Essays & Short Works

British & American Periodical Articles

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Various



A dozen assorted articles from British and American periodicals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Punch, The Chicago Record-Herald, Chambers'…

Writings of Clark Ashton Smith

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Clark Ashton Smith



Collected here are all of Clark Aston Smith's writings he submitted to The Fantasy Fan Magazine. The Fantasy Fan Magazine was a periodical d…

Moments With Mark Twain

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Mark Twain



These selections from the works of Mark Twain are presented in chronological order. They include the memorable whitewashing of the fence in …

Remodeled Farmhouses

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Mary H. Northend



"There is a certain fascination connected with the remodeling of a farmhouse. Its low, raftered interior, its weather-beaten exterior, …

A Dish of Orts

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George MacDonald



Readers of George MacDonald are used to his engaging story-telling, winsome characters, and simple theology of trust in God as Father. But t…

A Square Deal

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Theodore Roosevelt



Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States when president William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. As the …

Mother Earth

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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…

Optimism

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Helen Keller



Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …

Letters of Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde



This second collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes letters written when the Irish playwright was at the height of his succ…

The Creed of a Credulous Person

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G. K. Chesterton



A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in "Black and White" magazine in 1903, under the heading "The Creed of …

From Pillar to Post

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John Kendrick Bangs



I could not let these random notes of a delightful experience go forth into the world without expressing in some way my deep appreciation of…

Visions and Revisions

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John Cowper Powys



Powys presents a set of literary devotions of great figures in Literature who have obsessed him. He attempts not so much a reasoned critique…

Neither Here nor There

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Oliver Herford



Oliver Herford, and American humorist, writer, and illustrator here gives us short vignettes from topics as seemingly insignificant things a…

Insomnia Collection

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Various



Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…

Studies in the Fairy Mythology

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Lucy Allen Paton



In this doctoral dissertation, author Lucy Allen Paton (1865-1951), an alumna of Radcliffe College, takes a scholarly look at the role of Mo…

The Shining Pyramid

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Arthur Machen



For the first time ever, the complete contents of both the 1923 and 1925 editions of The Shining Pyramid are brought together in a single co…

Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the…

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Frederick Douglass



This is the speech given by Fredrick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington DC, April 14, 1876 alo…

Atlantic Classics

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Various



The Atlantic was a popular periodical with a wide range of essays and stories. In an effort to remain current, many strong and valid submiss…

Days Gone By

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Various



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

Religio Medici

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Thomas Browne



Selections from the varied writings of a 17th century English doctor with a well-stocked mind, an interest in the new science of his age and…

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