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Download or read book The Recreations of A Country Parson written by Junior) A. K. H. Boyd and published by Book Jungle. This book was released on 2009 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Boyd (1825 1899) entered the Church of Scotland and was minister at St Andrews. He wrote in Fraser's Magazine a series of light articles subsequently collected as the Recreations of a Country Parson (1862), and also several books of reminiscences written in a pleasant chatty style. The Table of Contents includes Concerning the country parson's life -- Concerning the art of putting things -- Concerning two blisters of humanity -- Concerning work and play -- Concerning country houses and country life -- Concerning tidiness -- How I mused in the railway train -- Concerning the moral influences of the dwelling -- Concerning hurry and leisure -- Concerning the worries of life and how to meet them -- Concerning giving up and coming down -- Concerning the dignity of dulness -- Concerning growing old -- Conclusion.