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inf urination on certain points. Such, for instance, are hi* references to 

 General Pitt-Rivers' paper on " Excavations in Wausdyke," and others in 

 the Wiltshire Archceological Magazine, and the works of Mr. E. T. 

 Stevens, Canon Rich Jones, aud the Rev. C. A. Lane. He seems, too, to 

 have made good use of the facts in that trustworthy and very handy little 

 volume, " Sarum Chronology" brought out by Mr. W. A. Wheeler, of the 

 Salisbury and Winchester Journal, in 1889. The preface of the 

 book is dated "August, 1897," and the journalistic " up-to-dateness " of 

 the writer is shown in his account of the celebration of the Queen's Diamond 

 Jubilee in Salisbury in June last (pages 295 — 302), which seems to have 

 been carried out with great success ; his reference to the rebuilding of the 

 organ in St. Thomas's Church (on p. 234) ; and his account of the presentation 

 of the honorary freedom of the city to Mr. E. H. Hulse, the late M.P., on 

 July 19th (appendices, p. xvii.). We also observe that the Volunteer 

 movement in Salisbury receives deservedly very full and adequate treatment. 

 The appendices, by the way, contain some very interesting materials with 

 regard to the instutions, schools, clubs, societies, etc., of the city. Also, on 

 page xiv., is a valuable account of " The Salisbury Hymn Book" based 

 on particulars communicated to Mr. Northy by Earl Nelson in Dec, 1895. 

 We do not wish to find fault unnecessary, but iu conclusion we must record 

 our opinion that the value of the book is impaired by certain obvious 

 omissions, e.g., the absence of an index ; also the absence of any account of 

 the great works of restoration undertaken on the Cathedral during the last 

 thirty years ; and especially during the last two years in connection with the 

 tower and spire, involving an expenditure of £15,000 to preserve one of the 

 greatest national treasures in Englaud. Aud, lastly, we do sincerely regret 

 that, in treating of the growth of the institutions of a city like Salisbury — 

 especially by a journalist— no history of the local press, which dates back 

 two hundred years at least, should have been given. The city has three 

 weekly newspapers, all of which must have had interesting histories ; one— 

 " The Journal " — we know dates back about one hundred and seventy 

 years ; the city has also had its printers of general literature, in the well- 

 known names of Hooton, Collins, Clapperton, Brodie, Blake, and Brown. 

 Noticed in The Times, Sept. 17th, 1897. 



Wiltshire Notes aud Queries, No. 18, June, 1897. With a frontispiece 

 drawing of Southwick Court, a ground-plan of the Moat, and an illustration 

 in the text of a careful drawing of the Incised Slab in the chapel of the north 

 aisle of North Bradley Church, Mr. Kite finishes his account of John 

 Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury. The following paper, on the Child 

 family, of Heddington, is also concluded. The useful " Records of Wiltshire 

 Parishes " are concerned in this number with Bratton. An interesting 

 chatty paper by the Rev. A. P. Morres on the Death's Head Hawkmoth. 

 and Notes on Quakerism in Wiltshire, including an alphabetical list of 

 Quaker marriages from 1660 to 1692, bring the longer contributions to a 

 close— but there are further useful notes on George Ludlow, an early 

 settler in Virginia, Archbishop Stafford's Parents, aud the Child Family, of 

 Heddington. It is a good number. 



