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The Place-Names of Sussex. By R. G. Roberts. (Cam- bridge

University Press. 10s. net.)—This scholarly and interesting monograph contains a list of all Sussex names for which early forms have been found, with notes on their meaning and origin. Thus Burwash is the "ash-tree by the burgh," Wannock the "nook of the foreigners," Grinstead the "green place," Beachy the "fair promontory."