The Rover Vol. 01 No. 13
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
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"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation. This issue features six short stories and two poems, "Th' unbusied shepherd" is a short quote from the drama "King Henry the Fifth" by Aaron Hill. - Summary by Sonia (2 hr 32 min)
Chapters
The Green Mountain boy, a tale of Ticonderoga | 40:01 | Read by Jim Locke |
The rattlesnake hunter, by J. G. Whittier | 15:17 | Read by Jim Locke |
Beginning the world | 30:15 | Read by Ken Masters |
A story of modern honor, by Lord Morpeth | 20:40 | Read by Jim Locke |
Natural affection | 10:02 | Read by Jim Locke |
''Th' unbusied shepherd'', by Hill | 1:09 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Marcus Bell, the convict, by Leitch Ritchie | 28:48 | Read by Kate Follis |
Wyoming, by Fitz Green Halleck | 6:15 | Read by Alan Mapstone |