APRIL , 2021
PARSON , VICAR , OR RECTOR By : Liese Sherwood-Fabré
During Victorian times , the individual parson had a great deal of freedom within the parish to decide how services were run , what outside activities ( such as Sunday schools to teach poor children to read ) were offered , and oversight of any local religious celebrations . Often one of the few locals with a college education , they were sought for advice on any number of subjects .
Shifts in the demographics and the economy have diminished church attendance , but its representatives continue to be respected community members . __________________
1 ) http :// www . bbc . co . uk / religion / religions / christianity / cofe / cofe _ 1 . shtml 2 ) Sally Mitchell , editor , Victorian Britain : An Encyclopedia , New York : Garland Publishing , Inc ., 1988 , page 157 . 3 ) Ibid 4 ) Mitchell , Daily Life , page 248 .
Biography :
Award-winning author Liese Sherwood-Fabre knew she was destined to write when she got an A + in the second grade for her story about Dick , Jane , and Sally ’ s ruined picnic . Her research into Victorian England led her to write short essays related to various aspects of the times when Sherlock Holmes solved his mysteries . A third collection of these essays on The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes is availa ble at all major booksellers . The research also appears in her recently launched The Early Case Files of Sherlock Holmes series on the young detective and his unusually gifted family . His first two cases : The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife and The Adventure of the Murdered Gypsy are now available at all major booksellers , and the third , The Adventure of the Deceased Scholar is available for pre-order until its release May 15 .
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