19

How to Impress the English

By Leopold Mozart

Leopold Mozart was eager to win the hearts of the English, and thought he knew just the way to do it.

20

Montagu’s Frolic

By William Henry Melmoth

John, Duke of Montagu, that irrepressible prankster, identified a sad-faced soldier in the Mall as the perfect mark.

21

Ranelagh Gardens

By Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

Horace Walpole, a loyal patron of Vauxhall pleasure gardens, visits newly-opened rival Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea.

22

Poet and Poacher

By Nicholas Rowe

Literary rumour in the time of Queen Anne said that William Shakespeare owed his extraordinary career to a scurrilous ballad.

23

The Rests in Life’s Melody

By John Ruskin

A benevolent lecturer has to persuade a class of restless girls to stay inside on a rainy day.

24

Sir William Keeps a Prior Engagement

As told to H. A. Bruce

Sir William Napier stopped to console an unhappy little girl, and made her a promise he did not find it easy to keep.