330 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, Articles, &c. 



cannot be made out, and it is unfortunately on this side that the in- 

 scription is found which marks out this Littleton cross from all others 

 in the district. The illustration shows all that remains of the inscription, 

 perhaps a little more than there is really there. They are noble letters, 

 larger than those on the Ruthwell cross ; the letter A at Littleton, 

 like that on the Acca cross, in the North of England, is over 3in. long. 

 It is impossible to make out the inscription from the fragment now 

 to be seen, only two or three letters being at all evident." 



Mate's Illustrated Salisbury, a Literary and Pic- 

 torial Souvenir, with about thirty illustrations 

 from copyright photographs. Bournemouth, 

 1905. W. Mate & Sons, Limited, obiong, cloth, 



9in. X 6in. On cover, " Mate's Illustrated Guides. Salisbury. Including 

 illustrated guide to the Combe Road Building Estate. Price Is. net." 

 Pp. 68 unnumbered. 



The excellent photo views are Castle Wall, Old Sarum, two panoramic 

 views of Salisbury ; Market Place ; Poultry Cross ; Cathedral from 

 Harnham, from R. Avon, W. Front, N.E. View, Nave looking E., Choir 

 looking E., Choir looking W., Reredos and Chantry Chapel, Chapter 

 House, Lady Chapel, Cloister Court, From Palace Grounds ; St. Edmund's 

 Church ; Blue Boar Row; Close Gate ; Church House ; Old Sarum ; 

 Stonehenge; Amesbury, Salisbury Street, and the Church showing 

 waterfalls ; Longford Castle ; Wilton House, and Church. 



The description of the Cathedral seems the best part of the letterpress. 

 The description of the Combe Road Estate is an advertisement of its 

 advantages, with good photos of The Knoll, Harnham Bridge (2), Harn- 

 ham Hill, Bouverie Avenue (2), the Reservoir, &c., entrance to Meyrick 

 Avenue, Meyrick and Cecil Avenues, South Folly, Mount Cottages, 

 view of Cathedral from S. Folly, The Beeches, North Folly, The 

 Mount, Folly and Shrubbery, The Mount Avenue, The Cliff Path, Old 

 Shaftesbury Road, The Knoll, view of The Close, &c. 



Salisbury. The visit of the Hampshire Field Club to the city on Aug. 

 19, 1907, is described in Salisbury Journal, Aug. 24, with the remarks 

 of Mr. W. Dale, on the architecture of the Cathedral, and on the contents 

 of the Blackmore Museum, in the course of which he expressed himself 

 as strongly adverse to the Eolithic theory. 



Salisbury Museum. The annual report appears in Wilts County 

 Mirror, Aug. 9, 1907. 



LaviUgton. with reference to the heavy storm in this district in the 

 latter part of July, the Devizes Gazette, Aug. 8, 1907, reprinted a long 

 account of the storm in the first week of September in 1862, in the 

 country between Easterton and the Lavingtons, where in less than 

 half-an-hour hail was piled up in places to a depth of seven feet, the 

 whole district was flooded, and immense damage was done to the crops 

 over the narrow area covered by the storm. 



