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Observ. IX. (part 1)
Read by Lucretia B.
Robert Hooke
In Micrographia
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…
Chapter XVI. Importing Orchids
Read by jenno
James O'Brien
In Present Day Gardening: Orchids
A meticulously written treatise on the structure, care and cultivation of orchids. This book benefits both the orchid obsessed and the amate…
Ocean
Read by Newgatenovelist
Iris Barry
In Selected Poems
Iris Barry was a British and American poet, novelist, film critic and curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. These poems were…
Thrilling Stories of the Ocean
Read by Cathy Howell
Marmaduke Park
Authentic accounts of modern voyagers and travelers; designed for the entertainment and instruction of young people. - Summary by Marmaduke …
Chapter 2 The Insect World: Feathered Insects
Read by Jonathon Kirk
David Fairchild and Marian Fairchild
In Book of Monsters
“Book of Monsters” by David and Marian Fairchild was published in 1914. Riveting descriptions of spiders and insects, from the perspective o…
In the Avu Observatory
Read by Nacelle Droll
H. G. Wells
In Short Science Fiction Collection 017
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
17 - The Captive Pirate
Read by NoelBadrian
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
In The Undying One and Other Poems
“The Byron of our modern poetesses," was the verdict of Henry Nelson Coleridge, the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, wri…
Cupid Swallowed by Leigh Hunt
Read by Craig Franklin
Leigh Hunt
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)
The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
The Butterfly
Read by Annalyn
Various
In Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No 4, October 1898
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
33 - The Frog's Travels
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Alice Christie, Ida Coe, Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon and Ida Coe And Alice Christie Dillon
In Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
Belling the Cat
Read by Cathy S.
Aesop
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 056
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 056: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Quantum Mutata
Read by Lian Pang
Oscar Wilde
In The Poems of Oscar Wilde
Complied by Thomas B. Mosher and released in 1906, this collection contains nearly every poem published by Oscar Wilde during his lifetime. …
The Three Fishes
Read by Anna Mayworm
Ellen C. Babbitt
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 019
LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 019: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Example
Read by Anusha Iyer
Edgar A. Guest
In All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
Siegfried's Sojourn at Worms
Read by Steven Fellows
Mary Esther Miller Macgregor
In Stories of Siegfried, Told to the Children
Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure o…
The Hotel D'Angleterre And Other Stories
Read by David Wales
Mary Elizabeth Hawker
Five short stories by Lanoe Falconer which is the pseudonym of the English writer, Marie Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908). Her works, though f…
15 - On Visiting Bookshops
Read by Pamela Krantz
Christopher Morley
In Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
The Nebular Theory
Read by Newgatenovelist
Constance Naden
In Sonnets
Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…
1 - Watchbird, part 1
Read by Phil Chenevert
Robert Sheckley
In Watchbird
3 Robert Sheckley short stories that demonstrate the breadth of his fantastic imagination. In Watchbird, the question "can machines so…
Problem on Balak
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Roger Dee Aycock
In Short Science Fiction Collection 043
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…