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The Heads of Cerberus

Read by Christina Fu


Francis Stevens


A pioneering work in the alternate worlds genre, The Heads of Cerberus was serialized in The Thrill Book in 1919 and published as a novel in…

Chapter 1

In Ellen Middleton

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Georgiana Fullerton


Ellen Middleton had a happy childhood with her uncle and aunt. She grew up alongside her cousin Julia. Suddenly, something happened. Her lif…

Chapter LXXI: Goldsmith - "The Vicar of Wakefield"

In English Literature for Boys and Girls

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall


"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …

Export Commodity

In Short Science Fiction Collection 083

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Irving E. Cox, Jr.


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

NIGHT AND THE PINES

In The Magic House, and Other Poems

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Duncan Campbell Scott


A beautiful collection of 47 poems the author wrote being inspired by the seasons, by love, by memories. - Summary by Laur

The Fox and the Hen

In The Fables of Pilpay

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Abdullah Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ


These moralistic stories within stories date back to the Sanskrit text Panchatantra (200 BC – 300 AD). They were first translated into Arabi…

Towns of Western Nevada - Virginia City, Gold Hill , Silver City

In A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines

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Dan Dequille


This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the r…

The passing crowd

In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 11

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Seba Smith


"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…

The Victor

In Short Science Fiction Collection 081

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Bryce Walton


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

The Miserly Robot

In Short Science Fiction Collection 078

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R. J. Rice


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Once Upon a Monbeast...

In Short Science Fiction Collection 080

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Charles E. Fritch


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

13 Magnetism of Flame and gasses - atmospheric magnetism

In Faraday As A Discoverer

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John Tyndall


This is the first of two related Faraday projects. It is about Faraday and deals more with biographical references to Faraday, outlining the…

The Bush-Tit

In Our Western Birds

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Elizabeth Grinnell and Joseph Grinnell


This mother and son team, each distinguished in their field, collaborate to give charming portraits of common birds of the western United St…

The Star

In Short Science Fiction Collection 084

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H. G. Wells


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…