| PAGE |
| Preface | v |
| CHAPTER |
| I. | Introductory | 1 |
| II. | The Astronomical Divisions of the Year | 12 |
| III. | The Agricultural Divisions of the Year | 17 |
| IV. | The Various New-Year Days | 25 |
| V. | Conditions and Traditions at Stonehenge | 34 |
| VI. | General Architecture of Stonehenge | 55 |
| VII. | Astronomical Observations at Stonehenge in 1901 | 62 |
| VIII. | ArchÆological Observations at Stonehenge, 1901 | 69 |
| IX. | Was there an Earlier Circle? | 88 |
| X. | The May and June Worships in Brittany | 96 |
| XI. | Astronomical Hints for ArchÆologists | 107 |
| XII. | Astronomical Hints for ArchÆologists (Continued) | 118 |
| XIII. | Stenness (Lat. 59° N.) | 123 |
| XIV. | The Hurlers (Lat. 50° 31? N.) | 133 |
| XV. | The Dartmoor Avenues | 145 |
| XVI. | The Dartmoor Avenues (Continued) | 157 |
| XVII. | Stanton Drew (Lat. 51° 10? N.) | 166 |
| XVIII. | Folklore and Tradition | 178 |
| XIX. | Sacred Fires | 189 |
| XX. | Sacred Trees | 200 |
| XXI. | Holy Wells and Streams | 213 |
| XXII. | Where did the British Worship Originate? | 232 |
| XXIII. | The Similarity of the Semitic and British Worships | 252 |
| XXIV. | The May Year in South-West Cornwall | 261 |
| XXV. | The Merry Maidens Circle (Lat. 50° 4? N.) | 265 |
| XXVI. | The Tregaseal Circles | 277 |
| XXVII. | Some other Cornish Monuments | 287 |
| XXVIII. | The Clock-Stars in Egypt and Britain | 294 |
| XXIX. | A Short History of Sun-Temples | 304 |
| XXX. | The Life of the Astronomer-Priests | 316 |
| APPENDICES. |
| I. | Details of the Theodolite Observations at Stonehenge | 325 |
| II. | Suggestions on Field Observations | 329 |
| Index | 333 |
