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From January 1st, 1910, to December 31st, 1910.

DONATIONS.

A large number of volumes by Somersetshire authors to be added to the donor's collection of books in Taunton Castle. Presented by Mr. CHARLES TITE, Hon. Sec. vol. 2 vol. 1. Presented Arch&ologia, LXI, pt. ; LXII, pt. by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Trans-Himalaya : Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, by Sven Hedin, 2 vols. Presented by Mr. W. B. BROADMEAD. A Quantock Family : The Stawells of Cothelstone, etc. Presented by the Compiler, Colonel G. D. STAWELL. Proceedings, Dorset Field Club, vols. xin and XV. Pre- sented by the Club.

The Index Library (British Record Society), pis. 118-121, including portions of the following: (1) Worcester Wills, vol. II Wills, vol. II vol. II ; (2) Lincoln ; (3) Devon Wills, ; (4)

Leicester Marriage Licenses ; (5) Glos. Inquis. P.M., vol. v ; (6) Wilts Inquis. P.M., vol. in. Presented by the Rev. F. W. WEAVER, F.S.A., Hon. Sec. The Entomologist, vols. vi-xvin, 1872-1885; The Ento- mologists' Monthly Magazine, vols. i-xxvn, 1864-1890 (part 272 missing). Presented by Mr. A. E. HUDD, F.S.A., F.E.S. Hunting Journal of the Blackmore Vale Hounds; A Round Trip in North America. Presented by the Authoress, the Lady THEODORA GUEST. 112 Additions to the Library.

Index to Collinson's History of (large paper copy). Presented by Messrs. BARNICOTT & PEARCE. and Drolls the West 2 vols. Romances of of , ; Eng- lish Plant Names, by John Earle. Presented by the Rev. F. M. T. PALGRAVE.

Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association, vol. XLII, 1910. Presented by the Eev. D. P. ALFORD. Proceedings, Bath and District Branch, Som. Arch. N. H. Society, vols. for 1909 and 1910. Presented by the Branch. Devonshire (Camb. Co. Geographies). Presented by the Authors, Mr. F. A. KNIGHT and Mrs. L. M. DUTTOX.

Seventy-first Annual Report of the Deputy-Keeper of the

Public Records ; Notes about East Coker, by the Rev. C. Powell. Presented by the Rev. E. H. BATES HARBIN. Suffolk in 1524, Subsidy Return; Great and Little Whel- netham Parish Registers, 1557-1850. Presented by the Editor, the Rev. S. H. A. HERVEY.

The Gold Tore found at , 1909 Report of Coroners Inquest, Copy of the Inquisition, and H. St. G. Gray's paper on the subject (Coroners' Society Annual Report, iv, 1909- 1910); Notes on the Allington Gold Tore (Wilts); Report on the Meare Lake Brit. 1910 Second Village Excavations, Assoc., ; Interim Report on the Excavations at Maumbury Rings, Dor- chester, 1909. Presented by Mr. H. ST. GEORGE GRAY. Jarman's History of Bridgwatcr. Presented by the Rev. Preb. J. HAMLET. notes Jeboult's History of West Somerset, with cuttings and ; The Queens Christmas Carol. Presented by Mrs. PATTON.

Le Second Part de les Reports du Thos. Sidcrfin ; four Com- mon Prayer-Books showing the changes in the Royal names in the State prayers, 1901-1910. Presented by the Rev. C. H. HEALE.

Report of Mines and Quarries. Presented by Mr. H. R. GODDARD. Additions to the Library. 113

A bundle of local deeds. Presented by Mr. H. BYARD SHEPPARD.

A Customary containing the cheif Points of ye Customs of the 1647 Mannor of Taunton and Taunton Deane, etc., (MS.) ; bundle of papers, Taunton Election, 1865. Presented by Mr. F. S. DODSON.

