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13 - Book 5, Part 1

In Metamorphoses

Read by Jenni


Publius Ovidius Naso and Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso


The Metamorphoses of Ovid is probably one of the best known, certainly one of the most influential works of the Ancient world. It consists o…

Chapter VIII What Mr. Merritt Found

In The Terror: A Mystery

Read by Jenni Clements


Arthur Machen


In rural England during the time of war, a rash of unsolved murders spawns conspiracy theories, paranoia, and fear as they search for a cul…

Rudyard Kipling

In Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…

Read by Jenni Clements


John Kendrick Bangs


Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …

Chapter Twelve

In Dodo's Daughter

Read by Jenni Clements


E. F. Benson


The second in the "Dodo" sequence of novels. (Summary by Crowgirl)

How to Camp Out

Read by Sarah Jennings


John Mead Gould


Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern reader…

A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children

Read by Sarah Jennings


E. Louise Smythe


This is a book of simple, classic stories for beginning readers. It is included in Year 1 of the Ambleside reading list. There are short lis…

Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades

Read by Jennifer Gasiecki


G. A. Henty


Set in the late twelfth century during the Third Crusade, the Norman Conquest having occurred not much more than a hundred years ago, Winnin…

The Girl Next Door

Read by Jennifer Dallman


Augusta Huiell Seaman


Marcia Brett has noticed unusual activity at the ramshackle and seemingly abandoned mansion next door: a mysterious, veiled lady is seen com…

Mabel Ross, the Sewing Girl

Read by Jennifer Fournier


Unknown


Orphaned Mabel struggles to raise her sisters by working as a sewing girl for long hours and low wages. She meets her challenges with a calm…

Mary's Grammar: Interspersed with Stories and Intended for the Use of Children

Read by Jennifer Dallman


Jane Marcet


Mary's teacher has taxed her with the task of learning that most onerous of all parts of the English language: Grammar. Through stories and …

Cloud Studies

Read by Jennifer Dallman


Arthur William Clayden


Classification of clouds, and meteorological condition of how they are formed. Written by Arthur W. Clayden, M.A., who was the former princi…

The Republic of the Future

Read by Jennifer Fournier


Anna Bowman Dodd


or Socialism a Reality In the year 2050, Wolfgang travels to the socialist city of New York. He writes enthusiastically to his friend Hanne…

The Prairie Wife

Read by Jennifer Perree


Arthur Stringer


GeeGee has fallen, in love that is. Witty, funny, intelligent. Gee Gee's Letters to her friend tell the unscripted story of the adventures i…

10 - The San Gabriel Valley

In Steep Trails

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John Muir


A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …

358 - Root, Hog, Or Die!

In The Lincoln Story Book

Read by Jennifer13


Henry L. Williams


Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Fo…

54 - Tatterhood

In Popular Tales from the Norse

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George Dasent and Sir George Webbe Dasent


The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has be…

13 - The Little Maid Who Was Wise

In The Islands of Magic

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Elsie Spicer Eells


LEGENDS, FOLK AND FAIRY TALES FROM THE AZORES. Some three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there is a group of nine beauti…

Chapter 3

In With Fire and Sword (Byers)

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Samuel H.M. Byers and Samuel H. M. Byers


Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…