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قراءة كتاب The Starling A Scottish Story
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THE STARLING
The Starling
A Scottish Story
BY
NORMAN MACLEOD
Author of
"Reminiscences of a Highland Parish" "Character Sketches"
"The Old Lieutenant and his Son" &c. &c.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Norman Macleod was born, in 1812, at Campbeltown, in Argyllshire, where his father was parish minister. Educated in Campbeltown and Campsie for a time, he entered the University of Glasgow in 1827, and in 1837 became a licensed minister of the Church of Scotland. From 1838 to 1843 ne was minister of Loudoun parish in Ayrshire, from 1843 to 1851 of Dalkeith parish, and from 1851 till his death in 1872 of the Barony Parish, Glasgow. He was appointed chaplain to Queen Victoria in 1857, and next year received the degree of D.D. from Glasgow University. He edited Good Words from its foundation in 1860 till his death, and he also gained great literary success with the following books: The Gold Thread (1861), The Old Lieutenant and his Son (1862), Parish Papers (1862), Wee Davie (1864), Eastward (1866), Reminiscences of a Highland Parish (1867), The Starling (1867), Peeps at the Far East (1871), The Temptation of Our Lord (1872), and Character Sketches (1872).
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