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Going Abroad? Some Advice
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Robert Luce
Going abroad for a holiday or business is always exciting, but we can only imagine how exciting it would have been in 1900 to board a steame…
Move Eastward, Happy Earth by Alfred Tennyson
Read by Greg Giordano
Various
In Love Poems by Famous Authors
A collection of love poems, including the balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet, Tristram & Iseult, and selections from many authors inc…
The Voyage
Read by Peter Stevens
Katherine Mansfield
In Short Story Collection Vol. 099
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Ernest Hemingw…
Walks in the Country PT 7 The Visit
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
In Our Village, Volume 1
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
A Traveller in Time
Read by Khaghbboommm
August Derleth
In Short Science Fiction Collection 052
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Over The Rocky Mountains To Alaska
Read by David Wales
Charles Warren Stoddard
This 1899 travelogue is by one of the era’s most popular travel writers. A peek in how travel used to be. - Summary by David Wales
A Little Tour in France
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France -- from Touraine, down to Provence, then ba…
London
Read by Steve C
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
The Travellers and Bear
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
Read by Steven Seitel
Sven Hedin
This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…
Excerpt from 'Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World'
Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon
Mark Twain
In Coffee Break Collection 034 - Vacations
This is the 34th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction p…
The Traveller
Read by Ken Masters
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In Poems of Purpose
This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published in 1919. - Summary by Carolin
Letters of Travel
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
Rudyard Kipling
Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stor…
The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known
Read by Steven Seitel
Joseph Jacobs
This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…
Over the Andes by Rail
Read by BettyB
Frank G. Carpenter
In The Tail of the Hemisphere - Chile & Argentina
Visiting Chile and Argentina on the continent of South America the author gives the reader an eyewitness account of the people, culture, ind…
The Voyage by Caroline Atherton Mason
Read by Sonia
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures
Read by BettyB
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of our early explorers as well. Fascinating travel adventures throu…
Preface
Read by Scott Caulkins
Henry Morton Stanley
In The Boy Travellers on the Congo
Frank and Fred share the sights they explore and the information they learn in Africa. As in other volumes, this fictionalized travelogue pr…
3 - The First Trip and Triumph
Read by Roger Melin
Glenn D. Bradley
In The Story of the Pony Express
The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly popul…