The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827

The following Novels are already Published:

notes

1

"Ancient Wilts,"–Sir R.C. Hoare, speaking of Stonehenge, expresses his opinion that "our earliest inhabitants were Celts, who naturally introduced with them their own buildings customs, rites, and religions ceremonies, and to them I attribute the erection of Stonehenge, and the greater part of the sepulchral memorials that still continue to render its environs so truly interesting to the antiquary and historian." Abury, or Avebury, is a village amidst the remains of an immense temple, which for magnificence and extent is supposed to have exceeded the more celebrated fabric of Stonehenge; Some enthusiastic inquirers have however, carried their supposition beyond probability, and in their zeal have even supposed them to be antediluvian labours! Many of the barrows in the vicinity of Sarum have been opened, and in them several antiquarian relics have been discovered. In short, the whole county is one of high antiquarian interest, and its history has been illustrated with due fidelity and research.

2

Richard of Cirericesler, p. 31, 68, 113.

3

Cott. Coll. Faustina, b. 3, MSS. Brit Mus.

4

Brompton Twysd.. 866.

5

Dodsworth's History of Salisbury Cathedral.

6

Roger de Hoveden.

7

Ibid.

8

Petrus Blesensis, Epist, 105.

9

See MIRROR, p. 330.