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Staking out a Fortune

In The Young Ice Whalers

Read by Melissa Griffin


Winthrop Packard


Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland W…

A Place of Memories

In The Camp Fire Girls' Careers

Read by Melissa Griffin


Margaret Vandercook


The next volume in the Camp Fire Series shall be known as "The Camp Fire Girls' Careers." The group of girls who first came togeth…

08 - A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles

In The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Tributes

Read by Melissa Griffin


Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll, a renowned trial lawyer and known as "the Great Agnostic", was one of the most sought after Toastmasters of his da…

Treatment of Vegetables, Part 1

In A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House

Read by Melissa Griffin


Jessie Conrad


This book of British recipes and cooking advice was compiled by Jessie Conrad, wife of celebrated author Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim, Heart of D…

Chapter 3, Why Peter Rabbit's Ears are Long

In Mother West Wind's Children (Version 2)

Read by Melissa Griffin


Thornton W. Burgess


Little stories about animals. - Summary by Henrietta Strauss

A White Face in the Moonlight

In Danny the Detective

Read by Melissa Griffin


Vera Charlesworth Barclay


Danny is a mystery enthusiast, who is teased by bigger boys for his interest. But then, after moving to the country with his mother, he find…

In Need of New Shoes

In The Tale of Daddy Longlegs (Version 2)

Read by Melissa Griffin


Arthur Scott Bailey


Arthur Scott Bailey, famous for his children's animal series, adds another fun tale of the critter that we call a Daddy Longlegs. His life a…

A Child Found Dead: Murder or No Murder, Part 1

In The Female Detective

Read by Melissa Griffin


Andrew Forrester


This 1864 collection of stories is one of the first books featuring a female detective character. Andrew Forrester (pseudonym of James Reddi…

Canoeing in the Wilderness

Read by Melissa Green


Henry David Thoreau


A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane


Emily Beesly


Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

Ode to Autumn - Read by ML

In Ode to Autumn

Read by Melissa


John Keats


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Ode to Autumn by John Keats. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Nov…

A World-Hunt For Filament Material

In Edison, His Life and Inventions

Read by Melissa


Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin and Frank Lewis Dyer


A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage batter…