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The Soldiers' Recessional
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John Huston Finley
Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…
The Man of Feeling
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Henry Mackenzie
A man of refined taste, who caught the tone of the French sentiment of his time, has, of course, pleased French critics, and has been transl…
Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas
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William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas by Anomymous.This was the Fortnightly Poetry proje…
A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa
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Frederick Cornell
A collection of stories set in South-West Africa, several of which are set in the desert. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)
Max Havelaar; or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
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Multatuli
Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
His Excellency Eugene Rougon, Book Six of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
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Émile Zola
Here, in Zola's sixth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, we get to know Pierre and Felicite's eldest son, Eugene. He's the son that made …
In Old Narragansett
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Alice Morse Earle
"Some of these stories of old Narragansett are familiar fireside tales to those who have lived in that picturesque land; some are but v…
The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World
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Ella Young
This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smi…
Orpheus with His Lute: Stories of the World's Springtime
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W. M. L. Hutchinson
In retelling the mythological story of Orpheus the musician, Winifred Hutchinson covers the singer's education by the nine Muses in Part 1, …
Winnebago Stories
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Oliver Lamere
Winnebago Stories is a collection of traditional tales from the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) tribe, offering insight into the rich oral traditions o…
Blessings for Chanukah
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Jessie E. Sampter
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Blessings for Chanukah by Jessie E. Sampter.This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 9…
The Heart of Happy Hollow
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Happy Hollow; are you wondering where it is? Wherever Negroes colonise in the cities or villages, north or south, wherever the hod carrier, …
The Tables of the Law and The Adoration of the Magi
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William Butler Yeats
The first two tales involve the persona's relationship with a certain Aherne, who has come into possession of a beautiful book by Joachim of…
By Beach and Bog-Land: Some Irish Stories
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Jane Barlow
"By Beach and Bog-Land: Some Irish Stories" is a collection of short stories written by Jane Barlow and published in 1905. The boo…
Christy and The Pipers
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Jean Mckishnie Blewett
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Christy and The Pipers by Jean McKishnie Blewett.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for N…
The "Old" Arcadia
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney wrote two romances which he called Arcadia. The revised version he never finished because of his untimely death on the bat…
Rumbling Wings
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Arthur C. Parker
From these tales much may be learned concerning the mighty League of the Iroquois-the Men of Men-and of the custom and beliefs of the Nunda …
Shakespeare's Ovid, Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses
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William Shakespeare
Ovid represents his work as a celebration of mutability in the form of a history of the world's notable transformations. It is a compendium …
Frailty and Hypocrisy (Figaro Trilogy #3)
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Pierre Beaumarchais
This is James Wild's English translation of the French play, "The Guilty Mother," the third installment of Pierre Augustin Caron d…