Wilts Obituary. 149 



—216 contain Dialect Stories in prose and verse, pp, 217 — 



223 a Bibliography, and pp. 224 — 235 word lists from the 



Cunnington MS. and Monthly Magazine. 

 1893 THE FIRST NOEL, A CAROL IN THE OLD STYLE. WORDS BY 



G. E. DARTNELL, SET TO MUSIC BY C. V. S. STANFORD, 



REPRINTED FROM THE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, DEC. 1, 



1893. 

 1897. DUNSTABLE SCHOOL SONG. WORDS BY G. E. DARTNELL, 



MUSIC BY F. GOSTELOW, A.R.A.M., F.C.O. 4to., pp. 4. Six 



stanzas. 



1905. RICHARD JEFFERIES. Wilts and Dorset Bank Annual. 

 Salisbury, Christmas, 1905. This is largely a shortened 

 reprint of the article printed in Wilts Arch. Mag in 

 1893. See above. 



1906. WILTSHIRE MEMORIES. Wilts and Dorset Bank Annual 

 Christmas, 1906, pp. 8 — 17, Eeminiscences of N. Wilts. 



RORKES DRIFT, A BALLAD. Ibid, pp. 23-28. 



AMONG THE MOONRAKERS. Ibid, pp. 62—71. 



NOTES ON LONGFELLOW'S POEMS. Ibid, pp. 74—89. 



1907. ONCE UPON A TIME. Wilts and Dorset Bank Annual, 

 Christmas, 1907, pp. 59—68, Stories of N. Wilts. 



MANZELLE FIFINE. Ibid, pp. 32, 33, a poem. 



1909. A BATTLE HYMN. Wilts and Dorset Bank Annual, 1908, 

 pp. 10—12. 



GUYFAWKESASAHERO. Ibid, pp. 92— 116. A prose story. 



eorge Blake, of the Bed House, Amesbury. Died March 6th, 1909, 

 aged 59. Buried at Amesbury. Third s. of Alfred Blake of Codford. 

 Born at Steeple Ashton, educated at Trowbridge Grammar School. 

 Occupied a large farm at Chitterne and superintended two others, 4000 

 acres in all at Chitterne, for many years. From Chitterne he removed 

 to Amesbury, where he was known as a breeder of Hampshire Down 

 Sheep. He was also agent of the Amesbury Estate, and for many years 

 acted extensively as a land valuer and estate agent. He represented 

 Amesbury on the County Council from the time of the formation of the 

 Council until his death and took a prominent part in the business and 

 debates. He was chairman of the Amesbury District Council. His 

 widow, two sons, and a daughter survive him. He was well known 

 as a man of wide knowledge and experience on all matters affecting land 

 and agricultural life in S. Wiltshire, and his knowledge was always 

 at the service of the county in the various public offices he filled so 

 efficiently. 



He had been chairman of the S. Wilts Chamber of Commerce, and 

 was on the Council of The Boyal Agricultural Society. 



Obit, notices, Salisbury Journal, March 13th; Wiltshire Times, March 

 13th, 1909. 



