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Book III, Chapters 12 to 19

In On Christian Doctrine

Read by Josip B.


Saint Augustine of Hippo


De doctrina Christiana, On Christian Doctrine, is a famous treatise by Augustine of Hippo, consisting of four books that describe how to int…

Observ. IX. (part 1)

In Micrographia

Read by Lucretia B.


Robert Hooke


Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

Mis' Smith - Read by LB

In Mis' Smith

Read by Lucretia B.


Albert Bigelow Paine


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Mis' Smith, by Albert Paine. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 7th, 2013.

Juliet's Story Continued

In The Secret Passage

Read by Becca B


Fergus Hume


Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstaking…

Vashti's Scroll

In Earlier Poems

Read by Lucretia B.


Julia Caroline Dorr


This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin

31 - Letters in Conclusion - Letter 1

In Basil

Read by Kenny B


Wilkie Collins


Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a…

Chapter II

In The Deluge Volume 1

Read by Lucretia B.


Henryk Sienkiewicz


The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a th…

The Chariots Go Forth to War by Tu Fu

In Gems of Chinese Verse

Read by Lucretia B.


Juyi Bai 白居易, Shen Cen 岑參, Zi'ang Chen 陈子昂, Fu Du 杜甫, Bai Li 李白, Haoran Meng 孟浩然, Wei Qui 邱為, Quanqi Shen 沈佺期, Shu Sikong 司空曙, Changling Wang 王昌齡, Wei Wang 王維, Tingyun Wen 溫庭筠, Jiuling Zhang 張九齡, Ji Zhang 張籍 and Various, Translated Byw. J. B. Fletcher


Translations of various Chinese poets' work. - Summary by KevinS

Chapter 21

In A Woman Of Yesterday

Read by Cadia B


Caroline Atwater Mason


Anna is the daughter of a clergyman in a small town in Vermont. She is very happy with her lot. But when she goes to nurse a woman in the bi…

21 - Part 4, Chapter 2 - Of Duties toward the Unfortunate

In The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment

Read by Lucretia B.


Elisabeth Celnart and Élisabeth Celnart


A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

Address to Certain Goldfishes - Read by LB

In Address to Certain Goldfishes

Read by Lucretia B.


Hartley Coleridge


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Address to Certain Goldfishes by Hartley Coleridge. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…

04 - Chapter 1D

In John Quincy Adams

Read by Lucretia B.


John T. Morse


This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …

03 - Simeon Stylites the Syrian

In The Mintage

Read by Lucretia B.


Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the "Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People". These 11 short stores show the …

10 - Sacrifice and Prayer

In Israel's Faith

Read by Lucretia B.


Nathan Solomon Joseph and George Alexander Kohut


A series of short readings (lessons, if you will) for Jewish youth and others. This book ought not to be viewed as a kind of catechism, but …

PART I CHAPTER I THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, CREATED BY A FA…

In The Secret of Charlotte Brontë

Read by Lucretia B.


Frederika Richardson Macdonald


Twenty years ago, now, I attempted (but was not especially successful in the task) to establish upon the personal knowledge that my own resi…

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