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C. H. Spurgeon's Prayers - Charles H. Spurgeon
C. H. Spurgeon's Prayers - Charles H. Spurgeon
- Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The day on which a volume of C. H. Spurgeon's Pulpit Prayers appears is a day to be desired. Decidedly this selection of the great preacher's prayers supplies a want. Lovers of C. H. Spurgeon will delight in this treasury of devotion. It was...
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I - Francis Whiting Halsey
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I - Francis Whiting Halsey
- Author: Francis Whiting Halsey
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is the first volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in...
Mother Stories from the Old Testament - Anonymous
Mother Stories from the Old Testament - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Religion
Mother Stories from the Old Testament is a book of the best stories from the Old Testament that mothers can tell their children. - Summary by WoollyBee...
The Horses of the Hills and other Verses - Marie E. J. Pitt
The Horses of the Hills and other Verses - Marie E. J. Pitt
- Author: Marie E. J. Pitt
- Genre: Single author
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, once much anthologised; and also wrote poetry in support of the socialist and labour movements. Marie Pitt was...
The Woodland Halló - Robert Bloomfield
The Woodland Halló - Robert Bloomfield
- Author: Robert Bloomfield
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Woodland Halló by Robert Bloomfield. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 21, 2021. ------ Robert Bloomfield was an English labouring-class poet, whose work is appreciated in the context of...
The Romance of Modern Mechanism - Archibald WILLIAMS
The Romance of Modern Mechanism - Archibald WILLIAMS
- Author: Archibald WILLIAMS
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very day, new inventions were made to make life easier. Most of these are still very much in use today, such as the...
Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance - Ford Madox Ford
Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance - Ford Madox Ford
- Author: Ford Madox Ford
- Genre: Memoirs
Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English...
Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites - Various
Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Anthologies
In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in which he discussed the history of what came to be known as Weird Fiction. This collection includes many of the texts that Lovecraft mentioned in the essay,...
Short Story Collection Vol. 097 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 097 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
We return with the 97th Librivox Short Story Collection, with twenty chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. This collection features several tales by the prolific French writer, Guy de Maupassant, as well as Ernest Hemingway, Eugene Field and...
A Lost Lady (Verson 2) - Willa Sibert Cather
A Lost Lady (Verson 2) - Willa Sibert Cather
- Author: Willa Sibert Cather
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Charismatic Marian Forrester, the wife of a railroad pioneer, captures the heart of every person she meets. Niel Herbert is no exception. He has adored Mrs. Forrester since the age of twelve, considering her the epitome of feminine charm and grace....
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Version 4) - L. Frank Baum
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Version 4) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Every child knows about Santa Claus, the jolly man who brings gifts to all on Christmas. There are many stories that tell of his life, but the delightful version relayed in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is by far the most charming and...
Conciliatory or Irenical Animadversions on the Controversies Agitated in Britain under the Unhappy Names of Antinomians and Neonomians - Hermann Witsius
Conciliatory or Irenical Animadversions on the Controversies Agitated in Britain under the Unhappy Names of Antinomians and Neonomians - Hermann Witsius
- Author: Hermann Witsius
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Antinomian-Neonomian controversy of the 17th century was initiated by the republication of a set of sermons by Tobias Crisp entitled "Christ alone exalted" which were accused of antinomianism by Richard Baxter who in turn was accused of...
Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics - Bliss Carman
Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics - Bliss Carman
- Author: Bliss Carman
- Genre: Single author
The first of more than thirty books of poetry by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. "The poems in this volume have been collected with reference to their similarity of tone. They are variations on a single theme, more or less aptly suggested by the title,...
The Spirit of the Age; Or, Contemporary Portraits - William Hazlitt
The Spirit of the Age; Or, Contemporary Portraits - William Hazlitt
- Author: William Hazlitt
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
William Hazlitt was a keen observer of his time and the people populating the literary landscape. He presents short monographs on such illustrious persons as Jeremy Bentham, known for his philosophy of utility, William Godwin, who raised the...
The Mute Singer, a Novel - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
The Mute Singer, a Novel - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Author: Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Sylvie de la Roche is the daughter of a destitute former nobleman and his wife living in the slums of Paris circa 1847. Her magnificent singing voice is discovered by the irascible, but equally impoverished, old musician, Maître Beaujeu. Under his...
In the Clutch of the War-God - Milo HASTINGS
In the Clutch of the War-God - Milo HASTINGS
- Author: Milo HASTINGS
- Genre: Science Fiction / War & Military Fiction
In three parts, from Physical Culture magazine, July - September, 1911. In this story, the author warns of the coming of a world war between Japan and U.S. While the Japanese have a superior society, they suffer from food shortages and...
Iris - Arthur Wing Pinero
Iris - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Drama
Left a widow 5 years ago at age 21, Iris Bellamy is shackled by terms of her husband's will that would leave her penniless if she remarries. Of course, "if she married a rich man, her interest in her late husband's estate would be no longer...
A Sevenfold Trouble - Pansy
A Sevenfold Trouble - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
This story is an honest record of what we, who are all writers, and all very intimate friends, have seen and heard as we looked on at the lives of certain people in whom we are deeply interested. We used to talk about these people when we sat...
Encyclical Letters of Pope Benedict XV - Pope Benedict XV
Encyclical Letters of Pope Benedict XV - Pope Benedict XV
- Author: Pope Benedict XV
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A collection of 10 out of the 12 Encyclicals written by Pope Benedict XV, who was Pope from 1914-1922. Public domain English translations of 'In Hac Tanta' and 'Principi Apostolorum Petro' were not able to be located for this collection. (Summary by...
Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers - Harry A. FRANCK
Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers - Harry A. FRANCK
- Author: Harry A. FRANCK
- Genre: History / Memoirs
Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World, he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Panama as a census-taker and police officer. This work is a series of vignettes of the Panama Canal under...
Ben, The Luggage Boy; Or, Among the Wharves - Horatio Alger, Jr.
Ben, The Luggage Boy; Or, Among the Wharves - Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Ben, after running away from home, must find a way to survive on the streets. According to the preface, the book was based on a true story told to the author by a real boy named Ben. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Dramatic Readings / Satire
Dialogues of the Dead are 30 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original...
The Daughter of a Magnate - Frank H. SPEARMAN
The Daughter of a Magnate - Frank H. SPEARMAN
- Author: Frank H. SPEARMAN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
This is an American Western without any bad guys. The main characters are trains, and the elements---snow, terrain, weather and water. Frank Spearman wrote six novels about the building, and early days, of the transcontinental railroad. This was his...
The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History - Martin A. S. Hume
The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History - Martin A. S. Hume
- Author: Martin A. S. Hume
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
King Henry VIII is so often depicted as a far-seeing statesman, pressing forward through a lifetime with his eyes firmly fixed upon the goal of England’s religious freedom. Similarly, the lives of each of Henry’s six wives are often described as...
Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood - Eugene Field
Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood - Eugene Field
- Author: Eugene Field
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood is a book of children’s poetry by Eugene Field. Within the poems in this volume you will find some of his well-known works including The Duel, Wynken, Blynken and Nod, and Little Boy Blue. - Summary by SweetHome...
Chapters on Evolution - Andrew Wilson
Chapters on Evolution - Andrew Wilson
- Author: Andrew Wilson
- Genre: Life Sciences
Dr. Andrew Wilson FRSE was a Scottish physiologist and zoologist and lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the preface of...
Our Atomic World: The Story of Atomic Energy - C. Jackson Craven
Our Atomic World: The Story of Atomic Energy - C. Jackson Craven
- Author: C. Jackson Craven
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
This booklet is part of the "Understanding the Atom Series" published by the Division of Technical Information of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. From an introduction of atomic theory by the ancient Greeks through the development of the fission...
The First Men in the Moon (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
The First Men in the Moon (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated...
A Battle of the Books - Gail Hamilton
A Battle of the Books - Gail Hamilton
- Author: Gail Hamilton
- Genre: Satire / Business & Economics
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publishers, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that he should declare the causes which impel him to...
The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States - Winfield Hazlitt Collins
The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States - Winfield Hazlitt Collins
- Author: Winfield Hazlitt Collins
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains so many extensive quotations (well footnoted along with an extensive bibliography) that it was unfeasible to...
Ontology, or the Theory of Being - Peter Coffey
Ontology, or the Theory of Being - Peter Coffey
- Author: Peter Coffey
- Genre: Modern
The book is an introduction to metaphysics and Thomistic Ontology. - Summary by shreyasethi...
Bible (YLT) NT 11: Epistle to the Philippians - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 11: Epistle to the Philippians - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
Young used the Textus Receptus (TR) and the Masoretic Text (MT) as the basis for his translation. He wrote in the preface to the first edition, "It has been no part of the Translator's plan to attempt to form a New Hebrew or Greek Text—he has...
Not on It - Andrew Barton Paterson
Not on It - Andrew Barton Paterson
- Author: Andrew Barton Paterson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Not on It by Andrew Barton (“Banjo”) Paterson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 12, 2020. ------ This Weekly Poem is from the original collection SALTBUSH BILL, J.P., AND OTHER VERSES, which...
The Crusades - George William Cox
The Crusades - George William Cox
- Author: George William Cox
- Genre: War & Military / Middle Ages/Middle History / Christianity - Other
The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought between 1096 and 1272 to recover the Holy Land from Islamic rule. According to the Latin Church, Crusaders were penitent pilgrims whose sins were forgiven. British historian, George Cox, writes of...
The Scotch Twins - Lucy Fitch Perkins
The Scotch Twins - Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Genre: Historical
Jean and Jock are twelve years old when they hear news that could change their lives forever. Will they really have to leave their "little gray house on the brae" - maybe even leave their homeland of Scotland? At least they have one more summer at...
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania - Frederick Herman Tilberg
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania - Frederick Herman Tilberg
- Author: Frederick Herman Tilberg
- Genre: War & Military / History / Modern (20th C)
On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American history. For 3 days, from July 1 to 3, 1863, a gigantic struggle between 75,000 Confederates and 88,000 Union...
Framley Parsonage (version 2) - Anthony Trollope
Framley Parsonage (version 2) - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. It was first published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine in 1860, then in book form in 1861.The hero of Framley Parsonage, Mark Robarts,...
A Shadow - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Shadow - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Shadow BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 27, 2020. ------ This poem is taken from The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by...
Early Greek Philosophy and Other Essays - Friedrich Nietzsche
Early Greek Philosophy and Other Essays - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Philosophy / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragments. Written during the early Seventies, and intended mostly as prefaces, they are extremely interesting,...
Tad Coon's Great Adventure - John Breck
Tad Coon's Great Adventure - John Breck
- Author: John Breck
- Genre: Animals & Nature
“Tad Coon was lost! And Doctor Muskrat and Nibble felt pretty discouraged over their chances of ever seeing him again.” Tad Coon’s adventures may get him in trouble. Will his friends in the woods be able to help him? This is one of the Told at...
