Cobwebs from a Library Corner
John Kendrick Bangs
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted stories & otherwise. John Kendrick Bangs had been known as a jokester & prankster; was also known to be the editor of Puck, perhaps the foremost American humor magazine. Take a peak and see how you end up with a grin on your face and in your heart as well. That is honest Bangsian writing. - Summary by AR (1 hr 10 min)
Chapters
A Pessimistic View | 1:28 | Read by April6090 |
The Master’s Pen—A Confession | 1:24 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Bookworm Ballads (a Literary Feast) | 2:01 | Read by April6090 |
Ideas for Sale | 2:26 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Author’s Boomerang | 0:43 | Read by oogiesragdoll |
To an Egotistical Biographer | 0:34 | Read by oogiesragdoll |
No Copyright Needed | 0:47 | Read by oogiesragdoll |
Ingredients of Greatness | 0:48 | Read by oogiesragdoll |
A Common Favorite | 1:32 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Their Pens | 0:29 | Read by Larry Wilson |
An Unsolved Problem | 0:28 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Bibliophile’s Threat | 0:27 | Read by Larry Wilson |
My Treasures | 0:33 | Read by April6090 |
A Poet’s Fad | 0:25 | Read by Kirill D |
The Poet Undone | 0:29 | Read by Kirill D |
A Waning Muse | 0:31 | Read by Kirill D |
Modesty | 0:28 | Read by Kirill D |
My Lord the Book | 0:34 | Read by Sarah Brown |
The Bibliomiser | 0:39 | Read by Sarah Brown |
The ''Collector'' | 0:47 | Read by Larry Wilson |
A Reader | 0:59 | Read by nighthawks |
Fate! | 0:57 | Read by nighthawks |
A Pleasing Thought | 0:47 | Read by B L Newman |
Books vs. ''Books,'' by a Bibliomaniac | 1:20 | Read by Larry Wilson |
A Confession | 1:32 | Read by ChadH94 |
The Edition de Looks | 1:54 | Read by Tasniim |
Napolini’s Error | 2:41 | Read by Caroline Kiley |
My Color | 1:54 | Read by thestorygirl |
Contentment in Nature | 1:45 | Read by nighthawks |
The Heroic Gunner | 1:56 | Read by Pseudonymous Nerd |
The Pathetic Tale of the Caddy Boy | 3:14 | Read by Pseudonymous Nerd |
Garrulous Wisdom | 1:19 | Read by April6090 |
The Perjury of a Rejected Lover | 0:59 | Read by Rachel Marie |
Maid of Culture | 1:04 | Read by Rachel Marie |
Not Perfect | 1:01 | Read by Rachel Marie |
A City Dweller’s Wish | 1:01 | Read by April6090 |
Where are They? | 1:25 | Read by Tasniim |
Memories | 0:36 | Read by Tasniim |
A Sad State | 0:30 | Read by Austin Heath |
Ad Astra per Otium. | 0:46 | Read by Austin Heath |
Consolation | 0:51 | Read by Austin Heath |
Satisfaction on Reading ''Not One Dissatisfied,'' by Walt Whitman | 1:55 | Read by Austin Heath |
To a Withered Rose | 0:53 | Read by thestorygirl |
The Worst of Enemies | 0:40 | Read by Rachel Marie |
Jokes of the Night | 1:37 | Read by Rachel Marie |
An Autumnal Romance | 0:31 | Read by KevinS |
The Country in July | 1:09 | Read by KevinS |
May 30, 1893 | 0:50 | Read by KevinS |
The Curse of Wealth | 2:30 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
The Rhyme of the Ancient Populist | 2:28 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
One of the Nameless Great | 0:45 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
In February Days | 1:05 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
A Change of Ambition | 1:28 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
Message from Mahatmas | 3:15 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Gold-seekers | 2:13 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Ode to a Politician | 2:32 | Read by nighthawks |
Some are Amateurs | 0:41 | Read by April6090 |