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Excerpt from Cotswold Village: Or Country Life Pursuits in Gloucestershire 0 those of my readers who have ever lived beside a stream, or in an ancient house or time-honoured college, there will always be a peculiar charm in silvery waters sparkling beneath the summer sun. To you the Gothic building, with its carved pinnacles, its warped gables, its mullioned casements and dormer windows, the old oak within, the very inglenook by the great fireplace where the old folks used to sit at home, the ivy trailing round the grey walls, the jessamine, roses, and clematis that in their proper seasons clustered round the porch, to you all these things will have their charm as long as you live. Therefore...
A Cotswold Village - Or Country Life And Pursuits In Gloucestershire By J. Arthur Gibbs. Originally published in 1898. 452 pages. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents include: Flying westwards - A Cotswolds village - Village characters - The language of the Cotswolds with some ancient songs and legends - On the Wolds - A Gallop over the walls - A Cotswold trout stream - When the may fly is up - Burford: A Cotswold town - A stroll through the Cotswolds - Cotswold pastimes - The Cotswolds three hundred years ago - Cirencester - Spring in the Cotswolds - The promise of May - Summer days on the Cotswolds - Autumn - When the sun goes down - George Ridler's oven
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