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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Evacuation of Dunkirk

The fate of the British army hung by a thread in May 1940, but ships large and small, military and civilian, came to the rescue.

1286

A Proper Education

Harriet Smith’s school gave her a grounding in good sense that even Emma Woodhouse could not quite overthrow.

1287

The Lessons of Nature

Samuel Smiles shows us two great achievements inspired by two tiny creatures.

1288

Observation

Great inventions come from those who notice what they see.

1289

Terror in the Deep

Irish monk St Columba is credited with being among the first witnesses to the ‘Loch Ness monster’.

1290

‘Get Up!’

Joseph Skipsey’s short poem evokes the last goodbye a Northumberland miner made each morning.