The Rover Vol. 01 No. 20
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
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"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation. The 20th issue of the series is yet another interesting collection of short stories, poems and miscellania. - Summary by Sonia (2 hr 35 min)
Chapters
The little visitor, by Elizabeth Oakes Smith | 7:48 | Read by EsoFlair |
The story of Captain Bird; or, The first capital conviction under the Constitut… | 19:29 | Read by EsoFlair |
First love; or Constancy in the nineteenth century, by Miss L. E. Landon | 24:50 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Ancient battles | 1:18 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Life, by Lawrence Labree | 2:30 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Johnny Brotherton's five sunny days. From Tales of the Borders, by John Mackay … | 15:01 | Read by Faithann Gibson |
The miser's wife, by Elizabeth Oakes Smith | 12:06 | Read by Michael Olgren |
To Juliet. A night thought | 1:00 | Read by Sonia |
A tale of an old Highlander, by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd | 27:42 | Read by AllenO |
The yellow domino | 6:11 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
A country apothecary, by Miss Mary Russell Mitford | 32:36 | Read by Steve C |
The mysterious visitor | 5:23 | Read by Alan Mapstone |