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The Brethren (Version 2) - H. Rider Haggard
The Brethren (Version 2) - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
A tale of love, romance and chivalry set amongst the backdrop of the climactic months before the opening of the Kings' Crusade. Two English knights are in love with the same maiden. Their devotion and bravery is tested when their beloved is...
The Tale of Grandfather Mole (version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Grandfather Mole (version 2) - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
"There was a queer old person that lived in Farmer Green's garden. Nobody knew exactly how long he had made his home there because his neighbors seldom saw him. He might have been in the garden a whole summer before anybody set eyes on him. Those...
Poems - Roderic Quinn
Poems - Roderic Quinn
- Author: Roderic Quinn
- Genre: Poetry
Roderic Quinn, the seventh child of Irish immigrants, was variously a teacher, public servant and newspaper editor before turning to the writing of poetry and short stories. He was particularly associated with the convivial Dawn and Dusk club which...
The Skipper's Wooing - W. W. JACOBS
The Skipper's Wooing - W. W. JACOBS
- Author: W. W. JACOBS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
The crew of the ship come together in a syndicate to find the missing father of the lady whom their skipper should like to favour. Their resulting escapades prove to be highly amusing - Summary by Alan Lord...
Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book - H. J. Clayton
Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book - H. J. Clayton
- Author: H. J. Clayton
- Genre: Cooking
The author, H.J. Clayton, subtitles this book, βbeing a practical treatise on the culinary art adapted to the tastes and wants of all classes, with plain and easily understood directions for the preparation of every variety of food in the most...
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1) - Various
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies / Elegies & Odes
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, contains a variety of odes, elegies, addresses, epitaphs and dedications that praise, mourn and remember some of...
Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879 - John Muir
Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879 - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: Nature / Travel & Geography / Letters
When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown him there, and especially the sympathy which Mrs. Carr, as a botanist and a lover of nature, felt in the young...
Bible (YLT) NT 23-25: Epistles of John - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 23-25: Epistles of John - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
A literal translation that holds closely to the original language and idioms. (Summary by KevinS)...
Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands - Frank G. Carpenter
Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands - Frank G. Carpenter
- Author: Frank G. Carpenter
- Genre: Reference / Travel & Geography
The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. In a personally conducted tour...
Days with Walt Whitman - Edward CARPENTER
Days with Walt Whitman - Edward CARPENTER
- Author: Edward CARPENTER
- Genre: Memoirs
"Days with Walt Whitman" is a contemplative summary of the life of Walt Whitman and the making of the poet, by one of his followers. Edward Carpenter collected a half dozen essays he had written about different aspects of the American poet's work...
The Brown Brethren - Patrick MacGill
The Brown Brethren - Patrick MacGill
- Author: Patrick MacGill
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The Brown Brethren tells the story of friends and comrades who fought together during World War I on the Western Front. The principal characters belong to the London Irish Rifles, a volunteer regiment whose 1st Battalion was mobilized immediately...
Short Stories (Version 2) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Short Stories (Version 2) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplative novels. Several of his trademark philosophical, political and religious themes are interwoven throughout...
The Green World - Hal Clement
The Green World - Hal Clement
- Author: Hal Clement
- Genre: Science Fiction
The planet was an enigma. Among the thousands of inhabitable planets that had been discovered and visited, Veridis alone seemed to defy the laws of planetary development and evolution. It was extremely young, barely 10 million years had passed since...
Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World - Various
Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 26th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less. The subject for this collection is "It's a Small World". Readers have interpreted this in...
The Photographer's Evidence - Nicholas Carter
The Photographer's Evidence - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". One evening, a...
Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan - William Elliot Griffis
Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan - William Elliot Griffis
- Author: William Elliot Griffis
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction
William Elliot Griffis born in Philadelphia in 1843, was an educator, author and Congregational minister. In 1870 he was invited to go to Japan in order to modernize the school system and became the Superintendent of Education in the Province of...
Bible (WNT) NT 12: Colossians - Weymouth New Testament
Bible (WNT) NT 12: Colossians - Weymouth New Testament
- Author: Weymouth New Testament
- Genre: Bibles / Weymouth New Testament
In Paul's message to the fellowship in Colossae, a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor, the Apostle reminds them of the complete adequacy of Christ alone. Sophisticated philosophies and the rules and regulations of the Old Covenant are to be nailed to the...
The Black Riders and Other Lines (Version 2) - Stephen Crane
The Black Riders and Other Lines (Version 2) - Stephen Crane
- Author: Stephen Crane
- Genre: Free Verse
Written in a purgative frenzy of pure imagination (βThey came, and I wrote them, thatβs allβ), Stephen Craneβs The Black Riders and Other Lines is a strange, enigmatic, and sparsely-written collection of free verse that bristles with Old Testament...
A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, Volume I - George Lillie Craik
A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, Volume I - George Lillie Craik
- Author: George Lillie Craik
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
The History of English Literature and Language may be recommended to the student as a guide always sure, and as satisfactory as its limits will admit, to the gathered harvest of a thousand years -- from ALFRED the Great to VICTORIA -- now existing...
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed - William Alexander MacKay
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed - William Alexander MacKay
- Author: William Alexander MacKay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Self-Help
By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East and part of West Zorra, and containing a population of about fourteen hundred. It was settled about the year...
