John Leith Veitch. Died September 4th, 1904, aged 49. Buried at Plaitford. Began life as a master in a large preparatory school, was for some years associated in the publication of Social Notes, and became editor of the Salisbury and Winchester Journal in 1890, a post which he held until his death. He was the author of many novels, publishing his first" King Lazarus "-under the pseudonym of "Leith Derwent" in 1881. To this succeeded "Our Lady of Tears," "Circe's Lovers," "A Daughter of Dives,' ," "A Daughter of the Pyramids" (1890), and in 1904" Cloud and Storm," an epitome of the reviews of which, published in a number of papers, is given in Salisbury Journal, August 6th, 1904. He left another book, "Felix Strange," completed at his death. In 1895 he published an election skit, "Interviews with the Immortals, or Dickens Up to Date." He also wrote many articles in magazines, amongst them "The Sayings of Sir Oracle," in Macmillan's Magazine, October, 1904, and "The Humble Petition of John Smith," in a recent number of The Reformer.

Long obituary notice and sketch of his life, by C. F. C[azenove], in Salisbury Journal, September 10th, 1904. Short notices in Wilts County Mirror, September 9th, 1904, and other local papers.

Sir Augustus Frederick William Keppel Stephenson, K.C.B., K.C., of Bodenham House, Salisbury, died September 26th, 1904. Buried at Nunton. Born October 27th, 1827. Called to bar, 1852. Recorder of Bedford, &c., &c. C.B. 1883; K.C.B. 1885; Q.C. 1890. Director of Public Prosecutions and Solicitor to the Treasury, Obit. notices, Salisbury Journal, October 1st; Wilts County Mirror, October 7th, 1904.

Octavius Robinson. Died August 26th, 1904. Buried at Downton. Born March 28th, 1850, in Yorkshire, he purchased Redlynch House some years ago, and had since resided there. A lawyer, a Conservative, and a zealous churchman. J.P. for Wilts.

Obit notice, Salisbury Journal, September 3rd, 1904.

Sidney Fawcett. Died May 28th, 1904, aged 42. Buried in the London Road Cemetery, Salisbury. Son of Alderman William Fawcett, married, 1887, a daughter of J. W. Lovibond, of Lake House. A prominent citizen of Salisbury.

Obit. notices, Wilts County Mirror, June 3rd; Salisbury Journal, June 4th, 1904.

Edmund Rebbeck, of Lockeridge. Died March 14th, 1904, aged 49. Buried at Overton. He weighed 31 stone 1 lb., and was supposed to be the heaviest man in England.

Long obit. notice, Marlborough Times, March, 1904.

James Nowlson Parham, of the Glebe Farm, Sutton Veney. Died August 29th, 1904. Buried at Sutton Veney. Born February 6th,

1834, a native of Sutton Veney. A prominent agriculturist in the Warminster neighbourhood, and Chairman of the District Council, a churchman and Conservative.

Obit. Notices, Warminster Journal, September 3rd; Wiltshire Times, September 3rd, 1904.

Miss Louisa Mary Thomas, owner of Blunsdon Abbey. Died August 20th, 1904, aged 41. Buried at St. Fagan's Churchyard, Aberdare. Born October 18th, 1863, daughter of Samuel Thomas, of Ysguborwen, S. Wales.

Obit. notice, North Wilts Herald, August 26th, 1904.

Edward Alexander. Died August 18th, 1904, aged 55. Buried at Bemerton. Born at Redlynch, March 27th, 1849. Commenced business in Salisbury thirty years ago. Mayor of Salisbury, 1899. J.P. for the city, 1901. A churchman and Conservative, taking an active part in local matters.

Obit. notice, Wilts County Mirror, August 26th, 1904.

Frank Rendell. Died August 25th, 1904, aged 51.

Buried at

Devizes Cemetery. Alderman of Devizes. A Conservative and churchman. He was mayor in 1901-2, and took a leading part in municipal matters in the town.

Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, August 25th and September 1st; Wiltshire Advertiser, August 25th, 1904.

Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles.

