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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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835

Cuthbert and the Barley Reivers

Bede is reminded of another great Christian saint when St Cuthbert shoos some troublesome crows from his barley crop.

836

Cuthbert and the Sorrowful Ravens

The Northumbrian monk was touched by two thieving birds who repented of their misdeeds.

837

The Disappearance of Arthur

In April 1203, a royal prince and heir vanished from Rouen at just the right moment for King John.

838

Cat O’Clock

On his travels through China and Tibet, Roman Catholic missionary Évariste Huc came across a novel way of telling the time.

839

Revolution and Reaction

John Buchan draws a distinction between political changes brought by violence and those brought by progress.

840

A Toast to the Greatest Composer

When violinist Joseph Joachim proposed a toast to the world’s greatest composer, he was cut off in mid flow.