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Legends of Saints and Sinners
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Douglas Hyde
"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book …
The Heart of the Ancient Wood
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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts and Charles G. D. Roberts
A woman and her daughter take refuge in a cabin deep in the Canadian forest. This is a tale of survival from the land, friendship and love.…
John Gutenberg, First Master Printer
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Franz Von Dingelstedt
This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join hi…
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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Sir John Mandeville
This is an Elizabethan translation of a 14th century travelogue, allegedly composed by one Sir John Mandeville. According to the book, John …
Legends of Old Honolulu
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William Drake Westervelt
Hawai'i: land of wonder and beauty and a culture rich in history and mythology. Dr. Westervelt settled in Hawai'i as a young man and collect…
A Christmas Miscellany
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Various
Nine stories, chapters, or essays about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by David Wales
October Vagabonds
Read by Roger Melin
Richard Le Gallienne
Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the …
Jeremy And Hamlet
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Hugh Walpole
Hamlet is Jeremy’s dog. This 1923 book is Hugh Walpole’s second volume in his Jeremy semi-autobiographical trilogy (Jeremy (1919 available a…
Myths of Northern Lands
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H. A. Guerber
The aim of this handbook of Northern mythology is to familiarize the English student of letters with the religion of his heathen ancestors, …
Myths and Legends Around the World
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
The Ontario Readers
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Various
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
After the Divorce
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Grazia Deledda
Giovanna and Costantino Ledda are a happily married couple living with their young child in a Sardinian country village close to their exten…
Violets And Other Tales
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Alice Dunbar Nelson
This is a collection of the author's short stories and poems where she writes about the collective experience of African American women, and…
Will Warburton
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George Gissing
Published two years after Gissing's death, this novel tells the story of Will Warburton. Will loses his money in a failed business venture a…
Myths and Legends Around the World
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
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
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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
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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
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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…