In a Quiet Village

In a Quiet Village is a short story collection by Sabine Baring-Gould. Baring-Gould was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Sing Lullaby", and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English. Contents:

Dan'l Coombe

Timothy Slouch

DobleDrewe

Mary Trembath

The Old Post-boy

Auntie

Brother Augustine

Haroun the Carpenter

Shone Evans

Henry Frost

Milk-maids

The Bride's Well

Jack Hannaford

From Death to Life

Cicely Crowe

The Weathercock

A Plum-Pudding

A Christmas Tree

Folk-prayers

Crazy Jane