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THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON CHAPTER I WHEN I was a child I used to go to the seaside for the hohdays. We stayed in a little town where there was a harbour and fishing boats and fishermen. They sailed away to catch herrings in nets. When the boats came back home again some had only caught a...

INTRODUCTION The word "modern" as applied to works of art has acquired shades of meaning not entirely covered by the dictionary definition, "of present or recent times". It is sometimes used, for instance, irrespective of date, to show appreciation of qualities in form and colour which still...

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK The Observer's Book of London is divided into two main parts: YESTERDAY IN TODAY'S LONDON GAZETTEER Yesterday in Today's London describes what can still be seen of the London of the past, from Roman times up to the present century, and will be of value to those whose...