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16 - The Passing of Olivia
Read by Eric Leach
Meredith Nicholson
In The House of a Thousand Candles (version 2)
A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference t…
Old Abe
Read by KevinS
Various
In Birds, Vol. II, No 1, July 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…
"I FORGOT"
Read by MDBvoices
Sarah Cory Rippey
In The Goody-Naughty Book (Version 2)
This fun little book was printed with two stories, back to back. Reading from the front cover, it is "The Goody Side," where child…
02 - Washington, part 2
Read by Stephanie Lee
J. Walker McSpadden
In Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…
Chapter XXIV: Rachel's Future
Read by SlyFox
Margaret Sidney
In Five Little Peppers and Their Friends
From the Preface: "There were so many interesting friends of the Five Little Peppers, whose lives were only the faintest of outlines in…
Chapter 1 - Philo Vance at Home
Read by Kirsten Wever
S. S. Van Dine
In The Benson Murder Case - A Philo Vance Story
The Benson Murder Case – A Philo Vance Story is the first of a series of twelve popular mysteries set in New York during the Jazz Age. S. S.…
Nan Whispers in School
Read by John
Laura Lee Hope
In The Bobbsey Twins and Baby May
When a sweet baby is left on the Bobbsey's doorstep, the twins try to solve the mystery of who left her and where her parents are.This is th…
Jan Sees Something
Read by Laurie Banza
Howard R. Garis
In The Curlytops on Star Island
A fun-loving and sometimes mischievous young brother (Ted) and sister (Jan), (known as the Curlytops because of the headful of curls they ha…
02 - Off At Last
Read by Tom Weiss
Dillon Wallace
In The Lure of the Labrador Wild
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi Ri…
Jack and Jill
Read by Rebecca Lindsey
David Cory
In Puss in Boots, Jr., in New Mother Goose Land
Children’s story author, David Cory, who gave us the series of Little Jack Rabbit, Billy Bunny, Little Journeys to Happy Land, and the Littl…
To You Who Read My Book
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
A New Home
Read by Nan Dodge
Laura Lee Hope
In The Story of a Nodding Donkey
One of the twelve Make Believe Stories by Laura Lee Hope, The Nodding Donkey is one of the toys made with care in Santa's workshop. He then …
The Laird
Read by Ignitio
George MacDonald
In The Elect Lady
Two farmer's sons and a cotter's daughter, though on different rungs of the social scale, formed a close bond in childhood as they learned t…
Laura
Read by Tim Casey
Saki
In Short Humor Collection 001
This is a collection of short humorous works first published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Classified Ads
Read by Kyle Donelan
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 28, December, 1921
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of American wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue …
Chapter 03
Read by KevinS
Laura Lee Davidson
In Isles of Eden
A charming and thoughtful view of life in Canada experienced while vacationing on a small island in summer. The author is a women who is ind…
Sarah Neobard Speaks Out
Read by Howard Skyman
Allen Upward
In The Club of Masks
It was far from a simple case of opium poisoning — the affair at the Domino Club. Zenobia Salome, the Leopardess, whichever of those silk ma…
Part First—Kazmah the Dream-Reader Chapter I. A Message for Irvin
Read by Phil Schempf
Sax Rohmer
In Dope
A minor lord is killed and a rich socialite is missing, and they are both tied to the enigmatic Kazmah the Dream Reader, who has also disapp…
Chapter I
Read by April Mendis
Dwight V. Swain
In Cry Chaos!
Gripping and short, Cry, Chaos! is the speculative fiction story of one leader's valiant fight to protect the galaxy - and himself - from sl…