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Chapters 21 - 25

In Pep: Poise, Efficiency, Peace

Read by J A Carter

Col. William Crosbie Hunter and William C. Hunter

Colonel William Crosbie Hunter was a businessman and self-help writer who was moderately popular in the early 20th century. His books set fo…

Chapter 2

In The Coming of the Fairies

Read by A. J. Carroll

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

After a number of deaths in his close family, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned to spiritualism in hope of finding proof of the afterlife. Being…

Uphill - Read by JAC

In Uphill

Read by J A Carter

Christina Rossetti

Rossetti began writing down and dating her poems from 1842, mostly imitating her favoured poets. From 1847 she began experimenting with vers…

The Mother Maps of the United States - Part 1

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 04

Read by A. J. Carroll

Henry Gannett and National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Magazine Volume 4, articles published in 1892 and 1893.The Evolution of Commerce: Annual Address by the President, G…

Japanese Sermons

In Tales of Old Japan

Read by A. J. Carroll

Lord Redesdale (Algernon Freeman-Mitford) and Lord Redesdale

Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains…

The Reigate puzzle

In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Read by J A Carter

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devise…

Chapter XL - The Breakfast

In The Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

Read by A. J. Elliot

Alexandre Dumas

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just bef…

Introduction and Preface

In English as She is Spoke

Read by J A Carter

Pedro Carolino

English as She is Spoke is a 19th century Portuguese-to-English phrasebook that has become a classic of absurdist humor, owing chiefly to th…

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