Castle Cary Visitor, 1910. Presented by Mr. W. MAC- MILLAN. Eighth and Ninth Annual Reports, Somerset Men in Lon- don. Presented by the Somerset Men. The Wilts and Dorset Bank Journal, 1909, containing an " article on The Parrett." Presented by the Author of the article, Mr. F. BE ALE. Several old 8vo. pamphlets sewn together, including Joseph of Arimathea, 1770, and others printed at Taunton and Crew- kerne. Presented by Mr. H. P. OLIVET, M.R.C.S. Twelve Somerset deeds, 1640-1753, relating to parishes of Ashbrittle, Babcary, Batcombe, Old Cleeve, Spaxton, Stony Stratton, Wanstrow, Westori Bampfylde, Winsford, and Yeo- vil The BR. and RB. on certain coins ; Monogram of Charles I. Presented by Mr. H. SYMONDS, F.S.A. i Interleaved copy, with additional notes, of the Birds of

Somerset (Viet. Co. Hist., vol. i) ; Notes on the Kite in Somer- set. Presented by the Author, the Rev. F. L. BLATHWAYT. The Cult of the Circle-Builders, 1909. Presented by the Author, Mr. E. M. NELSON. Pigmy Flint Implements in N. Devon; Human Remains of Neolithic Age found near Croyde. Presented by the Author, Mr. THOMAS YOUNG, M.R.C.S. Traces of the British Church in Somerset. Presented by the Author, the Rev. D. J. PRING. Somerset Club-Brasses (Journ. Archaeol. Assoc.) Presented by the Author, Mr. EMANUEL GREEN, F.S.A. Mammals of the Bristol District, by C. K. Rudge and H. J. Charbonnier. Presented by Mr. CHARBONNIER.

Vol. LVI (Third Series, Vol. X VI), Part I. H 114 Additions to the Library.

The Men of the Barma-Grande (Baousse-Rousse), by Dr. R. Verneau. Presented by Mr. A. F. SOMERVILLE. Works and old Sermons, by John Jewel, Bishop of Salis- with Roman Lark/till bury (in original binding, ring) ; Road, Quarry, Preston Plucknett. Presented by Mr.E. C. GARDNER.

An Act re new Church and Workhouse, Bathwick, 1847 ; Full Account of the anonymous Libel on the Rev. P. M. Cum- minq founded against Wm. Gooddcn (Bath, 1826). Presented by the Rev. E. H. GODDARD. Catalogue of Old English Glass, including Nailsea and Bris- tol, Puttick and Simpson, Dec. 10, 1909. Notes on a White Lias Section at Saltford. Presented by the Author, the Rev. H. H. WIISIWOOD, F.G.S. Church Towers of Cambridgeshire. Presented by the Author, Dr. F. J. ALLEN.

Downside Rcviciv, nos. 85-87. Presented by St. Gregory's Society. Third Report of the Local Govt. Board on Flies as Carriers of Infection.

Transactions, Leicester Lit. and Phil. Society, vol. XI v.

Proceedings, Nova Scotia Inst. of Science, vol. XII, pt. 2.

Journal, Torquay Nat. Hist. Society, vol. I, no. 2, 1910. Note on Zaunichcllia gibberosa as a British Plant (Somerset reference). Presented by the Author, Mr. H. S. THOMPSON. Building News, March 18, 1910, containing illustrations of the Charbonnier Collection of Pewter in Taunton Castle Museum (which however is not acknowledged).

The Builder, January 1, 1910, containing Churches on the Somerset Coastline, by R. W. Paul, F.S.A., and presented by him. Directory of the Royal Society of Arts, by Sir H. T. Wood.

The following Museum and Library Reports : 4th Report, Taunton Free Library, and 3rd Supplement of Catalogue, 1910; Colchester Museum, 1909-10; Horniman's Museum, 1909; Yarmouth Library and Museum, 1909-10; Welsh Museum, Cardiff, 1909-10; Whitby Museum, 1909. Additions to the Library. 115

The Times, 1910. Presented by the Somerset County Club. Som. County Gazette, 1910. Presented by the Proprietors. Som. County Herald and Taunton Courier, 1910. Presented by the Proprietors. West Som. Free Press. Presented by the Proprietors.

RECEIVED FROM SOCIETIES IN CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS.

