Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 104


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

"Grandmother and Stockhausen are of the opinion that Wagner will one day totally disappear. His music, they argue, is too unhealthy." Clara Schumann's grandson's diary entries for 1894-1896 are a delight for music lovers. Other artistic and literary selections, chosen by vol. 104 readers, include Boadicea; Of the Green Children; A Search for Robinhood; What is a Child?; the Book Collector; Memoirs of Claude Seurat and of painter Georges Seurat; Schumann as Mirrored in His Letters; and Replies by Teachers to Questions Respecting Mental Fatigue. Historical perspectives on a variety of issues include Our Present and Future Policy in the Holy Land; Application of Psychology in Government; The Chocolate Soldier; President Obama's Farewell Address; The Empty Sleeve; The Fate of the Beagle; Lone Bandit of the Pennsy; and War or Peace or Both. Finally, old-time manufacturing technology is the subject of Dolls' Lives Getting Longer Too and Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work. Summary by Sue Anderson (8 hr 2 min)

Chapters

Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni 16:17 Read by Steve C
The Book Collector 31:11 Read by Paul Hampton
Brahms and Clara Schumann 24:19 Read by mkirkpat
The Chocolate Soldier 34:32 Read by AletheiaCharis
Dolls’ Lives Getting Longer Too (1926) 7:34 Read by Brian Fullen
The Empty Sleeve 48:32 Read by John D. Parker
The Fate of the Beagle 10:09 Read by Availle
Georges Seurat 23:50 Read by Rapunzelina
Lone Bandit of the "Pennsy" (1909) 22:20 Read by Brian Fullen
Memoir of Claude Seurat, the Living Skeleton 27:58 Read by Rapunzelina
Of the Green Children (c. 1189) 6:41 Read by Steve C
Our Present and Future Policy in the Holy Land (1924) 31:42 Read by Claudia Caldi
Practical Applications of Psychology in Government (1923) 19:18 Read by Leon Harvey
President Obama's Farewell Address, January 10, 2017 33:24 Read by KevinS
Remarks on Replies by Teachers to Questions Respecting Mental Fatigue (1889) 31:32 Read by Leon Harvey
A Search for Robinhood 30:54 Read by Garth Burton
Schumann as Mirrored in His Letters 39:43 Read by mkirkpat
Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work (1894) 26:03 Read by Sue Anderson
War or Peace or Both (1927) 11:51 Read by Brian Fullen
What is a Child? 4:46 Read by Wren Hua