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A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Candidate

William Cowper’s peace was shattered by the arrival of a Parliamentary candidate doorstepping his Buckinghamshire constituents.

542

A Kitten’s Jest

In ‘Familiarity Dangerous,’ poet William Cowper tells a little tale warning that if you join in the game you play by the rules.

543

The Tea Committee

Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.

544

The Furcifer

In the days of King James I, Thomas Coryat visited Italy and came home with an affected Continental habit: eating with a fork.

545

Moonshine

A London barrister indulges in courtroom theatrics to win a case, but it turns out that not everything is as it seems.

546

‘The Helmet! The Helmet!’

On the day that Manfred, Prince of Otranto, expected his son Conrad to marry the Marquis of Vicenza’s daughter, grotesque tragedy struck.