Rikki-tikki-tavi had never met a cobra before, but when the first
thrill of fear had passed he knew what he must do.
byRudyard Kipling1865-1936
Tudor Era
Full Merrily
On July 5th, 1535, the night before he was to be executed by order of King
Henry VIII, it seemed that Sir Thomas More was the only man in the Tower of London who was happy.
byWilliam Roper?1496-1578
Character and Conduct
Peace with Dignity
Amid the Don Pacifico Affair, William Gladstone told Lord Palmerston that
pride in his own country did not excuse bossing others about like a global schoolmaster.
byWilliam Ewart Gladstone1808-1898
Extracts from Literature
‘Poor Pamela’s Married At Last!’
Letitia Barbauld called Samuel Richardson’s 1740 novel Pamela
‘a new experiment’ in English literature, and to judge by its reception
it was very successful.
byCharles Knight1791-1873
Poets and Poetry
Surprised by Heaven
We turn to books seeking an author’s sympathy and fellowship, but William Cowper’s
verse is unusual: he turns to us for ours.
byFrederick Denison Maurice1805-1872
Poets and Poetry
The Gods of the Copybook Headings
After the devastation of the Great War, calls rose for a new economic
and social system, and to put the wisdom of our forebears behind us.
