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Read by Craig Campbell


George Brandes


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh

Read by Jason in Panama


Various


In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 2)

The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…

10 - John the Baptist and Salome

Read by Pamela Krantz


Elbert Hubbard


In The Mintage

Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the "Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People". These 11 short stores show the …

IN NOVEMBER

Read by PringerM


Duncan Campbell Scott


In The Magic House, and Other Poems

A beautiful collection of 47 poems the author wrote being inspired by the seasons, by love, by memories. - Summary by Laur

Reading: An Essay

Read by David Wales


Hugh Walpole



A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales

Appendix I

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George MacDonald and Sir Philip Sidney


In A Cabinet of Gems

A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented without their setting by George MacDonald.&q…

Memoirs of Mr. John Collier

Read by Phil Benson


John Corry and Tim Bobbin


In Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect

A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …

A Charade

Read by Campbell Schelp


George R. Sims


In Dagonet Ditties

George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These q…

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