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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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‘Never Trust Experts’

Lord Salisbury seeks to calm the Viceroy of India’s nerves in the face of anti-Russian hysteria.

872

Heracles and Cerberus

In the last of his twelve labours, the hero must snatch the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld.

873

All Things ‘Nice’

Henry Tilney teases a bewildered Catherine Morland for her lazy vocabulary.

874

The Liberty-Lovers

American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson praises the English public for still loving freedom, despite their politicians.

875

The Supreme Indignity

Lord Salisbury tells his fellow statesmen that no country should have its laws dictated from abroad.

876

Trunk and Disorderly

Arthur Wellesley watches on as one of his soldiers is rescued from a watery grave.