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Fan Frenzy

By Charles Dickens

Ardent opera buffs descend like locusts on Jenny Lind’s hotel, eager for a memento.

176

Press Agents

By William Thomas Stead

When Lord Salisbury asked the Russian Minister of the Interior how many agents the Tsar had in India, the reply came as a shock.

177

Playing with Fire

By William Thomas Stead

William Stead warned his fellow-journalists to take care that their bellicose rhetoric did not end in a real war with Russia.

178

The Man who Made the Headlines

By Clay Lane

William Stead conceived modern print journalism in the belief that newspapers could change the world.

179

Criminal Justice

As told to William Moy Thomas

A man unjustly condemned to transportation finds that thieves thieve, but sometimes decency shines through too.

180

The Miracle of El Alamein

By Clay Lane

Under a moonlit sky in October 1942, Allied and Axis forces met in battle on the sands of the Egyptian desert.

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