Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 108

Various

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

"There are few books which go with midnight, solitude, and a candle." H. M. Tomlinson's charming essay Bed-Books and Night-Lights is one of 15 reader-chosen recordings in vol. 108. Other easy listening pieces are My Neighbor and Myself and Animal Sketching. Social concerns are central to Composite Nation; A Study of Twentieth Century Success; Age and Eminence; The Case Against Socialism; and Speech to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. Science is highlighted in Jethro Tull (Dry Farming); Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays; and Volcanic Eruption of Mount Tambora. History and memoir feature in Goodbird the Indian; Sergeant Mor; and Porphyrios the Whale. Summary by Sue Anderson.

Chapters

Age and Eminence (1905)	17:14	Read by Leon Harvey
Animal Sketching	16:48	Read by Sue Anderson
Bed-books and Night-Lights	17:32	Read by wschmidt
The Case Against Socialism (1913)	48:49	Read by TriciaG
Composite Nation (1867)	51:38	Read by T.Y.Lee
Everybody Ought to be Rich: Interview with John J. Raskob (1929)	22:45	Read by Alister
The Gods, from Goodbird the Indian: His Story (1914)	12:24	Read by Public Domain Scholar
Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays (1856)	6:43	Read by Availle
Hebrew Congregation Speech - George Washington, Newport, Rhode Island (1790)	3:12	Read by T.Y.Lee
Jethro Tull (1674-1741) : Founder Of The Principles Of Dry-Farming	19:45	Read by Steve C
My Neighbor and Myself	10:15	Read by TriciaG
Porphyrios, the Whale (6th Century AD)	3:41	Read by Phil Schempf
Sergeant Mor, from Character and Manners of the Highlanders	4:49	Read by Phil Schempf
A Study of Twentieth Century Success (1902)	26:40	Read by Leon Harvey
Description of the 1815 Volcanic Eruption of Mount Tambora in the Island of Sumbawa	12:29	Read by Alister