Subjects

Extracts from Literature

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Cupid’s Arrow

Kitty Beighton enters an archery contest where the prize is one very beautiful bracelet and one very ugly Commissioner.

242

The Charm of Golf

A. A. Milne analyses the popularity of golf, and decides that it’s good to be bad.

243

On a Tight Rein

The tale of how a prim little English horse cleaned up his Continental stables.

244

Hue and Cry

Sir Thomas Smith, one of Elizabeth I’s diplomats, explains how in her day criminals were brought to trial.

245

The Central People of the World

Some wanted Britain on a path to being a thoroughly European nation, but William Monypenny wanted her at the world’s crossroads.

246

How to Impress the English

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