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Mr. Alexander Mackay, of Holt Manor, has already allowed me to 
take note of the Wiltshire books in his Library.’ 
Much work has yet to be done in the British Museum Library, 
and probably the University Libraries at Oxford and Cambridge 
will furnish much material of interest. 
Then we must hope that people will come forward and volunteer 
to do special parts of the bibliography, or to compile bibliographies 
of different places, &c. For instance, Salisbury, Stonehenge, the 
Civil War in Wiltshire, local Acts of Parliament, Poll Books, 
Sermons, the history of the Newspaper Press in the county, might 
all in the first instance form special and separate parts of the larger 
work, and might fitly be published in the Wilts Archaeological 
Magazine from time to time. 
As To PuBLIsHING sucH A WorxK BY INSTALMENTS. 
A precedent in favour of publishing by instalments has been set 
by the publication of Mr. Whitaker’s list, already referred to; a 
most valuable precedent I think personally, though I am aware that 
it may not necessarily commend itself to the Editor of the Magazine. 
It seems to me that one of the chief objects of the Society was 
the publication, by instalments, of materials for a thoroughly 
satisfactory history of the county ; and what can be more helpful to 
the future historian, than to be completely informed as to the literature 
in existence upon the topography and history of the county ? 
I find I have supporters in the idea of publishing by instalments 
both in the late Canon Jackson, and in Mr. William Cunnington. 
The latter gentleman, writing to the Rev. E. H. Goddard, under 
date 3rd April, 1891, quotes a letter from Canon Jackson to himself, 
dated February, 1888, in which the Canon says:—“ We are thinking 
of printing in the Magazine a ‘ Bibliotheca Wiltonensis,’ or complete 
list of all works connected with the history of the county, towards 
which I have a very large collection formed during many years, 
extracts from booksellers’ catalogues, &c.” 
1 Since writing this the Earl of Radnor has kindly given me permission to look 
through his library at Longford Castle, and note any Wiltshire books which are 
there, and the Marquess of Bath has expressed his approval of the work being 
undertaken. 
