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Boohs, 8fC. } by Wiltshire Authors. 



— Tottenham House and its contents, including the swords of Eobert the 

 Bruce and the Black Douglas — the History of the Family of Bruce — and 

 the career of the present Marquis. A good portion of the article is re- 

 printed in the Wiltshire Chronicle, Sept. 9th, and Devizes Gazette, Sept. 

 14th, 1899. 



Mr. Gary Coles and his Winterfoourne Stoke Hamp- 

 shire BOWll Sheep are the subject of an article in The Farmer 

 and Stock Breeder, partly reprinted in Devizes Gazette, July 13th, 1899. 

 This flock of Hampshire Downs is one of the oldest in the kingdom, 

 having been continually improved since Mr. John Coles, of Thoulston, 

 Warminster, exhibited sixty years ago. His son, John Newbery Coles, 

 and grandson, the present owner of the flock, have made it celebrated 

 not only in England, but in various parts of the world. The article is 

 illustrated with a vignette portrait of Mr. Cary Coles, and a portrait also 

 of his prize ram, " Candidate." 



lit. -Gen. Lord Methuen. Sketch with Portrait, in Tit-Bits, 

 Dec. 2nd, 1899. 



FarSOIl Gale. "A Vision of the Past," an article by Fred Gale in the 

 Globe, May 31st, 1899, is evidently descriptive of the late Bector of 

 Milton Lilborne. 



A Quaint Schoolmaster, in "Journal of Education," Dec, 1898, 

 p. 707, is a slightly disguised sketch of old " Chump," Bev. C. W- Tayler, 

 formerly of Marlborough College. 



WiltShiremen at the War in South Africa is a useful list of men 

 connected in one way or another with the county, in the Devizes Gazette, 

 November 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th, 1899. 



William Henry POX Talbot. An article in The Photogram, 

 Dec, 1899, headed " The Father of Photography," speaks of him thus:— 

 " Those who have studied the early history of photography will acquiesce 

 in the opinion that even so far as priority of publication is concerned Fox 

 Talbot is entitled to the premier place among the fathers of photography. 

 But this is not his most undisputable claim. Talbot's process contained 

 the possibilities of indefinite modification. The multiplication of positive 

 proofs from a negative originated with him ... He was one of the 

 earliest pioneers in that afterwards fruitful field — the production of printing 

 surfaces by photographic means. He was one of the first experimenters 

 with bichromated gelatine, and perfected — and also patented — a process 

 for the production of an intaglio plate to which he gave the name 

 ' Photoglyphic Engraving.' " The article then goes on to suggest that, as 

 no monument has ever been raised to his memory, photographers would 

 do well to contribute to the re-building of the chancel of Lacock Church, 

 which is now proposed as a memorial of him. 



