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78 PRIVATE PRESSES IN SUSSEX. poems. Now Lewis Way was the owner of Stan- sted Park from 1805-40, which covers the period at which this work was printed at the Stansted Press. This shows that it must be the Stansted in Sussex at which the press was established, while confirmation is forthcoming in one of the poems, that c On visiting Charlotte's Grave/ where mention is made of Stoughton Church, which is quite close to Stansted. It is very curious that there is not a single note or reference to this press to be found anywhere. A copy of this little volume is in the British Museum, but it evidently has no auto- graph note, as it is catalogued simply under ' Poems.' There is a third copy, which, however, is not complete, in a private collector's hands in Boston, U.S.A. WORTHING PRESS. Albany Wallace, a wealthy, but somewhat eccentric man, had a private press at his house in Worthing in the middle of the nineteenth century, and from this several books written or translated by himself were issued. He first set up his press in London, as the following entry from the British Museum Catalogue under Wallace proves : ' The reigns of the Stuarts in England dramatized. 6 parts. Printed by the Author at his private press : London, 1835-43.' He must have removed his press to Worthing some time before 1850, since in that year he printed there his ' Elfrida : a drama, in five adls.' In 1854 he issued his translation of Voltaire's ' Zaire, in English rhymed verse,' while in 1 86 1 appeared ' Iphigenia, an epic drama from