Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828
TEMPLE AT ABURY
SILBURY HILL
FINE ARTS
ANECDOTES OF CHRISTINA, THE YOUNG QUEEN OF SWEDEN
METHOD OF ASCERTAINING THE STATE OF THE LUNGS
THE COSMOPOLITE
ARTISTICAL ERRORS. A SECOND CHAPTER OF BULLS
OLD POETS
DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN
FROM THE "HYMN ON THE FAIREST FAIR."
LIFE
SONNET.—SPRING
SONNET
SLEEP
NOTES OF A READER
INDIAN FEAST OF SOULS
PALEY
"ALL FOR THE BEST."
ARAB HOSPITALITY
IMPROMPTU ON WASTE
AN ELECTION
SPANISH COMFORTS
THE EQUIVOCAL GENTLEMAN
INTENSE COLD
PARR'S PUNNING
HOUBRAKEN'S HEADS
VIRGIL'S GEORGICS
WOMAN'S EYE
"NIMIUM NE CREDE COLORI."
SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS
MR. ABERNETHY
GIPSIES
GEORGE HARVEST
SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS
ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA
HEATING ROOMS
THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS
GOLDEN RULES. TO RENDER MEN HONEST, RESPECTABLE, AND HAPPY
THE GATHERER
SHERRY
CURIOUS WILL
OLD ST. PAUL'S
THE LINCOLNSHIRE EEL,
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What means the mysterious circle of stocks and stones on the other side? Such will be the question of many a lover of fun, novel, fiction, and romance; and though we cannot settle their origin with the quickness or the humour of Munden's Cockletop, we will try to let our inquirer into the secret with the smallest show of mysticism possible.
Our engraving represents the Temple of Abury, the most extensive of all the ruins in Wiltshire, attributed to the Druids. Such was its original state, before the Vandalism of modern times destroyed and levelled much of its monumental grandeur. It consisted of a grand circle, containing two minor circles. The outer circle contained upwards of 28 acres, and was surrounded by a ditch. There was a circle within each of the two circles, contained within the circumvallation; and according to Dr. Stukely, the antiquarian, the original was thus composed:—
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Of very late years, says Sir Richard Colt Hoare, I do not imagine the dilapidations of the temple have been very great.
It should, however, be mentioned, that the tracing of the snake form is due to Dr. Stukeley; for his predecessor Aubrey mentions the avenue as "a solemn walk leading to a monument upon the top of the hill, without any allusion to the supposed design or its connexion with the Grand Temple at Abury."
