The Rover Vol. 01 No. 08
Seba Smith
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation.
This is the eighth issue, featuring 5 short stories and 3 poems. "To be good is to be happy" is a short quote from the drama "The Fair Penitent" by Nicolas Rowe and "Passion - its history" is the final part of "Asmodeus at large" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. - Summary by Sonia (2 hr 39 min)
Chapters
| The Mother's Warning, by Lawrence Labree | 19:12 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Tempter, a Tale of Jerusalem | 19:11 | Read by Marcineus |
| Passion - its History | 58:30 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Tournament | 30:13 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Sexton of Cologne | 23:11 | Read by Jim Locke |
| I Know Thou Hast Gone, by T. K. Kervey | 2:59 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| To Be Good Is To Be Happy, by Rowe | 1:22 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Last Man, by T. Campbell | 4:27 | Read by Sonia |