The Revd Edmund Dixon urged young people to think about what a little politeness could do for them.

Hannah Mullens describes her battle to reach out to wealthy Indian ladies with nothing to do, nothing to think about and nowhere to go.

David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.

Richard Cobden saw Britain’s international standing in terms of peaceful trade rather than military interventions.

Charles Dickens rails at the way Parliament and do-gooders treat the public like an irresponsible child.

Samuel Sidney, a Victorian expert on Australian matters, explained how cutting tax and regulation on Britain’s global trade made everyone better off.