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The Wild Oats Of A Spinster

In Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories

Read by Becca Young


Alice Hegan Rice


This is a volume of very cute short stories. Miss Mink for instance invites a lonely soldier to her place for dinner and realises that with …

Pan Michael: An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey

Read by David Granville Young


Henryk Sienkiewicz


This is the third part of the Sienkiewicz trilogy. It is loosely based on the politics of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.It is better kn…

The Lost Brother

In Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

Read by Becca


Songling Pu


"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly sup…

After Parting

In Rivers to the Sea

Read by Becca


Sara Teasdale


This is Sara Teasdale's third published collection of poetry. The collection was published in 1915, and contains the famous poem "I Sha…

Juliet's Story Continued

In The Secret Passage

Read by Becca B


Fergus Hume


Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstaking…

The Boys

In The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View

Read by Becca Wildey


Laura Lee Hope


In "The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View, Or The Box that Was Found in the Sand", the girls have great fun and solve a mystery while on…

A Block on Ashbury Heights

In Vignettes of San Francisco

Read by Becca L.


Almira Bailey


A collection of observations and stories about San Franciscan life - the people, the buildings, the parks, the food, the street-cars, the ba…

Carving a Name

In Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with Other Ballads and Poems

Read by Becca Maggie


Horatio Alger, Jr.


Horatio Alger, better known for his juvenile fiction, also penned some great poetry. His Ballads, including the 8 war poems and his odes, ar…

The Flicker's Mistake

In Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 2, September 1900

Read by Becca L.


Various


"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief …

The Lonely House

In The Knights of the Square Table

Read by Becca Wildey


Seckatary Hawkins


Here is a mystery story for boys of all ages - from nine to ninety. It is a typical Seckatary Hawkins tale, told by the young scribe who tak…

14 - Kenneth is Frightened

In Aunt Jane's Nieces

Read by Becca B


L. Frank Baum


Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…