97

A Man Called Mouse

Based on a story in The Kathasaritsagara

In an enduring fable from the Kathasaritsagara, an Indian merchant explains how he acquired his nickname.

98

The Quiet Revolutionary

By Ram Chandra Palit

As Viceroy of India, Lord Ripon was rather more popular with the people of India than he was with some of his own civil servants.

99

Africa’s Competitive Edge

By David Livingstone

Four years before the bloody American civil war, Dr David Livingstone proposed a peaceful way to rid the world of slavery.

100

Equally Free

By Sir Joshua Fitch

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

101

Disbanding Empire

By Adam Smith

Adam Smith could not imagine it would ever happen, but he nevertheless recommended that Britain grant independence to her colonies.

102

The Open Sea

By Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden despaired at British statesmen using the peerless Royal Navy merely to strangle trade in other countries.