188 Recent Wiltshire Boohs, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



Trade, the Trading Guilds, and Fairs and Markets. He gives instances 

 of the early mention of the Brittox, cir. 1300, as "La Britasche," and in 

 1420 as "La Brutax," and mentions the " Yarn Cross," " The Butter 

 Cross," and the " Cheese Cross,'* as formerly existing in. the town — one 

 of them standing near the entrance to St. John's Street, was removed at 

 the beginning of the 18th century. Altogether an excellent article and 

 full of information. 



Stonehenge and the Midsummer Sunrise. Article in 



Nineteenth Century, June, 1903, pp. 1002—1009, by Arthur R. Hinks, 

 setting forth clearly the large basis of assumption and the very slender 

 foundation of ascertained fact' on which Sir Norman Lockyer and Mr. 

 Penrose's recent calculations of the age of Stonehenge rest. " One may 

 well doubt whether anything is gained by these attempts to help out the 

 deficiencies of archaeology with the aid of astronomy. Archaeology is 

 all the worse if an uncertain date is made to masquerade as a certainty 

 in plumes borrowed from astronomers; and astronomy which has a 

 character for accuracy to lose is apt to lose it in the company." 



Stonehenge. The Story of its Building and its 



Legends. By Arthur J. Ireland. London : James Henderson & 

 Sons, Red Lion House, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, E.C. Price 6d. 

 Pamphlet, cr. 8vo, 1903, pp. 18. Six cuts : — What Stonehenge looked 

 like originally — The Inner Trilithons — Plan of Stonehenge — The Leaning 

 Stone which has been placed in position — The Friar's Heel and the 

 Slaughter Stone — Stonehenge as it is. 



A useful little account, brought up to date, and approving of the 

 enclosure. 



■ The question of the action of the County Council in the matter of 

 the alleged right of way at Stonehenge was discussed at the meeting of 

 the council on July 8th, 1903, and the discussion is fully reported in the 

 Devizes Gazette, July 9th, in which a brief history of the case from the 

 beginning is given. The council unanimously decided that it was not 

 their business to move in the matter of bringing the alleged rights of 

 way before the courts, but it was stated that the matter would be taken 

 into the courts by other bodies at no distant date. 



— — An appeal for ,£2000 to enable the Commons and Footpaths 



Preservation Society "to bring the question of the public access to the 

 monument fairly and fully before a legal tribunal " appeared in The Times, 

 July 15fch, 1903, signed by G. Shaw Lefevre, E. N. Buxton, Robert 

 Hunter, and H. D. Rawnsley. The Standard, Oct. 31st, stated that up 

 to that date ,£1650 had been promised in answer to this appeal. 



At the meeting of the Wilts County Council on August 4th, 1903, 



