Sussex Archwological Collections. Vol. XXXV. (If. Wolff, Lewes.) —This volume
contains—as, indeed, all such volumes do—some interesting papers. Captain Altree writes a history of the parish of Wavelsfield ; and the Rev. R. F. Whistler contributes "The Annals of an English Family," this family being his own, which he traces back for about three centuries, though with a suggestion of a muoh more ancient descent. One of the most noticeable personages in this family was the Rev. Webster Whistler, Rector of Newtimber for fifty- eight years, and of Hastings also for thirty-one. At seventy years of age (he died at eighty-five), he was present at the sale of the New. timber living, and astonished the auctioneer, who described him as a man who "had one foot in the grave." He mounted on a table, and first showing his left leg, which, as he said, "showed no signs of weak- ness," went on : "As to the other, Mr. Auctioneer, if you repeat your remarks, you will find it very much at your service." In Mr. Whistler's youth, the journey from Sussex to Cambridge was per- formed on horseback. When he first went up to the University, he was accompanied by one John Ingals, who seems to have been a well. authenticated case of longevity. He lived to be 117, possibly to 120. There are some interesting facts in "Worthing One Hundred Years Ago."
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