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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Kitten on the Wall

William Wordsworth watches a playful kitten, and makes himself a promise.

878

‘Never Trust Experts’

Lord Salisbury seeks to calm the Viceroy of India’s nerves in the face of anti-Russian hysteria.

879

Heracles and Cerberus

In the last of his twelve labours, the hero must snatch the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld.

880

All Things ‘Nice’

Henry Tilney teases a bewildered Catherine Morland for her lazy vocabulary.

881

The Liberty-Lovers

American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson praises the English public for still loving freedom, despite their politicians.

882

The Supreme Indignity

Lord Salisbury tells his fellow statesmen that no country should have its laws dictated from abroad.