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Man
Read by Larry Wilson
Edwin Markham
In The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith.…
Redemption
Read by Larry Wilson
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Answered
Read by Larry Wilson
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 5
This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentuck…
A Humorous Health Officer
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…
Solution
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Clark Ashton Smith
In Ebony and Crystal
As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-…
John H. Jackson
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
Arthur M. Winfield
In The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch
This is the sixth book in “The Second Rover Boys Series for Young Americans,” there having been twenty books in the first series. We are now…
The Path
Read by Larry Wilson
L.
In The Dark Ages, and Other Poems
This is a volume of poetry by a poet only going by the initial "L.". The poems are veried in tone and subject, set in different pa…
Appendix
Read by Larry Wilson
John M. Burke
In Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody is one of the legends of the American western frontier. As a teen he rode for the pony expr…
Under A Kurrajong
Read by Larry Wilson
Shaw Neilson
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…
A Poor Rule
Read by Larry Wilson
O. Henry
In Options
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…
December
Read by Larry Wilson
M. E. S. Wright
In A Medley of Weather Lore
A Medley of Weatherlore is a compilation of poems, sayings, and bits of folklore for each month of the year. - Summary by A. Gramour
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 30, February, 1922
"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…
September
Read by Larry Wilson
H. L. Mencken
In Ventures into Verse
Better known for his biting satire, Mencken's first book was this small volume of verses. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (version 2)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Ar…
Suggested by Reading an Article in a Newspaper
Read by Larry Wilson
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…
Letters 14-20
Read by Larry Wilson
William Hill Brown
In The Power of Sympathy; or, the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth
The Power of Sympathy was the first American novel, published in Boston in January 1789. An epistolary novel, it tells the tragic story of t…
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Twilight Stories
A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge,…
Epilogue
Read by Larry Wilson
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
Contentment
Read by Larry Wilson
Alexander Wilmot
In The Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…