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History of France

Read by Adele Pooley

Charlotte Mary Yonge

A brief history of France from the early 800AD to the 1870s, focusing on the successive heads of state and the different wars which shaped F…

The Brief Biography of a Little Bear Part 3 At a Railway Station

In Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts

Read by Adele Pooley

David Alec Wilson

Although David Alec Wilson is best known for his writings about Thomas Carlyle, he was a Scottish civil servant who spent much time in India…

European History in the Secondary School

In The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November 1909

Read by Adele Pooley

Various

"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geogr…

Famous English Poets by Hamilton W. Mabie

In The Mentor 2

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Hamilton Wright Mabie

The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature,…

Mrs. Slingsby and the Baronet Again

In The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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George W. M. Reynolds

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially se…

Henry, Lord Brougham

In Word Portraits of Famous Writers

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Mabel E. Wotton

Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships,…