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The Telegraphic Communication between Great Britain, Europe, America, and the E…

In Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891

Read by George Banfield


Various


The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…

The Blue Grotto of Capri by Alexandre Dumas

In Greatest Wonders of the World

Read by George Banfield


Esther Singleton


A selection of descriptions of famous, and not so famous, natural beauty spots, as described by various travelers of the age. Travelers incl…

The End of the Fame and Fortune Contest

In Shadowland: October, 1919

Read by George Banfield


Various


Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…

In the Turret

In Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

Read by George Banfield


Herman Melville


"Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is the first book of poems by the American author Herman Melville. Published in 1866, the v…

Wired Comb Foundation by D.S. Given

In The American Bee Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 1, January 5, 1881

Read by George Banfield


Various


The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…

How a bachelor should dress

In The Complete Bachelor

Read by George Banfield


Walter Germain Robinson


This volume was written by the author to help people with proper etiquette for certain social dilemma issues.i.e. male manners while being s…

The Dream

In The Prisoner of Chillon

Read by George Banfield


George Gordon, Lord Byron


Lord Byron visited the Castle of Chillon on Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816 and was intrigued by the legend of Francis Bonnivard who was …

Soldiers and Sailors Personal Relief Section

In The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 7, June 1, 1919

Read by George Banfield


Greye La Spina, P. A. Connolly, John Russell Coryell, Harry C. Douglas, Harold Hersey and Albert Owens


The Thrill Book is back with another exciting issue to tantalize the senses with tales of action, suspense and terror! Keep your guard up as…

Chapter XII, Conclusion

In The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi

Read by George Banfield


Hattie Greene Lockett


“By a brief survey of present day Hopi culture and an examination into the myths and traditions constituting the unwritten literature of thi…

Chapter 2, The End of Olive Island

In The Flying Inn (Version 2)

Read by George Banfield


G. K. Chesterton


Captain Patrick Dalroy and Humphrey Pump take to the road in a donkey cart with a cask of good rum, a giant round of cheese, and the signpos…

The Moral Pirates: Chapter X

In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 40, August 3, 1880

Read by George Banfield


Various


Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

To Lionel Phillips

In Poems

Read by George Banfield


John Buchan


John Buchan was a Scottish writer, poet and diplomat who became Governer General of Canada. Best known for his novels (The Thirty-Nine Steps…

Preface

In From the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea

Read by George Banfield


Julius M. Price


A record of a voyage of discovery and adventure, beginning in Siberia and continuing to Northern China in the late 19th Century. - Summary b…

World’s Production and Consumption

In Tea: Its History and Mystery

Read by George Banfield


Joseph M. Walsh


Utility, not originality, has been aimed at in the compilation of this work. The obstacles and difficulties its author had met with in his e…

The Epicure's Ortolan

In Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

Read by George Banfield


John Timbs


The author has written chapters about various oddities of the animal kingdom, focusing on creatures from the bookworm to the rhinoceros and …

Georgic I

In The Georgics: A Poem of the Land

Read by George Emerson


Virgil


A poem by the Latin poet Virgil, the second of his three known works. "Georgic" means "to work the land," and on such ma…

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