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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Fir and the Bramble

A vain fir is stopped short in her boasting by a clear-thinking bush.

788

The Silent Hall

An unknown Anglo-Saxon poet shares with us the grief of those whose homes and feast-halls were laid waste by Viking raiders.

789

The Conversion of Saul

A fiery fanatic wins support for the suppression of Christianity in its very cradle.

790

The Jackdaw

A bird perched upon a church steeple casts a severe glance over the doings of men.

791

It is a Beauteous Evening

Walking with his ten-year-old daughter on the beach at Calais, Wordsworth considers the energy of God moving in all things.

792

An Eye for Detail

Sherlock Holmes turns to his brother for help when the case of a missing Greek proves unexpectedly troublesome.