Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Will Adams

An Elizabethan mariner reaches Japan under terrible hardships, only to find himself under sentence of death at the hands of his fellow Europeans.

728

Kim and the Art of Begging

A street urchin of Lahore takes it on himself to provide a naive Tibetan monk with a hot meal.

729

The Assassination of Thomas Becket

Four knights thought they were helping their King, but they could not have made a greater mistake.

730

Abel Tasman in New Zealand

The Dutch explorer ran across two islands in the Pacific of which Europeans knew nothing, but his chief desire was to get past them.

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The Flight of the Beasts

A dozy rabbit gets an idea into his head and soon all the animals of India are running for their lives.

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Angels and Men Agree

The birth of Jesus Christ fundamentally changed the relationship between mankind and the angels.