Those who know the Adur valley, to the north of
Shoreham, will be delighted with Lady Wolseley's charming book, entitled Sussex in the Past (Medici Society, 15s.), which deals with Bramber and Steyning; Washington and Wiston, and the obscure little churches of Coombes and St. Botolph's that seem to have been forgotten by the world. Lady Wolseley describes these places accurately and sympathetically, and the coloured illustrations by Mr. Garnet Wolseley are as good as the text. The author has had the opportunity of inspecting the interiors of the beautiful houses that one sees from the road, such as St. Mary's at Bramber, which was, it seems, a cell dependent on Sele Priory. She is rightly enthusiastic 'about Steyning, with its stately church and its old timbered houses, and her descriptions of the fine Tudor manor lwuses of Wiston and Wappingthome are excellent.
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