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A Place of Memories

In The Camp Fire Girls' Careers

Read by Melissa Griffin


Margaret Vandercook


The next volume in the Camp Fire Series shall be known as "The Camp Fire Girls' Careers." The group of girls who first came togeth…

Treatment of Vegetables, Part 1

In A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House

Read by Melissa Griffin


Jessie Conrad


This book of British recipes and cooking advice was compiled by Jessie Conrad, wife of celebrated author Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim, Heart of D…

A White Face in the Moonlight

In Danny the Detective

Read by Melissa Griffin


Vera Charlesworth Barclay


Danny is a mystery enthusiast, who is teased by bigger boys for his interest. But then, after moving to the country with his mother, he find…

08 - A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles

In The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Tributes

Read by Melissa Griffin


Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll, a renowned trial lawyer and known as "the Great Agnostic", was one of the most sought after Toastmasters of his da…

Mrs. Ladybug's Plan

In The Tale of Daddy Longlegs (Version 2)

Read by Melissa Griffin


Arthur Scott Bailey


Arthur Scott Bailey, famous for his children's animal series, adds another fun tale of the critter that we call a Daddy Longlegs. His life a…

Staking out a Fortune

In The Young Ice Whalers

Read by Melissa Griffin


Winthrop Packard


Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland W…

Chapter 3, Why Peter Rabbit's Ears are Long

In Mother West Wind's Children (Version 2)

Read by Melissa Griffin


Thornton W. Burgess


Little stories about animals. - Summary by Henrietta Strauss

A Child Found Dead: Murder or No Murder, Part 1

In The Female Detective

Read by Melissa Griffin


Andrew Forrester


This 1864 collection of stories is one of the first books featuring a female detective character. Andrew Forrester (pseudonym of James Reddi…

Canoeing in the Wilderness

Read by Melissa Green


Henry David Thoreau


A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane


Emily Beesly


Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

The Peterkins' Christmas-Tree

In The Peterkin Papers (version 2)

Read by Melissa


Lucretia P. Hale


The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are …

Against Indifference - Read by MLM

In Against Indifference

Read by Melissa


Charles Webbe


LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Against Indifference by Charles Webbe. This was the weekly poetry project for the w…

09 - Wherein the Limberlost Falls upon Mrs. Duncan

In Freckles

Read by Melissa


Gene Stratton Porter and Gene Stratton-Porter


Freckles is a young man who has been raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage. His one dream is to find a job, a place to belong and peop…