about that time, an englishman, named william caxton, lived in holland, and copied books for a great lady. he says his hand grew tired with writing, and his eyes became dim with much looking on white paper. so he learned how to print, and had a printing-press made for himself, which he brought to england. he set it up in a little shop in london, and then he began to print books. he printed books of all sorts tales, and poetry, and history, and prayers, and sermons. in the time which it had formerly taken him to write one book, he could now print thousands.