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The Doings of Raffles Haw

Read by Patrick Wells

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

09 - Chapter IX

In Topsy-Turvy

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Jules Verne

Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889) . This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890…

20- Miscellaneous Terms (continued)

In Music Notation and Terminology

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Karl Wilson Gehrkens

Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for t…

03 Oakes’s Experience

In Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story

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Charles Ross Jackson

There have been a series of assaults at the manor house, one sending the mistress of the house insane with fear, another escalating to murde…

Preface

In Music Talks With Children

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Thomas Tapper

"A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a fe…

Introduction

In How to Appreciate Music

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Gustav Kobbé

Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral…

10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty

In Fairy Tales from Brazil

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Elsie Spicer Eells

This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths…