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The Miller of the Dee
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Columbus by Joaquin Miller
Read by Phil Schempf
Kenneth Grahame
In The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too…
Introduction by Author, 1831
Read by Peter Tucker
Sir Walter Scott
In The Lay of the Last Minstrel
An aging minstrel seeks who hospitality at Newark Castle and in recompense tells a tale of a sixteenth-century Border feud. In the poem, Lad…
The Marriage of the Miller
Read by Kate Follis
Gilbert Parker
In The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting i…
February
Read by Bill Boerst
Page Andrews and Matthew Page Andrews
In The Dixie Book of Days
The author used a yearly calendar to focus on pieces written by Southern authors. Many of these writers are little known, having created for…
TO THOSE WHO FAIL - by Joaquin Miller
Read by madison02
Various
In It Can Be Done
This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubl…
The Miller of Corbeil
Read by AllenO
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 03
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
A Thought from Propertius
Read by Peter Tucker
William Butler Yeats
In The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)
A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady…
The Maple
Read by Abby
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
Susan Miller
Read by MaryAnn
Charles Knight, ed. and Charles Knight
In Mind Amongst the Spindles
Lowell Massachusetts was founded in the 1820s as a planned manufacturing center for textiles and is located along the rapids of the Merrimac…
Song from 'The Miller's Daughter'
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Hundred Best English Poems
This wonderful collection of poems showcases the incredible talent of the some of the greatest poets in the world. These creative masterpiec…
Prologue
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
The Oak and the Reed
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
The Pleasures of Reading
Read by Bev J Stevens
Charles Dudley Warner, ed. and Arthur James Balfour
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 03
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 Oak-Tree and the Ivy
Read by DebK
Eugene Field
In A Little Book of Profitable Tales
An anthology of charming short stories, written by the poet for his only daughter Mary. The style is simple and conversational, sometimes de…
About the Author
Read by Larry Wilson
Robert W. Service
In Rhymes of a Red Cross Man
Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. Hi…
Prologue
Read by Larry Wilson
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 3
This is Volume 3: Nature Poems of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It's arranged in four sectio…
To Joaquin Miller
Read by Rob Marland
Oscar Wilde
In Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890)
This first collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde begins with the Irish playwright's earliest extant letter, thanking his mother fo…
Philosopher, The
Read by David Rowland
Sherwood Anderson
In Winesburg, Ohio
Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid