the appointment by the Congress of a committee to draw up a model inventory. The following resolution was adopted :

"That this Congress, having had its attention drawn to the proposed sale to collectors of various chalices and altar plate, records its opinion that steps should be taken by Church authorities to restrain the sale or destruction of Church furniture and ornaments, whether for the sake of gain or change of fashion, and especially when such objects have been presented by pious donors of the past. Especially, the Congress hears with dismay of the attempts of collectors to purchase specimens of ancient Sacramental plate, the sale of which must give the greatest offence to all lovers of the Church, of art, and of history. The Congress appeals to the Archbishops, Bishops, the Houses of Convocation, the Archdeacons, and Chancellors of Dioceses to take steps to render such sales impossible, and it asks the public to support this appeal with its influence."

SOME RECENT AND FORTHCOMING
BOOKS, &c.

A HISTORY OF DUNSTER and of the Families of Mohun and Luttrell. By Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, K.C.B. Two vols., illustrated. Contents: The Mohuns of Dunster, 1066-1404; the early Luttrells, 1119-1403; the Luttrells of Chilton and Dunster, 1337-1485; the Luttrells of Dunster, 1485-1737; the Fownes Luttrells of Dunster, 1737-1908; the Borough and the Manor of Dunster; the topography of Dunster; Dunster Castle; Dunster Church and Priory; the Manors of Avill, Staunton, and Alcombe; Lower Marsh; the Mohuns of Ham Mohun in Dorset, of Fleet in Dorset, of Hall and Boconnoc in Cornwall, of Tavistock, &c.; the Arms and Seals of the Mohuns; the Luttrells of Irnham in Lincolnshire, of East Down in Devon and Spaxton in Somerset, of Honibere in Somerset and Hartland Abbey in Devon; of Saunton Court in Devon; John Luttrell of Mapperton in Dorset and his descendants; the Luttrells of Rodhuish in Somerset, &c., &c.; the Arms and Seals of the Luttrells; List of the Priors of Dunster; List of the Vicars and Curates of Dunster. (The St. Catherine Press, 8, York Buildings, London. 30s. net.) 1909.

REGINALD BOSWORTH SMITH. A Memoir. By his daughter, Lady Grogan.
With photogravure portrait and several other illustrations. Contents:
Stafford Rectory; Milton Abbas School-Marlborough-Oxford; Life and
Work at Harrow; Mohammed and Mohammedanism; Life of Lord
Lawrence; the National Church; the Near East-Uganda-Home Rule-
Lay Headmastership; Bingham's Melcombe-"Bird Life." (James Nisbet
and Co., 22, Berners Street, London. 10s. 6d. net.) 1909.
DORSET MARRIAGE REGISTERS. Vol. IV. contains a transcript of the
Marriage Registers of Litton Cheney, Burstock, Charmouth, Stalbridge,
West Chelborough, South Perrott, Maiden Newton, Loders, Fordington St.
George. (Phillimore and Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 10s. 6d.) 1909.
DORSET PARISH REGISTERS. Verbatim copies of the Parish Registers of
Almer; Beer Hacket; Tarrant Hinton. (Parish Register Society, 124,
Chancery Lane, London.) North Wootton; Long Burton; Holnest;
Caundle Bishop; Lydlinch. (Canon Mayo, Long Burton Vicarage, Sher-
borne.)

THE CIVIL WAR IN DORSET. 1642-1660. By A. R. Bayley, B.A.
Contents: From taking up Arms to Edgehill; Parliamentary supremacy in
Dorset-First Siege of Corfe Castle; Royalist Conquests in Dorset ;
Resistance of Poole to Royal Forces; Siege of Lyme Regis; March of Lord
Essex into Dorset and recovery of Weymouth; the struggle at Weymouth
and Melcombe Regis; Fairfax in Dorset-the Clubmen-Siege of Sherborne;
Fall of the last Royalist Garrisons in Dorset-Corfe Castle and Portland;

Disbanding of local forces; Later Royalist movements in Dorset ; FinanceDorset Standing Committee and its work; Ecclesiastical affairs. (Barnicott and Pearce, Taunton. 10s. 6d. net.) 1909.

(E. A. Fry.

DORSET RECORDS. (i.) The Dorset Feet of Fines, 1441-1460. (ii.) Dorset Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1700. "Dorset Records," 124, Chancery Lane, London.) 1909. NELSON'S HARDY: his Life, Letters, and Friends. By A. M. Broadley and R. Grosvenor Bartelot. (John Murray, London. 10s. 6d. net.) 1909. THE STORY OF FORD ABBEY from the earliest times to the present day. By Sidney Heath and W. de C. Prideaux. Profusely illustrated with plans, photographs, drawings, &c., and also reproductions of contemporary drawings by Edmund Prideaux. Contents: Foundation and early history; General plan; Church and Chapter House; the Abbots of Ford; Thomas Chard; the Dissolution; Armorial bearings at Ford; Post-Dissolution owners and history; Ford Abbey as a modern mansion; the Prideaux Pardon. (F. Griffiths, 34, Maiden Lane, London. 10s. 6d. net.) In the Press.

TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS AND OTHER VERSES. By Thomas Hardy. Contents: Time's Laughingstocks; Love Lyrics; A set of Country Songs; Pieces occasional and various. (Macmillan and Co., London. 4s. 6d. net.) 1909.

BIRD LIFE AND BIRD LORE. By R. Bosworth Smith. Popular edition. (John Murray, London. 2s. 6d. net.) 1909.

THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BARNES, Poet and Philologist. By his daughter, Lucy Baxter ("Leader Scott"). This book, originally published by Macmillans, can now be obtained from H. G. Commin, Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. 2s. 6d.

A SELECTION FROM POEMS OF RURAL LIFE IN THE DORSET DIALECT BY WILLIAM BARNES. Edited by his son. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., London. 1s. 6d. net.) 1909.

DORSET. By A. L. Salmon. Cambridge County Geographies series. (Cambridge University Press. 1s. 6d.) In the Press.

STORIES OF OLD DORSET. By Alex. M. Luckham. (Bennett Brothers, Salisbury. 6d.)

THE BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BAVERSTOCK KNIGHT, a Dorset Artist, 1785-1859. By Francis Knight. (Lavell House, Moseley. 6d.) WHERE TO STAY IN THE WEST COUNTRY-Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. (Homeland Association. 6d.) 1909.

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 1907-8 by numerous Societies, Field Clubs, &c. (C. Griffin and Co., Exeter Street, London. 7s. 6d.) 1909.

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.)

By E. W. YOUNG.

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