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The Lark and the Rook
Read by Sibella Denton
Various and Unknown
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…
Silences and Note on the Chimes from Carolina Chansons
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
DuBose Heyward
In Local Color Collection Vol. 001
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)
Watson Meets Holmes -- excerpt from A Study in Scarlet
Read by Colleen McMahon
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Coffee Break Collection 014 - New Beginnings
This is the fourteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in…
The Alarm
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
The Story of Mary Neil
Read by rachel1999
Amelia E. Barr
In Winter Evening Tales
This 1896 collection contains 17 short, Christian-oriented stories. “In these ‘Winter Evening Tales,’ Mrs. Barr has spread before her reader…
The Contented Frog
Read by Mary Balmer
Palmer Cox
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…
Mary
Read by Bruce Kachuk
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…
Puzzles from Young Contributors; The Soapboxticon; Advertisements; Misfits; Charade; Solution of Chicken Puzzle
Read by BettyB
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 22, March 30, 1880
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…
The Old School Bell
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Frank Oliver Call
In In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems
These magnificent poems written by a lover of the natural splendor of untrodden lands are both thrilling and exhilarating. Visions and obser…
I Did Not Know
Read by Newgatenovelist
Pauline B. Barrington
In Selected Poems
Pauline B. Barrington was an American poet and playwright. These poems were published between 1916 and 1918 and take for their inspiration t…
The Interference of Patsy Ann
Read by Jim Locke
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Heart of Happy Hollow
Happy Hollow; are you wondering where it is? Wherever Negroes colonise in the cities or villages, north or south, wherever the hod carrier, …
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Tinkle Bell and the Tiny Tots
Read by Anne O'Donoghue
Laura Rountree Smith
In Story Time Tales
A collection of short stories for children, written by Laura Rountree Smith. - Summary by Anne O'Donoghue
Story-teller
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Strobel
In Selected Poems
Marion Strobel was a poet, an author of fiction and an associate editor of Poetry. These poems were published from 1919 to 1926 in Poetry, O…
Leah
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Thomas Bracken
In Not Understood and Other Poems
A posthumous collection of the more famous poems by the author of the New Zealand National Anthem. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
Puzzles from Young Contributors; Special Notice; Advertisements
Read by BettyB
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 30, May 25, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
The Messenger
Read by bdanzige
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In How Salvator Won and Other Recitations
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an American poet known for her popular lyrics that capture positive and uplifting themes. This volume is quite divers…