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The Gift of the Magi

In Christmas Short Works Collection 2022

Read by Brian Albert


O. Henry


The 2022 Christmas collection brings some old favourites along with some new selections, from the traditional to the bizarre. Among the sele…

For the Consecration of a Cemetery

In Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with Other Ballads and Poems

Read by Jack Albert


Horatio Alger, Jr.


Horatio Alger, better known for his juvenile fiction, also penned some great poetry. His Ballads, including the 8 war poems and his odes, ar…

Chapter X

In Through the Magic Door

Read by Jack Albert


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with i…

The Railroad Corral

In Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

Read by Jack Albert


John Lomax


John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up …

The Heavenly Hills of Holland

In The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time

Read by Jack Albert


Henry van Dyke


These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task.Two of the poems, "A Scrap of Pape…

Christmas Trees

In Mountain Interval

Read by Jack Albert


Robert Frost


Originally published in 1916 and revised in 1920, Mountain Interval is Robert Frost's third collection of solo poetry. In it, Frost reflects…

Borrow'd Plumes

In Poems

Read by Jack Albert


Adam Lindsay Gordon


This is a volume of poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon, 'British-born Australian Steeple-Chase Rider and Poet'."The poems of Gordon have an i…

The Moon-path

In Lyrics of Earth

Read by Jack Albert


Archibald Lampman


This is a volume of nature poetry by Canadian poet Archibald Lampman. Lampman is considered one of the most distinguished poets of his time,…

The Glass on the Bar

In In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses

Read by Jack Albert


Henry Lawson


This is a volume of poetry by Henry Lawson, the well-known Australian poet. Some of the poems in this collection are still widely taught in …

Ch. I: General Principles of Expression, Part 2

In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Read by Jack Albert


Charles Darwin


The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects …

Hero Worship

In The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House

Read by Albert Friedman


Laura Lee Hope


In this 9th book in the "Outdoor Girls Series", the girls had befriend an old woman who had been knocked down by an unscrupulous m…