Junior) A. K. H. Boyd
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 310
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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.