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Swinging
Read by SaraHale
Anonymous
In Bed-Time Stories: A collection in verse and in prose
This book is a collection of short stories and poems for children to enjoy at bedtime. - Summary by SaraHale
Sarah Joyce's Husbands
Read by Judi Mason
Jacob A. Riis
In Children of the Tenements
This is a collection of vignettes about poverty in New York City in the early 1900s. Jacob Riis was a police reporter and a sociologist. He …
The Student's Wife
Read by cathar maiden
Victor Hugo and George Murray
In Poems
George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montr…
Chelsea
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Paul Bewsher
In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator
Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…
Sam is Worried
Read by KevinS
Laura Lee Hope
In The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair
The Bobbsey Twins go on more exciting adventures, including Freddie and Flossie floating away in a run-away hot air balloon!This is the 15th…
Tokens
Read by Stacey Malcolm
Emily Shaw Forman
In Wild-flower Sonnets
A delightful calendar of sonnets celebrating wildflowers. A charming and fanciful collection of poems for every month of the year. - Summar…
Book 2, Chapter 19, Mrs. Humphry Ward's Heroines
Read by Jim Locke
William Dean Howells
In Heroines of Fiction
This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…
The Magpie
Read by BettyB
Mary Howitt
In Birds and Their Nests
Short descriptions of different kinds of English birds and their nests. The following birds are discussed: wren, goldfinch, song thrush, bla…
If Ever I See
Read by Evan Smith
Lydia Maria Child
In The Beacon Second Reader
In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…
Zoe, a Tale of the Youth of Julius Caesar
Read by Jim Locke
Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 04
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
Cadenus and Vanessa
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
An Only Offer
Read by ArmReader
Amelia E. Barr
In Winter Evening Tales
This 1896 collection contains 17 short, Christian-oriented stories. “In these ‘Winter Evening Tales,’ Mrs. Barr has spread before her reader…
Mary and Gabriel
Read by Graham Redman
Rupert Brooke
In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Friend
Read by Kerry Adams
Jeannette Fraser Henshall
In Rain and Roses
One reviewer describes these poems as "dainty." Each reflect a delicacy of feeling and sentiment of home, love and nature. Jeanne…
Impressions
Read by Newgatenovelist
Pauline B. Barrington
In Selected Poems
Pauline B. Barrington was an American poet and playwright. These poems were published between 1916 and 1918 and take for their inspiration t…
From Virginia Woolf and Others, Rachel A. Taylor, The Spectator
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)
Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …