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.] By Charles T. London: John 1917.

George Wyndham.

Gatty.

Recognita,

With illustrations.

Murray, Albemarle Street, W.

Cloth. 9in. × 53in. Title and list of illusts. 2 leaves + 174 pp. Printed by the Leinster Leader Ltd., Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. Excellent photogravure portraits of George and Percy Wyndham, and six other illustrations. Not a biography, but a book of appreciations and recollections, written by a dear friend with the object of showing forth to others the rare charm of George Wyndham's personality and character, which had meant so much to himself. The two Wiltshire homes of Clouds and Wilsford come in for frequent mention in the book. A review in the Daily News, Oct. 4th, 1917, says: "He was gloriously handsome as a man, and was one of those rare people who seem to adorn literature, politics, friendship, sport and life in general by their mere presence."

Reviewed, Spectator, Oct. 27th, 1917.

The Sayings of the Children, written down by their Mother, Pamela Glenconner, author of "Village Notes," "The Children and the Pictures," "The Book of Peace," "Windlestraw," "The White Wallet," and "The Story of Joan of Arc.” Oxford: B. H. Blackwell,, Broad Street, 1918.

Buckram boards, 73in. × 54in. Titles, contents, list of illustrations, pp. unnumbered, 9 + 131. 1st edition, Feb., 1918. 2nd edition, March, 1918. Six plates, portraits of "Wyndham, Clare, Christopher," "David," "Stephen," ""Facsimiles of E. W. T.'s "Dedication" and "One of his Poems," and "The Nursery Balcony."

A beautifully-printed and illustrated little book faithfully recording the sayings and doings in early childhood, of a family, the most remarkable member of which, Edward Wyndham Tennant, "Two," as he is called here, since fallen on the Somme, showed a curiously early gift of sentiment and poetical feeting, as a series of songs and poems "written between the age of four years old and nine," and printed at the end of the volume, show.

Noticed, Times Lit. Suppt., March 28th, 1918.

The Home and the War.

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By Sophie K. Bevan. 1918.

London: John Murray. Paper boards, 7in. × 5in. Pp. xvi. + 263. Frontispiece portrait of the author, and 13 illustrations of, or connected with, Littlecote, which is the "Home" of the title, 8 of them showing parts of the exterior of the house or the gardens. The author is a lady who, knowing her own mind extremely well, has evidently the knack of seeing that other people shall know it too. Having entered on the tenancy of Littlecote in the summer of 1914, the exigencies of the collapse of the Stock Exchange and the outbreak of war made it necessary that the place should be "run" on very different lines from the extravagant week-end methods of the previous peace time tenants. She at once made up her mind that she would really live there, and that unnecessary expenses must be ruthlessly cut down, and that the whole staff of retainers" must become productive workers. The most entertaining part of the book is her very lively account of the manner in which she tackled the 18 gamekeepers and reduced their number to 6, whilst she talked like a mother to the gardeners of military age until they incontinently enlisted. The disused laundry became a butter and cheese factory, the Borzois were expelled from the dog kennels, and their place taken by goats. Expert advisers told her that it was impossible to make cheese from Jersey cows, but she determined to keep Jerseys aud no others and made excellent cheese in spite of their prognostications. Only once was she worsted in her scheme of reform, and that was in her encounter with "Old Jerry," who had worked for 50 years at Littlecote and declining altogether to be either retrenched or reformed, continues, one gathers, to sweep up leaves and wheel his barrow as of old. The Wild Darrell legend is of course dwelt upon and some short account of the house itself is given, but the object of the book is to encourage productive industries of all kinds, more especially in connection with large country houses, both during and after the war. There are, therefore, sections on goat, rabbit, and pig keeping, on dairying, and the intensive culture of vegetables, on war time in country districts, and the effect of the war on housekeeping, on the evils of absentee landlords and paper currency, both of which should be got rid of as soon as possible, together with the present dogmas, doctrines. and services of the Church of England, which must give place to a new religion which shall direct the "power of thought" in the right channels for the people of the 20th century. This, with protection for agriculture, decimal coinage, universal military training, and an infusion of common sense into the Government, should see us safely launched in the new world after the war.

