NOTES ON WILTSHIRE MATTERS. 



The Editor will be glad to receive, for insertion in the Magazine, 

 any short Notes on Antiquarian, Genealogical, or Historical 

 matters connected with the County, as well as on any interest- 

 ing points of Wiltshire Natural History or Geology. 



QUERIES AND REQUESTS. 



CHURCHYARD INSCRIPTIONS. 



The Rev, E. II. Goddard would be glad to hear from anyone who 

 is willing to take the trouble of copying the whole of the in- 

 scriptions on the tombstones in any churchyard, with a view to 

 helping in the gradual collection of the tombstone inscriptions 

 of the county. Up to the present, about thirty-five churches 

 and churchyards have been completed or promised. 



WILTSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS, 



The attention of Photographers, amateur and professional, is called 

 to the Report on Photographic Surveys, drawn up by the 

 Congress; of Archa3ological Societies and issued with No. 84 

 of the Magazine. The Committee regard as very desirable 

 the acquisition of good photographs of objects of archaeological 

 and architectural interest in the county, in which special at- 

 tention is given to the accurate presentment of detail rather 

 than to the general effect of the picture. The Secretaries would 

 be glad to hear from anyone interested in photography who 

 would be willing to help on the work by undertaking to photo- 

 gra}3h the objects of interest in their own immediate neighbour- 

 hoods. The photographs should, as a rule, be not less than 

 half-plate size, unmounted, and must be printed in permanent 

 process. 



CATALOGUE OF PORTRAITS EXISTING IN THE COUNTY. 



At the Congress of Archaeological Societies held December 1st, 

 1897, it was resolved to attempt to compile in each county a 

 list of all the Portraits at present existing in public and private 

 hands; oils, water-colours, drawings, miniatures, busts, &c, 

 to be included. A simple form has been drawn up Mr. 

 Lionel Cust, keeper of the National Portrait Gallery, which 

 is now ready for distribution. Any lady or gentleman 

 who is willing to undertake to fill up this form with the 

 details of portraits is requested to communicate with the 

 Honorary Secretaries. It is intended that the lists for Wilt- 

 shire, when completed, shall be copied in duplicate ; one copy 

 to be deposited at the National Portrait Grallery, the other to be 

 retained by the Wilts Archaeological Society. Unmounted 

 photos, or outline sketches, of the portraits accompanying the 

 returns are very desirable. 



THE BIRDS OF WILTSHIRE. One Volume, 8vo, 013 pp., Extra Cloth. 

 By the Rev. A. C. SMITH, M.A. Price reduced to 10*. Qd. 



