180 Becent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and, Articles. 



The following headings of the chapters show the scope and contents of 

 this book : — Early Life in Aldeburgh — Poverty in London — Friendship 

 with Burke — Life at Belvoir Castle — In Suffolk again — " The Parish 

 Kegister" — " The Borough " — " Tales " — Visiting in London—" Tales of 

 the Hall " — " Last years at Trowbridge." 



The Times Literary Supplement of Oct. 9th, 1903, devotes a long 

 review to this book, It says ;—" When the original series of English 

 Men of Letters was published no omission Was more serious than that 

 of Crabbe. He now takes his place wjtiere he ought to have been found 

 from the first, in the most authoritative series of studies of his peers, 

 the English poets." " Canon Ainger has given us the book we should 

 expect from him, one full of sincerity, good taste, and good sense. The 

 story of the poet's uneventful life is admirably re-told . . . and 

 Canon Ainger has been fortunate enough to be able to add a few new 

 facts and throw a little new light on the poet's life. The chief source of 

 this new light, as the author states, is a copy of the memoir by Crabbe's 

 son, with abundant annotations by Edward Fitzgerald. 



" The poet's son mentions that his father took opium by medical 

 advice. . . . Fitzgerald's note on this was : 4 It probably influenced 

 his dreams for better or worse,' adding ' see the ' World of Dreams ' and 

 ' Sir Eustace Grey.' Working on this hint Canon Ainger has very 

 interestingly and quite conclusively shown that Sir Eustace Grey is a 

 picture of illusions exactly like those described by De Quincey as the 

 result of opium, and that Crabbe must have derived them from his 

 own dreams experienced under similar circumstances. It is rather a 

 melancholy explanation of Crabbe's highest flight of imagination, which 

 stands so alone in his work ; but there can be no doubt that Canon 

 Ainger is right." 



The Guardian, Oct. 28th, 1903, in a very eulogistic review, says : — 

 " We have read the two hundred pages of this almost ideal biography 

 with unfailing interest, and we can most warmly commend it to all who 

 wish to begin the study or to stimulate their admiration of a neglected 

 and yet typical English Classic." 



Visitors' Guide to Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts. Dotesio 



& Todd, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts. 1908. 7J X 5J. Pp. 16. 



A pamphlet with four plates : — The Bridge Chapel — Saxon Church — 

 The Hall (Kingston House) — and The Tithe Barn. There are also six 

 small cuts in the letterpress : — Town Bridge — Parish Church — Shambles 

 — Old Houses — and Old Bridge. 



The letterpress deals shortly and accurately with the various points of 

 interest, ancient and modern — though it seems unnecessary to invoke 

 the presence of Flemish weavers to account for the gabled houses at 

 Bradford. 



The Graphic Guide to Salisbury, the Cathedral, the city, 



the Antiquities, the Country Seats, the Military Camps. Illustrated by 

 photographs by H. C. Messer and " The Bournemouth Graphic." Price 



