An interesting volume featuring several passages taken from the Rev. James Woodforde's diaries. The work was selected and edited by John Beresford. James Woodforde was a clergyman and author, whose seminal work 'The Diary of a Country Parson', was published posthumously. The value of the Diary to the historian lies in the wealth of primary source material it provides, while the general reader can bring from it the authentic flavour of eighteenth century English country life.