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy - James Moores Ball
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy - James Moores Ball
- Author: James Moores Ball
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Medical / Early Modern
Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the ancients, he instead dissected bodies and drew detailed illustrations of his observations. He was enormously...
Ticonderoga; A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley - George Payne Rainsford JAMES
Ticonderoga; A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley - George Payne Rainsford JAMES
- Author: George Payne Rainsford JAMES
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
In the backwoods, lives a man and his two teenage children. He has sought the quiet life on the frontier, although he is a friend to all and never turns away a stranger. One evening, one such stranger arrives at his door, asking for shelter for the...
The Boy Scouts on Lost Trail - Thornton W. Burgess
The Boy Scouts on Lost Trail - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Walter Upton again sets out with a group of boys on a great adventure in the North Woods, this time on foot. They've heard of a trail that had been used in the days of the settlers, and are seeking to locate and map it all the way to Canada. Their...
Kotri, by the River - Laurence Hope
Kotri, by the River - Laurence Hope
- Author: Laurence Hope
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Kotri, by the River by Laurence Hope. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 9, 2020. ----- Editorial note: Laurence Hope was the pen name of Adela Florence Cory Nicolson. Born in 1865, she...
The Weaker Sex - Arthur Wing Pinero
The Weaker Sex - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Satire
Mrs. Boyle-Chewton and her cause - the Advancement of Women from the Rear to the Van. Lady Vivash, new recruit to the cause. Their daughters Sylvia and Rhoda. Mr. Bargus, Member of Parliament for the Skipping-Molton Division of Cuddleford, who is...
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 05 - Seba Smith
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 05 - Seba Smith
- Author: Seba Smith
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Poetry / Short Stories
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry....
The Christian Commonwealth - John Eliot
The Christian Commonwealth - John Eliot
- Author: John Eliot
- Genre: Political Science / Christianity - Other
John Eliot, a North American missionary, advocates for post-civil-war England to adopt a representative democracy, using the Mosaic Law as a model. (Summary by Aaron Decker)...
Love Stories Volume 3 - Various
Love Stories Volume 3 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in heartbreak or happiness -- where the heart overflows with passion, pride, emotion or wonder. ( ~ Michele Fry)...
Unveiling a Parallel - Alice Ilgenfritz Jones
Unveiling a Parallel - Alice Ilgenfritz Jones
- Author: Alice Ilgenfritz Jones
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Science Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
In this work of utopian science fiction from the Victorian era written by Two Women of the West, a moniker for Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant. A man travels to Mars to discover an Utopian world which is parallel to the Earth in some ways,...
The Critique of Dogmatic Theology - Leo Tolstoy
The Critique of Dogmatic Theology - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
More systematic, but no less sincere than A Confession (which originally served as the introduction to this work), The Critique of Dogmatic Theology is an early attempt on the part of Tolstoy to impart the results of his meticulous study and...
Indian Summer - William Wilfred Campbell
Indian Summer - William Wilfred Campbell
- Author: William Wilfred Campbell
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Indian Summer by William Wilfred Campbell. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 3, 2021. ------ This wonderful poem by William Wilfred Campbell captures the essence of a Canadian Autumn - its...
The Medici, Volume 2 - G. F. Young
The Medici, Volume 2 - G. F. Young
- Author: G. F. Young
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / History
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the...
Vicky Van - Carolyn Wells
Vicky Van - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Carolyn Wells always provides an enjoyable read and this one is probably one of her most intriguing murder mysteries. Vicky Van is a lithe, joyful and vibrant society woman beloved by all. A man named Sommers shows up uninvited at one of her famous...
Arizona's Yesterday - John Cady
Arizona's Yesterday - John Cady
- Author: John Cady
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer. Written by John Henry Cady and revised and rewritten in 1915 by noted Playwright and Journalist Basil Woon. Cady was born in Ohio, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 049 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 049 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, the sound of a monstrous howl, and the occasional touch of wonder. Note:...
The Emerald Story Book - Various
The Emerald Story Book - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry
There is no richer theme for childrenβs stories than the miracle of Spring. The selections in βThe Emerald Story Bookβ aim to serve the young readerβs interest in three ways. Some of the myths and legends are interesting or amusing because flowers,...
California Desert Trails - Joseph Smeaton Chase
California Desert Trails - Joseph Smeaton Chase
- Author: Joseph Smeaton Chase
- Genre: Nature / Travel & Geography
"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, on short expeditions into and across it at various points, I had fallen under its inexplicable charm; now I...
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal - Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal - Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
- Author: Henry I. Shaw Jr.
- Genre: War & Military
In the early summer of 1942, intelligence reports of the construction of a Japanese airfield near Lunga Point on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands triggered a demand for offensive action in the South Pacific. Completion of the Guadalcanal airfield...
Songs by the Sea - Rebecca Ruter Springer
Songs by the Sea - Rebecca Ruter Springer
- Author: Rebecca Ruter Springer
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
Best known for her mystical writing, IntraMuros, Rebecca Ruter Springer was also a sensitive poet. This a short volume of her poems celebrating the sea. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's Day - Ada M. Skinner
The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's Day - Ada M. Skinner
- Author: Ada M. Skinner
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of Christmas, Winter, and New Year tales and poems compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner (Summary by RomaSingh)...
