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I: The Early History of Botany

In Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

Read by Josh Leach


Agnes Arber


Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to cat…

The Unexplorer

In Poems

Read by Josh Kibbey


Edna St. Vincent Millay


This volume of poems was published in 1923, the year Edna St. Vincent Millay became the third woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. I…

Derelict: A Reminiscence of Treasure Island by Young E. Allison

In Coffee Break Collection 018 - Pirates

Read by Josh Kibbey


Young E. Allison


This is the eighteenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or…

Guynemer - The Winged Sword of France by Howard W. Cook

In The Mentor 2

Read by Josh Kibbey


Howard W. Cook


The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature,…

The Despairing Lover

In Short Poetry Collection 213

Read by Josh Ausfahl


William Walsh


This is a collection of 66 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2021.

Chapter 1 - The Jews

In The History of Prostitution

Read by Josh Kirsh


William Sanger


Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the …

Our Purpose

In Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906

Read by Josh Kibbey


Max Baginski, John Russell Coryell, John Davidson, Emma Goldman, Mary Hansen, Otto Erich Hartleben and I. L. Peretz


"Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literat…

A Modern Miracle

In Boys and Girls

Read by Josh Ausfahl


James W. Foley


A collection of charming poems by James W. Foley, Poet Laureate of North Dakota where he was also city editor of the Bismarck Tribune. Each…

Sarojini Naidu

In Figures of Several Centuries

Read by Josh Kirsh


Arthur Symons


Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…

Human Immortality

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 092

Read by Josh Mitteldorf


William James


Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…

Fourth Book: Poems 256-258

In The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language

Read by Josh Kirsh


Francis T. Palgrave


Palgrave's principal contribution to the development of literary taste was contained in his Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (186…

Mother Earth

In Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906

Read by Josh Kibbey


Max Baginski, Edwin Bjorkman, Frances Maule Bjorkman, John Russell Coryell, Emma Goldman, Maxim Gorky, Bolton Hall, Harry May Kelly and Grace Potter


"Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literat…

A Chant of Mystics

In A Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems

Read by Josh Kibbey


Ameen Rihani


This is a volume of poetry by the influential Lebanese American author Ameen Rihani. In these poems, the author playfully introduces the Ame…

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