[N.B. This list does not claim to be in any way exhaustive. The Editor appeals to all authors and publishers of pamphlets, books, or views in any way connected with the county to send him copies of their works, and to editors of papers and members of the Society generally to send him copies of articles, views, or portraits, appearing in the newspapers.]

Sylvan Savernake and its Story. By W. Maurice Adams. Maurice & Co., 28, Schubert Road, Putney, S.W.; Lucy, High Street, Marlborough. N.D. Pp. 71.

Wolfhall and Tottenham, the Homes of the Seymour and the Bruce, by W. Maurice Adams (&c., as above). N.D. Pp. 55.

The Battle of Bedwyn, A.D. 675, by W. Maurice Adams. (&c., as above). N.D. Pp. 15.

The above three articles are bound up together in a pretty red cloth cover, lettered "Savernake, Wolfhall, Tottenham, and the Battle of Bedwyn." 7 × 41.

The whole seems to be largely compiled from Canon Jackson's papers in this Magazine, as indeed is stated in the preface. The opening chapters deal with the former extent of the forest and of the other forests of Wiltshire, with a simple statement of the nature of forests and of forest law, &c.

The history of its grant to the Esturmys of Wolfhall as hereditary bailiffs and wardens of the forest and its passage from them to the Seymours and the Bruces is touched on. The celebrated silver-mounted ivory tenure horn is described somewhat fully, and illustrated with a couple of pages of sketches.

The extended boundaries of the forest comprising many places from Shalbourne to Huish and Oare now far from its limits, in the time of King John are given, and the Perambulations of the Bailiwicks of Eastwick or La Verne, of Bedwin or Westrigg, and of Hippingscombe, in 1300 are printed at length.

The connection of Henry VIII. with the neighbourhood is touched on, and the destruction of King Henry's Summer House is noted. A good account is given of the "Duke's Vaunt" Oak, from the Gentleman's Magazine in 1802, with sketches of its condition in 1802 and 1893, and other notable trees are mentioned. The great avenue of beeches is said to have been planted by Charles, third Earl of Ailesbury, in 1723. The column and Savernake Lodge, or “The Ruins," have as much said about them as is necessary.

Wansdyke, the Roman Road over Crofton Hill, and near Tottenham House, with the villa discovered within 100 yards of the latter, are touched on.

In the Wolfhall section Canon Jackson is again laid largely under contribution. The derivation of the name, its owner at the time of Domesday, Richard de Esturmy, its subsequent descent to Sir John Seymour, and the marriage of his daughter Jane to Henry VIII., and the use of the great barn for the festivities on the occasion and on a subsequent visit of the King after the death of Jane Seymour, fill twentyeight pages very pleasantly.

A note follows on the proposed palace and park which the Protector, Duke of Somerset, proposed to build and lay out at Dodsdown, two or three miles from Wolfhall, a project prevented by his fall and execution.

Tottenham House, in the time of Henry VIII. known as "Tottenham Lodge," between 1575 and 1582 was considerably enlarged, and again

in 1662-1672 large additions and alterations were made, the materials of the old house at Wolfhall being used for the purpose. Alterations were again made about 1717-1722, and the house was remodelled entirely by the first Marquis of Ailesbury, 1821-1856.

The "Battle of Bedwyn" section is merely a short note relating the circumstance of the finding of several interments of single skeletons and one at least containing a great number of bones, by chalk diggers in the pit close to the Crofton engine house, about thirty years ago. These skeletons the author maintains are the remains of those who fell in the battle, A.D. 675.

On the whole it is a useful and pleasantly written little book, which does not pretend to be anything beyond a compilation, but the three sections overlap each other, and the same incidents are frequently repeated over again.

The illustrations are, in the "Savernake" section :-Map of Savernake and its Neighbourhood-Map of Savernake Forest, A.D. 1280-The Esturmy Hunting Horn (2)-St. Katherine's Church, The Column, Savernake Ruins, The King Oak, The Long Avenue, (all on one sheet)The Duke's Vaunt in 1802-The Duke's Vaunt in 1893. "Wolfhall and Tottenham" section: Plan of proposed Palace and Park of Protector Somerset-Barn at Wolfhall-Tottenham House, 1792 and 1822 (2). Hobbes, by Sir Leslie Stephen. "English Men of Letters " Series. London: Macmillan & Co., 1904. Red cloth. 7 × 5. Pp. 243. 2s. nett.

