THE FIRST WINTER MEEtlNG. XXXI. 



Mr. Grose published 1783-1787, with other counties of Euglaucl, a clesciiptiou 

 of Dorsetshu-e, with a map and several excellent engravings, mostly engraved by 

 Sparrow and J. Newton, and published by S. Hooper. 



John Britton and G. W. Brayley's "Beauties of England and Wales," pub- 

 lished 1803, Vol. IV., pages 321 to 560, contains "Delineations Topographical, 

 Historical, and Descriptive" of Dorsetshii'e, with many interesting engravings 

 from drawings by Nash, Upham, and others, of churches, castles, and gentlemen's 

 seats in the county. 



The late Mr. J. Pouucy, of Dorchester, published in 1857 his "Dorsetshire 

 Photographically Illustrated : The Detail and Touch of Nature faithfully repro- 

 duced by a new process on stone, by which views are rendered truthful, artistic, 

 and durable; " every picture being furnished with a complement of lettei-press, 

 the whole being intended to afford some general idea of the past liistory and 

 present condition of the localities represented. 



I must not omit to mention the Kev. Canon Mayo's recent work, being a 

 transcript of the Minute Books of the ParHamentary Standing Committee 

 which sat in Dorset during the Civil War and Interregnum, in the possession of 

 Mr. Bankes, of Kingston Lacy; they range from 2ord September, 1646, to 

 Sth May, 1650, and are of more than local value, being in all probabiUty the 

 only example of the books of the County Committees throughout the kingdom 

 which have survived to the present day. 



Histories of the several towns and of various localities in the county have from 

 time to time been pubUshed. 



Mr. Richard Eussell, attorney, of Wimbome Minster, collected the antiquities 

 of that ancient town (prior to 1768). 



The Roman Amphitheatre at Dorchester is largely treated of by Dr. Stukcly in 

 his "Itinerarium Cui-iosum," pages 160 to 168, published in 1774. This account 

 was first read to a Society of Freemasons 1723. 



In the " Gentleman's Magazine" of July, 1764, page 336, we have the figure 

 and dimensions of the Giant cut on Nant Hill, near Cerne. 



Several pamphlets have been published concerning Weymouth, particularly 

 " The New Weymouth Guide," the first edition of which appeared in 1785, and 

 an account of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 1800, by Harvey. " The Histoiy 

 and Antiquities of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis," by George A. Ellis in 1829, 

 and others of more recent date. 



Of Dorchester we have "A Walk round Dorchester," by Criswick, 1820; 

 "The Dorchester Guide," 1827; "A History of Dorchester," by Savage, 1833; 

 and others of later date. 



A History and Description of Sherborne Castle and Abbey in Vol. XXXIX. of 

 the " Weekly Entertainer." 



A History of the Town and County of Poole, Avith its Charter (a.d. 1568), 

 published in 1791. 



An Account of the Siege of Lyme Regis by Prince Maurice and liis forces, 1614. 



Another by James Strong, reprinted 1674. 



