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A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire

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A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire

J. Arthur Gibbs

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Fly westward with a man who traded London for a stone village in Gloucestershire. Arthur Gibbs walks you through Cotswold lanes, past village characters, sheep on the hills, and the slow rhythms of country pursuits before the machines arrived. Warm, observant, and rooted in a real place. A gentle immersion in rural life for anyone dreaming of leaving the city behind.

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91 chapters

  1. 1A COTSWOLD VILLAGE
  2. 2OR COUNTRY LIFE AND PURSUITS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
  3. 3WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 41918
  5. 5PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
  6. 6PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  7. 7CONTENTS
  8. 8CHAPTER I.
  9. 9FLYING WESTWARDS
  10. 10CHAPTER II.
  11. 11A COTSWOLD VILLAGE
  12. 12CHAPTER III.
  13. 13VILLAGE CHARACTERS
  14. 14CHAPTER IV.
  15. 15THE LANGUAGE OF THE COTSWOLDS, WITH SOME ANCIENT SONGS AND LEGENDS
  16. 16CHAPTER V.
  17. 17ON THE WOLDS
  18. 18CHAPTER VI.

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