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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Fan Frenzy

Ardent opera buffs descend like locusts on Jenny Lind’s hotel, eager for a memento.

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Press Agents

When Lord Salisbury asked the Russian Minister of the Interior how many agents the Tsar had in India, the reply came as a shock.

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Playing with Fire

William Stead warned his fellow-journalists to take care that their bellicose rhetoric did not end in a real war with Russia.

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Androcles and the Lion

Gaius Caesar is disappointed with the quality of the entertainment on offer in Rome’s Circus Maximus.

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The Man who Made the Headlines

William Stead conceived modern print journalism in the belief that newspapers could change the world.

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Criminal Justice

A man unjustly condemned to transportation finds that thieves thieve, but sometimes decency shines through too.