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Chapter XII, Conclusion

In The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi

Read by George Banfield


Hattie Greene Lockett


“By a brief survey of present day Hopi culture and an examination into the myths and traditions constituting the unwritten literature of thi…

In the Turret

In Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

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Herman Melville


"Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is the first book of poems by the American author Herman Melville. Published in 1866, the v…

The Bee-Eater

In A Chapter on Birds

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Richard Bowdler Sharpe


A short book about birds that are rare in England, but may visit from time to time.

The Vocabulary of the Hymnal

In Curiosities of the Hymnal

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Carl F. Price


Carl F. Price, a pioneering hymnologist, historian, and author, says, "Every real hymn has its story, if only we could discover it.&quo…

To Lionel Phillips

In Poems

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John Buchan


John Buchan was a Scottish writer, poet and diplomat who became Governer General of Canada. Best known for his novels (The Thirty-Nine Steps…

The Picket Guard by Ethel Lynn Beers

In Poems of American Patriotism

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Brander Matthews


This book is a collection of patriotic poems by many authors. - Summary by Hannah Shaver

The End of the Fame and Fortune Contest

In Shadowland: October, 1919

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Various


Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…

A Ship and a Man to The Man and the Bird

In Fantastic Fables

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Ambrose Bierce


A collection of 245 short funny fables - Summary by Inkell

Vespucci's Works

In The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci

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Amerigo Vespucci


Amerigo Vespucci was, arguably, the first person to explore North and South America from Cape Hatteras to Uruguay or Argentina, 35° nort…

Improvement by means of the Stud-book

In The Percheron horse

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Charles Du Hays


The little volume which is now presented to the notice of the lovers of the horse in America is a translation of the work of a distinguished…

from the ancient Roman Aeneid: "The Wanderings of Aeneas" retold by H. L. Havell

In Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Publish…

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Herbert Lord Havell


This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published (or re-published) in 1927, covering…

The Epicure's Ortolan

In Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

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John Timbs


The author has written chapters about various oddities of the animal kingdom, focusing on creatures from the bookworm to the rhinoceros and …

The Moral Pirates: Chapter X

In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 40, August 3, 1880

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Various


Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

Germanicus at Thebes

In Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé

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Foster Barham Zincke


Those particulars of the History of Egypt, and of its present condition, in which it differs from other countries, are factors of the idea t…

House-Boat "Arcadia"

In My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

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J. M. Barrie


J. M. Barrie, the author best known for Peter Pan, pens witty anecdotes of smoking, having quit the habit. He relates various humorous accou…

Chapter 10: The End of the Islander

In The Sign of the Four (Version 5)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


In the second of the novels chronicling the adventures of the great consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, a strange mystery is afoot as a y…

Preface

In From the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea

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Julius M. Price


A record of a voyage of discovery and adventure, beginning in Siberia and continuing to Northern China in the late 19th Century. - Summary b…