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In Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
In the Age of the Year
In Lyrics and Legends of Christmas-Tide
American author and poet, Clinton Scollard, presents a charming collection of poetry to brighten the Christmas season. - Summary by Larry Wi…
The Bet
In Short Story Collection Vol. 064
This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Contributions include works from Guy de Maupassant, Rud…
Perkin Warbeck
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …
The Bet by Anton Chekhov
In Short Story Collection Vol. 079
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan D…
The Bet by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) translated by Thomas Seltzer (1875-1943)
In Short Story Collection Vol. 065
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 065: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Mortification
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Politics and Policy
In A Cabinet of Gems
A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented without their setting by George MacDonald.&q…
How to Make an Aviary
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 30, May 25, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
Mahmoud the Syce; Cambridge Series of Information Cards for Schools
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 26, April 27, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
The Open Letter
In The Mentor: Benjamin Franklin
This is Vol. 6, No. 7, Serial No. 155 of The Mentor, published May 15, 1918.Benjamin Franklin was one of the leading figures of the 18th cen…
Hope by Sam Law
In Prison Poetry
A collection of poetry written in the late 1800's by inmates of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. - Summary by mleigh
Putting In the Seed
In Mountain Interval (version 2)
Mountain Interval is a 1916 poetry collection written by American writer Robert Frost. It is Frost's third poetic volume and was published b…
13 - Grant
In The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt
This book is a collection of Theodore Roosevelt’s published commentaries and public addresses on the general theme of the requirements for i…
18 - In the Tules
In Selected Stories of Bret Harte
Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in Californi…
The Hands of the Betrothed
In Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
Illustrated Newspapers by G.H.Derby
In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor gathers short comic pieces by American writers, bringing together tales, observations, and ane…
16 - The Chances
In Poems
A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…
Chapter 2 Political Economy
In Sketches New and Old
This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1882. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the or…
Polly by William Brighty Rands
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1)
The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…