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Hymn 9

In The Invalid's Hymn Book

Read by Marie Christian


Harriet Kiernan


"The following selection of Hymns has been made for the use of persons in great bodily weakness. … The present object is to afford, in …

"Hamish," a Scotch Terrier by C. Hilton Brown

In To Your Dog and To My Dog

Read by Marie Christian


Various


A collection of verse dedicated to dogs. (Summary by mleigh)

Peter - the trial, infirmity, and triumph of his faith

In Scripture Characters

Read by Marie Christian


Robert Smith Candlish


Nineteen studies of figures from the Bible - some well-known and some obscure. The discourses were originally written as sermons and then re…

To Dr. Hake

In Songs of Travel and Other Verses

Read by Marie Christian


Robert Louis Stevenson


A collection of short verses by the Scottish poet and novelist Robert Louis Stevenson reflecting his great love of travel and adventure from…

Chapter 17

In Ada Merton

Read by Marie Christian


Francis J. Finn, S.J.


The conversion of an indifferent father and mother, through the death of an only child, is well told in another story by Fr Finn, S.J. entit…

When Sin Is Mortal

In Practical Advice to Young Persons Respecting Temptation and Sin

Read by Marie Christian


Louis Gaston de Segur and Louis Gaston De Segur


Msgr. Segur offers practical advice for Christians, young and old, who are struggling with temptation and sin. His clear and concise style m…

A Donkey Boy who Became a Famous Sculptor

In Stories of Grit

Read by Marie Christian


Archer Wallace


"There are just two classes of boys who should be permitted to read these fascinating pages.The ambitious boys are in one class; those …

The Ploughman and Fortune

In Fables of Aesop and Others

Read by Rachel Marie


Aesop


The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regar…

A Day With Elizabeth Barrett Browning

In A Day With Great Poets

Read by Marie Hoffman


May Gillington Byron


Who was John Milton? The author of Paradise Lost you say? Well, certainly, but he was also a man, going about his daily life like any of us …

Lillian Morris - Chapter 4

In Lillian Morris, and Other Stories

Read by Marie Christian


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…

Gigi Makes a Vow

In The Ship of Ishtar

Read by Marie Christian


Abraham Merritt


Imaginative, sensual, gory.John Kenton, WWI veteran and wealthy archaeologist, receives stone artifact from a friend in Babylon. Surprisingl…

Unbelief

In The Chief Evils of the Times

Read by Marie Christian


Rev. Heinrich Nagelschmitt


The evils of the times are many. and it is the ever recurring duty of the Church to combat them relentlessly. Especially during Lent the att…

Struggling in the Water for Life - Part2

In The Truth about the Titanic

Read by Marie Christian


Archibald Gracie


Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously…

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