British the Association Report, 1909 ; Report of Correspond- ing Societies'* Committee, 1909. British Museum (Natural History) The Cretaceous Bryozoa, F.R.S. the vol. n, by J. W. Gregory, ; Catalogue of Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay in the Brit. Mus., by C. W. Andrews, F.R.S. Society of Antiquaries of London Proceedings, vol. xxii, 2 vol. 1. pt. ; xxin, pt. Royal Archreological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 4 vol. 3. Journal, LXVI, pt. ; LXVII, pts. 1, 2,

British Archa3ological Association Journal, vol. XV, n.s.,

3 vol. 1. pts. 2, ; xvi, pt. Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (Part vol. 2 vol. 1 exchange) Journal, xxxix, pt. ; XL, pt. ; Man, 1910. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland- -Proceedings, vol. XLIII. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal, vol. xxxix,

pt. 4 ; vol. XL, pts. 1-3. Royal Irish Academy Proceedings, vol. xxviii, Sect. B.,

pts. 1-8; vol. xxviii, Sect. C., pts. 1-12.

Royal Dublin Society Scientific Proceedings, vol. XII, nos. 24-36 ; Economic Proceedings, vol. II, pts. 1, 2. The British School at Rome Papers, vol. v. Associated Architectural Societies of Counties in the Mid-

lands Reports and Papers, vol. xxix, pts. 1, 2. 116 Additions to the Library.

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Transac-

tions, vol. xxxn, pts. 1, 2.

Cambridge Antiquarian Society Proceedings, vol. xiv, pts.

1, 2, 3. List of Members, 1910.

Clifton Antiquarian Club Proceedings, vol. vn, pt. 1.

Cornwall, Koyal Institution of Journal, vol. xvm, pt. 1. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, n.s., vol. x. Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Journal, vol. xxxii. Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club Pro- ceedings, vol. xxx.

Essex Archaeological Society Transactions, vol. xi, n.s., pts. 4 Feet 3, ; of Fines, Index.

Essex Field Club Essex Naturalist, vol. xv, pts. 7, 8. Lancashire and Cheshire Historic Society Transactions, vols. LX, LXI.

Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, vol. LXI.

London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions,

vol. 5 1. I, pt. ; vol. II, pt. Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings,

vol. LIV, pts. 1, 2, 3. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Society of Antiquaries of Archaologia vol. 3rd ser. vol. 3rd ^Eliana, VI, ; Proceedings, IV, ser., pp. 125-284. Northamptonshire Natural History Society Journal, nos. 117-120. Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural His-

tory Society Report, vol. xiv, pt. 6. Powys-Land Club Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. xxxv,

pt. 3. Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

Transactions, vol. x, 3rd ser,, pts. 1, 2, 3. Additions to the Library. 117

Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History Pro-

ceedings, vol. xiu, pt. 3. Surrey Archaeological Society Collections, vol. xxni. Sussex Archaeological Society Collections, vol. LIII. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Maga- vol. nos. 113 Abstracts the zine, xxxvi, 112, ; of Inquisi- tiones P.M. relating to Wilts from Edward III, pt. I, Dec., 1909. 81 Yorkshire Archaeological Society Journal, pts. 80, ; Cata-

logue of Library, pt. 3.

Geologists' Association Proceedings, vol. xxi, pts. 5-10. Scottish vol. 2-4 vol. The Historical Review, vn, pts. ; vin,

pt. 1.

The Antiquary, vol. VI, new ser., 1910. New England Historical Genealogical Society, vol. LXIV, nos.

253-256 ; Report, Annual Meeting, 1910. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A. The following

reprints : Angler Fishes: Their Kinds and Ways; The

Birds of India ; The Evolution of the Elephant ; Excava-

tions at Boghaz-Keni, 1 907 ; Malaria, in Greece. Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington Bulletin, nos. 37, 38, 39, 45, 49. United States National Museum, U.S.A. Proceedings, vol.

xxxvii ; Bulletins, nos. 66, 68, 69, 71, 72 ; Annual the Report, 1909 ; Contributions from U.S. National Her-

vol. 2-6 vol. 1 vol. barium, xiu, pts. ; xiv, pt. ; xv.

