The Antiquary, Vol. 34
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Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 34: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past The most important subject to chronicle in these notes is the Ninth Archæological Congress, which met at Burlington House on December 1, when a large number of delegates of societies attended. Resolutions were adopted for forming a catalogue of effigies of all dates in parish churches, and for compiling models for catalogues for museums and for indexes of transactions of societies. It was announced that preparations were now made for obtaining, through the various societies, catalogues of family and historical portraits on the forms devised at the request of the Congress by Mr. Lionel Cust, the Director of the National Portrait Gallery. The formation of a National Photographic Association was also announced; this will, it is hoped, assist the work inaugurated by the Congress some years back. A more detailed account of the Congress will be found on another page. Under date of November 21, but too late for insertion in the Antiquary for last month, Dr. Arthur M. Thomas (Glenshee Lodge, Trinity Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W.) wrote to us: "On the west of Banstead Downs, about two miles from Sutton station, and a few yards off the main Brighton road, are situated four round barrows. One of these has been recently destroyed for turf by the local golf-club. Comment is superfluous. One other appears to have been opened some time ago; the others may not have been explored. Can any of your readers inform me if these barrows have ever been scientifically explored, and if so, by whom, and with what results? I may mention that in the destroyed barrow I found the greater part of a skeleton; the skull was unfortunately missing." A guarantee fund having been promised, it is intended to hold the suggested Loan Exhibition of Shropshire Antiquities in the month of May next year. The Archbishop of York and the Earl of Powis are among the patrons. It is proposed to arrange for the delivery during the exhibition of a series of popular lectures on subjects connected with archæology by experts in different branches of the subject. The exhibition will be divided into the following sections: (1) Arms, Armour, Military Trophies; (2) Heraldry; (3) Corporation and Church Plate, Pewter, Drinking Cups, etc.; (4) Shropshire China and Earthenware previous to 1850; (5) Pictures and Prints of Archæological interest relating to the County of Salop, Portraits of Shropshire Worthies (not living), and Brass Rubbings; (6) Books and MSS. printed in, and relating to, the County prior to 1800; (7) Relics from Uriconium; (8) Coins and Tokens connected with the County; (9) Stone Implements, etc., found in the County; and (10) Miscellaneous (Ancient Punishments, Old Needlework, etc.). Mr. Auden, Chairman of the Council of the Shropshire Archæological and Natural History Society, and Mr. Southam, Hon. Secretary of the Exhibition, will be glad to hear from owners of objects of interest. Readers of the Antiquary will have learnt with regret of the death of Mr. Edward Walford, its first editor. We quote the following short but appreciative notice of Mr. Walford from the Athenoeum: "The death is announced of this busy man of letters, who in his time played many parts. He was educated at Charterhouse and Balliol, and although he gained the Chancellor´s Medal for Latin verse, and was proxime accessit for the Ireland, he only obtained a Third in Greats. Ordained about 1846, he speedily became a Roman Catholic, but more than once subsequently changed his creed. He turned schoolmaster, was for some years a ´coach,´ translated for Bohn´s Classical Library, and published a number of elementary school-books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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