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The Ontario Readers: Third Book

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The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary works, both stories and poems, geared to grade-school age children. (Summary by aradlaw) (7 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Acknowledgements

4:40

Read by David Lawrence

To-day

0:45

Read by Sibella Denton

Fortune and the Beggar

2:42

Read by Sibella Denton

The Lark and the Rook

1:55

Read by Sibella Denton

The Pickwick Club on Ice

6:02

Read by Sibella Denton

Tubal Cain

2:33

Read by Sibella Denton

Professor Frog's Lecture

12:44

Read by Sibella Denton

A Song for April

1:05

Read by Sibella Denton

How the Crickets Brought Good Fortune

5:10

Read by Sibella Denton

The Battle of Blenheim

2:21

Read by Sibella Denton

The Ride for Life

5:45

Read by Sibella Denton

Iagoo, the Boaster

1:42

Read by Clara Snyder

The Story of a Fire

3:03

Read by Ancilla

The Quest

1:37

Read by Clara Snyder

The Jackal and the Partridge

6:23

Read by Linda Ferguson

Hide and Seek

1:48

Read by Clara Snyder

The Burning of the "Goliath"

4:11

Read by Laura Caldwell

Hearts of Oak

1:13

Read by TriciaG

A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea

1:17

Read by TriciaG

The Talents

2:56

Read by Marian Martin

A Farewell

1:14

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

An Apple Orchard in the Spring

1:51

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

The Bluejay

5:17

Read by Esther

A Canadian Camping Song

1:33

Read by Kalynda

The Argonauts

6:00

Read by TriciaG

The Minstrel-Boy

1:21

Read by Kalynda

Mary Elizabeth

17:09

Read by ppezz

The Frost

2:30

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

Corn-fields

2:08

Read by Linda Ferguson

South-West Wind, Esq.

11:11

Read by Linda Ferguson

The Meeting of the Waters

1:32

Read by meenaiyer

Love

2:03

Read by Neeru Iyer

The Robin's Song

1:25

Read by Neeru Iyer

Work or Play

7:28

Read by John Greenman

Burial of Sir John Moore

2:27

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

The Whistle

2:15

Read by TriciaG

A Canadian Boat Song

1:15

Read by TriciaG

The Little Hero of Haarlem

5:42

Read by TriciaG

Father William

2:41

Read by Clara Snyder

David and Goliath

7:14

Read by Symmie

Charge of the Light Brigade

2:04

Read by TriciaG

Maggie Tulliver

8:17

Read by Lucy Perry

The Corn Song

1:48

Read by Linda Ferguson

Sports in Norman England

5:41

Read by Timothy Ferguson

A Song of Canada

3:37

Read by TriciaG

A Mad Tea Party

8:09

Read by Symmie

The Slave's Dream

2:58

Read by Kalynda

The Chase

10:51

Read by ppezz

The Inchcape Rock

3:46

Read by meenaiyer

A Rough Ride

9:05

Read by TriciaG

The Arab and His Steed

5:23

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

The Poet's Song

1:14

Read by Sibella Denton

Adventure with a Whale

6:02

Read by Sibella Denton

The Maple

2:11

Read by Sibella Denton

Damon and Pythias

3:05

Read by Sibella Denton

The Wreck of the Orpheus

1:40

Read by Sibella Denton

The Tide River

1:39

Read by Sibella Denton

Wisdom the Supreme Prize

1:15

Read by Sibella Denton

The Orchard

1:05

Read by Sibella Denton

Inspired by the Snow

3:50

Read by Sibella Denton

The Squirrel

0:49

Read by Sibella Denton

Soldier, Rest

1:20

Read by Sibella Denton

Fishing

6:26

Read by Sibella Denton

The Fountain

1:05

Read by Sibella Denton

Break, Break, Break

1:13

Read by Sibella Denton

The Bed of Procrustes

6:56

Read by Sibella Denton

"Bob White"

1:30

Read by Sibella Denton

Radisson and the Indians

3:36

Read by Sibella Denton

The Brook

2:20

Read by Sibella Denton

"Do Seek Their Meat From God"

8:10

Read by Sibella Denton

A Song of the Sea

1:55

Read by Sibella Denton

Little Daffydownilly

13:32

Read by Neeru Iyer

The Sandpiper

2:22

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

From "The Sermon on the Mount"

2:27

Read by Symmie

The Legend of Saint Christopher

3:35

Read by Marian Martin

William Tell and His Son (from Chambers' 'Tracts')

4:43

Read by TriciaG

A Midsummer Song

2:08

Read by Carol Stripling

The Relief of Lucknow

5:15

Read by David Lawrence

The Song in Camp

2:28

Read by Carol Stripling

Afterglow

1:24

Read by meenaiyer

King Richard and Salidin

7:23

Read by Neeru Iyer

England's Dead

2:54

Read by Kalynda

Hohenlinden

2:07

Read by Craig Campbell

The Dream of the Oak Tree (translator unknown)

6:06

Read by Neeru Iyer

A Prayer

1:05

Read by Neeru Iyer

The Death of the Flowers

2:40

Read by meenaiyer

'Tis the Last Rose of Summer

1:00

Read by Lucy Perry

A Roman's Honour

4:02

Read by Lucy Perry

The Fighting Téméraire

1:42

Read by Lucy Perry

Don Quixote's Fight with the Windmills (translator unknown)

6:41

Read by Marian Martin

The Romance of the Swan's Nest

5:09

Read by Neeru Iyer

Moonlight Sonata

6:28

Read by Marian Martin

The Red-Winged Blackbird

1:56

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

To the Cuckoo

1:59

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

The Story of a Stone

5:56

Read by David Lawrence

The Snow-Storm

3:27

Read by Lucy Perry

The Heroine of Vercheres

6:50

Read by Neeru Iyer

Jacques Cartier

3:22

Read by Kalynda

Ants and Their Slaves

6:15

Read by Symmie

Lead, Kindly Light

1:35

Read by Carol Stripling

The Jolly Sandboys

9:12

Read by Linda Ferguson

The Gladness of Nature

1:42

Read by Carol Stripling

Old English Life

7:33

Read by Clara Snyder

Puck's Song

2:06

Read by Neeru Iyer

The Battle of Queenston Heights

7:16

Read by Antoine Kaufmann

The Bugle Song

1:43

Read by Carol Stripling

Charity

2:23

Read by Neeru Iyer

A Christmas Carol

2:11

Read by Sean McGaughey

The Barren Lands

7:29

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

A Spring Morning

1:51

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

Crossing the Bar

1:33

Read by Neeru Iyer