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'The child is father to the man'
Read by MichaelMaggs
Gerard Manley Hopkins
In Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…
The Part Played by Infancy in the Evolution of Man by John Fiske (1842-1901)
Read by KHand
George Iles
In Little Masterpieces of Science - Mind
Another in the series "Little Masterpieces of Science" edited by George Iles, Mind is a collection of articles and book chapters t…
Baby
Read by mleigh
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Extracts from Adam's Diary
Read by Mr. Baby Man
Mark Twain
Get the true story of Adam and Eve, straight from the source. This humorous text is a day-to-day account of Adam’s life from happiness in th…
The Reading Man
Read by Sonia
Thomas Frederick Young
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
Wee Babies
Read by David Lawrence
Various
In Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 4, November 1899
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
The Babies
Read by Tom Merritt
Mark Twain
In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Weaning the Baby
Read by ThoughtfulWilderness
Edgar A. Guest
In Rhymes of Childhood
Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa …
Baby Worship
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
Baby's Bath
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
A Man of Letters
Read by MichaelMaggs
Stacy Aumonier
In Miss Bracegirdle and Others
A 1923 collection of tales by the British author Stacy Aumonier (1877–1928), described by John Galsworthy as "one of the best short-sto…
Speech On The Babies
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
In Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories
A collection of Twain short stories including:The Loves Of Alonzo FitzClarence And Rosannah EtheltonOn The Decay Of The Art Of LyingAbout Ma…
The Baby
Read by Evan Smith
Hugh Miller
In The Beacon Second Reader
In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…
Of a Certaine Man by Sir John Harrington
Read by Tomas Peter
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1)
The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
The Baby Show
Read by Phil Chenevert
A. A. Milne
In A Gallery of Children (Version 2)
These are 12 imaginative stories written by A.A. Milne about beautiful 12 illustrations originally published in the Colliers magazine. (I s…
APPENDIX Part 14: Concealing the Births of Infants
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Henry Mayhew
In London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV
Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.This vo…
The Baby Show
Read by shahd
A. A. Milne
In A Gallery of Children
A collection of 12 fantasy stories for children. Clever little tales that mothers can smile over and children enjoy.The illustrations for th…
The Man I Might Have Been
Read by Freya Hansen
George Sterling
In A Wine of Wizardry
A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncr…
A Defence of Baby-Worship
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
In The Defendant
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good hu…
05 - MY LORD, THE BABY
Read by Chiquito Crasto
Rabindranath Tagore
In The Hungry Stones And Other Stories
This is a collection of short stories written by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The stories contained in this volume were translate…