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Charles Dickens
Read by Alan Mapstone
Mary Hannay Foott
In Morna Lee, and Other Poems
Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…
With Dog and Gun
Read by Alan Mapstone
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
23 - Lazy Gray
Read by Sakari
Abbie Phillips Walker
In The Sandman's Hour
Reading bedtime stories to children can be a wonderful way to relax and at the same time act out the exciting things happening in the story …
Robin and Harry
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…
Charlie Mc Carthy 42 11 08 W C Fields
Charlie has "borrowed" a tattoo set and tries to get customers. W C Fields and Charlie try to be nice to each other, and fai…
Books and Thoughts
Read by Tanner Bayles
Aldous Huxley
In The Burning Wheel
Though Aldous Huxley is best known for his later novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. The Burning Wheel is his first …
Alton B. Parker
Read by mleigh
Harry Graham
In More Misrepresentative Men
A collection of humorous verse covering a variety of men.
Charlie Mc Carthy Show 45 11 04 Elsa Maxwell
Charlie claims to be on a hunger strike because Bergen took away his allowance. Mortimer tries to learn a poem. Elsa Maxwell throws Charlie …
The Dangers of the Present - Henry Armitt Brown
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 Inscrutable
Read by Josiah
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…
The Booklover and His Books
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Henry Lyman Koopman
This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…
Charlie Mc Carthy Show 45 04 01 Elsa Maxwell
Charlie tells Bergen he's on a hunger strike because Bergen cut off his allowance. Bergen tries to help Mortimer with his bad memory. Elsa M…
Alphabet of Celebrities
Read by Bob Gonzalez
Oliver Herford
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 autho…
Black Letter Days
Read by nighthawks
Charles Williams
In Poems of Conformity
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Although Williams' …
The Reading Man
Read by Sonia
Thomas Frederick Young
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
Charlie Mc Carthy Show 43 02 07 Teresa Wright
Charlie is still trying to find his birth certificate to find out about his past, and tries to find other McCarthys in the phone book in hop…
Charlie Mc Carthy 43 02 14 Charles Ruggles
Charlie has written a Valentine's Day poem for Dale Evans. Charlie has put an ad in the paper to find his real parents, and consults a psych…
Charlie Mc Carthy Show 45 12 02 Walter Pidgeon
Charlie and Edgar talk about old man Dugan having come into some money that Charlie is helping him spend. Mortimer is passing out cigars bec…
"Memory of W.W. Brown"
Read by Jim Locke
James Ephraim Mcgirt
In For Your Sweet Sake
This work is a collection of lyric poems - Summary by Jim Locke
A Channel Passage
Read by Graham Redman
Rupert Brooke
In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …