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Part 3. Chapter 3

In Urania

Read by Amanda Miller


Camille Flammarion


Urania is a work of science fiction from the fine mind of French astronomer Camille Flammarion. Named for Urania, the muse of astronomy, thi…

Chapter 4

In Original Stories from Real Life

Read by Amanda Miller


Mary Wollstonecraft


Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the early promoters of gender equality long before other crusaders took up the cause. She is perhaps best kno…

The Saturday Half-Holiday

In Is the Bible Worth Reading and Other Essays

Read by Amanda Miller


Lemuel Kelley Washburn


These are more than 100 short essays on all things atheism and freethought penned by Lemuel K. Washburn, an American freethought writer and …

Romeo and Juliet

Read by Becky Miller


William Shakespeare


Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history. It co…

Selected Poems of Robert Frost

Read by Becky Miller


Robert Frost


Robert Frost, who lived from March 26, 1874 to January 29, 1963, was a winner of 4 Pulitzer prizes and one of America’s best loved poets. Th…

Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Read by Becky Miller


Emily Dickinson


Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America. A very private poet with a very quiet an…

The Pink Fairy Book

Read by Elliott Miller


Andrew Lang


All people in the world tell nursery tales to their children, and the stories are apt to be like each other everywhere. A child who has read…

The Pirates of Ersatz

Read by Elliott Miller


Murray Leinster


Bron is the offspring of infamous space pirates but instead of following in the family footsteps he decides to become an electronic engineer…

Euthyphro

Read by Andrew Miller


Plato


Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the …

The Poisoned Pen

Read by Elliott Miller


Arthur B. Reeve


The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). Reeve was an American…

Daniel Deronda

Read by Becky Miller


George Eliot


In this enduring Victorian classic written in 1876, two stories weave in and out of each other: The first is about Gwendolen, one of Eliot's…

The Silent Bullet

Read by Elliott Miller


Arthur B. Reeve


The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). Reeve was an American…

Hunters Out of Space

Read by Elliott Miller


Joseph E. Kelleam


Originally published in the May, 1960 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories. Jack Odin has returned to the world of Opal, the world insid…

A Boy's Will

Read by Becky Miller


Robert Frost


A Boy's Will is Robert Frost's first full volume of poetry. Issued when Frost was approaching forty, it established his reputation and creat…

Selected Lullabies of Eugene Field

Read by Becky Miller


Eugene Field


The sweetest songs the world has ever heard are the lullabies that have been crooned above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and Mozart, o…

Screen Acting

Read by Amanda Friday


Mae Marsh


Silent film star, Mae Marsh, recounts her life as an actress in this publication, what she deems as being the answer to thousands of letters…

The Cry at Midnight

Read by Amanda Leung


Mildred A. Wirt Benson


Late one night, amateur sleuth Peggy Parker and her friend see an unexplained light and hear a terrifying scream from an abandoned old monas…

Mollie of the Movies

Read by Amanda Friday


Kenneth Mcgaffey


This is a story of a girl who tries to make it big in the world of show business. McGaffey gives us the heroine's first-person account. He w…

Danger at the Drawbridge

Read by Amanda Leung


Mildred A. Wirt Benson


The groom fails to show up for his wedding at a mysterious old estate, and Penny Parker is there to solve the mystery! (Summary by Amanda Le…