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Birth-night of the Humming Birds

In Poems

Read by Diana Schmidt


Samuel G Goodrich


This is a very varied collection of poems by Samuel G. Goodrich, alias Peter Parley. Some of the poems in this volume are rather dark and so…

The Prairie Battlements

In The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems

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Vachel Lindsay


This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay.Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from t…

The Gardeners

In The Keepsake (version 2)

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Anonymous


This is a cute little volume of poems for children. Listeners may wish to refer to the text to see the pretty illustrations. - Summary by Ca…

The Island Princess

In John Dough and the Cherub

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L. Frank Baum


An evil Arabian sorcerer loans a golden flask full of the Great Elixir - a magic liquid that endows a person with pronounced health, strengt…

The Brave Swiss Boy: Part III - The Chamois-Hunters

In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 04, Nov. 25, 1879

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Various


Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…

Lunch

In Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5

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Louisa May Alcott


A book of short stories by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women and Eight Cousins. It includes Two Little Travellers, a story about two…

The Proposal—The Interruption—The Indian —The Rescue—The Wounded Man—The Myster…

In Prisoner of the Mill

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Harry Hazelton


Subtitled "Captain Hayward's Body Guard”. An adventure story for boys.

Never Mind

In Poems of Sentiment

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This time, the topic is "Sentiment". - Summary by Carolin

Introduction

In Ardours and Endurances

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Robert Nichols


This is a volume of war poetry by English poet and playwright Robert Nichols. To quote Wikipedia: "On 11 November 1985, Nichols was amo…

Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Sixth

In Man and Wife

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Wilkie Collins


This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were …

Chapter VI: A Suspected Conspiracy—Lincoln’s Departure for Washington—His Speec…

In Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States

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Charles Godfrey Leland


The book is a biography of Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on how his personality and beliefs impacted the history of the American Emancipatio…

Foreword

In Misrepresentative Men

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Harry Graham


This is a volume of poetry by Harry Graham. Graham was known for his satirical poetry, and this volume is a great example of his art. In thi…

My Dog

In A Dog's Book of Verse

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J. Earl Clauson


It is not surprising that dogs, beloved by so many, have received many poetic tributes throughout history. Here the author has gathered tog…