Essays Collection, Vol. 02


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Here are 20 essays by various authors, covering all kinds of subjects. Some are famous, others are gems ferreted out from chapters or passages in books where they have lain hidden for decades. Britannica defines an essay as "an analytic, interpretive, or critical literary composition usually much shorter and less systematic and formal than a dissertation or thesis and usually dealing with its subjects from a limited and often personal point of view." In short, an essay is neither fiction nor a short story, but a composition designed to educate/persuade more than entertain or inform, though essays sometimes do both, or neither. (Summary by Michele Fry, BC/DPL) (8 hr 13 min)

Chapters

Barrier Beaches of the Atlantic Coast, by Frederick J. H. Merrill 26:32 Read by Beeswaxcandle
The Belief in the Omnipotence of Thought, by Ludwig von Mises 9:29 Read by Michele Fry
Can the Church Lead?, by Pearl S. Buck 17:05 Read by VO Gal
The Concept of a Perfect System of Government, by Ludwig von Mises 18:49 Read by Michele Fry
The Divineness of Discontent, by Agnes Repplier 35:16 Read by Wren Hua
Does Consciousness Exist?, by William James 39:05 Read by Glenn Carruthers
The Edison Carbon Telephone and Hughes' Microphone, by D. E. Hughes 5:12 Read by Julie Anne Thompson
English Notions About Women, by Fanny Fern 10:43 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Foreigners, by Stephen Graham 15:21 Read by Michele Fry
Hazards of the Past, by John Burroughs 23:48 Read by Patrick
Mary The Mother Of Jesus, by Harriet Beecher Stowe 42:45 Read by KevinS
Mary the Mythical Madonna, by Harriet Beecher Stowe 21:10 Read by Michele Fry
Operas after the English Manner, by John Dennis 41:59 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Passing Under the Yoke, by W. Warde Fowler 13:15 Read by Mark Harrington
Physical Culture, by Margaret W. Morley 33:53 Read by Elsie Selwyn
Principles Fought for in the American Revolution, by Calvin Coolidge 13:56 Read by David Gunn
Success in Fiction, by James Payn 28:46 Read by Elsie Selwyn
Tobacco, by Stephen Graham 8:01 Read by Michele Fry
To Rufus Choate Jones, Lawyer, Concerning The Duties and Dangers of his Profess… 23:06 Read by Michele Fry
Transylvanian Superstitions, by Emily Gerard 1:05:06 Read by MoonLylith