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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Michaelmas

A celebration of St Michael, captain of heaven’s angel host, courteous warrior, and healer.

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The Wolf, the Bear and Cat Ivanovitch

A faithful but unprepossessing pet is turned out of hearth and home.

987

Japan’s First Railway

As Japan’s ruling shoguns resist the tide of progress, a Nagasaki-based Scottish entrepreneur steps in.

988

The Free-Wheeler

Composer Ethel Smyth buys a new-fangled ladies’ bicycle, and scandalises the neighbours.

989

Alice gets an English Lesson

Alice meets Humpty Dumpty, and it turns out that she has been using words wrong all her life.

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Thomas Brassey

The unsung surveyor from Cheshire, who built railways and made friends across the world.