Everyone get a bonnet!!!!

[Arlen]

I came across an old book in the local Oxfam store and bout it for £3.50. (Just found it on ebay for £99.00) It's called 'The Kilt and How to Wear it - The Honourable S. R. Erskine - 1901'
It's really a book of it's time filled with advice not to wear loud, unflattering clan tartans and to just pick a nice quiet one to wear for your rambles in your new Scottish manorhouse.

Flicking through the pages I came across this wonderful gem. (Which could really keep Dreadbelly in business.)

The bonnet is an important article of the Highland dress, because it gives a certain character to the whole. Moreover, a man's head is the most striking feature of his anatomy, and it is essential that it should be suitably covered.
There are at present in vogue in Celtic Scotland two kinds of bonnet - The old flat bonnet, which is sometimes, absurdly enough, styled the Balmoral; and the semi-conical "Glengarry."

[LordKiltClad]

Arlen, just looked at your fiance's blog. Did you land yourself a fire haired lassie?

[Arlen]

Arlen, just looked at your fiance's blog. Did you land yourself a fire haired lassie?

I did indeed. Lovely, long, dark-red hair. And a beautiful woman to boot.
(With a nice, western drawl.)

[morrison]

That's a fantastic discovery you've in yer hands. A feather fer yer bonnet, figuratively!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

That's a great little book, that always generates interest whenever I bring it up. I did a review on it a while back:
http://www.albanach.org/kiltandhowtowearit.htm

Is yours an original 1901 edition, or is it the modern reprint by Scotpress (with commentay by Bob Martin)?

[Arlen]

That's a great little book, that always generates interest whenever I bring it up. I did a review on it a while back:
http://www.albanach.org/kiltandhowtowearit.htm

Is yours an original 1901 edition, or is it the modern reprint by Scotpress (with commentay by Bob Martin)?

It's an original print. A little 'well-loved' with someone's name written in the front, but worth it anyway.

[Kid Cossack]

It's an original print. A little 'well-loved' with someone's name written in the front, but worth it anyway.

Arlen:

those are far and away the best of books! I'm a bibliophile, to a degree, and I'll eagerly devour reprints of great works---but there's something special in holding, and reading, an original edition (or early vintage reprint).

[Arlen]

Arlen:

those are far and away the best of books! I'm a bibliophile, to a degree, and I'll eagerly devour reprints of great works---but there's something special in holding, and reading, an original edition (or early vintage reprint).

I agree completely.
Having a book that you know has been enjoyed by countless others just feels great.
I think that's part of why I enjoy bookcrossing so much.

[Arlen]

That's a great little book, that always generates interest whenever I bring it up. I did a review on it a while back:
http://www.albanach.org/kiltandhowtowearit.htm

Is yours an original 1901 edition, or is it the modern reprint by Scotpress (with commentay by Bob Martin)?

As usual, Matt, a wonderfully written article and a good read.

[Kid Cossack]

Matt:

What a lovely review, and what a smashing quote with which to wrap up the article.