FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC.

SOME RECENT BOOKS, &c.

OLD ENGLISH HOUSES OF ALMS. A pictorial record with architectural and historical notes by Sidney Heath. (Francis Griffiths, 34, Maiden Lane, London 21s. net.) 1910.-Plates of the following Dorset examples are given: Beaminster Almshouses; Napper's Mite, Dorchester; Milton Abbas Almshouses; Hospital of SS. John, Sherlorne; S. Margaret's Hospital, Wimborne.

FEET OF FINES FOR DORSET. Edward III. to Richard III. (1327-1485). With an index names and places, for the period (E. A. Fry, "Dorset Records," 227, Strand, London. 21s.) 1910. THE DYNASTS. An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts, and 130 scenes. By Thomas Hardy (Messrs. Macmillan, London. 78. 6d.) 1910.

TURBERVILE'S BOOKE OF HUNTING. 1576. The Noble Arte of Venerie or Hunting, wherein is handled and set out the Vertues, Nature, and Properties of fiveteen sundrie Chaces, togither with the order and maner how to Hunte and kill every one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen, out of the best approved Authors, which have written anything concerning the same; and reduced into such order and proper termes as are used here, in this noble Realme of England. (Reprinted page for page and line by line from the Bodleian copy of the black-letter edition of 1576-Clarendon Press, Oxford. 7s. 6d. net.)—George Turbervile was a native of Winterbourne Whitechurch.

THE SOUTH DEVON AND DORSET COAST. By Sidney Heath. Vol. II. of the County Coast series. With a coloured frontispiece, maps, and 32 other illustrations. (T. Fisher Unwin, Adelphi Terrace, London. 6s. net.) 1910. Eleven of the twenty-three chapters deal with Dorset. BOURNEMOUTH.

1810-1910. The History of a Modern Health and Pleasure Resort. By C. H. Mate and C. Riddle. With preface by the Duke of Argyll. 32 illustrations. (W. Mate and Sons, Bournemouth. 5s.). 1910.

POEMS IN THE DORSET DIALECT. By Robert Young (“ Rabin Hill "), of Sturminster Newton, "an olde Dorset songster," 1811-1908. Edited and revised by the Rev. J. C. M. Mansel-Pleydell, M.A. (Dorset County Chronicle Office, Dorchester. 2s.). 1910.

THE PLAYS OF THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK. Published for the first time. Edited by A. B. Young, Ph.D. Contents: The Dilettanti ; The Circl of Loda; The Three Doctors. (David Nutt, Long Acre, London. 2s. net.) 1910.-Peacock was a native of Weymouth.

THE HEART OF WESSEX. Described by Sidney Heath. Pictured by E. W. Haslehust. Contents: Dorchester and the neighbourhood; Weymouth to Poole. 12 coloured illustrations. (Blackie and Son, London. 28. net.) 1910.

DORSET. By Arthur L. Salmon. With maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Cambridge County Geographies series. (Cambridge University Press. 1s. 6d.) 1910.

DORSET DURING THE GLACIAL PERIOD. An address by H. Colley March, M.D., F.S.A. (Richmond Hill Printing Works, Bournemouth.) 1910.

THOMAS FULLER.

1608-1661. The writer of "The Worthies of England as one of Dorset's famous men. An address by A. M. Broadley. (W. Frost, Bridport.) 1910.

YEAR BOOK OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES of Great Britain and Ireland. A record of the work done in Science, Literature, and Art during the Session 1908-9 by numerous Societies, Field Clubs, &c. (C. Griffin and Co., Exeter Street, London. 7s. 6d.) 1910.

NOTES AND QUERIES FOR SOMERSET AND DORSET. Edited by the Rev. F. W. Weaver, Milton Vicarage, Evercreech, and Canon Mayo, Long Burton Vicarage, Sherborne. Issued quarterly to subscribers only: the subscription, 5s. per annum, payable in advance, may be sent to either of the editors.

THE ANTIQUARY. An illustrated Magazine devoted to the study of the Past. (62, Paternoster Row, London. 6d. monthly.)