{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "From the book:The general satisfaction given by the following sketches when originally printed in the Preston Chronicle, combined with a desire, largely expressed, to see them republished, in book form, is the principal excuse offered for the appearance of this volume. Into the various descriptions of churches, chapels, priests, parsons, congregations, &c., which it contains, a lively spirit, which may be objectionable to the phlegmatic, the sad-faced, and the puritanical, has been thrown. But the author, who can see no reason why a \"man whose blood is warm within\" should \"sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster,\" on any occasion, has a large respect for cheerfulness, and has endeavoured to make palatable, by a little genial humour, what would otherwise have been a heavy enumeration of dry facts. Those who don't care for the gay will find in these sketches the grave; those who prefer vivacity to seriousness will meet with what they want; those who appreciate all will discover each. The solemn are supplied with facts; the facetious with humour; the analytical with criticism. The work embodies a general history of each place of worship in Preston - fuller and more reliable than any yet published; and for reference it will be found valuable, whilst for general reading it will be instructive. The author has done his best to be candid and impartial."}, "covers": [4813491], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-07-22T11:35:19.779254"}, "latest_revision": 4, "key": "/works/OL6282264W", "authors": [{"type": "/type/author_role", "author": {"key": "/authors/OL1638935A"}}], "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T18:54:16.443169"}, "title": "Our Churches and Chapels", "subjects": ["Classic Literature", "Fiction"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "revision": 4}