The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2


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Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.
A most convenient means of “keeping one’s information account open” —of reading stimulating articles on a wide variety of subjects. - Summary by From the title / front page (3 hr 45 min)

Chapters

Remarkable Remarks 4:43 Read by MaryAnn
Throwing Away Our Birthright 9:06 Read by Michele Fry
A New South. The Boll-Weevil Era Condensed from The Atlantic Monthly by E. T. … 7:06 Read by MaryAnn
The Kiss Digested from The Forum by EMILE MALESPINE 8:14 Read by jenno
What Patricia Heard From Tokio Excerpts from Harper’s Magazine by FRANCES LITT… 8:07 Read by ArmReader
What Makes People Laugh? Condensed from The World’s Work by CHARLIE CHAPLIN 7:48 Read by Bill Mosley
Scientific Progress of the Year 1921 Condensed from Scientific American 7:25 Read by Larry Wilson
The Truth About Vivisection Excerpts from Woman’s Home Companion by ERNEST HA… 10:28 Read by mleigh
Our Common Lot 4:49 Read by MaryAnn
Adventure Excerpts from Good Housekeeping by KATHARINE EGGLESTON ROBERTS 3:26 Read by dc
Fair Play for the World Summarized from The Outlook by KATHERINE MAYO 6:53 Read by MaryAnn
A Princess in Exile Condensed from Pictorial Review by PRINCESS MANICH MOURADI… 6:42 Read by MaryAnn
The Woman Who Should Marry A Condensation from Good Housekeeping by ANNE SHANN… 8:30 Read by Stacey Malcolm
Have You Any Idea How You Sound When You Speak? by FRED C. KELLY IN McCLURE’S M… 6:09 Read by Grevicci
Useful Points in Judging People 7:20 Read by dc
Human Nature and Industrial Conflict 6:01 Read by Michele Fry
Cities With Junior Government 2:36 Read by Stephen Graham
Theodore Roosevelt, the Father by HERMAN HAGEDORN 7:17 Read by Raven Moore Amerman
What Interests People? 7:29 Read by Anthony Will
The Farmer and His Troubles by HENRY C. WALLACE 7:00 Read by MaryAnn
Music---How It Affects Your Health Condensed from Physical Culture by CHARLES … 6:53 Read by Larry Wilson
Sold A condensation from The New Republic by ROBERT COLLYER WASHBURN 4:50 Read by Denis Gagné
The Wonders of the Firmament Excerpts from the National Geographic Magazine by… 7:33 Read by MaryAnn
About Clothes 8:29 Read by jenno
$40,000 For a Hog. How Much For Your Child? 7:51 Read by Ann Boulais
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by ARNOLD BENNETT 8:23 Read by MaryAnn
The Picturesque Gypsies 8:40 Read by mleigh
Taking the Water out of the Cost of Living Abstracted from the Popular Science… 9:01 Read by Rohit Gokhale
When Spiders Fly Digested from Country Life by AGNES L. B. KING 5:49 Read by Natalie Fortier
“What Fools We Mortals Be” The gist of an article in Success by ORISON SWETT M… 6:39 Read by Elizabeth Copnall
History and the Limitation of Armaments 6:24 Read by KevinS
The Art of Opening a Conversation Condensed from Vanity Fair by STEPHEN LEACOCK 7:29 Read by Anita Hibbard