Book 26 credited the dance <<ddd:New Waterloo Reel>> to the *New Lanark Collection* of Robert Owen. New Lanark was a cotton-processing “model village” on the river Clyde south-east of Glasgow which was essentially owned by Owen, who was a social reformer as well as an entrepreneur and believed in keeping his workers entertained in a wholesome fashion, which apparently included dancing. There is no evidence that Owen himself wrote the dance; he probably underwrote the publication of the dance book.

However, the Combined RSCDS Books 25-30 state: The source previously given for this dance is *The Collection of Robert Owen* but we have not been able to verify this.

Furthermore, the collection might refer to the general collection of material at New Lanark and not to a booklet with that name.