70 Bibliography of Stonehengc mid Aveburif. 



Sume, David [1711—1776] : Historian. 

 1754 — 62. History of England ; six vols., 4to. : London. 

 1790. New Edition; eight vols. 



1879. The Student's Hume; one vol., 8vo., xiii., 774: London. 



Eegards the stories about Hengist and his treacherous massacre of three 



hundred Britons, as "invented by the Welsh authors, in order to paUiate 



the weak resistance " made by their countrymen to the early Saxon 



invaders. [Edition of 1879 has a poor vignette of Stonehenge on p. 1.] 



Huuuewell, Jas. P. : American traveller. 

 1886. England's Chronicle in Stone ; 8vo., 445 pp., with sixty- 

 five plates ; London. 



Eeproduces vievi^s of Stonehenge from Jones (1655) ; and Higgins (1829) ; 

 see pp. 16 — 17. The sandstone blocks of Stonehenge are described as " of 

 a pale-buff or whitish colour, but have grown extremely gray on the 

 exposed surfaces. The weather-wear of twenty centuries or more has 

 imparted to them a most impressive hoariness, that has spread through 

 the very lichens and thick mosses with which they are almost covered." 



Hunter, Rev. Jos. [1783 — 1861]: Antiquary and Presbyterian 



minister. 



1829. Present State OF Abury. Gent's Mag. ,X.G1X.,\\.,Z — 7. 



A careful description. The stones are locally called " sazzens." Thinks 



that the temple bears some resemblance to Arbor-Low ; and sees no 



necessity for " the fiction of a serpent." 



1851. Gatherings at Stourhead [1825 — 33]. Memoirs 



on Wilts [Archeeol. Inst.] pp. 16 — 27 ; 8vo. : London. 

 At Sir R. C. Hoare's beautiful seat many antiquarians met yearly in 

 September. The party included such men as Fenton, Cunnington, Coxe, 

 Wansey, Hatcher, Matcham, Benson, Gage, Bowles, Caley, Meyrick, 

 Warner, Leman, the author, and others. 



Hunter, Robt. 1899. The Trade in Places of Interest. 

 Spectator, 7 Oct., pp. 491 — 2. 



Of the sum of .£130,000 recently asked for the Stonehenge estate, the 

 amount of £16,000 would be the full value of the land ; this would leave 

 £114,000 for the monument 1 " In France, £50,000 per annum is placed 

 at the disposal of the Minister of Public Education for the protection of 

 the historic monuments of the country ; and that minister has also power 

 to buy compulsorily any historic monument." 



KutChins, Rev. Jno. [1698 — 1773]: Historian and topograplier. 

 1774. History of Dorset ; two vols., fol : London. 



