92 Bibliography of Stonchenge and Avebury. 



Merewether. Rev. Jno. [1797—1850]: Bean of Hereford. 

 1851. Diary of a Dean; 8vo., 48 pp. ; with thirty -eight plates : 

 London. 



This book is really a reprint of the two papers (mentioned below) which 

 were read at the Salisbury Meeting of the Archa?ol. Institute in 1849. 



1851. Examination of silbury Hill [pp.73 — 81]: and 



ok Barrows near Ayebury [pp. 82 — 112]. Memoirs on Wilis 

 [Archieol. Inst.] ; 8yo. : London. 



Refers to Nenia Britannica (p. 161) for an account of the opening of Silbury 

 Hill in 1777. Describes the excavations made for the visit of the Institute 

 in 1849. 



Fourteen plates are given of the objects found in the Avebury barrows : ail 

 of certain earthworks in the vicinity; and sixteen more of " antiquities 

 found near Avebury." 



"Merlin Ambrosius (Merddin Emrys) : Legendary bard 

 1450. Merlin: or the Early History ok King Arthur, a 



Prose Romance. 

 1865 — 7o. Edited (in four parts) by Wheatley ; Nash ; Glennie ; 



and Mead for the Early English Text Society ; 8yo., two yoIs., 



c. 500 pp. each : London. 



Dr. Mead writes the " Outlines of the History of the Legend of Merlin " ; 



Mr. Nash, "Essays on Merlin the Enchanter and Merlin the Hard"; 



Mr. Glennie, on "Arthurian Localities"; while Mr. H. B. Wheatley 



edits the prose romance of "Merlin" from "the unique MS. in the 



University Library, Cambridge." 

 In Part I., pp. 57 — 58, we find the story of how the stones of StonehengG 



were brought by Merlin from Ireland, and set up on Salisbury Plain as a 



memorial to Pendragon, who had been slain there in battle with tho 



Danes or " Sarazzins." 



Middleton, Thos. [1570— 1627], and Wm. Rowley [1 585 



— 1642]: Dramatist*. 

 1 Go'2. Mirth ok M kklin : London. 

 1K5G. Edition hy Delius; Svo.. xix.. 87: Elberfeld 

 1KN7. h-inted in LVuido-Shakospoivan Plays [X... IV.]: Halle. 

 L840. Works and Life of Middleton, by Rev. A. Dyce ; five vols., 



8vo. : London. 



This play was acted in MVl'l, but not published till forty year- later, when 

 it whs attributed to " \Y. Shakes)). 'art and W. Kowley." Btonehenge is 



stated to bo ft monument ereoted by Merlin to tho memory of his mother. 



