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Book IV, Chapters 22 to 26

In On Christian Doctrine

Read by Josip B.


Saint Augustine of Hippo


De doctrina Christiana, On Christian Doctrine, is a famous treatise by Augustine of Hippo, consisting of four books that describe how to int…

My Springs - Read by LB

In My Springs

Read by Lucretia B.


Sidney Lanier


LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of My Springs by Sidney Lanier. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 7th, 2013. This…

The Will

In The Mind And Its Education

Read by Lucretia B.


George Herbert Betts


"We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material thing…

Chapter 21

In A Woman Of Yesterday

Read by Cadia B


Caroline Atwater Mason


Anna is the daughter of a clergyman in a small town in Vermont. She is very happy with her lot. But when she goes to nurse a woman in the bi…

Address to Certain Goldfishes - Read by LB

In Address to Certain Goldfishes

Read by Lucretia B.


Hartley Coleridge


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Address to Certain Goldfishes by Hartley Coleridge. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…

Observ. IX. (part 1)

In Micrographia

Read by Lucretia B.


Robert Hooke


Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

Juliet's Story Continued

In The Secret Passage

Read by Becca B


Fergus Hume


Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstaking…

Chapter 4 - A Discovery

In U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan."

Read by Lucretia B.


Alfred Owen Crozier


In 1908, the National Monetary Commission was established by Congress to study financial boom-and-bust cycles. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Repub…

21 - Part 4, Chapter 2 - Of Duties toward the Unfortunate

In The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment

Read by Lucretia B.


Elisabeth Celnart and Élisabeth Celnart


A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

The Last Evolution

In Short Science Fiction Collection 026

Read by Timo B.


John W. Campbell Jr., John Wood Campbell Jr. and John Wood Campbell, Jr.


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Version 12

In Siberia

Read by Lucretia B.


James Clarence Mangan


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Siberia by James Clarence Mangan. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 2, 20…

Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Part II

In Science in Short Chapters

Read by Cadia B


W. Mattieu Williams


This is a collection of articles written by W. Mattieu Williams on different subjects, that in his opinion "are likely to be interestin…

Emerson

In The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins

Read by Lucretia B.


John Churton Collins


John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingh…

Chapter III: Walls

In The Decoration of Houses

Read by Lucretia B.


Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman and Edith Wharton


The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In …

25 - Theories of Knowledge

In Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

Read by Lucretia B.


John Dewey


An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…

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