This was the last work of its distinguished author: it is needless to say that, like many others of the series, it is excellent. The first sixtynine pages contain a biography of Hobbes, for the facts of which the author is considerably indebted to Aubrey's Brief Lives. The remaining three chapters deal with his philosophy under the headings of "The World," "Man," and "The State."

case.

The Marlborough College Natural History Society Report for the year ending Christmas, 1903, No. 52, has less to record for the year than has been usually the The rainfall-the maximum recorded for the neighbourhood— seems to have damped the ardour of the members. Little seems to have been done in the botanical section, and only one new species was added to the list of Lepidoptera. The lists of Diptera and Neuroptera were, however, considerably increased. A Pied Flycatcher was seen at Marlborough, and Hawfinches are said to have been more common at Ramsbury, as they have also been in some other parts of the county during the last few years; one or more broods have been reared there each year. Again, a Bittern is recorded to have been killed at Chilton. The Rev. H. B. Eddrup sends a long list of Lepidoptera not previously recorded for the Bremhill neighbourhood.

There are nice photographic views of "Old Mill, Ramsbury"; "Cottage, Woodborough"; and "Floods above Preshute, June, 1903."

There are the usual valuable series of meteorological observations, the rainfall having been 44:30 inches; the previous highest record having been 43-79 inches in 1882, 41.99 inches in 1872, and 41.91 inches in 1876.

The Dialect of Pewsey (Wiltshire), with a Glossarial Index of the Words treated. By John Kjederquist. Ph.D., Docent in the University of Lund. London: published by the Philological Society, 1903. 8vo, pp. 144. Paper covers.

It has been reserved for a Swedish professor to do for the Wiltshire dialect what no Wiltshireman was capable of doing, setting down in exact terms, through the medium of Mr. Ellis's "Glossic" characters and signs, a really scientific account of the phonology of our native speech. Dr. Kjederquist was led to select Pewsey as the place of his dialect investigations because he thought Wiltshire was the most im portant of the English dialects for which Ellis's word-lists needed supplementing to facilitate historical researches, and because from information he had received he hoped to find a fairly distinct idiom in this place. He accordingly settled down at Pewsey. The first sixty pages of the present work were published in 1902 (see Wilts Arch. Mag., xxxiii., 72), under the same title, and have now been supplemented by the remainder of the work, including chapters on "The French Element," "The Vowels of words and syllables which have not the principal accent," "The Consonants" (their source), and the Glossary and Index combined of all the words treated of in the body of the work. The work now completed is the result of two residences at Pewsey of some weeks duration each, during which the author took down the words from the lips of dialect speakers in "glossic." The result is an authoritative treatise on the pronunciation and articulation of the dialect such as is to be found nowhere else. The work may be obtained of Mr. Woodward, bookseller, Devizes, or of Messrs. Brown, Salisbury. Reviewed, Devizes Gazette, September 8th, 1904.

Wiltshire Notes and Queries, No. 45, March, 1904.

The Editor's paper on Isaac Walton and his connection with Wiltshire is continued, with a photo of Poulshot Green and another of "Walton's House in Salisbury Close." The wills of Isaac Walton, Sen., Isaac Walton, Jun., and William Hawkins are printed in full. Erchfont Records, a Calendar of Feet of Fines for Wiltshire, and Quaker Birth Records are continued. A note on the Corr family, of Aldbourne, bellfounders, follows. Another, on De Chyrebury, of Seend, suggests that Wyganus de Chyrebury, who died in 1283, lord of the new manor of Seend, was possibly the ancester of the Yerburys of Trowbridge and the neighbourhood.

Canon Wordsworth crosses swords with "A.S.M." as to the latter's protest against the use of the name "Sarum" as a modern vulgarity. He brings forward chapter and verse to prove that at all events from 1463 down to the present time it has been continuously in use, indeed