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The Stratagems, Book 1, Part 3

In The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome

Read by Emerson Wells


Sextus Julius Frontinus


Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on h…

The Imperial Institute

In Dagonet Ditties

Read by Emerson Wells


George R. Sims


George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These q…

The Death-Bed of a Saint

In Life of Saint Gerard Majella

Read by Emerson Wells


Rev. O. R. Vassall-Phillips


Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…

The Mass

In The Catholic's Ready Answer

Read by Emerson Wells


Rev. M.P. Hill and Rev. M. P. Hill


A popular vindication of Christian beliefs and practices against the attacks of modern criticism. Ninety-eight topics, in alphabetical order…

The Georgics: A Poem of the Land

Read by George Emerson


Virgil


A poem by the Latin poet Virgil, the second of his three known works. "Georgic" means "to work the land," and on such ma…

The Doings of Raffles Haw

Read by Patrick Wells


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

Ch.27 The Legal Position of Hare and his Wife

In The History of Burke and Hare, And of the Resurrectionist Times

Read by Catherine Emerson


George Macgregor


From the preface: ".....of all the criminal events that have occurred in Scotland, few have excited so deep, widespread, and lasting an…

Chapter II — GREEK MEDICINE, Alexandrian School

In The Evolution of Modern Medicine

Read by Catherine Emerson


Sir William Osler and Sir William Osler


This is the manuscript of Sir William Osler's lectures on the "Evolution of Modern Medicine," delivered at Yale University in 1913…

Fir-cone Mushroom to Maned Mushroom

In Mushrooms and Toadstools (Third Edition)

Read by Catherine Emerson


Worthington George Smith


This is a useful, but not comprehensive description of both edible and poisonous fungi found in Great Britain. Although the book is well ill…

Wingfold and Barbara

In There and Back

Read by George Emerson


George MacDonald


An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …

Easter Tuesday.—Paul's Sermon on the Power and Blessings of Christ's Resurrecti…

In Epistle Sermons, Volume 2

Read by Laura Emerson


Martin Luther


Sermons from Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost preached by the famous German reformer Martin Luther.All who retain the good old custom of the f…