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Winnowed Wisdom

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Stephen Leacock


This 1926 volume comprises thirty-five essays by the masterful Canadian humorist. - Summary by david wales

A Christmas Miscellany 2022

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Various


Seven stories, chapters, essays, or poetry about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by david wales

Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain

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Mark Twain


This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…

Lincoln's Yarns and Stories

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Alexander K. Mcclure


“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…

Over The Rocky Mountains To Alaska

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Charles Warren Stoddard


This 1899 travelogue is by one of the era’s most popular travel writers. A peek in how travel used to be. - Summary by David Wales

Cupid's Cyclopedia

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Oliver Herford


This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and i…

Ronald And I; Or Studies From Life

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Alfred Pretor


This is a collection of essays (1899) on English village life in the late nineteenth century. The essay “My Rector” was the focus of some co…

Thomas Carlyle

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G. K. Chesterton


A short biography (1902) of a famous writer (Carlyle) by another famous writer (Chesterton). The first half exhibits Chesterton’s sly wit a…

My Religion

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Arnold Bennett, J. D. Beresford, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Arthur Jones, Compton Mackenzie, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Hugh Walpole, Rebecca West and Israel Zangwill


This 1926 collection of sixteen essays on religion by well-known people (mostly authors) in the early 20th century brings together articles …

The Christmas Bishop

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Winifred M. Kirkland


This 1913 story is far more than a Christmas tale. It is a story about spiritual wisdom; the seeking of wisdom, the getting of wisdom, even…

Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect

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Lawrence Weaver


This 1923 monograph on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren was written by Lawrence Weaver, an English architectural writer and editor.…

Anglo-American Memories

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George Washburn Smalley


“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…

Post Mortems Two: Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays

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Charles Maclaurin


This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…

Jeremy At Crale; His Friends, His Ambitions And His One Great Enemy

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Hugh Walpole


This 1927 work is the third and final in Walpole’s Jeremy series. (The others are Jeremy and Jeremy And Hamlet.) Jeremy’s home is in Polches…

King Edward I of England: Three Essays

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Thomas Frederick Tout


Edward I (1239 – 1307), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the p…

The Easter Mystery Of Jesus Christ; A Miscellany Of Readings, Poems, And Hymn T…

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Various


The story of Jesus Christ is a treasure of Western civilization. Understanding that life and story is necessary for a proper understanding …

Tall Tales Of Cape Cod

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Marillis Bittinger


“The title of this volume is perhaps misleading. Tall Tales of Cape Cod they are, yes, but in a broader sense that are the feel and the basi…

Robert Louis Stevenson

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G. K. Chesterton


This short early twentieth century biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by polymath Chesterton and journalist Nicoll is also sometimes entitl…

A Christmas Miscellany 2023

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Various


Eleven short works or book chapters about Christmas or around that time period. - Summary by David Wales

A London Mosaic

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Walter Lionel George


An idiosyncratic view of various aspects of London, England, published in 1921. Walter Lionel George (1882 – 1926) was an English writer, c…

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