its name, as the scene of the great battle which changed the destiny of England the Battle of Hastings. This nature-favoured watering-place is endowed with a climate of rare health-giving and health conserving properties. Whilst it is mild in winter, it is cool in summer, compared with London and other cities and towns. It is situated at the most picturesque points of the beautiful county of Sussex, and commands extensive views of the great water highway of the English Channel, and both the well-known headlands of Beachy Head on the West and Dungeness on the East are visible from its promenade.
Upon the arrival of the visitor at Hastings Railway Station, the striking picture of the ruins of the old Castle will be seen crowning the heights on the West Hill, two hundred feet above the sea. Hastings and St. Leonards (for they are one town under one Government), is famous for its splendid sea front, for its two fine Piers, for its four lovely Parks and Gardens, its palatial Hotels, Boarding Houses, handsome Theatre, Picture Palaces, and other places of amusement. The surrounding country of sylvan woods, glens, hills and dales, include some of the most beautiful scenery in the South of England. It is not only an invalids' resort where many a broken down patient has returned with health renewed and strength built up, but its many and varied attractions give it a charm to the ordinary pleasure seeker. There are ample facilities for sports and recreation, for sea bathing, swimming baths -
