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In Rhymes of Childhood
Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa …
Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell
In Poems of American Patriotism
This book is a collection of patriotic poems by many authors. - Summary by Hannah Shaver
Aw Gee Whiz!
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
Letters from Dickens to his sub-editor, W. H. Wills, 1858 from Charles Dickens as Editor
In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…
The Blumley Benefit, by George Madden Martin
In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 07 April 1898
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Mesmerism
In Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection
Celebrate the legacy of Robert Browning with this curated collection of his poetry and prose, brought to life by LibriVox volunteers. This a…
Selected excerpts
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Van Elsen by Frederick George Scott
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 2)
This is the third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two par…
Answers to Correspondents by Pte. Colles
In The Anzac Book
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…
John Wasson
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Alphabet of Celebrities
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American humor through a diverse collection of short sto…
TEDDY MARTIN’S BRIEF
In Unvarnished Tales
This book is a short selection of varied fictional tales. They must have been what the author wished for them to be and certainly perfect fo…
David's Lament for Jonathan
In Morna Lee, and Other Poems
Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…
Appendix D, Tale XVI, Page 183
In The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 2
THE HEPTAMERON, first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day cont…
Selected poems
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Paroo
In Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earli…
Extracts from Our Magazine
In The Golden Road
In the sequel to The Story Girl, Sara Stanley returns to join the King children in publishing their own local magazine to entertain the town…
Horai
In Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,— such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Koko…
Section 6
In An International Episode
Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, mis…
11 Jonesy
In Cape Cod Stories
This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of “The Old Home House”. Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an Amer…