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The Old and the New

In A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

Read by Christine Rottger


Amanda Minnie Douglas


The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…

Brace-Combs—Cause and Prevention

In The American Bee Journal, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, Jan 1894

Read by Christine Rottger


Various


The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…

PART I. CHAPTER XIV. HEAVY WEIGHT-LIFTING

In Strength and How to Obtain It

Read by Christine Rottger


Eugen Sandow


In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

X. Mrs. Windemere

In Encounters: Stories

Read by Christine Rottger


Elizabeth Bowen


Included in this first collection of stories by noted Irish-British author Elizabeth Bowen are tales of psychological unease, of pent-up emo…

Conclusion

In The Ponson Case

Read by Christine Bowden


Freeman Wills Crofts


Where is Sir William? His butler and valet are concerned. He disappeared after dinner and is late retiring to bed. Did Sir William walk over…

Version 3

In Epigram, engraved on the Collar of a Dog

Read by Christine Blachford


Alexander Pope


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epigram by Alexander Pope. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 8th, 2010.

A Tragedy of the Tides

In By the Marshes of Minas

Read by Christine Rottger


Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


The Acadians around the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada, were removed by the British forcibly, leading to a French presence in several E…

Presentation

In On The Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls

Read by Christine Lehman


Lina Beard


Lina and Adelia Beard, co-founders of the first American girls' scouting group, originally called the Girl Scout Society, then the Girl Pion…

Introduction

In Reflections on the rise, progress, and probable consequences, of the present co…

Read by Christine Rottger


John Erskine


Several late pamphlets composed with much art and ability have painted the claims and conduct of the North Americans; and thereby, have not …

The Accident of Friendships

In Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

Read by Christine Blachford


Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase


This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together - and save one another from …

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