# Sixty Years a Bookman, With Other Recollections and Reflections

Author: Shaylor, Joseph, 1844-1923

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61453

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sixty+Years+a+Bookman%2C+With+Other+Recollections+and+Reflections+Shaylor&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In what is known as the Stroud Valley, Gloucestershire, or, as it was deservedly called by Queen Victoria, the Golden Valley, stands a little straggling village called the Thrupp, in which on July 12, 1844, I was born; but my early recollections of this beautiful valley began at a village about one mile distant, named Swells Hill, to which my parents afterwards removed. This village is situated on the side of the eastern portion of the Cotswolds, a district full of beautiful hills, gorge-like valleys, dells and glades, celebrated not only for its beauty and historical associations but for its numerous industries. Swells Hill overlooks the busy village of Brimscombe and is on the fringe of...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sixty-years-a-bookman-with-other-recollections-and-reflections-61453/chapters/8/index.md)