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Read by Jacob Shumway


Lewis Carroll


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 08

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…

The Method

Read by KevinS


George Herbert


In The Temple

George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…

The Regents' Examination by Jessie Wallace Hughan

Read by Daniel Silverman


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…

The Outspan

Read by SallyMc


J. Percy Fitzpatrick and Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick


In The Outspan: Tales of South Africa

Six poignant short stories reminiscent of life as a transport rider in the Transvaal veld in the days of the gold rush in South Africa at th…

Selected speeches

Read by MaryAnn


John Caldwell Calhoun


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07

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…

Hialmar speaks to the Raven

Read by Jill Clancy


James Elroy Flecker


In Forty-Two Poems

This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. - Summary by Carolin

My Philosofy

Read by Marty Kris


James Whitcomb Riley


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…

In Memoriam F.A.S. by Robert Louis Stevenson

Read by Tomas Peter


Various


In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 2)

This is the third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two par…

Fragments of School Exercises

Read by dc


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…

A Report for an Academy

Read by Martin Reyto


Franz Kafka


In Short Story Collection Vol. 059

LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories including lesser known works by Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar Allan Poe, an ear…

Truman, MacArthur Commentary


Robert Farrell


In News From The 30's Through The 70's

News From The 30's Through The 70's

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…

Revisited

Read by Matthew D. Robinson


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. …

Wisdom the Supreme Prize

Read by Sibella Denton


King James Version


In The Ontario Readers: Third Book

The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…

The Fellowship of Books

Read by Krista Zaleski


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 …

On a Corkscrew

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…

Viney's Free Papers

Read by KirksVoice


Paul Laurence Dunbar


In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories

One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…

Use of the Story in Primary Grades

Read by jenno


Julia Darrow Cowles


In The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories

In preparing this book the author has sought to awaken a keener perception and a higher appreciation of the artistic and ethical value of st…

Cicero Viewed as a Collector

Read by Jim Locke


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…

Selected excerpts by Edwad Fitzgerald

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)


Various


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 14

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…

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