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in 1662—1672 large additions and alterations were made, the materials 
of the old house at Wolfhall being used for the purpose. Alterations 
were again made about 1717—1722, and the house was remodelled 
entirely by the first Marquis of Ailesbury, 1821—1856. 
The ‘“ Battle of Bedwyn” section is merely a short note relating the 
circumstance of the finding of several interments of single skeletons and 
one at least containing a great number of bones, by chalk diggers in the 
pit close to the Crofton engine house, about thirty years ago. These 
skeletons the author maintains are the remains of those who fell in the 
battle, A.D. 675. 
On the whole it is a useful and pleasantly written little book, which 
does not pretend to be anything beyond a compilation, but the three 
sections overlap each other, and the same incidents are frequently 
repeated over again. 
The illustrations are, in the ‘‘ Savernake ” section :—Map of Savernake 
and its Neighbourhood—Map of Savernake Forest, A.D. 1280—The 
Esturmy Hunting Horn (2)—St. Katherine’s Church, The Column, 
Savernake Ruins, The King Oak, The Long Avenue, (all on one sheet)— 
The Duke’s Vaunt in 1802—The Duke’s Vaunt in 1893. ‘ Wolfhall and 
Tottenham” section: Plan of proposed Palace and Park of Protector 
Somerset—Barn at Wolfhall—Tottenham House, 1792 and 1822 (2). 
Hobbes, by Sir Leslie Stephen. “English Men of Letters” 
Series. London: Macmillan & Co., 1904. Redcloth. 7} x 5. Pp. 243. 
2s. nett. 
This was the last work of its distinguished author: it is needless to 
say that, like many others of the series, it is excellent. The first sixty- 
nirie pages contain a biography of Hobbes, for the facts of which the 
author is considerably indebted to Aubrey’s Brief Lives. The remaining 
three chapters deal with his philosophy under the headings of ‘‘ The 
World,” ‘‘ Man,” and ‘‘ The State.” 
The Marlborough College Natural History Society 
Report for the year ending Christmas, 1903, 
No. 52, has less to record for the year than has been usually the 
case. The rainfall—the maximum recorded for the neighbourhood— 
seems to have damped the ardour of the members. Little seems to have 
been done in the botanical section, and only one new species was added 
to the list of Lepidoptera. The lists of Diptera and Neuroptera were, 
however, considerably increased. A Pied Flycatcher was seen at 
Marlborough, and Hawfinches are said to have been more common at 
Ramsbury, as they have also been in some other parts of the county 
during the last few years; one or more broods have been reared there 
each year. Again, a Bittern is recorded to have been killed at Chilton. 
The Rev. H. B. Eddrup sends a long list of Lepidoptera not previously 
recorded for the Bremhill neighbourhood. 
There are nice photographic views of ‘‘ Old Mill, Ramsbury”’; ‘‘ Cottage, 
Woodborough”; and ‘‘ Floods above Preshute, June, 1903.” 

