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Books (Did Articles by WittsMremen. 



Mrs. H. 11. Wliytehead. "Queen and Mother. A Keepsake for Mothers 

 for 1897." Sewn. Oblong 24mo. London. Pp.11. Price Id. A useful 

 little booklet. 



Cliilbury Folk. By C. E. M. [Margaret E. Clarke, daughter of the late 

 Rector of Compton Bassett]. Pub. by S. P. C. K. S m. cr. 8vo. Cloth. 

 Pp. 92. A well-written little story, dealing with the belief in the evil eye 

 in the down country of Dorset (?). 



Sworn Allies. A story, by the same authoress (" M.E. Le Clerc "). 

 Favourably noticed in Guardian, May 26th, 1897. 



The House of Cromwell, by James Waylen. A new and revised edition ; 

 with an introductory chapter on the ancestors of Oliver Cromwell by Rev. 

 J. G. Cromwell, M.A. Pub. by Elliot Stock. Demy 8vo. Cloth. 1897. 

 Price 8/6. 



Insects and Insect Life. Lecture by Mr. 0. R. Straton, at the 

 Blackmore Museum. Reported at length, Salisbury Journal, March 

 27th, 1897. 



Sir J. Dickson Poynder. Devizes Gazette, Peb. 11th and 18th, 1897, 

 reports at length an interesting lecture, at Chippenham, on Sir John's recent 

 travels on the N.W. frontier of India. 



Tobacco and Pipes. A very interesting lecture, at the Blackmore Museum, 

 Salisbury, by Dr. H. P. Blackmore. Reported in Salisbury Journal, Dec. 

 5th, 1896. Dr. Blackmore dwelt on the fine collection of prehistoric pipes 

 from the North American mounds, in the Museum, and the interesting fact 

 that the Toucan and the Manatee are represented amongst their carvings, 

 though these creatures were only found thousands of miles away in South 

 America. These pipes were carved by people of the Bronze Age. The 

 lecturer then traced the growth and variation of pipes in England, from the 

 original silver pipes first used, through the small "fairy pipes " of Stuart 

 days, to the Gauntlett Pipes of Amesbury and Salisbury, of which the 

 Museum possesses a large number ; and touched on the modern Red Indian 

 pipes of North America, and those of Eastern nations — mentioning amongst 

 other matters of much interest the fact that the original idea of the tobacco 

 stopper was to put the pipe out after the smoker had taken two or three 

 whiffs, so that the same pipeful might be re-lighted when desired. 



Migration of Birds. A lecture, at the Blackmore Museum, by the Rev. A. 

 P. Morres, touching on the partial migration of the " resident " species of 

 birds, and on the causes which govern migration. Wilts County Mirror, 

 Dec. 18th, 1896. 



