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Poems of Nature

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Henry David Thoreau


The fifty poems here brought together under the title ‘Poems of Nature’ are perhaps two-thirds of those which Thoreau preserved. Many of the…

A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818

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Elisabeth G. Stryker


This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and als…

Clara A. Swain, M.D.

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Mrs. Robert Hoskins


This is a brief biography of Clara A. Swain, M.D. who is regarded as the "first Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient." S…

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)

Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress after Years in a Night of Revolution

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John Dryden Kuser


This book is part history and part travelogue, an account of a brief visit by a wealthy, white U.S. politician during a lamentable time in H…

G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine

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G. K. Chesterton


Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems

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Edwin Markham


Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith.…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

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Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

Songs by the Sea

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Rebecca Ruter Springer


Best known for her mystical writing, IntraMuros, Rebecca Ruter Springer was also a sensitive poet. This a short volume of her poems celebra…

California at Christmas Tide

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Ella M. Sexton


Ten short poems about Christmas in California - Summary by Larry Wilson

The New Joan and Other Poems

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Katherine Hale


Katherine Hale is the pen name of Amelia Beers Warnock Garvin, a Canadian poet and literary critic. This volume is one of her collections w…

The command of Maria Theresa, by John S. C. Abbott

In The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Tur…

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Eva March Tappan


This is the sixth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…

Dedication & Foreword

In Mobilizing Woman-Power

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Harriot Stanton Blatch


Harriot Stanton Blatch, a suffragist in her own right, was the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was one of the champions of women’s ri…

James Whitcomb Riley - Read by LCW

In James Whitcomb Riley

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Paul Laurence Dunbar


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of James Whitcomb Riley by Paul Laurence Dunbar.This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 15, 2…

Molasses

In Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter

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American Molasses Company


Published by the American Molasses Company, this collection of recipes features molasses for all types of cooking including meats, vegetable…

The Persimmon

In Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 5, December 1902

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Various


"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…

"Caught Up Into Paradise"

In St. Joseph of Copertino

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Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchitranslated Byrev. Francis S. Laing


Joseph of Copertino (1603 – 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. He was said to …

Day of Infamy Speech: Given before the US Congress December 8 1941

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064

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Franklin D. Roosevelt


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Eucken's "The Failure of Speculative Philosophy," is one of several essays de…