Nestleton Magna: A Story of Yorkshire Methodism — John Shaqi
Nestleton Magna: A Story of Yorkshire MethodismWray, J. Jackson (James Jackson)
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Nestleton Magna: A Story of Yorkshire Methodism
Wray, J. Jackson (James Jackson)
Methodist Church (Great Britain) -- Fiction; Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction
The rapid sale of the former editions of “Nestleton Magna,” and the
numerous criticisms to which it has been subjected, have given me a
welcome and unexpectedly early opportunity of giving it a careful
revision, especially in the rendering of the East Yorkshire dialect.
It is now presented to the public in a new and much improved form, and
at a price which will bring it within the reach of all classes. The
liberal and spontaneous patronage, and the highly-favourable reviews
which this my first venture has received, merit my hearty thanks, and
encourage me to a new trial of skill in the same direction. According
to the unanimous and emphatic testimony of a large jury of reviewers,
“Aud Adam Olliver” is fully worthy of the esteem I have sought to win
for him; I cannot, therefore, do better than quote the words of the
godly old patriarch, in acknowledgment of their verdict and the
popular approval, “Ah’s varry mitch obliged te yo’.”
J. JACKSON WRAY.
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER I.
Nestleton Magna 1
CHAPTER II.
“Blithe Natty,” the Harmonious Blacksmith 5
CHAPTER III.
“Master Philip” 11
CHAPTER IV.
“Aud Adam Olliver” 16
CHAPTER V.
“Black Morris” 22
CHAPTER VI.
Philip’s Visit to the Forge; or, Love’s Young Dream 28
CHAPTER VII.
Kesterton Circuit and the “Rounders” 33
CHAPTER VIII.
Adam Olliver Begins to Prophesy 40
CHAPTER IX.
The Progress of Master Philip’s Wooing 47
CHAPTER X.
Black Morris is More Free than Welcome 53
CHAPTER XI.
Both Philip and Lucy Make a Clean Breast of it 59
CHAPTER XII.
Adam Olliver in the “Methodist Confessional” 66
CHAPTER XIII.
Squire Fuller Pays a Visit to the Forge 76
CHAPTER XIV.
Aud Adam Olliver “Sees About It” 83
CHAPTER XV.
Nathan Blyth is the Victim of a Gunpowder Plot 89
CHAPTER XVI.
Squire Fuller Receives a Deputation 98
CHAPTER XVII.
Dr. Jephson Gives an Unprofessional Opinion 106
CHAPTER XVIII.
Philip Fuller Makes a Discovery 112
CHAPTER XIX.
Black Morris is Taken by Surprise 119
CHAPTER XX.
Kasper Crabtree Falls Among Thieves 126
CHAPTER XXI.
Squire Fuller Hears Unwelcome News 133
CHAPTER XXII.
Lucy Blyth Makes a Conquest 140
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