belief in the authenticity of the MS and goes on to discuss the "false Latin" and the presumed use of tartans in the Lowlands. In a final letter in this exchange from Scott to Lauder, dated 19 November 1829, Scott rejected again the authenticity of the Vestiarium Scoticum and further rejected the notion that Lowlanders ever wore clan tartans. He went further and rejected the entire notion of clan tartans, stating that the "idea of distinguishing the clans by their tartans is but a fashion of modern date…". Publication of the Vestiarium Scoticum The Vestiarium was finally published in 1842. A summary of its contents follows. Preface, in which is described the origin of the manuscripts, together with observations on the supposed author and date Rolls of the Clans Introduction Text of the Vestiarium The setts, stripes, and colours of the tartans, together with a listing of clans and families whose tartans are described Colour plates - seventy five plates (in colour) illustrating the tartans of the clans and families mentioned in the previous section Tartans The tartans presented in the Vestiarium were divided into two sections. First came the "Highland clans" and this was followed by "Lowland Houses and Border Clans". In the listing below, the clan name (with original spelling as it appeared in the VS) is followed by the Scottish Tartans Society number (TS#) and the (modern) thread count. Please note that these may not be the official clan tartans. For example, the tartan shown for Clan Campbell, known as "Campbell of Argyll", was only worn by the Sixth Duke of Argyll. The standard Campbell tartan is the Black Watch tartan. Hieland clannes (Highland Clans) Low country pairtes (Lowland Clans) Bordovr clannes (Border Clans) The Quarterly Review In June 1847, a highly critical review of the Vestiarium Scoticum was published in the Quarterly Review. Though the review was initially published anonymously, now the authors are now known to have been Professor George Skene of Glasgow University and Rev. Dr. Mackay, the editor of the Highland Society's Gaelic Dictionary. The Quarterly Review article was occasioned by the appearance of a book by John Sobieski and Charles Edward Stuart entitled The Tales of the Century. These stories, although presented in fictional terms, lay out the authors' claims to be direct descendants of Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender. The Quarterly Review article, while nominally a response to these claims,