Hearth and Home: Collected Poems and Stories
Various
Read by Elsie Selwyn
Hearth and Home was a monthly story paper that ran from 1884 to 1933. It consisted of serials, short stories, poems, Q&A and correspondence, and articles on embroidery and lace-making.
Unfortunately, of the 577 Hearth and Home issues, only 4 surviving issues are available online. The following are the short stories and poems found in those 4 issues. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn (4 hr 48 min)
Chapters
| My Native Village Bells | 1:24 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Storm in Summer | 1:46 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Fighting a Conger | 6:26 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| A White Lie | 3:41 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Summer Song | 1:14 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| A Strange Wild Cat | 25:03 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Recompense | 1:21 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Meeting and Parting | 0:48 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Lilian, the Governess | 10:34 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Story of a Birthright | 28:09 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| The Brave at Home | 1:37 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| The Siege of Toulon | 8:44 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Conviction | 0:53 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Paul Anthony’s Mistake | 21:59 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Jack Doldrum | 12:34 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Only to Love You | 1:08 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Astray in the Snow | 32:20 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| The Bluebird | 0:43 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| The Little Street Pilot | 19:22 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Daniel Deliverer | 16:07 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Wait for the Wagon | 2:30 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| ‘Specially Jim | 1:11 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| The Drinking-House Over the Way | 5:47 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| God Be With You Till We Meet Again | 1:47 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| I’m Wearing My Heart Away for You | 1:44 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| John Kurtz | 34:51 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Eva’s Letter | 19:25 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Tell Mother I'll Be There | 2:40 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Measuring the Baby | 2:00 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Swinging 'Neath The Old Apple-Tree | 1:25 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep | 2:32 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| The Whistle | 1:49 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
| Isabel’s Mistake | 15:18 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |