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In the Wilderness

In Stories of the Bible, Volume 1: The People of the Chosen Land

Read by Laurel Emerson


Myles Endicott


Brief Bible stories from the Old Testament, many accompanied by poems. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Section 32: Bruadar and Smith and Glinn

In Legends of Saints and Sinners

Read by Laurel Emerson


Douglas Hyde


"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book …

The Little Hurts

In Rhymes of Childhood

Read by Laurel Emerson


Edgar A. Guest


Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa …

The Giant Maiden - Germany

In Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 02

Read by Laurel Emerson


Marie Harriette Frary


This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

A Long Vacation

In Puss in Boots, Jr. and Tom Thumb

Read by Laurel Emerson


David Cory


David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss i…

The Georgics: A Poem of the Land

Read by George Emerson


Virgil


A poem by the Latin poet Virgil, the second of his three known works. "Georgic" means "to work the land," and on such ma…

Wingfold and Barbara

In There and Back

Read by George Emerson


George MacDonald


An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …

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 Imperial Institute

In Dagonet Ditties

Read by Emerson Wells


George R. Sims


George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These q…

The Death-Bed of a Saint

In Life of Saint Gerard Majella

Read by Emerson Wells


Rev. O. R. Vassall-Phillips


Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…

Fir-cone Mushroom to Maned Mushroom

In Mushrooms and Toadstools (Third Edition)

Read by Catherine Emerson


Worthington George Smith


This is a useful, but not comprehensive description of both edible and poisonous fungi found in Great Britain. Although the book is well ill…

There is an Air of Majesty

In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems

Read by George Emerson


Alfred Castner King


"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…