Essays & Short Works
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 11. November 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the November Number. It includes the following articles:* The Witwatersrand and th…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 03. March 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the March Number. It includes the following articles, along with a few miscellaneo…
Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 004
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Various
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by L…
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler and Henry Festing Jones
Early in his life Samuel Butler began to carry a note-book and to write down in it anything he wanted to remember; it might be something he …
Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life
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Carl Hilty
A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T
The Romance Of The Commonplace
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Frank Gelett Burgess
Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular …
Coffee Break Collection 033 - Gardening
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Various
This is the 33rd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction p…
Once A Week (Version 2)
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A. A. Milne
Once A Week is a collection of short stories and slightly longer vignettes which were written for Milne's solid British Audience, including …
Coniston Tales
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William Gershom Collingwood
A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. C…
The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism
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Clayton Hamilton
A collection of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton concerning theatre & dramatic practices, and the criticism thereof, from an e…
G.K. Chesterton in The Open Road
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G. K. Chesterton
A collection of 2 book reviews written by G.K. Chesterton in "The Open Road", both from 1911. (Summary by Maria Therese)
Homage to John Dryden: Three Essays on Poetry of the Seventeenth Century
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T. S. Eliot
Best known as a poet and playwright, Nobel Laureate T.S. Eliot also wrote many works of literary criticism. In this volume he gives us thr…
The Ukrainians and the European War
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Various
The WWI (European war) for Ukrainians was the hope of its nation unity and freedom from Austria-Hungary but mostly from Russian Empire. Gali…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 06. June 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number. It includes the following articles:* The Seine, the Meuse, and th…
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed
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William Alexander MacKay
By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East a…
Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 001
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
This is a collection of short pieces, fiction and non-fiction, chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. (Summary by Leni)
Coffee Break Collection 028 - Hobbies
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Various
This is the 28th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
The Spirit of Place and Other Essays
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
Milton
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet, classicist, and fearless advocate for civil liberty, who served the Commonwealth of England und…