Our Churches and Chapels; Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston.
by ATTICUS, (A. Hewitson):
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Preston, 1869, pp. 214. Half calf over cloth boards, raised bands, gilt titles. Almost certainly the publisher's binding as it often turns up in this same style. Very good condition.
Synopsis
From the book:The general satisfaction given by the following sketches when originally printed in the Preston Chronicle, combined with a desire, largely expressed, to see them republished, in book form, is the principal excuse offered for the appearance of this volume. Into the various descriptions of churches, chapels, priests, parsons, congregations, &c., which it contains, a lively spirit, which may be objectionable to the phlegmatic, the sad-faced, and the puritanical, has been thrown. But the author, who can see no reason why a "man whose blood is warm within" should "sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster," on any occasion, has a large respect for cheerfulness, and has endeavoured to make palatable, by a little genial humour, what would otherwise have been a heavy enumeration of dry facts. Those who don't care for the gay will find in these sketches the grave; those who prefer vivacity to seriousness will meet with what they want; those who appreciate all will discover each. The solemn are supplied with facts; the facetious with humour; the analytical with criticism. The work embodies a general history of each place of worship in Preston - fuller and more reliable than any yet published; and for reference it will be found valuable, whilst for general reading it will be instructive. The author has done his best to be candid and impartial.
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- Bookseller
- Rochdale Book Company
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- Title
- Our Churches and Chapels; Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston.
- Author
- ATTICUS, (A. Hewitson):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Preston, 1869,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Lancashire;
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