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Havemeyer and Harriet
Read by Phil Schempf
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was pack…
Pennarby Mine
Read by Greg Giordano
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of Action
This is a collection of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle centering around the theme of war, action and adventure. - Summary by Carolin
The Sandy Cat
Read by SilentCipher
Lucy Clifford
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 055
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 055: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Lot No. 249, Part 3
Read by Peter John Keeble
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
This is a collection of short stories focusing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their wor…
Ask a Foolish Question
Read by Dan Gurzynski
Robert Sheckley
In Short Science Fiction Collection 058
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…
The Glass Dog
Read by Max Hollway
L. Frank Baum
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 036
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 036: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Windows
Read by mleigh
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Mr. Julius Rosenwald Interviewed
Read by KevinS
Carl Sandburg
In The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919
Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS
Kronstadt
Read by Dan
Alexander Berkman
In The Bolshevik Myth
The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman who with his partner Emma Goldman was deported from the USA under the 19…
Chapter 11
Read by ernieBob
Tobias Smollett
In The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I)
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett (1721 – 1771), first published in 1751, and …
Piffle's A B C Book of Funny Animals
Read by KevinS
Howard E. Altemus
In A to Zed Collection Vol. 001
A collection of pieces, both fiction and non-fiction, that have as its subject a word beginning with a specific letter of the English alphab…
Paderewski’s Hair
Read by Phil Schempf
O. Henry
In O. Henry Encore
These 45 early stories, sketches and poems by the famed O. Henry, nearly all published under the pseudonym of the "Post Man", were…
1 - Watchbird, part 1
Read by Phil Chenevert
Robert Sheckley
In Watchbird
3 Robert Sheckley short stories that demonstrate the breadth of his fantastic imagination. In Watchbird, the question "can machines so…
L'Allegro
Read by Bruce Kachuk
John Milton
In The Hundred Best English Poems
This wonderful collection of poems showcases the incredible talent of the some of the greatest poets in the world. These creative masterpiec…
A Postscript to our First Readers
Read by Larry Wilson
Charles Knight
In The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Issue 1
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …
TUMMIES
Read by Phil Chenevert
Irvin S. Cobb
In Cobb's Anatomy (version 2)
Irving S. Cobb discusses the human body and its various strange parts in his own inimitable hilarious style. He discusses the tummy and th…
Hope
Read by Greg Giordano
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of the Road
Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of adventu…
Book-Canvasser, The
Read by Christopher Maust
William James McGlothlin
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
Pierrot
Read by Newgatenovelist
Adelaide Crapsey
In Verse
Adelaide Crapsey's experimental poetry included her creation of the cinquain. This recording was taken from the posthumously published and e…
Elzbietka Misses the Broken Note
Read by ShrimpPhish
Eric Philbrook Kelly
In The Trumpeter of Krakow
The Trumpeter of Krakow, set in 1461, chronicles a noble Polish family's wanderings after their home was burned down by Peter of the Button-…