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Never say ‘What, never?’ again
By Charles Willeby
That infernal nonsense ‘Pinafore’ took America by storm.
380
The Real Merchant
By William Cobbett
William Cobbett makes a distinction between everyday business and the murky world of Westminster lobbyists and financial speculation.
381
Chopsticks
By Ethel Smyth
Ethel Smyth puts on a show for a self-declared music enthusiast.
382
Experience Does It
By Charles Dickens
Wilkins Micawber had little to give David Copperfield at their parting, save two words of advice.
383
A Bit of Luck for his Lordship
By Samuel Smiles
George Stephenson was only too pleased to save the Government from its scientific advisers.
384
Free Trade, Free Peoples
Oldham’s firebrand MP William Cobbett rips into the the City of London for blocking economic and political progress in India.
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