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The Rover Vol. 01 No. 26

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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