Contents of volume 74

for 1952, published 1953

Annual Review, 4-35
- Obituary: F. L. Blathwayt and H. P. Smith, 35
Archaeology and History
- Neolithic Long Mound at Maiden Castle, R. J. C. Atkinson, 36-38
- A Discovery of Human Skulls , with Stone Artifacts and Animal Bones, in a Fissure at Portland, Marie C. Stopes, K. P. Oakley and L. H. Wells, 39-47
  - The Dating of the Portland Skulls, K. P. Oakley, 41-45
  - A Note on the Human Remains from Portland, L. H. Wells, 45-47 -->
- Some Archaeological Discoveries in the Isle of Purbeck, J. B. Calkin, 48-54
- Fourteenth Century Civil Costume as Represented by Three Dorset Stone Effigies, G. Dru Drury, 55-59
- Dorset Incumbents, 1542-1731, part V, G. D. Squibb, 60-78
- A List of Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings in Dorset, R. A. H. Farrar, 79-84
- Archaeological Fieldwork in Dorset in 1952, R. A. H. Farrar, 85-110
Natural History and Geology
- Report on Dorset Natural History for 1952 (except Birds and Lepidoptera), W. D. Lang, Enid Benham, and R. F. Dalton, 111-120
  - Geology, W. D. Lang, 111
  - Mammals, Enid Benham, 112-115
  - Vertebrates (except Mammals and Birds), R. F. Dalton, 115-116
  - Invertebrates (except Arthropods), W. D. Lang, 116-117
  - Arthropods (except Lepidoptera), R. F. Dalton, 117-120
- The Distribution of Squirrels in Dorset, 1945-1951, Enid Benham, 121-132
- Report on Dorset Birds, 1952, K. B. Rooke, 133-148
- The Wildfowl and Waders of Poole Harbour, A. J. Bull, 149-170
- Report on Dorset Lepidoptera, 1952, A. G. B. Russell, 171-174
- Mary Anning and the Fire at Lyme in 1844, W. D. Lang, 175-177
- Report on Rainfall, etc., in Dorset for 1952, R. Biddulph, 178-182
Reviews, 183-187
- An inventory of the historical monuments of Dorset, vol. I, West (RCHM), J. N. L. Myres, 183-184
- A handbook of local history, Dorset, by Robert Douch, H. Collins Bowen, 185
- Archaeological bulletin for Great Britain and Ireland, ed. H. N. Young, R. A. H. Farrar, 186
- The preservation of buildings of historical interest, a note on the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 (CBA), R. A. H. Farrar, 186-7
- The geography of the flowering plants, by R. Good, G. J. Paxman, 187
Index, 188-194