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A Cotswold Village (Esprios Classics)
Joseph Arthur Gibbs (25 November 1867 - 13 May 1899) was an English cricketer who made ten first-class appearances between 1891 and 1896. He played five first-class matches for Somerset, and also appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and I Zingari. He also published a number of books, including A Cotswold Village; or, country life and pursuits in Gloucestershire and The Improvement of Cricket Grounds on economical principles. While at Oxford, Gibbs played in a one-day, single innings match against Eton College, opening the batting and scoring 10 runs, and then claiming two wickets as Eton beat them by seven wickets.
A Cotswold Village
A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs London is becoming miserably hot and dusty; everybody who can get away is rushing off, north, south, east, and west, some to the seaside, others to pleasant country houses. Who will fly with me westwards to the land of golden sunshine and silvery trout streams, the land of breezy uplands and valleys nestling under limestone hills, where the scream of the railway whistle is seldom heard and the smoke of the factory darkens not the long summer days? Away, in the smooth "Flying Dutchman"; past Windsor's glorious towers and Eton's playing-fields; past the little village and churchyard where a century and a half ago the famous "Elegy" was written, and where, ...
Cotswold countryman
This is a selection from "A Cotswold Village, or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire", which was first published in 1898, a year before the author died at the age of thirty-one. J. Arthur Gibbs was a mixture of the sporting and the scholarly, writing about cricket with as much wit and knowledge as he displayed when describing the history and life of Gloucestershire.
A Cotswold Village
A Cotswold Village By Joseph Gibbs
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire
J. Arthur Gibbs' 'A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire' is a charming portrayal of rural life in the English countryside. Written in a descriptive and nostalgic style, the book immerses the reader in the daily activities, traditions, and landscapes of a quaint village in Gloucestershire. Gibbs' attention to detail and vivid imagery paint a vivid picture of a bygone era, capturing the essence of a simpler way of life. The depiction of the Cotswold village serves as both a historical document and a work of art, showcasing the beauty and tranquility of rural England. J. Arthur Gibbs, a British author and historian, was deeply connected to the Gloucestershire regi...
A Cotswold Village
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