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Dover Beach

In Tristram and Iseult and other poems

Read by Alan Mapstone


Matthew Arnold


The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxfo…

The Track of the "Typhoon"

Read by Alan Dove


William Washburn Nutting


In 1920, William Nutting, editor of Motor Boat Magazine and an experienced sailor, commissioned his friend, legendary naval architect Willia…

Dover Beach

In Short Poetry Collection 009

Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)


Matthew Arnold


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 009: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

The Doves of Venus

In The Secret Key, And Other Verses

Read by Alan Mapstone


George Essex Evans


Born in London of Welsh parents, George Essex Evans was raised and educated by his mother Mary Ann (née Owen) in Pembrokeshire after …

Cincinnati's "Old Cunny," A Notorious Purveyor of Human Flesh

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084

Read by Alan Dove


Linden Forest Edwards


Ghosts everywhere, and of any colour," was the promise of Spectropia, a book of "surprising spectral illusions" published in …

Treacherous Braves, a Faithful Dog, and a Murder

In Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881

Read by Alan Dove


James B. Gillett


James Gillet recounts his adventures with the Texas Rangers 1856-1937. In a very entertaining style he recounts personal stories of wars, …

The Emden (1914), by Lewis R. Freeman

In The World’s Story Volume XV: The World War

Read by Alan Dove


Horatio W. Dresser


This is the last volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story, originally started by Eva March Tappan. This book, edited by Horatio W. D…

Our Western Wrens

In Our Western Birds

Read by Alan Dove


Elizabeth Grinnell and Joseph Grinnell


This mother and son team, each distinguished in their field, collaborate to give charming portraits of common birds of the western United St…

The Great Sir Henry Morgan

In Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates

Read by Alan Dove


Edward Keble Chatterton


Edward Chatterton, a prolific British author of maritime adventures, presents fascinating stories of pirates and their exploits from earlies…

New Life of Abraham

In Theological Essays

Read by Alan Dove


Charles Bradlaugh


Charles Bradlaugh was an English political activist and atheist who founded the National Secular Society in 1866. In the 23 "Theologica…

The Family Tree

In Prowling About Panama

Read by Alan Dove


George A. Miller


In 1903, Panama became a brand new state in Central America by seceding from Colombia in order to facilitate the construction of the Panama …