Recent Publications

HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, MAIDSTONE. by D. A. H. Cleggett. The above title has just been published and concerns the history of the church from 1876, when it was built, until now. Copies of this printed and illustrated book may be obtained from St. Michael's Parish Office, 109 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8JS, price £2.25 inclusive of handling and postage.

KENT COUNTRY CHURCHES CONCLUDED. by James Antony Syms. 1969. Published by Meresborough Books. p.b. £5.95. This is the third and last of Mr. Syms' conspectuses of Kent Country Churches. He admits in this volume the inclusion of some which are now parish churches, undeniably the focus of life in towns and village communities. But which were once such. As befits a seaman, Mr. Syms' comments on details of church architecture and many aspects of contemporary life are salty and pungent. His sketches of the churches described are a delight. Many must have presented a knotty problem to the artist, bearing in mind how often with a camera one has to struggle to avoid trees, walls and tombstones to register the whole or principal aspects of a building. The previous two volumes, also published by Meresborough Books are: KENT COUNTRY CHURCHES p.b. £4.50. and KENT COUNTRY CHURCHES CONTINUED p.b. £5.95. D. Coast.

A VICTORIAN PARSON by G. H. Van Loo. There was an error in the note on Mr. Van Loo's book which appeared in the last K.A.S. Newsletter. The telepho