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Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm

Read by Marie Christian


Alice B. Emerson


Betty Gordon found herself an orphan at age twelve. She became the ward of her uncle, Richard Gordon. She immediately came to love her uncle…

Legends of the Saints

Read by Marie Christian


Mary Seymour


Delightful children's book composed of fifty-five short Catholic legends. Included are stories of St. Nicholas, St. Christopher, St. Francis…

Our Little Russian Cousin

Read by Marie Christian


Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade


This delightful little book is one of many titles in The Little Cousin Series. The author narrates details in the life of a fictional Russia…

Practical Advice to Young Persons Respecting Temptation and Sin

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Louis Gaston de Segur and Louis Gaston De Segur


Msgr. Segur offers practical advice for Christians, young and old, who are struggling with temptation and sin. His clear and concise style m…

LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUPILS

In Strength and How to Obtain It

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Eugen Sandow


In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

Grûl's Gift, part 1

In By the Marshes of Minas

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


The Acadians around the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada, were removed by the British forcibly, leading to a French presence in several E…

A BOY’S RACE WITH GENERAL GRANT AT EPHESUS

In Wonder Stories of Travel

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E. E. Brown, Ernest Ingersoll, David Ker and Eliot McCormick


A curiously interesting collection of folkloric tales and firsthand accounts written by global travelers for 19th century periodicals; compi…

Lillian Morris - Chapter 4

In Lillian Morris, and Other Stories

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Henryk Sienkiewicz


The nights were real Californian: calm, warm, starry; the fire burned cheerily, and in its gleam I saw the gigantic, but shapely and noble f…

Section 1

In The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale

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Ford Madox Ford


In this delightful tale, the naive and sheltered Queen Eldrida learns the secret of flight from her friend the bat and sets off by air for a…

The Threat

In The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World

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Margaret Vandercook


Betty Ashton's world is not a happy one, at this point. Her mother is sick, the other girls are in New York, her boarders have left, and sh…

General Introduction

In Little Masterpieces of Science - The Skies and The Earth

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George Iles


The Skies and the Earth is another in the series Little Masterpieces of Science edited by George Iles and published in 1902. It includes es…

Winter

In Songs of Travel and Other Verses

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Robert Louis Stevenson


A collection of short verses by the Scottish poet and novelist Robert Louis Stevenson reflecting his great love of travel and adventure from…