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Monsieur De Pourceaugnac - Molière
Monsieur De Pourceaugnac - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Plays / Satire
'Monsieur de Pourceaugnac', acted on October 6, 1669, is nothing but a farce. But Molière excels in farce as well as in higher comedy, and 'Monsieur de Pourceaugnac' is one of the best of its kind. The attacks upon the doctors of the time are not...
Hellenic History - George Willis Botsford
Hellenic History - George Willis Botsford
- Author: George Willis Botsford
- Genre: Antiquity
"The purpose of this volume is to present in brief scope the evolution of Greek civilization a culture simple in its essential unity, although seemingly complex in its many and wide ramifications. In the conviction that the chief aim of history is...
A Happy New Year and Other Verses - Charles Edward de la Poer Beresford
A Happy New Year and Other Verses - Charles Edward de la Poer Beresford
- Author: Charles Edward de la Poer Beresford
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
This is a collection of 27 poems, some seasonal to New Years and Christmas, but others on themes of religion, nature and home. (Summary by Larry Wilson)...
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (Version 2) - Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (Version 2) - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Education / Philosophy
These are lectures on the education system of Nietzsche's day. He states that "This book is intended for calm readers, for those who have not yet been drawn into the mad headlong rush of our hurry-scurrying age, and who do not experience any...
Loup-garou! - Eden PHILLPOTTS
Loup-garou! - Eden PHILLPOTTS
- Author: Eden PHILLPOTTS
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Single Author Collections
A book of short stories by Eden Phillpotts, all involving something of the supernatural. - Summary by Ann Boulais...
A Child's Garden of Verses (Version 4) - Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child's Garden of Verses (Version 4) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child's Garden of Verses is one of the most popular and loved collections of children’s verse of the 19th century. This recital of all 64 poems is designed for children’s listening, especially sections 1–6. - Summary by...
A Bold Stroke for a Husband - Hannah Cowley
A Bold Stroke for a Husband - Hannah Cowley
- Author: Hannah Cowley
- Genre: Comedy
"Plays, where the scene is placed in a foreign country, particularly when that country is Spain, have a license to present certain improbabilities to the audience, without incurring the danger of having them called such; and the authoress, by the...
Red Rubber: The Story of the Rubber Slave Trade on the Congo - Edmund Dene Morel
Red Rubber: The Story of the Rubber Slave Trade on the Congo - Edmund Dene Morel
- Author: Edmund Dene Morel
- Genre: True Crime / Modern (20th C)
Morel explains the history and formation of the Congo Free State, owned by King Leopold II. However, Morel, a humanitarian, focuses on the atrocities commited in the Congo through the enslavement of the native population, leading to the deaths of as...
Puss in Boots, Jr. in Fairyland - David Cory
Puss in Boots, Jr. in Fairyland - David Cory
- Author: David Cory
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss in Boots seems to go back to Italian folklore. These books are written for younger readers, about second grade...
The Religious Experience of the Roman People - W. Warde Fowler
The Religious Experience of the Roman People - W. Warde Fowler
- Author: W. Warde Fowler
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Other religions
A series of lectures delivered by Professor Fowler at Edinburgh University for a public audience, concerning the development and decay of the religion of the Roman City-state. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
Agamemnon's Tomb - Emma Lazarus
Agamemnon's Tomb - Emma Lazarus
- Author: Emma Lazarus
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Agamemnon's Tomb, by Emma Lazarus. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 16, 2021. ------ Emma Lazarus was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1913 - 1922) - Woodrow WILSON
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1913 - 1922) - Woodrow WILSON
- Author: Woodrow WILSON
- Genre: War & Military
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture - Palmer Cox
Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture - Palmer Cox
- Author: Palmer Cox
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Single author
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short prose vignettes. From the publisher's preface, "thrice happy is the man who, having seen, can tell the fun; and having...
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 03 - Seba Smith
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 03 - Seba Smith
- Author: Seba Smith
- Genre: Literary Fiction / 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 House of Mystery - Richard Marsh
The House of Mystery - Richard Marsh
- Author: Richard Marsh
- Genre: Gothic Fiction / Literary Fiction / Romance
The House of Mystery is based upon the complicated plot involving two women who look exactly alike, one rich and one poor, and so mistaken identities bring about comic and tragic madness. (Summary by Jim Locke)...
The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 2 - Benjamin B. Warfield
The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 2 - Benjamin B. Warfield
- Author: Benjamin B. Warfield
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Warfield wrote many articles for Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias on diverse subjects and managed to condense dense subjects into the limitations of a short article. This collection contains several articles on the resurrection of Jesus and...
Cottage Cheese Recipe Book - Anonymous
Cottage Cheese Recipe Book - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Cooking
This short recipe book from the Borden Company has a full range of recipes including Appetizers, Salads, Salad Dressings, Breads, Main Dishes, and Desserts. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
A Wife - Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN
A Wife - Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN
- Author: Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of A Wife, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 13, 2021. ------ Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish playwright and poet. In this little gem, he turns an...
Taras Bulba; a Tale of the Cossacks - Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Taras Bulba; a Tale of the Cossacks - Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
- Author: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
Taras Bulba is a romanticised historical novella by Nikolai Gogol set in Russia’s equivalent of America’s wild frontier, what is today Ukraine, a name which means something like “frontier” or “marches”. It was an ill-defined wild border land whose...
Isles of Eden - Laura Lee Davidson
Isles of Eden - Laura Lee Davidson
- Author: Laura Lee Davidson
- Genre: Nature
A charming and thoughtful view of life in Canada experienced while vacationing on a small island in summer. The author is a women who is independent, observant, and compassionate in her view of her 'simple' neighbors. Ms. Davidson's description of...
Chunky, the Happy Hippo - Richard Barnum
Chunky, the Happy Hippo - Richard Barnum
- Author: Richard Barnum
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This is another in the Kneeland Animal Stories by Richard Barnum. Follow the many adventures of the little Chunky Hippo from his home in Africa to the circus. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
A Maiden To Her Mirror - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Maiden To Her Mirror - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Maiden To Her Mirror by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 7, 2021. ------ Our maiden reflects on growing old. - David Lawrence...
Nineteen Science Fiction Short Stories - James Harmon
Nineteen Science Fiction Short Stories - James Harmon
- Author: James Harmon
- Genre: Science Fiction
19 Science Fiction short stories by Jim Harmon from Galaxy Science Fiction and Worlds of If Science Fiction Magazines - Summary by kirk202...
The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories - Nicholas Carter
The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories - 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". Here we get to enjoy...
Midnight - Rutherford G. Montgomery
Midnight - Rutherford G. Montgomery
- Author: Rutherford G. Montgomery
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Animals & Nature
This is an adventure story about a horse in the wild west. (Summary by Rocky Taylor)...
Digger Smith - C. J. Dennis
Digger Smith - C. J. Dennis
- Author: C. J. Dennis
- Genre: Romance / War & Military Fiction / Narratives
“Digger Smith” is a series of narrative poems about an Australian soldier coming home in the closing months of the Great War minus a leg and with “ANZAC eyes” ... what a later war would call “The Thousand Yard Stare”. Despite his post-traumatic...
Joseph and his Brethren - W. K. Tweedie
Joseph and his Brethren - W. K. Tweedie
- Author: W. K. Tweedie
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Christianity - Other
"The story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wisdom by meditating on the truths which it embodies. An attempt is here made to point out some of the more...
Birds, Vol. II, No 6, December 1897 - Various
Birds, Vol. II, No 6, December 1897 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Poetry / Nature
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from...
First From The Front - Harold Ashton
First From The Front - Harold Ashton
- Author: Harold Ashton
- Genre: War & Military
In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breathless score of days in Northern France. I have touched upon both Tragedy and Comedy as they came my way. The...
Hallowe'en - John Kendrick Bangs
Hallowe'en - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Hallowe'en by John Kendrick Bangs. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 24, 2021. ------ This Halloween Poem by J K Bangs appeared in Harper's Weekly, Nov. 5, 1910. - Summary by David Lawrence...
The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 03, The Wars of Religion - Various
The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 03, The Wars of Religion - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: War & Military / Early Modern
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative...
Sir Titus Salt, Baronet, His Life and Its Lessons - Robert Balgarnie
Sir Titus Salt, Baronet, His Life and Its Lessons - Robert Balgarnie
- Author: Robert Balgarnie
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Titus Salt was a British manufacturer, politician and philanthropist, renounde for having built Salt's Mill, a large, innovative textile mill, together with the attached village of Saltaire, where he provided cleaner air, better housing, schooling,...
The Painted Veil - W. Somerset Maugham
The Painted Veil - W. Somerset Maugham
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- Genre: General Fiction
This Maugham classic is set in England and Hong Kong and in a cholera --ridden Chinese village in the 1920's. A committed, principled, epidemiologist, Dr. Fane, falls in love with the beautiful, but vain and foolish, Kitty Garstin. She agrees to...
A Brief History of Forestry - Bernhard Eduard Fernow
A Brief History of Forestry - Bernhard Eduard Fernow
- Author: Bernhard Eduard Fernow
- Genre: Science
An accessible, comprehensive summary of the science and art of forestry, from its ancient roots to its 20th century techniques (many of which are still used today). This book synthesizes forestry efforts and practices from around the globe,...
Etiquette Made Easy - Edward Summers Squier
Etiquette Made Easy - Edward Summers Squier
- Author: Edward Summers Squier
- Genre: Self-Help
"A complete dictionary [sic] containing the right information for any and all occasions." (From the book's dust jacket.) - Summary by KevinS...
The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 01, The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms - John Bagnell BURY
The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 01, The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms - John Bagnell BURY
- Author: John Bagnell BURY
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
Volume 1: The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms "The present work is intended as a comprehensive account of medieval times, drawn up on the same lines as The Cambridge Modern History but with a few improvements of...
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 12 September 1896 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 12 September 1896 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. The...
A Woman is a Weathercock - Nathan FIELD
A Woman is a Weathercock - Nathan FIELD
- Author: Nathan FIELD
- Genre: Comedy
A Woman is a Weathercock is the first play by the former child star of the Jacobean stage, Nathan Field. The action takes place over a single day in London. A number of suitors vie over Sir John Worldly's three daughters: Bellafront, Katherine, and...
Rhymes of Childhood - Edgar A. GUEST
Rhymes of Childhood - Edgar A. GUEST
- Author: Edgar A. GUEST
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa comes home!”, and many more. These are sure to evoke nostalgia, lots of smiles, and maybe a couple sighs or...
In Vain - Emily Dickinson
In Vain - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of In Vain by Emily Dickinson.. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 27, 2020. ------ Taken from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One by Emily Dickinson - Summary by David Lawrence...