PURCHASED.

Harleian Society vol. LX, The Visitation of the County of 1662-8 Visitation the Surrey, ; The of County of Suffolk, 1664-8 The St. ; Registers of Benet and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London, vol. n, Marriages. Early English Text Society no. 137, Twelfth Century Homi- no. The Leet lies-, 138, Coventry Book ; no. 139, Treatises 118 Additions to the Library.

on Fistula in Ano ; no. 139, extra issue, The Piers Plow- and the Piers the man Controversy, Authorship of Plowman ; no. 140, John Capgrave s Lives of two Saints and a Sermon. Palaeontographical Society vol. LIX. vol. 2 The British Raj Society The\British Annelids, II, pt. ; Freshwater Rhizopoda, and Heliozoa, vol. II, Rhizopoda, 2 the British pt. ; Monograph of Nudibranchiate Mollusca,

pt. 8 (supplementary). Pipe Roll Society vol. xxx, 1909. Somerset Record Society vol. xxiv, 1908, Quarter Sessions Records, Charles I; vol. XXV, 1909, Cartulary of Buck- land Priory. The Encyclopaedia Britannica, llth edition (14 vols. received).

Notes and Queries, llth ser., vols. I, II (1910). Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries, nos. 89-92. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the , extant, extinct or dor- Gr. E. vol. to mant, by Cokayne ; i, AB-ADAM BASING, edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs. Marriage Allegation Bonds of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, to 1755, edited by Arthur J. Jewers.

Commonwealth Probates, vol. I, pts. 1 and 2 (1650-1). The Civil War in Dorset, 1642-1660, by A. R. Bayley.

Calendar of Wills and Administrations at Taunton, pt. 4. Somerset Parish Registers, Marriages, vol. xii. Arch&ologia, vols. in-viii (making the Society's set complete). Wiltshire Archaological Magazine, vol. Ill, no. 8. Archeology and False Antiquities, by Robert Munro, M.D. Materials for the History of the Town and Parish of Welling-

ton, pt. 2, Manorial Court Rolls, 1277-1908, by A. L. Humphreys.

Langport and its Church, pts. 4-7, by the Rev. D. M. Ross. The Connoisseur, 1910. The Story of the Battle of Edington, by the Rev. W. H. P, Greswell, Additions to the Library.

History of Anthropology, by A. C. Haddon, F.R.S. The Bardon Papers documents relating to Mary Queen of Scots, by Conyers Kead and Charles Cotton. Dorset Field Club Proceedings., vols. I and IV (completing the

series). Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by J. W. Cousin. Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography. Parish Churches on the Sites of Romano-British Chapels, by Montagu Sharp. Report of Old Sarum Excavation Fund, \ 909. Homeland Handbook, no. 51, Yeovil, by F. R. Heath. Homeland Handy Guides for Clevedon, Cheddar, Glastonbury, and Watchet and district. The Builder, Aug. 20th, 1892, containing R. W. Paul's illus- trations of Taunton and neighbourhood. Country Life, (1) Jan. 1st, 1910, article on Somerset club- brasses, by Jas. Kelway; (2) Feb. 22nd, 1908, Nettle- combe Church plate; (3) May 21st, 1910, article on Chelvey Court. Country Home, July, 1910, House, by F. W. G. Blyth. The Bazaar, Aug. 29th, 1910, Wincanton Pottery, by G. Sweetman.

Hull Museum Publications, nos. 68-73, 75. From East to West vid Glastonbury, by J. H. Spencer, "Banner of Israel," June 30th and Aug. 25th, 1910. Correspondence on the Golden Torque as a Hebrew Ornament, "Banner of Israel," Apr. 13th, 1910; British Torques, do., June 15th and July 20th, 1910. First Report of the Royal Commission for Ancient Monuments of Wales. Bath and Wells Diocesan Directory and Almanack, 1910. Whitaker's Almanack, 1911.