Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



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in 1662 — 1672 large additions and alterations were made, the materials 

 of the old house at Wolfhall being used for the purpose. Alterations 

 were again made about 1717 — 1722, and the house was remodelled 

 entirely by the first Marquis of Ailesbury, 1821—1856. 



The " Battle of Bedwyn" section is merely a short note relating the 

 circumstance of the finding of several interments of single skeletons and 

 one at least containing a great number of bones, by chalk diggers in the 

 pit close to the Crofton engine house, about thirty years ago. These 

 skeletons the author maintains are the remains of those who fell in the 

 battle, A.D. 675. 



On the whole it is a useful and pleasantly written little book, which 

 does not pretend to be anything beyond a compilation, but the three 

 sections overlap each other, and the same incidents are frequently 

 repeated over again. 



The illustrations are, in the " Savernake " section : — Map of Savernake 

 and its Neighbourhood — Map of Savernake Forest, A.D. 1280 — The 

 Esturmy Hunting Horn (2) — St. Katherine's Church, The Column, 

 Savernake Ruins, The King Oak, The Long Avenue, (all on one sheet) — 

 The Duke's Vaunt in 1802— The Duke's Vaunt in 1898. " Wolfhall and 

 Tottenham " section : Plan of proposed Palace and Park of Protector 

 Somerset— Barn at Wolfhall— Tottenham House, 1792 and 1822 (2). 



Hobbes, by Sir Leslie Stephen. " English Men of Letters " 



Series. London : Macmillan & Co., 1904. Red cloth. 7£ X 5. Pp. 243. 

 2*. nett. 



This was the last work of its distinguished author : it is needless to 

 say that, like many others of the series, it is excellent. The first sixty- 

 nine pages contain a biography of Hobbes, for the facts of which the 

 author is considerably indebted to Aubrey's Brief Live*. The remaining 

 three chapters deal with his philosophy under the headings of " The 

 World," " Man," and " The State." 



The Marlborough College Natural History Society 

 Report for the year ending Christmas, 1903, 



NO. 52, has less to record for the year than has been usually the 

 case. The rainfall — the maximum recorded for the neighbourhood — 

 seems to have damped the ardour of the members. Little seems to have 

 been done in the botanical section, and only one new species was added 

 to the list of Lepidoptera. The lists of Diptera and Neuroptera were, 

 however, considerably increased. A Pied Flycatcher was seen at 

 Marlborough, and Hawfinches are said to have been more common at 

 Ramsbury, as they have also been in some other parts of the county 

 during the last few years ; one or more broods have been reared there 

 each year. Again, a Bittern is recorded to have been killed at Chilton. 



The Rev. H. B. Eddrup sends a long list of Lepidoptera not previously 

 recorded for the Bremhill neighbourhood. 



There are nice photographic views of " Old Mill,Ramsbury " ; " Cottage, 

 Woodborough" ; and "Floods above Preshute, June, 1903." 



