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The First Part. Chapter III

In The Natural History of Chocolate

Read by Amelia Chesley


D. de Quelus, D. De Quelus and D. De Quelustranslated Byrichard Brookes


The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…

The Bark of Old Hungry-Wolf

In The Hollow Tree Snowed In Book

Read by Amelia Brennan


Albert Bigelow Paine


Once upon a time, in the Big Deep Woods, there was a big hollow tree with three hollow branches. The tree animals living in each of these …

Preface to the Second Edition and Introduction

In The Art of Bookbinding

Read by Amelia Chesley


Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf


This handbook explains the art of bookbinding and simultaneously reminds us what a complex technology is to make books! Zaehnsdorf, bookbind…

11 - Reading and Studying

In A New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory

Read by Amelia Chantarotwong


Lucy Larcom


Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mill-worker. According to Wikipedia: "Larcom served as a model for the change in women's…

Zola's Vision of the Future

In Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 6, August 1906

Read by Amelia Chesley


Various


Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature&qu…

Little Black Sambo

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 013

Read by Amelia Chantarotwong


Helen Bannerman (1862–1946) and Helen Bannerman


LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 013: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

The Two Fundamentals, by Mary Salome Cutler

In Why do we need a public library?

Read by Amelia Chesley


Various


Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirr…

Thoughts in the Subway

In Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned

Read by Amelia Chesley


Christopher Morley


Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic ou…

Engaged to a Nun

In Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

Read by Amelia Chesley


Songling Pu


"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly sup…

THE PHILANTHROPIST'S CHRISTMAS

In The Children's Book of Christmas Stories (Version 2)

Read by Amelia Brennan


Asa Don Dickinson and Variousandasa Don Dickinson


This books is a select collection of Christmas Stories in one volume. It is just that and nothing more.Each of the stories has already won …

George Meredith: The Anglo-Irish Aspect

In The Art of Letters

Read by Amelia Chesley


Robert Lynd


From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his da…

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