A Little Book of Profitable Tales
Eugene Field
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
An anthology of charming short stories, written by the poet for his only daughter Mary. The style is simple and conversational, sometimes dealing with the difficult subjects confronting children of the day, including poverty, discrimination and death, in a gentle, unfrightening manner. (4 hr 54 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 2:08 | Read by Kangaroo |
| The First Christmas Tree | 11:53 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Symbol and the Saint | 18:09 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| The Coming of the Prince | 19:22 | Read by Lynne T |
| The Mouse and the Moonbeam | 36:04 | Read by thestorygirl |
| The Divell's Chrystmass | 9:45 | Read by DebK |
| The Mountain and the Sea | 7:50 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Robin and the Violet | 10:49 | Read by thestorygirl |
| The Oak-Tree and the Ivy | 7:04 | Read by DebK |
| Margaret: a Pearl | 21:18 | Read by Lynne T |
| The Springtime | 9:30 | Read by markman |
| Rodolph and his King | 7:58 | Read by Hri |
| The Hampshire Hills | 11:07 | Read by Jennifer Fournier |
| Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West | 19:58 | Read by Tom Penn |
| Ludwig and Eloise | 9:02 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Fido's Little Friend | 20:43 | Read by Kate Follis |
| The Old Man | 7:59 | Read by Tom Penn |
| Bill, the Lokil Editor | 10:00 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Little Yaller baby | 11:22 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Cyclopeedy | 12:23 | Read by Tom Penn |
| Dock Stebbins | 11:26 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| The Fairies of Pesth | 19:04 | Read by Diana Schmidt |