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1845. Diplock's Handbook for Hastings and St. Leonards. This is an entirely different work to the one previously issued by Diplock, and was reprinted, dated 1846, without alteration, pp. IV. + 228 +62, 8vo.
1849.* Another Edition. Diplock's New Guide to Hastings and St. Leonards, compiled from "The Handbook to Hastings," &c pp. 87 + 28. 8vo.
1855 Hastings Past and Present, by the Author of "A Handbook to Hastings and St. Leonards," "Brampton Rectory," and other works. Miss Mary Matilda Howard, the Authoress of " Brampton Rectory," compiled all these Guides, issued by Diplock from 1845, which contain many features of interest. The 1855 Edition includes . 4 plates by W. H.

Brooke, 3 by S. Prout, and 1 by Robson. pp. XII + VIII + 326 + LXIV 20. Hastings, William Diplock, Royal Marine Library.

1864. 3rd Edition, Revised and enlarged. With a Chronological Table of Events. This Edition is also issued undated. Hastings, William Diplock, 38, Robertson Street. pp. X + 377 +54 8vo.
1880 4th Edition Same as the 3rd Edition, with the exception of a new preface, and 25 pages of advertisements, and was published by Dorman, Royal Victoria Library, St. Leonards-on-Sea.
1893. A New Edition. In 1885, Miss Howard compiled another Edition, but from various causes the book was not published. After her death in 1893, Mr. Edward H. Marshall, Curator of the Brassey Institute, prepared the Handbook for publication. London, Edward Stanford, pp. VI + 191, 8vo.
1849.* Hopes Pictorial Guide to Hastings and St. Leonards. An interesting Guide, containing a plan of the Environs and a large number of woodcuts by Bonner. pp. IV + 74 + 28, 8vo. Published bv J. Hope, Marine Library and Berlin Wool Depot, East Parade (formerly Powell's Library).
1852. Osborne's Strangers Guide and Commercial Directory to Hastings and St. Leonards. Contains a list of Streets and their inhabitants. It is interesting to note the changes that have occurred since the book was published. Mr. Durrant Cooper, a local Antiquarian, is believed to have assisted in the production, pp. 86 + 18, 8vo.