Subjects

Extracts from Literature

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On Love’s Lips

William Shakespeare recalls how the love of his life once teased him to the brink of despair.

278

Poet and Poacher

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

279

The Rests in Life’s Melody

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

280

Kim and the Art of Begging

A street urchin of Lahore takes it on himself to provide a naive Tibetan monk with a hot meal.

281

Abel Tasman in New Zealand

The Dutch explorer ran across two islands in the Pacific of which Europeans knew nothing, but his chief desire was to get past them.

282

Angels and Men Agree

The birth of Jesus Christ fundamentally changed the relationship between mankind and the angels.