 19th century.
Page 1 of 3, Payne's First Set of Quadrilles, The Ball-Room Guide
JSS0431 		Page 1 of 3, Payne's First Set of Quadrilles, The Ball-Room Guide Page 1 of 3 of Payne's First Set of Quadrilles, as it appears in the Ball-Room Guide, or Dancing Taught without a Master. This guide is intended as a reminder for people who had taken dancing lessons, rather than for those new to dancing. It is interesting to compare this version of Payne's Quadrille...
Page 2 of 3, Payne's First Set of Quadrilles, The Ball-Room Guide
JSS0432 		Page 2 of 3, Payne's First Set of Quadrilles, The Ball-Room Guide Page 2 of 3 of Payne's First Set of Quadrilles as it appears in the Ball-Room Guide or Dancing Taught without a Master. This guide was intended as a reminder for people who had taken dancing lessong, rather than for those new to dancing. It is interesting to compare this version of Payne's with Skinner's...

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