26 November The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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Published on this day
- 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- 1914 The Prussian Officer and Other Stories by D. H. Lawrence
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- William Cowper: Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Coventry Patmore: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ralph Bates: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized