By W. Jerome Harrison, F.Q.S. 



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V Amerique meridionale : Paris ; 1834 — 47. For Sun- Worship see Vol. I., 

 p. 242. 



Douglas, Rev. James [1753 — 1819]: Clergyman and anti- 

 quary. , . 

 1793. Nenia Britannica: a Sepulchral History of Great Britain: 

 fol. ; vi., 197 ; illustrated : London. 



Stonehenge was erected long before the time f>l the Druids; but it may 

 have continued in use as a place of convocation down even to Anglo-Saxon 

 times [pp. 172 — 175]. For Silbury Hill see p. 161 : Barrows and Tumuli 

 on Salisbury Plain, pp. 23, 87, 156, 177. 



1795 (c.) Original Design of Stonehenge (MS.). Wilts 



Mag. for 1882, XX, 237—240. 



A letter to Archdeacon Coxe now (1882.) published for the first time by 

 Mr. H. J. F. Swayne. Stonehenge is a temple of " Mithraic import " — 

 the deity being personified by the " single obeliscal conic stone " [i.e.. the 

 Heel-Stone]. 



Drayton, Michael [1563—1631] : Poet. 

 1613. Poly-Olbion: sm. fol, xxii, 168 (Notes by Selden); with 

 thirty maps and two plates : London. 



1876. Eeprinted in " Library of Old Authors " ; 12mo. : London. 



In this famous "geography in verse" we read of "Stonehenge . . . 

 first wonder of the land " as upbraided by her neighbour — the Wansdyke 

 for offering no record as to the time or purpose of her erection. [See 

 " Third Song," pp. 40 — 41, of original edition. Selden's notes are printed 

 on pp. 49—50.] 



Dryden, John [1631—1700]: Poet. 

 1633. " Epistle to Charleton " [Poem] : prefixed to Charleton's 

 " Chorea Gigantum " ; 4to. : London. 



These verses have been described as " The noblest poem in which English 

 science has been celebrated by an English poet." Diet. Nat. Biog. 



Dugdale Sir Wm. [1605—1686]: Garter King of Arms. 

 1655 — 73. Monasticon Anglicanum ; three vols. ; fol. : London. 



Translations by Wright (1693); Stevens (1718); Bandinel, etc. 

 1817—30). 



1846. New Edition, eight vols. ; fol. ; c. 600 pp. per vol. ; illus- 

 trated : London. 



See edition of 1846 : — Vol. II., Wilton Monastery, pp. 315—332 ; and 



