16 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 21

Stonehenge To-Day and Yesterday. By Frank Stevens. (Sampson Low and

Co. Is. net.)—The Curator of the Salisbury Museum has written a concise and scholarly little guide to Stonehenge, with excellent diagrams by Mr. Heywood Sumner. The chances of war have brought to Stonehenge many overseas visitors who will be glad of Mr. Stevens's help in examining our finest. Neolithic monument. The author attaches more value to Sir Norman Lookyer's astronomical theory of the date of Stonehenge (2000-1700 no.) than some authorities would admit ; let him consult Dr. Rico Holmes's damaging criticisms in his Ancient Britain.