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The New Plaything

In Bib Ballads

Read by Jack Thro


Ring Lardner


Ring Lardner is a typical parent when his first child is born, full of wonder and the rest of the usual emotions as he watches his little so…

The Death of John Woolman

In The Journal of John Woolman

Read by Jack Lohr


John Woolman


John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his y…

The Last Wish - Read by JH

In The Last Wish

Read by Jack Hill


Robert Bulwer-Lytton


LibriVox volunteers bring you 27 recordings of The Last Wish by Robert Bulwer-Lytton.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 9, 2022.…

An Expedition to Mount St. Elias. Height and Position

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 03

Read by Jack Daniel


Israel Cook Russell and National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 3, articles published in 1891 and 1892. South America: Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. Hubb…

The Forest Reverie - Read by JH

In The Forest Reverie

Read by Jack Hill


Edgar Allan Poe


LibriVox volunteers bring you 27 recordings of The Forest Reverie by Edgar Allan Poe.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 2, 2022.…

Ch. I: General Principles of Expression, Part 2

In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Read by Jack Albert


Charles Darwin


The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects …

Part 8

In Lives of Two Cats

Read by Jack Hill


Pierre Loti


An English translation of Pierre Loti's charming 19th century memoir of his cats. - Summary by S Caulkins

Chapter X

In Through the Magic Door

Read by Jack Albert


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with i…

Chapter VI, Part 19

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 06)

Read by Jack Sundrud


Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter starts from about 1685. James is on the throne and, as ever, there are disputes between crown and Parliament. We see the Habeus…

Finns

In Strange Peoples

Read by Jack Moore


Frederick Starr


Starr presents a compendium of descriptions from several peoples (races) around the world as it was in the late XIX century. - Summary by Ma…

Saturn, the Ringed World

In The Romance of Modern Astronomy

Read by Jack Hill


Hector Macpherson


From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our sol…

Unanswered - Read by JL

In Unanswered

Read by Jack Larsen


Laurence Hope


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Unanswered by Laurence Hope..This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 18, 2022. --…

Days - Read by JD

In Days

Read by Jack Daniel


Ralph Waldo Emerson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 10, 2012.As a lectur…

Chapter 09 - Anne is Kindly Fetched by the Trumpet-Major

In The Trumpet-Major

Read by Jack Farrell


Thomas Hardy


Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside. However, the arrival of several regiments pr…

The Gum-Gatherer

In Mountain Interval

Read by Jack Albert


Robert Frost


Originally published in 1916 and revised in 1920, Mountain Interval is Robert Frost's third collection of solo poetry. In it, Frost reflects…

The Plays - Ghosts

In The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Version 2)

Read by Jack Daniel


George Bernard Shaw


This is an essay providing an extended analysis of the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and of Ibsen's critical reception in Engla…

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