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Introductory Note
Read by KevinS
Robert Ernest Vernède
In War poems and other verses
Vernède enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant at the start of World War I, even though he was over the maximum age of…
In Luck
Read by David Olson
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
The Windsor Prophecy
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…
Byron
Read by Alan Mapstone
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…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Charles Robert Darwin, by E. Ray Lankester
Read by Colleen McMahon
E. Ray Lankester
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 11
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Postponement
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
Macquarie's Mate
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Henry Lawson
In Dramatic Selections from Henry Lawson's Short Stories
01. That Pretty Girl in the ArmyThe Salvation Army is having a hard time of things in the rough Outback town of Bourke. That is, until…
"Ex Libris"
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Arthur Upson
In Sonnets and Songs
Arthur Upson's insightful and sensitive poetic art is grandly displayed in this selection of some of his best work. As a tribute to Upson, R…
Book IX - Cato, part 2
Read by Elsie Selwyn
Lucan
In Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caes…
To Cardinal Mercier
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Duncan M. Matheson
In Poems
Poet Duncan M. Matheson lived in troubled times. These were times of World War I and its accompanying carnage, privation and pervasive adver…
In the Study
Read by Kerry Adams
William Wilfred Campbell
In Lake Lyrics and Other Poems
A Collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell most of which describe the natural beauty of the Great Lakes region of O…
If! by Bartholomew F. Griffin
Read by Dan McNellan
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1914
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…