Reviewed, Wiltshire Gazette, Nov. 7th, 1918.

A Poet's Pilgrimage. By W. H. Davies, author of "The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp." London: Andrew Melrose, Ltd., 3, York Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 1918.

Cloth, cr. 8vo, pp., including title, 378. This contains the story of a Walk from Carmarthen to Maidenhead, of which p. 281 to p. 333 are concerned with the journey across Wiltshire from Chippenham to Hungerford, or rather, with the account of what the tramps whom the author met at each stage of the walk said and did and drank, and what he said and gave to them.

"Our Grand Old Wiltshire Downs." By Reuben George. Art. in Wiltshire Advertiser, June 20th, 1918, describing visit of the Swindon Workers' Educational Association to Upper Upham. "An Address to the Swindon Branch of the Workers' Educational Association, given on October 28th, 1916, by Robert Bridges. Oxford University Press. 1916." 1916." In wrapper, 6d. net. Art cloth, 1s. 6d. net.

Salisbury, South Wilts, and Blackmore Museums, Annual Report for 1916-17. Salisbury Journal, July 28th, 1917. Mentions especially the valuable collection of English and Oriental China just added to the Museum by the Wilkes bequest. Ditto, Report for 1917-18. The record for this year is one of much progress. The Wilkes bequest, by the death of Mrs. Wilkes, has now come into the possession of the Museum, and dividends to the amount of £408 have already been received from it. Admirable work has been done by the curator, Mr. F. Stevens, F.S.A., in the re-organization of the collection of birds, a large number of cases having been entirely re-arranged and newly set up by him. The educational work of the year, too, has been greatly extended. Three series of lectures to school children, as well as two "Study Circles" and a "Teachers' Class" for adults have been in operation. The very large collection of china coming to the Museum by the Wilkes bequest cannot (with the exception of a very few pieces) be at present exhibited for want of room. Report of the Marlborough Coll. Nat. Hist. Soc. for year ending Christmas, 1917. No. 66.

The usual reports and lists of the various sections are given, showing good work as usual, but no very sensational new discoveries. Photographs of the rood loft at Avebury and of the interior of Mildenhall Church are given.

Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Manuscripts formed by the late Alfred Morrison, Esq., of Fonthill, and now the property of Mrs. Alfred Morrison. The First Portion, including the Letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots on the night before her execution; the Letter in which Oliver Cromwell describes the Battle of Marston Moor; many letters of great French and American historical interest; superb letters of Queen

Elizabeth, Henry VIII., Charles I., Burns, Byron, Defoe, Keats, etc.; and the Hamilton-Nelson correspondence, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge

at their

large galleries, 34 and 35, New Bond Street, W. (1), on Monday, the 10th of December, 1917, and four following days... London : Strangeways & Sons, Printers, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, W.C. 2." Sewed, royal 8vo, pp., title, &c., 2+ 119. Twelve photo plates of letters.

The collection comprised 770 lots, which realised a total of £12,606, exclusive of the Letter of Mary, Q. of Scots, which was bought privately and presented to the nation. The Connoisseur, Feb., 1918, p. 105, gives some of the principal prices paid. The Hamilton-Nelson corresponpondence of 1050 letters and documents, £2500; Charlotte Bronte letters, £108; Cervantes, £270; Charles I., after Naseby, £160; Cromwell describing Marston Moor, £300, and two others, £200 and £195; Defoe, £155, Q. Elizabeth, £115 and £150; James I. to Mary Q. of Scots, £210; John Knox to Calvin, £220; Las Casas, £145; Martin Luther, £105; Burns, £220, £150, £125, and £100; Description of Byron's death, by his valet, £107.

Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Manuscripts formed by the late Alfred Morrison, Esq., of Fonthill, and now the property of Mrs. Alfred Morrison. Second portion, comprising Three Holograph Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots sold by

auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 15th April, 1918, and four following days.

Royal 8vo. Title, 1 leaf + pp. 121 to 290.

The total of this sale was £15,009. Three Mary Stuart letters sold for £360, £345, and £115; two letters of Napoleon I. for £435 and £150 ; of Rabelais, for £270 and £110; Rembrandt, £180; Emerico Vespucci, £390; Geo. Washington, £152; Burns, £200; £145, £120; Byron, £320; Catherine de Medicis, £300; Cromwell (8), £374; Defoe, £195; Goldsmith, £265; Keats, £205; Charles Lamb (a number), £484; Voltaire, £200.

Catalogue of the Famous Library of Printed Books, Illuminated Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, collected by Henry Huth, and since maintained and augmented by his son Alfred H. Huth, Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire. The Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts. Seventh Portion. Messrs. Sotheby. 1st July, 1918, and four following days, and 8th July and following day...

Paper covers. Royal 8vo, pp, 1727 to 1976. Coloured frontispiece of illumination, 1 coloured plate of binding, and 14 plates of title pages, &c. The total realised by the sale was £30,118 15s. 6d., an average of £30 per lot. [North Wilts Estates of the Earl of Pembroke]. Particulars of Sale The "Manor" Farm and "Chink" Farm, Lea, "Street" Farm, Cleverton, impropriate tithe rent charge in Lea and Cleverton Parish, also nearly the whole of the Parish of Stanton St. Bernard advowson of the living of Stanton St. Bernard

and the advowson of North Newnton; West Overton Farm a portion of the West Woods, and Overton Heath Farm about 3560 acres. Ferris & Puckridge.—Instructions from the Earl of Pembroke. King's Arms Hotel, Malmesbury, June 27th, 1917 Bear Hotel, Devizes

June 28th.

Folio. Pp., including title, 30. Five folding coloured plans in pocket, of Lea & Cleverton, Lea Village, Overton, Stanton St. Bernard (2). Particulars of

the Rushall Estate

in the parishes of Woodborough, Beechingstoke, Manningford Bohune,
North Newnton, Rushall, and Charlton
4600 acres

Sale by auction

Bear Hotel, Devizes, 25th July, 1917. By

direction of the Earl of Normanton.

Folio. Pp., including title, 69. Key plan and 4 plates, with good photos of Church Farm, Manor House, and The Laurels, Woodborough ; Manor Farm and Dairy Farm, Manningford; Manor House, Beechingstoke; The Cottage, Rushall, and Rushall House. Five coloured plans in pocket. The total realised was £75,000. In the advertisement in Country Life, June 23rd, 1917, a photo of Cuttenham Farm was also given.

Souvenir and Guide Book for the Australian and New Zealand Soldiers encamped on Salisbury Plain and in the district. Compiled by W. E. Bennett, Bennett Brothers, Salisbury, 1917.

Pamphlet, 8vo. Pp., including title, 36. Price, 18. Fourteen photo illustrations: No. I. Y.M.C.A. Hut, Larkhill; The Busy Hour,Y.M.C.A. Canteen, Larkhill; Major-Gen. Monash; Review of Australian and New Zealand Troops by the King on Salisbury Plain, Sept. 27th, 1916; The King, &c., at the Saluting Base; Flags of the Tunneling Corps of 5th Aust, Royal Engineers, and 43rd Batt., Aust. Infantry, in Salisbury Cathedral; Stonehenge, View and Restoration; Salisbury Cathedral; J. Macklin, Mayor of Salisbury; Council House, Salisbury; Guest House, The Canal; Soldiers' Club, High St. This is a well-compiled pamphlet with short but sufficient notes on the various matters set forth in the illustrations. Mr. Frank Stevens, who writes the note on Stonehenge, makes the interesting suggestion that the sarsen stones "were probably floated down the river from North Wilts; one of the stones may yet be seen lying in the bed of the river near Bulford, just as it fell off its raft."