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Letters from England, 1846-1849

Read by Sibella Denton


Elizabeth Davis Bancroft


Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamic years in European history. As …

A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53

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Ellen Clacy


"If you have visions of a middle-aged parasol-bearing lady smiling sweetly from her carriage as she tours Bendigo think again. In 1852,…

Birdseye Views of Far Lands

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James T. Nichols


Birdseye Views of Far Lands is an interesting, wholesome presentation of something that a keen-eyed, alert traveler with the faculty of maki…

Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt

Read by Sibella Denton


R. Talbot Kelly


A short travelogue of Egypt, this book was written as part of an early 20th century series of travelogues on exotic destinations. (Summary b…

Lancashire

Read by Phil Benson


Francis Archibald Bruton


The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…

Old Hampshire Vignettes

Read by David Wales


Mary Elizabeth Hawker


Lanoe Falconer is the pseudonym of the English writer, Marie Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908). Her works, though few, were well received. She …

In Search Of #6

Read by Damon Timm


Damon Timm


In Search of #6 is the story of the trials and trails of a man, a best friend, two bicycles, three states, four dispersed campsites, five ti…

Ten Days in the Light of Acca

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


Julia M. Grundy


This work is the story of a pilgrimage made over a hundred years ago by a group of American pilgrims. They were not headed for Canterbury, R…

History of New Brunswick

Read by Roger Melin


Peter Fisher


Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account of the first settlement of the province, wit…

British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

Read by Christine Blachford


Thomas Dowler Murphy


In this chronicle of a summer's motoring in Britain I have not attempted a guide-book in any sense, yet the maps, together with the comments…

Diversions in Sicily

Read by R. S. Steinberg


Henry Festing Jones


Samuel Butler's biographer dedicates his urbane account of the culture and entertainments of rural Sicily to the unborn son of his guide to …

The Itinerary of John Leland in or About the Years 1535-1543

Read by Phil Benson


John Leland


John Leland's 'Itinerary' was the product of several journeys around England and Wales undertaken between 1538 and 1543. The manuscript is m…

Geschiedenis van een neger

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


Anonymous


Geschiedenis van een neger is een anoniem, rond 1771 verschenen boekwerk. Het is het verhaal van een hugenoot, aangeduid met de letter N., d…

Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe van de Oost-Indische reyse

Read by Anna Simon


Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe


Het "Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe" is een scheepsjournaal opgetekend door de Hoornse schipper Willem Ysbrantsz Bon…

Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…

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John Frederick Bligh Livesay


This is Part Two of Four of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribut…

Young Americans Abroad

Read by Sibella Denton


John Overton Choules


It’s 1851 and the Crystal Palace Exhibition is on in England. English American the Reverend Dr. Choules leaves Newport, Rhode Island with th…

In Galilee

Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater


Thornton Chase


Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he or…

A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea

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Allan Cunningham


LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Mar…

Twenthe

Read by Marcel Coenders


Jacobus Craandijk


Wandeling door het moderniserende Twenthe van 1870. De fabrieken van Hengelo en Enschede, de mooie landerijen van Kasteel Twickel, het Volks…

Tours in the South Coast District

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Queensland Railways


An early booklet, designed to encourage tourism in the northern parts of New South Wales, and the southern parts of Queensland, particularly…

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