David Wales
Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike; Tales Of The Gold Fields
Seven short stories. - Summary by david wales
The Garden Of Folly
A 1924 collection of essays by the celebrated Canadian humorist, popular in the first half of the twentieth century throughout the English s…
Modern Essays
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
Bransford Of Rainbow Range
A genuine cowboy who speaks a bit of Greek? Ditto a bit of The Litany? And more than a little verse, including (would you believe?) Alice In…
Reminiscences Of A Workhouse Medical Officer
Joseph Rogers (1821-1889) was an English physician, medical officer, and health care reformer in London. The system of poor-law dispensarie…
Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850
John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's Ca…
Dog: A Selection of Stories
The title says it all: stories about dogs. - Summary by david wales
The Medicine-Men Of The Apache
“Herewith I have the honor to submit a paper upon the paraphernalia of the medicine-men of the Apache and other tribes. Analogues have been …
Tenting To-Night; A Chronicle Of Sport And Adventure In Glacier Park And The Cascade Mountains
Tenting To-Night invites listeners to join Mary Roberts Rinehart on an evocative journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Glacier Nati…
Escape From The Confederacy
Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a pris…
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
Fifteen short stories of 1919, winners of a rigorous competition. The extensive Introduction is omitted from this recording. ( david wales)
In Exile and Other Stories
Six short stories by Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories…
A Mirror Of Shalott
Fourteen stories of the strange by the Anglican then Roman Catholic priest, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The form of the book is of stori…
The Cathedral
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884 – 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the c…
The Human Boy
This collection of eleven short stories, both humorous and touching, about English school boys was published in 1900. The book was quite pop…
Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation
Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bri…
Hugh Walpole: Selected Short Stories
Eleven short stories from The Windsor Magazine in the 1920s, Best British Short Stories of 1922, and Best British Short Stories of 1923. - S…
Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches
In these little sketches [1899] of a few out of the innumerable multitude of ways in which the sea has spoken to me during my long acquainta…
The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition
Poe’s famous narrative poem and the author’s reflections on its composition. (David Wales)
Wounds In The Rain; War Stories
Wounds In The Rain presents a collection of eleven powerful stories that delve into the harrowing experiences of war, penned by the acclaime…