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The Amatory Episode

Read by Don W. Jenkins


F. Anstey


In Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas

F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…

Reaping

Read by nbvoices


Amy Lowell


In Men, Women and Ghosts

This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. - Summary by Carolin

Shonny Schwartz

Read by Nicholette Bryant


Charles Follen Adams


In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…

XIII. LEAD ACTOR IN A GREAT DRAMA

Read by KevinS


Robert G. Ingersoll


In Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 3

Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and …

Amabel

Read by Libby Gohn


Thomas Hardy


In Wessex Poems

A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn

The Comedy of a Madman

Read by Sonia


Isaac D'Israeli


In Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tou…

With the Seasons

Read by ErinK


Madison Cawein


In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls

A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton

June

Read by Kaye Burke


Palmer Cox


In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…

Intimations of the Beautiful Part 5 (XLI-L)

Read by Nemo


Madison Cawein


In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 5

This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentuck…

A Hero's Decision

Read by LaurieB


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…

To the Reader

Read by MaryAnn


Charlotte Elliott


In Hours of Sorrow

Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…

The Watcher

Read by Campbell Schelp


Madison Cawein


In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4

This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …

Solicitude

Read by Matthew Ryan Ross


Rudolph Valentino


In Day Dreams

Published in 1923, Day Dreams is a collection of poems written by Hollywood screen icon Rudolph Valentino. Authored during Valentino’s court…

Imri Swazey by Edgar Lee Masters

Read by Phil Schempf


Margaret Widdemer


In A Tree with a Bird in it

Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary American poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle is a collection of poem…

The Question

Read by nbvoices


Laura Goodman Salverson


In Wayside Gleams

Laura Goodman Salverson was a Canadian author of Icelandic descent. Her poems pay tribute to both aspects of her heritage, with offerings li…

A Year Ago

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Frank Oliver Call


In In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems

These magnificent poems written by a lover of the natural splendor of untrodden lands are both thrilling and exhilarating. Visions and obser…

The Messenger

Read by Amy Gramour


Marietta Holley


In Poems

This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin

The Madrona

Read by Goldenco


Anthony Henderson Euwer


In By Scarlet Torch and Blade

Anthony Euwer, often appearing in anthologies of American poetry is also author of "Christopher Cricket on Cats" and "The Lim…

Scarlet Pimpernel ((Anagallis)

Read by dc


Emily Shaw Forman


In Wild-flower Sonnets

A delightful calendar of sonnets celebrating wildflowers. A charming and fanciful collection of poems for every month of the year. - Summar…

Supernatural Justice - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Read by Gloria Loughry


Various


In The World's Best Orations, Volume 3

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…

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