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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…

23 - Book IV, Chapters 26-32

In Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

Read by J. A. Cook


The Venerable Bede


Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England gene…

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…

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…

10 - The Dog and the Playlet

In Waifs and Strays

Read by A. J. Carroll


O. Henry


These 12 O. Henry stories all deal with waifs and strays in one way or another; people who have somehow become adrift in the current of life…

Book 5, Chapters 4-7

In Against Heresies

Read by J A Carter


Irenaeus


St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, describes several schools of Gnosticism which were prevalent among pre-Nicene Christianity. He then refutes t…

The Ways of the City

In A Story of the Days to Come

Read by A. J. Carroll


H. G. Wells


Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do wo…

12 - The Veil and Its Owner

In The Silent House

Read by A. J. Carroll


Fergus Hume


A mystery about a "locked door" murder committed in a house that has a reputation for being haunted. In the first half of the book…

Departed Days – Read by AJC

In Departed Days

Read by A. J. Carroll


Oliver Wendell Holmes and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Departerd Days by Oliver Wendell Holmes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 8, 2011.O…

01 - Ch First Sec 1-2

In The Secret Places of the Heart

Read by A. J. Carroll


H. G. Wells


Richard Hardy, a member of the British gentry, tries to resolve problems in his marriage as he travels with a psychiatrist. The book is to a…

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