206 Recent Books, Pamphlets, Articles, 8fC, on Wiltshire Matters. 



Salisbury Parliament. Notes and Queries, Jan. 2nd, 1897, pp. 1, 2, 

 contains an article by Hamilton Hall on "The Parliamentary Writ of 25 

 Edward I.," for a Parliament to meet at Salisbury. 



" Salisbury " is the subject of a special edition of " Views and Reviews," 

 published by W. T. Pike & Co., Brighton. Demy 4to. Sewn. pp. 5—48. 

 Of these, thirteen pages are devoted to a sketch of the history of the city 

 and its principal institutions and buildings — the remainder is practically a 

 trade directory or advertisement, with process views of shops and portraits 

 of their owners. Altogether there are sixty-one photo-process illustrations. 

 Amongst the most interesting are :— The Church House, The Training 

 College, The Market Square, The Firing of the Feu de Joie at the Jubilee in 

 1887, A Group of Morris Dancers with the Giant, A View of Old Sarum, 

 and Crane Bridge. Some of the illustrations are quite good. 



Salisbury Plain. A child's story of how the fairies made a famous smith of 

 an old shepherd of the Plain, by Vida Briss, in The Sunday Mag., May, 

 1897, pp. 339-340, entitled " Horse Shoe ! " 



George Herbert. Short notice in Daily Mail, Feb. 4th, quoted in Wilts 

 County Mirror, Feb. 5th, 1897. 



Wiltshire Orcbards. " The Wasted Orchards of England : some Truths about 

 British Fruit Growing." By the Gardener s Magazine Special Com- 

 missioner. London : W. H. & L. Collingridge. [1897.] 6d. 



The Wiltshire section is at pp. 106 — 110. It says Wilts ought to be 

 noted for apple orchards, but has very few at present. " Nowhere do apples 

 lay on more colour, and where good culture is practised the weight of the 

 individual fruit is also remarkable." Very good orchards noted about 

 Bradford-on-Avon, and very bad ones about Wootton Bassett. Bromham, 

 Bratton, and Heddington are commended. 



Tbe Wool-weavers of Winterslow. Chambers' Journal, part 158, March, 

 1897, pp. 126-7. A brief sketch of what promises to be a successful ex- 

 periment. 



Tbe Eoad Murder. " Famous Trials : The Road Mystery," by J. B. Atlay, 

 pp. 80—94 of Cornhill Magazine, Jan., 1897. 



Diogenes' Sandals, by Mrs. Arthur Kennard. Remingtons. 1893. The 

 scene is laid at " Summerslow," i.e., Winterslow. Two friends rent shooting 

 there, and camp out in an old railwa} r carriage converted into a hut on the 

 downs. The local colouring in the story is not bad, and there are a good 

 many Wiltshire words and phrases. 



Devizes Fifty Years Ago — and Now. An interesting article in The 

 Devizes Advertiser } May 20th, 1897, contrasting the condition of the town 



