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07 - William Box Peel Jones

In The Underground Railroad, Part 1

Read by Patrick Wells

William Still

”It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still."Dear Sir:—For mo…

Chapter XII

In The Life of Benjamin Franklin

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Samuel G Goodrich

10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty

In Fairy Tales from Brazil

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Elsie Spicer Eells

This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths…

03 Oakes’s Experience

In Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story

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Charles Ross Jackson

There have been a series of assaults at the manor house, one sending the mistress of the house insane with fear, another escalating to murde…

Book 1, Chapter 1

In Off on a Comet

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Jules Verne

The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various natio…

The Thunder-storm

In Our Little Irish Cousin

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

This little book is intended to help American children (and adults) learn more about the children of Ireland, their culture and how they liv…

The Imperial Institute

In Dagonet Ditties

Read by Emerson Wells

George R. Sims

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

01 - The Double Enigma

In The Doings of Raffles Haw

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

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