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PRIVATE PRESSES IN SUSSEX. 77 wards Heath in the early years of the nineteenth century. I can find no record of such a press having been established, and the catalogues of the British Museum and of the British and Foreign Bible Society's Library contain no reference to such an edition of the Bible. STANSTED PRESS. A private press was established at Stansted, near Westbourne, Sussex, and about eight miles west of Chichester. In what year it was set up, or how long it was in use, it has not been possible to ascertain. It was, however, in existence in 1822, as the only known work issued from this press is dated in that year. This is a small oftavo volume of poems, unpaged, in paper wrappers, and pub- lished anonymously. The title-page reads : ' Poems. Stansted : imprinted at the private press, MDCCCXXII.' In the centre of the page is a device representing a sprig of oak leaves and acorns, with a cross and a square intermingled. There is nothing in the work itself to indicate who is the author, and Stansted might be either of two places of that name, one situated in Sussex, the other in Essex. However, the copy in the Sussex Collection of the Brighton Public Library happens to be an author's presenta- tion copy, which gives the necessary clues for identification. On the blank page following the title-page is the following manuscript note : ' Eliza- bethae et Josepho D'Arcy. Lewis Way, A.M. Au6tor. Stansted Park, Sussex, 4 Sept. 1822.' This inscription is evidently in the handwriting of Lewis Way, and proves him to be the author of the