The Rover Vol. 01 No. 18
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
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"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. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation. - Summary by Sonia (2 hr 30 min)
Chapters
Courtship of Captain Miles Standish. A true historical narrative, by Moses Mull… | 8:14 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Just fifteen, by S. D. G., of Maysville, KY | 27:47 | Read by Jim Locke |
Christopher Crotchett: singing master, by Seba Smith | 21:50 | Read by Faithann Gibson |
A visit to Wordsworth, by the Rev. Orville Dewey | 11:05 | Read by Jim Locke |
A leaf from the note-book of an old bachelor, by C. F. Hoffman | 30:26 | Read by April6090 |
A sketch, by Mrs Elizabeth Oakes Smith | 5:11 | Read by Olly AG |
An independent judge, and an ingenious advocate | 4:13 | Read by Olly AG |
Summer, by Lawrence Labree | 3:49 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Anecdotes of guerilla warfare | 17:46 | Read by eveningwarmth |
Interesting incident | 3:12 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Singular instance of a sudden death | 2:43 | Read by Michael Olgren |
Our table | 5:10 | Read by Jim Locke |
''Passing away, passing away'' | 8:40 | Read by eveningwarmth |