Transcripts of and Extracts from Records from the Past. Col-
lected and Arranged by Edward Sayers. (W. S. C. Long, Worthing. 6s.)—Mr. Sayers has given us here a brief account of the three parishes of West Tarring, Broadwater, and Christ Church, Worthing ; drawings of the three churches ; and copies of inscriptions on tablets, &c., on the church walls and in the churchyards. This is a very useful work, and it should be done for every parish in the kingdom. It is not to be expected that the result should be generally interesting ; but it is of great importance that these records should be preserved. The book is not free from misprints. On p. 74 "Lord Lata " must be "Lord Lake," and the Greek has the theta in 014101C(L imperfect. On p. 71 the inscription on the brass has some errors. " &mit " may actually stand for " jacet," but " euj " for " cuj " is not likely. The rhyming inscription on p. '77, " hic iacit in requie," &c., is in want of much correction, but we cannot say who is responsible for the errors. " Poni Curavit " in the inscription on John Selden in West Tarring Church—he was born in the parish—cannot be an error of transcription or printing. " Aheneum " for " brass " looks a little odd. Has the " Interioris Templi Societss " to answer for these barbarisms, perpetrated some twenty years ago ?
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