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CHAP. XIV.] great save to boots, as when not in wear the boots are kept in shape by them, and when the boots are cleaned they prevent the servant from soiling the insides.

I am glad to say that the above-mentioned well-known firm also supply children's boots and shoes made on the principles here inculcated, and I trust that this will really tend to produce a healthier race of feet in the next generation; for although the evils of badly-shaped boots have long been known, it is very little use to know what is bad if you cannot obtain what is good, and hitherto the trade has been backward in supplying what is a real and urgent want.

On pp. 106, 107 I have made some observations on the construction of boots for young children, and the children's "Hygeia" boot, shown in Fig. 26, will be found a very useful one for boys or girls.

Continuing my remarks on p. 107, I may observe