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The world of books and the world's work, by Henry E. Legler

In Why do we need a public library?

Read by E. J. Hancock


Various


Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirr…

Echoes of the War

Read by James E. Carson


J. M. Barrie


Short stories with dramatic parts about civilian life in London during the First World War. Some humorous moments. By the author of "Pe…

James J. Hill, Part 2

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

Read by eamonma


Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

Short Account of the History of Mathematics

Read by Paul E J King


W. W. Rouse Ball


This is a history of mathematics from antiquity to the turn of the 20th century. (Summary by Paul King)

Robin Hood

Read by Barry Eads


J. Walker McSpadden


Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and gi…

Texas for Bees and Honey by Dr. J. E. Lay

In The American Bee Journal. Vol. XVII, No. 12, Mar. 23, 1881

Read by E.J. Lavery


Various


The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and s…

Epistola I: To the Cardinal Niccolò da Prato, 1304

In Epistolae, the letters of Dante

Read by J. E. Vorble


Dante Alighieri


This volume contains the thirteen letters of the poet Dante Alighieri translated from their original Latin, including the famous and controv…

THE THREE COWS

In More English Fairy Tales

Read by J. E. Vorble


Joseph Jacobs


"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have be…

1-01. Two Thousand Pounds for a Head

In The Steam House

Read by J. E. Vorble


Jules Verne


Jules Verne is back with another action-packed adventure--this time in India with a steam-powered elephant! Maucler, Captain Hood, Banks, an…

The Moment of Victory

In Options

Read by J. E. Vorble


O. Henry


O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…

They Part

In Enough Rope

Read by J. E. Holt


Dorothy Parker


A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…