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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Six Labours of Theseus

Young Theseus sets out for Athens on foot to claim his kingdom, but the road is infested with giants, bandits and a savage sow.

824

Could Do Better

The Report of the Newcastle Commission confirmed that there were no Dotheboys Halls among Yorkshire’s private schools.

825

Equally Free

Sir Joshua Fitch urges Victorian society to let women make their own career choices – whatever they may be.

826

Brimstone and Treacle

Mrs Squeers has lost the school spoon, and is uncomfortably frank about its importance.

827

The Fact-Lovers

American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson saw the demand for hard evidence as a peculiarly English trait.

828

Dead Man Walking

Richard Hannay was finding life in London a little slow until a self-confessed dead man walked into his rooms.