Opinions of the Press of 1st Edition.
"Everybody interested in the history of Hastings should not fail to secure a copy of Mr. Henry Cousins' book, 'Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present. ' Without doubt the work is the most comprehensive thing of its kind ever issued. Mr. Cousins has succeeded in getting together a mass of history which he has complied in a thoroughly interesting style. The pictures are a grand feature of the book. " Hastings and St. Leonards Observer.
"It is no exaggeration to say that no more valuable and interesting text book of the kind ever turned out from the Press, and will provide a vast amount of pleasure and interest to the readers. " Tunbridge Wells Advertiser.
"From cover to cover the book is as crowded as it well could be with reproductions of original and rare old prints, and water colours specially taken for the volume, and is something upon which all concerned are entitled to congratulations." Kent Messenger.
"This handsome volume will take rank in years to come among the standard works which deal with the history of South Coast places. Mr. Cousins tells you a hundred-and-one things about Hastings old and new." Croydon Advertiser.
"The work is a perfect treasure of local lore, and in time to come will, no doubt, be consulted upon all sorts of obscure points. It should certainly find a place on every Hastings bookshelf."- Tunbridge Wells Courier.
"The volume, containing more than 300 pages, beautifully printed, handsomely bound, and is, moreover, rich in illustrations which are numbered by the hundred. The book is full of interesting anecdotes and stories of local characters. " Eastbourne Gazette.
"Lack of matter is never the difficulty which faces the historian who sets out to write of Hastings. There is no doubt that the Author will be amply rewarded for the tremendous labour his aim has involved. Certainly he deserves it. " Sussex Daily News.
"We heartily congratulate the compiler and publisher upon the elegant and interesting work. Strangely enough, no attempt of a comprehensive character has been made of giving a pictorial history of the town prior to, and since, its rise from a small place of 3,000 inhabitants in 1800 to the second largest fashionable resort on the Sussex Coast of the present day." Kentish Express and Ashford News.
"It is our privilege to welcome another volume to the Sussex Library, which is rapidly becoming voluminous. The last of these is by Mr. Henry Cousins, entitled 'Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present.' We all know how pleased we are to look through a collection of old prints representing scenes of a locality with which we are familiar, and how afterwards we say : "I only wish I could take the whole bundle and show them to our friends at home. ' Mr. Cousins has gratified this wish by reproducing the whole portfolio, and by adding his genial explanation of every plate." West Sussex Gazette.
The 2nd Edition is even better than the 1st.
