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Laughter

In Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays

Read by Annyiee Hill

Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

04 - Lights - Sounds

In The Mayor's Wife

Read by Lois Hill

Anna Katharine Green

Miss Saunders is out for an adventure. One, which is full of secrets, hints, and half-lies. One, which will require all of her wits. She is …

Saturn, the Ringed World

In The Romance of Modern Astronomy

Read by Jack Hill

Hector Macpherson

From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our sol…

Cat Anecdotes

In Daisy: the Autobiography of a Cat

Read by Hadley Hill

Miranda Elliot Swan

"I was born in a clothes-basket, and do not feel ashamed of my birthplace, though fire and the swill man long ago removed all trace of …

Mr. Silberberg

In Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor

Read by Annyiee Hill

James Whitcomb Riley and Bill Nye

"What this country needs, aside from a new Indian policy and a style of poison for children which will be liable to kill rats if they e…

The Three-halfpenny Bit

In The Pleasures of Ignorance

Read by Annyiee Hill

Robert Lynd

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as c…

My Uncle Toby Puzzled

In Pastiche and Prejudice

Read by Annyiee Hill

Arthur Bingham Walkley

Arthur Bingham Walkley was an exceedingly popular critic, working as a drama critic at The Times alone for no less than 26 years, and writin…

The One That Eats Grass in the Sea

In Wilderness Babies

Read by Annyiee Hill

Julia Augusta Schwartz

This book tells the stories of some of the baby mammals of the wilderness,—how they grow and learn day by day to take care of themselves. In…

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