Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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A Defective Education

Sir Walter Scott tells the story of how a distinguished Scottish professor nearly became Little John to Scotland’s Robin Hood.

698

The Wrong Hand

Davy Copperfield is not pleased at having to compete for his mother’s affection with Edward Murdstone.

699

The Sayers-Heenan Fight

Victorian England was agog at the prospect of Tom Sayers meeting a confident but unproven challenger from the USA.

700

On Thin Ice

Charles Villiers Stanford found it necessary to play dumb on a visit to snowy Leipzig.

701

The First Fleet

Having brought hundreds of convicts to New South Wales, Arthur Phillip then had to conjure order out of their chaos.

702

Niobe’s Tears

Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, was so proud of her fourteen children that she brazenly claimed the privileges of a goddess.