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Chapter 9

In The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Read by Lauren Randall

Ann Radcliffe

Ann Radcliffe is the founder of the gothic novel. This novel is no exception. The wicked baron murdered the good earl's father twelve years …

CHAPTER VIII: PLANT-FOOD AND MOTION -AUGUST

In Botany, The Story of Plant Life

Read by Lauren Fontaine

Julia Mcnair Wright

Botany, The Story of Plant Life, is a charming book explaining plant life. The author chose the format of a chapter for each month to discus…

Under the Willow Tree

In Fairy Tales

Read by Lauren Fontaine

Hans Christian Andersen

This collection of fairy tales include many that you may never have heard of. Published in 1884, Andersen obviously enjoyed putting many un…

Classified Ads

In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 20, May, 1921

Read by Lauren Fontaine

W. H. Fawcett

"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…

The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley

In Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

Read by Lauren Fontaine

Various

The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge launched its first publication in …

Preface

In The Elements of Conchology

Read by Lauren Huff

William Ruschenberger

The fifth of the Series of First Books of Natural History, embraces that branch of our subject which treats of the Mollusca, or soft animals…

The Punishment of the Twins

In Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery

Read by Lauren Pedersen

Lucy Maud Montgomery

A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one o…

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