The Skull of the Poet Crabbe. 



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of the Cathedral tower and spire is of course the most important. 

 It is proposed by the Committee to hand over to the Eepair Fund, 

 as a donation from the Society, any surplus which the Local Com- 

 mittee may be able to place in their hands after the Meeting. Of 

 other works the restoration of Imber Church has been carried out 

 in an admirably conservative way. The Committee would especially 

 draw attention to the way in which the colouring on the walls has 

 been preserved without losing its interest, as is too often the case, by 

 being " restored." The question of the proposed removal of the 

 tower and nave of Leigh Church, in the north of the county, has 

 been brought before the Committee by the Society for the Protection 

 of Ancient Buildings. The Committee feel that it is a difficult 

 question, that much may be said on both sides, and they therefore 

 hesitate to express any opinion on the matter. 



" There is an account in the last number of the Magazine of the 

 interesting Meeting at Corsham last summer. 



" This year we re- visit Salisbury after an interval of nine years, 

 An admirable programme has been prepared by Mr. Doran Webb, 

 to whom the Committee is greatly indebted for undertaking so much 

 work as he has done and doing all in his power to ensure a very 

 successful Meeting." 



C§e 3MI of % |pa«t Cralrk 



By Cliffobb W. Holgate, M.A. 



HE Poet Crabbe, though not a Wiltshireman by birth, has 

 still strong claims upon the interest of Wiltshiremen, 

 owing to the last eighteen years of his life having been spent in the 

 county, as Rector of the Parish Church of St. James', Trowbridge. 



I am surprised, therefore, that no mention has ever been made in 

 the Magazine of the incident connected with his remains which I am 



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