80 Bibliography of Stonehenge and Avebury. 



really a repetition of Geoffrey of Monmouth's legends. See II., 211 — "The 

 place was iElenge [or Elinge] ; now hight it Stanhenge [or Stonhenge]." 

 See also pp. 324 and 408. 



Layard, (Sir) A. H. [1817 — 1894] : Diplomatist aiid JExplorcr. 

 1849 — 53. The Monuments of Nineveh ; Two Series ; fol. ; 

 171 plates ; with letterpress : London. 



In this splendid work see Second Series : Plates (11), "Workmen towing a 

 boat containing a block of stone ; (12) The Moving of a Colossus ; and of 

 a colossal Winged Bull ; (13) Moving Winged Bull on Sledge ; (14) Building 

 a Mound ; (15) Drawing Winged Bull to the top of Mound ; (16) Drawing 

 Upright Bull ; (17) Workmen with implements and ropes for moving 

 Winged Bull. These are from bas-reliefs found in the ruins of the palace 

 of Sennacherib in the mound of Kouyunjik, (Assyria). 



1849. Nineveh and its Remains [1845 — 46] ; two vols., 



8vo., XXX., 399 ; and xii., 495 ; illustrated : London. 



1850. Sixth Edition. 



1867. Abridged Edition : 8vo. : London. 



Descriptions, with good illustrations, are given of the simple methods adopted 

 by the author for transporting the gigantic stone objects discovered by 

 him, across the plain, from the mound of Nimroud to the river. See 

 frontispiece to Vol. I.: — "Lowering the Great Winged Bull"; and to 

 Vol. II. : — " Procession of the Bull beneath the Mound of Nimroud." 



1853. Discoveries at Nineveh, and Researches at Babylon 



[Results of the Second Expedition , 1849 — 51] ; two vols., 8vo., 

 xxiii., 686 ; illustrated : London. 



1867. Abridged Edition ; 8vo. : London. 

 See folding plate [I., 115] of Egyptians moving a colossal figure (from a 

 drawing by Sir Gardner Wilkinson). In Vol. I., chap, v., drawings and 

 descriptions are given by Layard of similar methods employed by the 

 Assyrians. 



Le Gallienue, Rich. [b. 1866] : Author. 

 1900. Travels in England; 8vo., viii., 291 ; with six illustrations: 

 London. 



Discourses lightly and pleasantly of Wiltshire and Stonehenge. " Chap, x., 

 Approaching Stonehenge : xi.. Avoiding Stonehenge : xii., Avebury, an 

 Older Stonehenge " ; with page-plate of Stonehenge from the west. 



Leigh, Edward [1602 — 1671] -. Lawyer and atdhor. 

 1659. ENC4LAND Described ; 8vo. : London. 

 Styles Stonehenge a " huge and monstrous peece of work " (p. 211). This 

 book is "principally gleaned out of Camden" ; {Lowndes.) 



