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SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS, relating to the History and Anti(jiiitifs of the County. Pulilished by the Sussex Archseological Society, Vol. VI. London, John Russell Smith, IHo'S. 8vo. It gives us pleasure to notice the sixth volume of the Sussex Archaeological Society's Collections, which fully maintains the reputation acquired hy the others. None of the local societies have shown greater activity or have more (listiiiguisheil themselves. Some have devoted more money and space to illustrations, while this has rendered its pid)lications attractive by the variety and discursive character of the letter-press, and its volumes really are, what they profess to be. Archaeological Collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. Matters of historical and archaeological interest have been discussed in such a manner as to be at the same time useful and popular. Among the writers in tlie present volume wc recognise most of those to whom the former volumes are chiefly indebted. It com- prises seventeen papers. The principal meeting of the society for the year liavingbeen held at Battle, Mr. Hunter, of the Record Oftice, has contributed a paper on the so-called Roll of Rattle Abbey, in which, if he have dissipated somewhat of the charm that this Roll, in its various forms, has had for the general reader, and more esi)ecially for those who believe themselves descended from some of the fortunate adventurers in the Conqueror's army, because their ancestors' names there appear, he has done good service to the cause of historic truth, the proper object of arcluuology, by showing on what frail evidence the pretensions even of the least objectionable of the different editions of such Roll depend, and how little reason there is to believe that any authentic original of it ever existed. Mr. M, A. Lower, 80 well known to the readers of the former volumes, follows with a lively description of the Rattle of Hastings, derived from the early authorities, and illustrated by an etching of the field. He has endeavoured to reconcile tho narratives of those writers, and has compared them with the various features which the ground now presents. In this, as in most cases of great battles, it is hardly possible to unite the ditl'erent accounts of the conflict iito a consistent whole. Mr. Lower has also contributed some memoranda relating to the family of Bordc, in Sussex, with a memoir of Dr. Andrew Ronh', pliy.sician to King Henry YIIl., who was a great traveller, and tho author of some works on medicine, and also, according to some, the writer of the " Merry Tales of (Jothain " ; an eccentric character, whom Mr. Lower supposes to liavo been of the Sussex family. He has also fmnished an interesting account of I'evensey Castle and the recent excavations there, with some illustration.s ; to which Mr. I'igg has supplied a plan that adds not <i little to the viilue of the paper. it will Ix; found of great assistanco to any one visiting tlie .-put. Among llie relics brought to light during the