The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

1567

© Wouter Hagens, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Too Clever By Half Clay Lane

Mrs Tabby White thought she’d try some of the clever things her humans did.

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1568

© John Lord, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Kitchen Cat Clay Lane

Ruth Lorimer’s strangely comfortless life changes when she finds a scruffy little cat on the stairs, but not everyone is pleased.

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1569
The Selfish Cat Clay Lane

A tortoiseshell laments his hard life among heartless humans.

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1570

Via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

William I to John Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings of England from William I in 1066 to John in 1199.

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1571

© Harland Quarrington, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Open Government Licence 1.0.

John to Henry IV Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings of England from John in 1199 to Henry IV in 1399.

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1572

By Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

Fashionable Freedom Thomas Clarkson

Josiah Wedgwood’s promotional gift made Abolitionism fashionable.

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