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Some Fiction; Boys who Began Wrong
Read by April6090
Ambrose Bierce
In The Fiend's Delight
This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, pseudonym Dod Grile.It is a …
A New Serial; Harper's Young People; A Liberal Offer for 1880 Only
Read by Jill Engle
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 04, Nov. 25, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Young and Old by Charles Kingsley
Read by Thomas White
Montrose L. Barnet
In Poems We All Love
This is a collection of familiar poems from beloved poets from Tennyson and Shakespeare to Longfellow and Emerson. Some are fragments but w…
No Master
Read by Newgatenovelist
William Morris
In Chants for Socialists
As well as being influential in the Arts and Crafts Movement and writing numerous poems and novels, William Morris was deeply involved in po…
On Reading Dr. Young's Satire
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
Youth
Read by mleigh
Walter Seymour Percy
In Muse and Mint
Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…
Advice to Young Men - St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Read by Gloria Loughry
Various
In The World's Best Orations, Volume 2
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
The Author's Early Life
Read by thestorygirl
Julia A. Moore
In The Sentimental Song Book
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its …
Choosing
Read by Newgatenovelist
Augusta Webster
In Mother and Daughter
Uncompleted at her death, Augusta Webster's posthumously published sonnet sequence Mother and Daughter celebrates the relationship between a…
At the Altar of Youth and Love
Read by Stefan Von Blon
Kenneth Rand
In The Dirge of the Sea-Children, and Other Poems
The first of three volumes of poetry published by Yale English literature graduate Kenneth Rand before his untimely death in 1918 by the Gre…
Burial of the Young Love
Read by Newgatenovelist
Waring Cuney
In Selected Poems of Waring Cuney
Waring Cuney was a poet who also trained as a musician. These poems were published between 1916 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
When Love Is Young
Read by Angela
Marie Hedderwick Browne
In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs
Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…
Young Woman
Read by Larry Wilson
Maxwell Bodenheim
In Advice: A Book of Poems
41 brief poems covering an assortment of subjects. - Summary by adr6090
Childish Recollections
Read by KevinS
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Written in very Early Youth
Read by Bruce Kachuk
William Wordsworth
In A Selection from the Sonnets of William Wordsworth
This is a very impressive collection of some of the best sonnets from the pen of the incomparable William Wordsworth. The appreciation that …
"A Slothful Youth"
Read by Jim Locke
James Ephraim Mcgirt
In For Your Sweet Sake
This work is a collection of lyric poems - Summary by Jim Locke