Horsham. By the Author of Juvenile Researches. Illustrated by wood engravings and lithographic views. London, 1836.' It is a larger volume than his previous effort, and consisted of eighty-six pages. It will be noticed that the imprint is 'London,' and at the end of the work is the legend 'Printed by Howard Dudley, Millbank Street.' The press must have been removed from Easebourne between the times of publication of the two books. Some years before his death, which occurred in 1864, Dudley issued a prospectus of another work, 'The History and Antiquities of Midhurst and its vicinity,' which was, however, never published. Whether this prospectus was printed by Dudley is not known, but most probably it was. The British Museum Catalogue gives the date of the prospectus as 1836 (?), but it is very possible that it was some years later, and there seems now no hope of definitely settling the date. However that may be, the history of this remarkable little press is very interesting, and certainly worthy of being placed on record.
EASTBOURNE PRESS.
Davies Gilbert, who was President of the Royal Society from 1828-31, set up a small press in his house at Eastbourne in the year 1825, which remained in use until his death in 1839. This press was established mainly as a hobby for the amusement of himself and his friends, and his eldest daughter, Catherine, acted as compositor. His types were obtained from a printer named B. Nichols, of 25 Parliament Street, as we learn from
