Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. Book 1 in the "Chronicles of Carlingford" series. All stories of the Chronicles were first serialised in Blackwood's Magazine.
The republication of this earlier series of the “Chronicles of Carlingford” was probably suggested by the success of “Salem Chapel.” That success was partly due to the novelty of the subject—an advantage which is not shared by the new volume. ... Mrs. Oliphant's clergymen and doctors are rather shadowy and unreal by the side of her ministers and deacons. But the longer of these two stories, “The Doctor's Family,” has an advantage which, to some readers, will compensate for this inferiority. It has a veritable heroine—not merely a young lady who does duty as one. ... —The Reader, 1863 June 6. (Full review on the Discussion page)
Chronicles of Carlingford
THE RECTOR
AND
THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
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