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Read by Lucretia B.
Francis J. Finn, S.J.
In Ethelred Preston; or, The Adventures of a Newcomer
Ethelred Preston is a story for boys written by Fr. Finn, SJ. The hero, Ethelred, while on his way to college, meets Packy Jarloe, a peddler…
For a Magician
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Read by KHand
Osgood E. Fuller
In Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
Brave Men and Women is a collection of stories about historical figures who, through success and failure, made an impact on their world. As…
A Venture in Questions
Read by Anthony Viscardi
Blanche Elizabeth Wade
In Ant ventures
Anthony Ant is very discontent, but Dr. Beetle Bug has a prescription for the restless young insect. Anthony must venture into the enormous …
Chapter 2, Mrs. Stewart's Letter
Read by Anne Fletcher
Angela Brazil
In Bosom Friends: A Seaside Story
Two girls with the same name and completely different characteristics visit the seaside and become friends. (Summary by Victoria)Note: Pleas…
XI. Reading and Studying
Read by valroth
Lucy Larcom
In A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Version 2)
What was growing up like for a seaside country girl in 1800’s New England -- her expectations, occupations, education, and opportunities? Wh…
Ch 13 Lucile's Dream
Read by Keith Salis
Roy J. Snell
In The Crimson Thread
Lucile has a job in a department store book department for the holiday season before she returns to college for the next term. What could ha…
St. Cyprian's College
Read by Belladana
Angela Brazil
In The Girls of St. Cyprian's
Another of Brazil's tales of boarding school life. - Summary by Victoria Bell
Part 5. Chapter 45: The Vision
Read by John
Ethel M. Dell
In The Way of an Eagle
Muriel Roscoe has come to India to live with her father, a general. When the fort where they are staying comes under attack, General Roscoe …
What My Friend Said to Me
Read by Lucretia B.
Julia Caroline Dorr
In Earlier Poems
This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin
Chapter IV. The Magician
Read by HelenaD
Ethel M. Dell
In Greatheart
Invited on a skiing trip with her wealthy neighbours, the de Vignes, Dinah delights at her first, and possibly only, taste of freedom from h…
Writing a Book
Read by Sheila Quattrocchi
Myrtle Reed
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
Cousin Lucrece by Edmund Clarence Stedman
Read by Tomas Peter
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, co…
22 - GLEANINGS
Read by Lucretia B.
Olive Gilbert and Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert
In The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York Stat…
Chapter XIII. Following The Prescription
Read by Marie Christian
Alice B. Emerson
In Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm
Betty Gordon found herself an orphan at age twelve. She became the ward of her uncle, Richard Gordon. She immediately came to love her uncle…
Lucretia Mott
Read by Kirsten Nelson
Edith Horton
In A Group of Famous Women
It is a remarkable fact that little attention, if any, has been given to the study of the careers of distinguished women, and the question h…
Ligeia
Read by Cynthia Moyer
Edgar Allan Poe
In The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 3
This, the third of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 6 of his short stories as well as Poe's only complete novel, The Narrative of …
Book IV, Pt. 5
Read by Pamela Nagami
Titus Lucretius Carus
In On the Nature of Things (Munro translation)
Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99-55 BC), the author of "De Rerum Natura" or "On the Nature of Things," was a Roman poet and …
Arsinoe II
Read by Lucretia B.
Leigh North
In Predecessors of Cleopatra
This book provides such information as was known at the onset of the 20th Century about Egyptian queens in antiquity. Much has been learned …
