332 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pawphlets, and Articles. 



on May lst,&c., which in early Celtic days was the beginning of the year. 



In the numbers for Feb. 15th and April 15th, 1906, are two papers 



containing " Notes on some of the Cornish circles." 



The whole theory is ingenious but seems to demand a great deal higher 



stage of culture than the people of the Bronze or late Stone Age were at all 



likely to be living in. 



The King and Qveene's Entertalnement at Rich- 

 mond, nach der Q. 1636 in Neudruck. Herausgegeben 



von W. Bang and R. Brotanek Louvain & Leipzig 1903. Pamphlet, 

 10in.x6fin., pp. ix., 45. 



This is a German reprint of a rare tract, of which the original title is : 

 "The King and Qveene's Entertalnement at Richmond after their de- 

 parture from Oxford ; In a Masque, presented by the most Illustrious 

 Prince, Prince Charles. Sept. 12, 1636. Naturam imitari licet facile 

 nonnullis videatur baud est. Oxford. Printed by Leonard Lichfield, 

 MDCXXXVI." 



The original introduction says: "The country dance might be intro- 

 duced by some Clownes speaking : and because most of the Interlocutors 

 were Wiltshire men, that country dialect was chosen, and thus every 

 man fitted his part to his owne fancy." 



The play itself consists of six hundred and thirty-five lines, in which 

 the Wiltshire dialect is represented by the " Che," " Chil," " Chave," &c., 

 which seem to have done duty for all south country dialects in those 

 days. There is little distinctively Wiltshire about it, except a reference 

 here and there to " Amesbury," Wiltshire Tom's delight, &c. There is 

 an introduction of nine pages and three pages of notes. 



The pamphlet forms one of a series, apparently, of " Materialen zur 

 Kunde des alteren Englischen Dramas." The editor is Professor of 

 English Philology at Louvain. 



Wiltshire Parish Registers, Marriages. Voi. ii., i906, 



pp. 152. This volume contains the marriages of Marlborough, St. Peter's, 

 and St. Mary's, with Yatton Keynell and Durrington, the work of 

 transcription having been done by Mr. E. LI. Gwillim, and Revs. W. 

 Symonds, C. N. Wyld, and C. S. Ruddle. 



The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway 

 and other Railways in Connexion. illustrated. 



London, kc, 1906, Tin. X 5in., pp. 424, cloth, 1.$. 6rf., paper covers, 1*. 

 The course of the line and the country passed through are very shortly 

 described, with maps of the larger towns, and small photographic views. 

 The objects of interest are noted, and the hotels, golf links, &c., are 

 mentioned. Swindon Junction, Malmesbury, Chippenham, and Calne 

 occupy, with a cut of Malmesbury Cross, pages 71 — 74: Marlborough, 

 Devizes, Lavington, Westbury, and Trowbridge, with cut of Devizes 

 Market Place, pages 168 — 171; Bradford-on-Avon to Salisbury, with 

 plan and cut of Cathedral, pages 191 — 195. 



Wilts Ministers, &C., by Rev. Chr. Wordsworth, reprinted from 



