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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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733

Mistris Park

Several English pianists impressed Joseph Haydn on his visits to London, but Maria Hester Park was a particular favourite.

734

An Appeal to Philip Sober

A woman convicted of a crime she did not commit took her case to a higher power.

735

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The mayor and corporation of Hamelin outsource a rodent problem to a professional rat-catcher.

736

The Investor of Nisibis

A woman advises her husband to entrust their modest savings to the bank of God.

737

The King, the Monkey and the Pea

A warlike king sets out to bag another small kingdom for his realms, but a monkey gets him thinking.

738

Cuthbert and Hildemer’s Wife

Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.