Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1501

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

The King who condemned him to the den of lions felt far worse about it than Daniel did.

1502

The Daring Escape of Richard the Fearless

The ten-year-old got away from a royal castle disguised as a bundle of hay.

1503

The Eagle, the Jackdaw, and the Shepherd

An over-excited jackdaw goes out of his league, and pays the price.

1504

Edmond Halley

Edmond Halley will forever be associated with the comet named after him, but his greatest achievement was getting Sir Isaac Newton to publish ‘Principia Mathematica’.

1505

The Farmer and the Buried Treasure

An affectionate father came up with an imaginative way to get his sons to work on the farm.

1506

Fashionable Freedom

Josiah Wedgwood’s promotional gift made Abolitionism fashionable.