Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1483

The Eagle, the Jackdaw, and the Shepherd

An over-excited jackdaw goes out of his league, and pays the price.

1484

Edmond Halley

Edmond Halley will forever be associated with the comet named after him, but his greatest achievement was getting Sir Isaac Newton to publish ‘Principia Mathematica’.

1485

The Farmer and the Buried Treasure

An affectionate father came up with an imaginative way to get his sons to work on the farm.

1486

Fashionable Freedom

Josiah Wedgwood’s promotional gift made Abolitionism fashionable.

1487

Fiddler Tam

An 18th century bon viveur and virtuoso violinist, Thomas Erskine is currently being ‘rediscovered’ by the classical music industry.

1488

The First Train Journey by Steam

Richard Trevithick’s boss hailed the engineer as a genius. Today he’d have been fired. (Oh, and the train was delayed.)