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Practices of Criminals iv.D

In Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…

Read by Ken Dolinger

Hans Gross

Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

Book 4 Chapter 1

In British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

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Wirt Sikes

The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appo…

Chapter 44

In Commentary On The Book Of Genesis

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Matthew Henry

This is another commentary by Matthew Henry, well known for his commentaries on the Bible, this one is on Genesis, the first book of the Bib…

Poem 207 - 遣悲怀 其三 (Mandarin)

In 唐诗三百首 卷四 Three Hundred Tang Poems, Volume 4

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Yuan Zhen

Compiled around 1763, 'Three Hundred Tang Poems' is the standard collection of the poetic art of the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). Volume Four …

A Triumphal March

In The Kobzar of the Ukraine

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Taras Shevchenko

In these poems speaks the struggling soul of a downtrodden people. To our western folk, reared in happier surroundings there is a bitter tan…

Chapter XXV: The First English Guide-Book

In English Literature for Boys and Girls

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …

Chapter 22

In Falkner

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Mary Shelley

Falkner is the last novel by Mary Shelley, best known as the author of Frankenstein and The Last Man. It tells the impossible love story bet…

In the Berkshire Hills

In Challenge

Read by Ken Davies

Louis Untermeyer

Louis Untermeyer introduced may students to poetry through his many collections that he edited. His own poetry ranges from inspirational to…

The Gossips

In How Salvator Won and Other Recitations

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an American poet known for her popular lyrics that capture positive and uplifting themes. This volume is quite divers…

Bair Hall

In The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain

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John Henry Ingram

Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its …