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Under Boy Scout Colors

Read by David Olson


Joseph Bushnell Ames


Dale Tompkins joins the Boy Scouts as a Tenderfoot in wolf patrol. Dale has many adventures with the scouts in the town of Hillsgrove. (su…

The Garden Of Folly

Read by David Wales


Stephen Leacock


A 1924 collection of essays by the celebrated Canadian humorist, popular in the first half of the twentieth century throughout the English s…

Civil War Women, North And South

Read by David Wales


Various


This recording comprises two narratives. One is by Cora Mitchel who in 1861 was a girl in her mid-teens. Her Unionist family escaped the C…

Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And…

Read by David Wales


Francois-Joseph Fetis


Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebra…

Tales of English Minsters: Hereford

Read by David Wales


Elizabeth W. Grierson


This short book was originally written for children, though adults will also find it worthwhile. It tells interesting history of Hereford i…

The Human Boy And The War

Read by David Wales


Eden Phillpotts


Published in 1916, this is the third collection of thirteen humorous short stories about English school boys in a boarding school in the fic…

Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches

Read by David Wales


Frank Thomas Bullen


In these little sketches [1899] of a few out of the innumerable multitude of ways in which the sea has spoken to me during my long acquainta…

Letters From America

Read by David Wales


Rupert Brooke


"[Rupert Brooke] started in May 1913 on a journey to the United States, Canada, and the South Seas, from which he returned next year at…

Titan Of Chasms: The Grand Canyon Of Arizona

Read by David Wales


Charles F. Lummis


This is a 1906 collection of three essays by men famously associated with The Grand Canyon: Charles A. Higgins, John Wesley Powell, and Cha…

Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee Being His Story…

Read by David Wales


Charles Todd Quintard


Charles Quintard (1824-1898) was an Episcopal priest who, in spite of his pro-Union stance, volunteered to be a chaplain in the Confederate …

Strange Stories Of The Civil War

Read by David Wales


Various


Here are twelve narratives of some events in the American Civil War, most told by a participant or contemporary observer. - Summary by David…

Dog: A Selection of Stories

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Various


The title says it all: stories about dogs. - Summary by david wales

Two Diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February - May, 1…

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Susan R. Jervey


Two diaries from Middle St. John’s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February – May, 1865. Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlott…

The Village and The Library

Read by David Wales


George Crabbe


The Village is Crabbe’s corrective to the rosy-tinted view of English village and rural working class life. He was a stark realist, as a pri…

Pierrot, Dog Of Belgium

Read by David Wales


Walter Alden Dyer


This 1915 novella was published as the First World War raged. "Belgium lies bleeding. Across her level, lush meadows the harsh-shod h…

The Race Of The Swift

Read by David Wales


Edwin Carlile Litsey


This 1905 collection is of the author’s short animal stories, some previously published in magazines. - Summary by David Wales

The Romance Of The Commonplace

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Frank Gelett Burgess


Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular …

A Cathedral Singer

Read by David Wales


James Lane Allen


New York City in the early 20th century, a boy with an angelic voice, his devoted mother, the great Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John The Di…

The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign Of 1864

Read by David Wales


Richard M. Mcmurry


“…there can be little doubt that the Federal drive on Atlanta, launched in May 1864, was the beginning of the end for the Southern Confedera…

An Alabama Student And Other Biographical Essays

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Sir William Osler


Here are thirteen biographical sketches of physicians penned by one of the founders of modern medicine, William Osler, published in 1908. &…

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