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3 - The Mystery of the Well
Read by Maria Therese
G. K. Chesterton
In The Trees of Pride
Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as…
On a Recreant Nun - Basil the Great
Read by Gloria Loughry
Various
In The World's Best Orations, Volume 1
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
Cecilia and Fanny
Read by IanGibblet
Elizabeth Semple
In A Cup of Sweets, that Can Never Cloy: Or, Delightful Tales for Good Children
Twenty-two moral stories for children. A collection of short stories about good little boys & girls and the rewards that come from good …
The Nightingale
Read by Jade Leah Pilling
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
Chapter II
Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva
Kate Sanborn
In The Wit of Women
It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…
Venus's Dove
Read by Abigail Bartels
Lydia Maria Child
In American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Magdalena
Read by NoelBadrian
Marietta Holley
In Poems
This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin
A Treasure
Read by Esther ben Simonides
Charlotte Maria Tucker
In The Spanish Cavalier
When his father dies, Lucius Lepine goes to Spain as a clerk. His fellow clerk, Don Aguilera, doesn't come to work one day. Lucius is worrie…
To the Nightingale
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Isabel
Read by Eliza Winters
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…
Saint Elizabeth, by Anna B. Patten
Read by Julie Burks
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 07 April 1898
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Maryette Myers
Read by Anita Hibbard
Julia A. Moore
In The Sentimental Song Book
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its …
073 - Charles and Mary
Read by Carmen H
Christopher Morley
In Chimneysmoke
A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)
Marie
Read by Newgatenovelist
Thomas Parker Sanborn
In Selected Poems
Thomas Parker Sanborn was an American poet from Massachusetts. In this collection of his work, published from 1883 to 1886 in The Harvard Mo…
Verses Written in Mary's Album
Read by Ross Klatte
Kate Seymour MacLean
In The Coming of the Princess, and Other Poems
There is truth, doubtless, in the remark, that we are enriched less by what we have than by what we hope to have. As the poetic art in Canad…