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"the noise of railway trains"

In The City of Din

Read by Amelia Chesley


Dan McKenzie and Dan Mckenzie


A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us phy…

Rafael Delgado

In Readings from Modern Mexican Authors

Read by Amelia Chesley


Frederick Starr


Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array of contemporary writers. This work is a compendium of 29 of those write…

Zola's Vision of the Future

In Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 6, August 1906

Read by Amelia Chesley


Various


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

Book 3 Chapter 2

In British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

Read by Amelia Chesley


Wirt Sikes


The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appo…

Finis

In Short Poetry Collection 166

Read by Amelia Chesley


E. E. Cummings


This is a collection of 36 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2017.

Niagara's Rainbow

In Gleams of Sunshine

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Joseph Horatio Chant


This is a volume of religious, and as the subtitle of the book says, 'optimistic' poems by J.H. Chant, a Canadian minister of the United Chu…

Chapter 9

In The Old Adam

Read by Amelia Chesley


Arnold Bennett


Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midland…

Woodman, Spare that Tree! - Read by AC

In Woodman, Spare that Tree!

Read by Amelia Chesley


George Pope Morris


George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter.In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a po…

Winter Stars - Read by AC

In Winter Stars

Read by Amelia Chesley


Sara Teasdale


This Weekly Poem is taken from Flame and Shadow, Copyright, 1920 by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. - Summary by David Lawrence

Section 49: Veto Messages

In A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant

Read by Amelia Chesley


James D. Richardson and Ulysses S. Grant


The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…

IV.X. Acts of Charity, by way of Prayer and Ejaculation; which may be also used…

In The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying

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Jeremy Taylor


Written by a Church of England clergyman in the time of Cromwell, this work is praised for both its style and content. Taylor's work was muc…

To His Coy Mistress - Read by AC

In To His Coy Mistress (version 2)

Read by Amelia Chesley


Andrew Marvell


Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1…

King Lear, Part 1: The Dowerless Daughter

In The Shakespeare Story-Book

Read by Amelia Chesley


Mary Macleod


This book contains many of Shakespeare's most famous plays, retold for children. - Summary by kathrinee

The First Part. Chapter II

In The Natural History of Chocolate

Read by Amelia Chesley


D. de Quelus, D. De Quelus and D. De Quelustranslated Byrichard Brookes


The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…

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