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Book I, Chapters 1 to 9

In On Christian Doctrine

Read by George Allen


Saint Augustine of Hippo


De doctrina Christiana, On Christian Doctrine, is a famous treatise by Augustine of Hippo, consisting of four books that describe how to int…

To Lionel Phillips

In Poems

Read by George Banfield


John Buchan


John Buchan was a Scottish writer, poet and diplomat who became Governer General of Canada. Best known for his novels (The Thirty-Nine Steps…

Edgar Allan Poe, Part 1, An Appreciation

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085

Read by George Emerson


Unknown


"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

The Telegraphic Communication between Great Britain, Europe, America, and the E…

In Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891

Read by George Banfield


Various


The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…

Owl with the Great Head and Eyes

In Canadian Fairy Tales

Read by George Thomas


Cyrus Macmillan


Professor Macmillan has placed all lovers of fairy tales under a deep debt of obligation to him. The fairy tale makes a universal appeal bot…

Off Rough Point - Read by WG

In Off Rough Point

Read by William George


Emma Lazarus


Emma Lazarus was an American poet born in New York City. She is best known for "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883; its …

3-01 Part Third - Chapter 1

In Jude the Obscure

Read by George Pilling


Thomas Hardy


Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. Its hero Jude Fa…

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