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The Ordeal of Mark Twain

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Van Wyck Brooks


This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attribu…

03 - Mr Jabberjee gives his views concerning the Laureateship.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

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F. Anstey


Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

Ch.40. The Public Pedagogue

In The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1

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William Cowper Brann


William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to b…

The Prayer of the Virgin Mary by H. C. Harwood

In Oxford Poetry 1915

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Various


The first of many yearly-published Oxford poetry books. - Summary by Campbell SchelpPoets include: Gerald H. CrowEric DickinsonEsther Lilian…

Part 2, Chapter 11, The Right of Property in Idea, Chapter 12, The Right of Pro…

In Social Statics

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Herbert Spencer


Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed is an 1851 book by the British polymath …

21 - Above Rubies

In How to Succeed

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Orison Swett Marden


In this volume, Orison Swett Marden explains the road to success in simple terms for the benefit of anyone, who wishes to follow in his foot…

Version 12

In Siberia

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James Clarence Mangan


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Siberia by James Clarence Mangan. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 2, 20…

Chapter 4 - A Discovery

In U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan."

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Alfred Owen Crozier


In 1908, the National Monetary Commission was established by Congress to study financial boom-and-bust cycles. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Repub…

Appendix

In Oracles of Nostradamus

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Charles A. Ward


Charles A. Ward was considered one of the most knowledgeable in his studies of the prophecies of Nostradamus. Ward viewed the prophecies of …

Emerson

In The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins

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John Churton Collins


John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingh…

Observ. IX. (part 1)

In Micrographia

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Robert Hooke


Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

Mis' Smith - Read by LB

In Mis' Smith

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Albert Bigelow Paine


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Mis' Smith, by Albert Paine. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 7th, 2013.

Vashti's Scroll

In Earlier Poems

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Julia Caroline Dorr


This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin