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Book II, Chapter 7, Part 4

In The Octopus

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Frank Norris


Frank Norris based his 1901 novel The Octopus (A Story of California) on the Mussel Slough Tragedy of 1880, a bloody conflict between ranche…

06 - Mr. Montagu Naylor of Streatham

In John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Herbert George Jenkins


John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional method…

19 - Louis IX (1226-1270)

In French History for English Children

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Caroline Emelia Stephen


A history of France from Ancient Gaul up until 1880, written in short easy to comprehend chapters aimed at teaching English children. (Summa…

Jimmy Torrance, Jr.

In The Efficiency Expert

Read by Delmar H Dolbier


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Our hero, Jimmy Torrance, Jr., has a hard time finding suitable employment after a brilliant (athletically, at least) college career, despit…

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