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The Golden Milestone - Frank W. Boreham
The Golden Milestone - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a...
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals - Mrs. Robert Lee
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals - Mrs. Robert Lee
- Author: Mrs. Robert Lee
- Genre: Animals
Stories about unusual interactions between animals and humans that reflect some attitudes to the wild in the mid-eighteen hundreds, including trophy hunting. "Chronically ill and often in pain," the author, Mary Custis Lee, experienced "hardship...
A Fatal Message - Nicholas Carter
A Fatal Message - 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". This tale opens with...
The Red Lamp - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Red Lamp - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
William A. Porter, professor of English, inherits a large seaside house from his Uncle Horace. He is not fully satisfied with the explanation of his uncle's death. He moves to the lodge for the following summer with his wife and niece, and rents out...
Sally on the Rocks - Winifred Boggs
Sally on the Rocks - Winifred Boggs
- Author: Winifred Boggs
- Genre: General Fiction
Sally Lunton has led a bohemian lifestyle in Paris, but now at 31 she returns to Little Crampton disillusioned, no job, no money and no hopes for the future except a safe, if loveless, marriage.. Little Crampton has its complement of βtypicalβ...
A Woman of Genius - Mary Hunter AUSTIN
A Woman of Genius - Mary Hunter AUSTIN
- Author: Mary Hunter AUSTIN
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Literary Fiction
In this 1912 novel, Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) draws inspiration from her own life to tell the story of a gifted woman caught between her public ambition and her private desire. Beginning with her post-Civil War Midwestern girlhood, Austin...
Dreams Collection 2 - Stories and Poems - Various
Dreams Collection 2 - Stories and Poems - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories
This is a collection of 20 stories and/or poems, contributed by Librivox volunteers, pertaining to dreams. ( ~ Michele Fry)...
Unprofessional Tales - Norman Douglas
Unprofessional Tales - Norman Douglas
- Author: Norman Douglas
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
A collection of stories exploring the psychological and paranormal, some stories bordering on the macabre. - Summary by Luke Castle...
The Catholic's Ready Answer - Rev. M. P. Hill
The Catholic's Ready Answer - Rev. M. P. Hill
- Author: Rev. M. P. Hill
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
A popular vindication of Christian beliefs and practices against the attacks of modern criticism. Ninety-eight topics, in alphabetical order, giving an explanation of the Catholic teachings on the subjects. (From the book and by Maria Therese)...
Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders - Henry Wallace Phillips
Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders - Henry Wallace Phillips
- Author: Henry Wallace Phillips
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Romance
More than anything, the young Red Saunders wanted to be a good boy. And he was a good boy, except for his quick temper and quicker fists. By the time he was 16 he knew he had to leave home, leave town, leave the life he knew. And thatβs when life...
The Wail of the Waiter - Marcus CLARKE
The Wail of the Waiter - Marcus CLARKE
- Author: Marcus CLARKE
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Wail of the Waiter by Marcus Clarke. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 16, 2020. ------ A little something in anticipation of the day when things return to normal and folks everywhere,...
True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons - Cleveland Moffett
True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons - Cleveland Moffett
- Author: Cleveland Moffett
- Genre: True Crime / Modern (19th C)
In his true crime collection, True Detective Stories: From the Archives of the Pinkertons, Cleveland Moffett details some of the more fascinating stories pulled from the archives of the Pinkertons Detective Agency. The Pinkertons were one of the...
Short Poetry Collection 217 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 217 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2021....
How The White Rose Came - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
How The White Rose Came - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of How The White Rose Came by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 30, 2021. ------ Springtime.. a tale of a rose and a few garden insects. - Summary by David Lawrence...
Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens - Laura Rountree Smith
Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens - Laura Rountree Smith
- Author: Laura Rountree Smith
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Another delightful Laura Rountree Smith children's book. Illustrated by F. R. Morgan We are three little kittens Who once lost our mittens The kittens now go about having adventures with their friend, Twinkle Toes, and learning valuable life lessons...
Lives of Two Cats - Pierre Loti
Lives of Two Cats - Pierre Loti
- Author: Pierre Loti
- Genre: Animals / Family & Relationships / House & Home
An English translation of Pierre Loti's charming 19th century memoir of his cats. - Summary by S Caulkins...
History of Modern Philosophy - Alfred William Benn
History of Modern Philosophy - Alfred William Benn
- Author: Alfred William Benn
- Genre: Modern
This book is a brief, but cogent discussion of Western philosophy-- from Francis Bacon and Giordano Bruno through Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, Hume, Berkeley and Kant, the German idealists and Hegel, and ending with such nineteenth century...
Uncanny Stories - May Sinclair
Uncanny Stories - May Sinclair
- Author: May Sinclair
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Single Author Collections
May Sinclairβs Uncanny Stories is a collection of short stories filled with macabre, romantic, and Gothic themes. Enjoy tales of love and loss, murder, philosophy, and supernatural happenings. Summary by RhiannonD....
Marjorie Dean, High School Junior - Jessie Graham Flower
Marjorie Dean, High School Junior - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: General
In her Junior year at high school, Marjorie faces a new foe. Rowena Farnham is clever and calculating and her antics threaten Sanford High's beloved basketball. - Summary by ashleighjane...
Grampa In Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
Grampa In Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Another great book in the world of Oz, in which King Fumbo of Ragbad loses his head in a storm and Prince Tatters, accompanied by the wise and wonderful old soldier Grampa, sets off to find the king's head, a fortune, and a princess. With Bill, a...
