The Rover Vol. 01 No. 26
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. This is the 26th, and final issue of the first volume, with a varied choice of poetry, short stories and trivia. - Summary by Sonia (1 hr 51 min)
Chapters
| The Water, by Elizabeth Oakes Smith | 3:12 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Coquette and the Two Suitors, with an engraving, by Seba Smith | 7:48 | Read by Faithann Gibson |
| Ben Blower's Story; or, How to Relish a Julep, by C. F. Hoffman | 18:02 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Last Days of Timothy Tuttle, by Nathaniel Deering | 25:54 | Read by Jim Locke |
| A Tale of Boston in Olden Time | 11:00 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Shoemaker and his two Wives, by Elizabeth Oakes Smith | 11:20 | Read by ZacharyJ |
| Rustic Courtship in New England | 6:36 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Confession of Grotius | 1:30 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Origin of Genius | 2:54 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Man and Woman | 2:42 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Content, by C. D. Stuart | 2:08 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| How to Cook a Husband | 3:03 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Letters from Town to Country | 9:02 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Close of the Volume | 3:26 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| To Correspondents | 2:50 | Read by Alan Mapstone |