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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), …

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