Journal of Francis Asbury, Volume II - Francis ASBURY
Journal of Francis Asbury, Volume II - Francis ASBURY
- Author: Francis ASBURY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Other
As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Methodism, Francis Asbury kept a journal of his travels and activities. His journal begins with his prayerful...
The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2) - Anna Katharine Green
The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2) - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Rita Van Arsdale falls in love and is proposed to by the gentleman Mr. Durand during a fancy high society party. She has landed the man of her dreams, but her wedding planning with Mr. Durand is interrupted by the beautiful Mrs. Fairbrother who is...
Italian Life and Legends - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Italian Life and Legends - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Author: Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Genre: Single Author Collections
A mix of short works written by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie during her residence in Florence from 1864-65, this collection was edited and prepared for publication by her sister, Mary Thompson, wife of artist, Cephas Giovanni Thompson, after her death....
Emily of New Moon (Version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Emily of New Moon (Version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Family
Orphaned Emily Starr is sent to live at New Moon Farm on Prince Edward Island with her aunts Elizabeth and Laura Murray and her Cousin Jimmy. She quickly befriends three other children named Ilse Burnley, Teddy Kent, and Perry Miller, each of whom...
Under the Tiger's Claws; or, A Struggle for the Right (Version 2) - Nicholas Carter
Under the Tiger's Claws; or, A Struggle for the Right (Version 2) - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A prominent banker calls Nick Carter in to investigate $90,000 in missing fundsβand a trusted clerk who has disappeared. [Summary by Paul Hampton]...
A House Divided Against Itself - Margaret O. Oliphant
A House Divided Against Itself - Margaret O. Oliphant
- Author: Margaret O. Oliphant
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." So said Abraham Lincoln in 1858. Here we have the irascible Mr. Waring, an elderly English ex-patriot, living in Italy with his charming daughter, Frances. Mr. Waring was there long before the hotels...
Short Poetry Collection 218 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 218 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2021....
The Lost Island of Atlantis - Edward Taylor Fletcher
The Lost Island of Atlantis - Edward Taylor Fletcher
- Author: Edward Taylor Fletcher
- Genre: Antiquity
In this paper, read before the Literary and Historical Society, Quebec, Fletcher demonstrates methodically what he perceives as evidence for the existence of the island of Atlantis. He begins by documenting the historical instances Atlantis is...
Serapion - Francis Stevens
Serapion - Francis Stevens
- Author: Francis Stevens
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
"An evil influence has been brought into touch with you," the medium warned Clayton Barbour. "A dead soul seeks to destroy your life that it may itself go on living." At that moment, Barbour began his grim struggle for possession of himself....
Meadowlark Basin - B. M. Bower
Meadowlark Basin - B. M. Bower
- Author: B. M. Bower
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
This is an action-packed tale of the old west with richly drawn characters including the notorious Butch Cassidy, most of them upstanding but some decidedly not. A cashier is murdered during a bank robbery. The loot and the thieves are sought with...
An Essay of the Shaking Palsy - James Parkinson
An Essay of the Shaking Palsy - James Parkinson
- Author: James Parkinson
- Genre: Medical
This publication is said to be the first to present a systematic view of what was later named Parkinson's disease. Six case studies are described and some speculation is offered as to the causes of 'paralysis agitans,' the author's name for the...
G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
The Sylph - Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
The Sylph - Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
- Author: Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Georgianna Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire was one of the leading ladies of her time. There for, her novel, which contains many autobiographical plots, has been published anonymously. The author was thought to have been Sophia Briscoe, a...
The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2 - William E. Barton
The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2 - William E. Barton
- Author: William E. Barton
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Modern (19th C)
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 β April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then...
Ronald And I; Or Studies From Life - Alfred Pretor
Ronald And I; Or Studies From Life - Alfred Pretor
- Author: Alfred Pretor
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of essays (1899) on English village life in the late nineteenth century. The essay βMy Rectorβ was the focus of some controversy when published. Alfred Pretor was an English Cambridge don and classicist, author, and translator....
The Rainbow - Richard le Gallienne
The Rainbow - Richard le Gallienne
- Author: Richard le Gallienne
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Rainbow by Richard Le Gallienne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 7, 2021. ------ In 2016 an exhibition on the life and works of Richard Le Gallienne was held at the central library...
A Study of British Genius - Havelock ELLIS
A Study of British Genius - Havelock ELLIS
- Author: Havelock ELLIS
- Genre: Psychology / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive source of information from the Dictionary of National Biography, many pieces of informational are discussed,...
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (Version 2) - Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (Version 2) - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This is the story of a chubby little meadow mouse and his family in the big forest and fields where he lives. His many adventures are sometimes scary but they always end with him escaping the many hunters who mean him harm....
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 02. February 1898 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 02. February 1898 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the February Number. It includes the following articles: Gardiner Greene Hubbard, by Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, D. D. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Memorial Meeting Geographic Literature...
The American Bee Journal. Vol. XVII, No. 12, Mar. 23, 1881 - Various
The American Bee Journal. Vol. XVII, No. 12, Mar. 23, 1881 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Business & Economics / Life Sciences
The American Bee Journal is the βoldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sale of pure honey. .Published every Wednesday, by Thomas G. Newman, Editor and Proprietorβ In this volume are...
