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information on certain points. Such, for instance, are his references to 
General Pitt-Rivers’ paper on “ Excavations in Wansdyke,” and others in 
the Wiltshire Archeological Magazine, and the works of Mr. E. T. 
Stevens, Canon Rich Jones, and the Rev. C. A. Lane. He seems, too, to 
have made good use of the facts in that trustworthy and very handy little 
volume, “ Sarum Chronology,” brought out by Mr. W. A. Wheeler, of the 
Salisbury and Winchester Journal, in 1889, The preface of the 
book is dated “ August, 1897,” and the journalistic ‘ up-to-dateness” of 
the writer is shown in his account of the celebration of the Queen’s Diamond 
Jubilee in Salisbury in June last (pages 295—302), which seems to have 
been carried out with great success; his reference to the rebuilding of the 
organ in St. Thomas's Church (on p. 234) ; and his account of the presentation 
of the honorary freedom of the city to Mr. E. H. H ulse, the late M.P., on 
July 19th (appendices, p. xvii.). | We also observe that the Volunteer 
movement in Salisbury receives deservedly very full and adequate treatinent. 
The appendices, by the way, contain some very interesting materials with 
regard to the instutions, schools, clubs, societies, etc., of the city. Also, on 
page xiv., is a valuable account of “ The Salisbury Hymn Book,” based 
on particulars communicated to Mr. Northy by Earl Nelson in Dec., 1895. 
We do not wish to find fault unnecessarily, but in conclusion we must record 
our opinion that the value of the book is impaired by certain obvious 
omissions, ¢.g., the absence of an index ; also the absence of any account of 
the great works of restoration undertaken on the Cathedral during the last 
thirty years ; and especially during the last two years in connection with the 
tower and spire, involving an expenditure of £15,000 to preserve one of the 
greatest national treasures in England. And, lastly, we do sincerely regret 
that, in treating of the growth of the institutions of a city like Salisbury — 
especially by a journalist—no history of the local press, which dates back 
two hundred years at least, should have been given. The city has three 
weekly newspapers, all of which must have had interesting histories ; one— 
“The Journal”-—we know dates back about one hundred and seventy 
years ; the city has also had its printers of general literature, in the well- 
known names of Hooton, Collins, Clapperton, Brodie, Blake, and Brown. 
Noticed in The Times, Sept. 17th, 1897. 
Wiltshire Notes and Queries, No. 18, June, 1897. With a frontispiece 
drawing of Southwick Court, a ground-plan of the Moat, and an illustration 
in the text of a careful drawing of the Incised Slab in the chapel of the north 
aisle of North Bradley Church, Mr. Kite finishes his account of John 
Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury. The following paper, on the Child 
family, of Heddington, is also concluded. The useful “ Records of Wiltshire 
Parishes” are concerned in this number with Bratton. An interesting 
chatty paper by the Rev. A. P. Morres on the Death’s Head Hawkmoth, 
and Notes on Quakerism in Wiltshire, including an alphabetical list of 
Quaker marriages from 1660 to 1692, bring the longer contributions to a 
close—but there are further useful notes on George Ludlow, an early 
settler in Virginia, Archbishop Stafford’s Parents, and the Child Family, of 
Heddington. It is a good number. 
