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Wadley "Shorty" Clemons
Read by David Onley
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume I, Alabama Narratives
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Dr. Gilbert's Seven-Dollar Bill, by Frank Lillie Pollock and J. D. Ellsworth
Read by NLizer
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 05 No. 09 June 1900
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
THE WRITER AND HIS READERS
Read by InTheDesert
Handley Carr Glyn Moule
In The Epistle of St Paul to the Romans
He who attempts to expound the Epistle to the Romans, when his sacred task is over, is little disposed to speak about his Commentary; he is …
The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius
Read by Bill Mosley
Various
In The World's Best Orations, Volume 1
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
Wapiti
Read by Bill Mosley
Allen Chaffee
In Fuzzy Wuzz - A Little Brown Bear of the Sierras
"A LITTLE brown bear, no bigger than a house cat, that the Ranger found near drowning, is brought up with the orphaned fawn his childre…
The Miniature - Read by NB
Read by nbvoices
George Pope Morris
In The Miniature
George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…
The Fall of the Anthony
Read by Bill Mosley
Victor Appleton
In Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
Tom Swift & friends journey to the Arctic in his custom airship to seek for the legendary Valley of Gold. When his map is stolen by his …
The Legend of Boastful Bill
Read by Ed Humpal
Charles Badger Clark
In Sun and Saddle Leather
Cowboy Poetry began as a 19th Century Performance Art staged around a crackling campfire, referencing tall tales and personal stories, lost …
56. January 1771
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Joseph Banks
In The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks from 25 August 1768-12 July 1771
In this Journal, Joseph Banks records almost daily observations of the journey of the ship the Endeavour on the first of James Cook’s voyage…
14 - Three Open Letters
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Bill Nye
In A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
The Out-and-out Young Gentleman, from Sketches of Young Gentlemen
Read by Bill Mosley
Charles Dickens
In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…
The Bill A Father
Read by Dave Wills
George W. M. Reynolds
In The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 2
The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46…
John Bartine’s Watch: The Doctor’s Story, by Ambrose Bierce
Read by Elijah Fisher
Charles Wells Moulton
In The Doctor's Red Lamp
A fictional series of short stories from various authors, each containing stories of doctors. The compiled set of stories has various ranges…
Captain Bill in Mexico
Read by Bill Mosley
Albert Bigelow Paine
In Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform
"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman…
Invoking the Law
Read by Gerald Moe
Vance Barnum
In Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard; or, The Mysteries of Magic Exposed
Joe Strong was a favorite hero and could ride any horse, juggle most anything, and climb buildings, all with a steel reserve. He was the chi…
Mr. Molloy Speaks On The Telephone
Read by Zach Hoyt
P. G. Wodehouse
In Money For Nothing
In this incisively insightful novel P. G. Wodehouse, as is his invariable custom, delves deep into the souls of his characters to lay bare m…
A Five Dollar Bill
Read by redrun
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Secret of the Old Mill (Version 3 Dramatic Reading)
Teenage sleuths Frank and Joe Hardy have begun to make a name for themselves in their home city of Bayport, but their mother would very much…
Gratefulnesse
Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt
George Herbert
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…
00 To My Readers
Read by Phil Chenevert
George W. Bateman
In Zanzibar Tales
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with th…
Pa and the Monthly Bills
Read by Alan Mapstone
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …