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Lillian Morris - Chapter 1

In Lillian Morris, and Other Stories

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Henryk Sienkiewicz


The nights were real Californian: calm, warm, starry; the fire burned cheerily, and in its gleam I saw the gigantic, but shapely and noble f…

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In The Hope of Happiness

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Meredith Nicholson


A hot and sultry day in the mid-west finds Bruce Storrs trying to cool off and clear his head. He has received a troubling death-bed letter …

Mid-Winter - Read by KCS

In Mid-Winter

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Madison Cawein


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Mid-Winter by Madison Cawein.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 22. 2023. ------T…

The Chambered Nautilus - KCS

In The Chambered Nautilus

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…

A Popular Singer

In The Fringe of an Art: Appreciations in Music

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Vernon Blackburn


A collection of essays on things musical by Vernon Blackburn, including composers, music in different time periods, and modern music. (Summ…

Chapter V

In Why We Love Music

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Carl Emil Seashore


Psychologists have not explained why we love music. A technical psychologist indulges in generalizations and predictions in a practical and …

Among Autumn Leaves

In Wood Wanderings

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Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat.…

02 - How The Mi-ka-do's Em-pire Be-came A Real Na-tion

In History of Japan In Words of One Syllable

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Helen Ainslie Smith


A simplified history of the country of Japan, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one sylla…

Zip, Peter-Kins and the Turkey Gobbler

In Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier (version 2)

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Frances Trego Montgomery


From the author of the popular Billy Whiskers books comes this delightful tale of an adventurous little dog. Find out about the hidden silv…

Bralgah the Dancing Bird

In More Australian Legendary Tales

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K. Langloh Parker


The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…

Sonnet (1)

In A Hundred Great Poems

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William Wordsworth


This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr

A New Leaf

In The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!

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Alfred Elwes


Having already presented us with fascinating stories of dog and bear, Alfred Elwes gives us quite a mature account of a very fine cat. He sa…

Chapter 8

In Ran Away to Sea

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Thomas Mayne Reid


"I was just sixteen when I ran away to sea." So begins the story of Will, a young man attracted to the romance of the sea. But t…

Thomas B. Macaulay

In Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

About This Book

In When They Were Children: Stories of the Childhood of Famous Men and Women

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Amy Steedman


Sketches about the childhood of many famous men and women, written just for children!

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