A collection of stories of Scottish life, charmingly written, full of the grace and humor that characterize this writer’s productions. If there is a drawback to the pleasure of reading them, it is the want of a glossary to give the benighted English reader some notion of the meaning of Scotch ‘wut.’ We regard the ‘Auld Licht Idylls’ as having paved the way for Mr. Barrie’s subsequent books.
The Auld Lichts were a section of godly professors who seceded from a secession. They prided themselves on the purity of their gospel faith, on the consistency of their walk and conversation, and above all on the stringency of their ceremonial observances. That they could keep a minister for themselves in the paltry townlet of Thrums was the crowning proof of their zeal and earnestness …
The Auld Lichts were a section of godly professors who seceded from a secession. They prided themselves on the purity of their gospel faith, on the consistency of their walk and conversation, and above all on the stringency of their ceremonial observances. That they could keep a minister for themselves in the paltry townlet of Thrums was the crowning proof of their zeal and earnestness …
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 278 ● ISBN 9783849628673 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Publisher Jazzybee Verlag ● City Altenmünster ● Country DE ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2805613 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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