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Life of Fra Sebastiano Viniziano Del Piombo, Painter

In Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6

Read by Lucretia B.


Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…

The Sower (13:18)

In Matthew, from Horae Homileticae

Read by Lucretia B.


Charles Simeon


Simeon's Works, as they were published 1832, fill twenty-one large octavo volumes, and the title-page reads, 'Horae Homileticae or Discourse…

Cell Cycle and Gene Action: Life Is the Secret of DNA

In Radioisotopes and Life Processes

Read by Lucretia B.


Renato Baserga and Walter E. Kisieleski


This is a book in the "Understanding the Atom Series".from the Division of Technical Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. …

Part 1. Chapter 5: The Disagreeable Man

In Ships That Pass in the Night

Read by Amy B


Beatrice Harraden


This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…

Chapter the Last

In Ethelred Preston; or, The Adventures of a Newcomer

Read by Lucretia B.


Francis J. Finn, S.J.


Ethelred Preston is a story for boys written by Fr. Finn, SJ. The hero, Ethelred, while on his way to college, meets Packy Jarloe, a peddler…

Chapter XVIII - Popocatepetl. Amecameca. Tlamacas. Las Cruz. The Pico del Frail…

In The Boy Travellers in Mexico

Read by Lucretia B.


Thomas Wallace Knox


An engaging travelogue published in 1890, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. From the preface: "a bo…

Psalm 34: Discourse the Second

In Expositions on the Book of Psalms Vol. 1

Read by Lucretia B.


Saint Augustine of Hippo


The Book of Psalms is commonly known as the Psalms or the Psalter, and is divided into five sections, each closing with a doxology. The titl…

Chapter 32

In A Woman Of Yesterday

Read by Cadia B


Caroline Atwater Mason


Anna is the daughter of a clergyman in a small town in Vermont. She is very happy with her lot. But when she goes to nurse a woman in the bi…

Part 1 Chapter I

In Silas Marner (Version 3)

Read by Sarah B


George Eliot


Silas Marner is a hermit-style weaver who keeps to himself and is eyed with suspicion by those in the nearby town of Raveloe. Dispelled from…

Chapter 13

In Percy Wynn, or Making a Boy of Him

Read by Justina B.


Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.


In this volume, which follows the author's popular book "Tom Playfair", a new boy is just arriving at St. Maure's boarding school.…

Fredericksburg by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

In Poems of American Patriotism

Read by B. Talbot


Brander Matthews


This book is a collection of patriotic poems by many authors. - Summary by Hannah Shaver

Arsinoe II

In Predecessors of Cleopatra

Read by Lucretia B.


Leigh North


This book provides such information as was known at the onset of the 20th Century about Egyptian queens in antiquity. Much has been learned …

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