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Chapter XXXVIII

In Marion, the Story of an Artist's Model

Read by James K. White

Onoto Watanna

In this Asian/Canadian perspective on "foreignness," Marion (the protagonist) eventually leaves the cruelty of racial discriminati…

Chapter 11

In Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret

Read by James K. White

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dr. Grimshawe is a spider-cultivating eccentric. The central secret of the book is an all-encompassing spiders web. The central character is…

The Phantom Death

In The Phantom Death and Other Stories

Read by James K. White

William Clark Russell

This is a book of remarkable nautical ghost and horror stories written by William Clark Russell in 1893. The stories are for the most part s…

How Cassim Became King

In Fairy Stories my Children Love Best of All

Read by James K. White

Edgar Dubs Shimer

In this collection, we get to know which fairy tales Mr Shimer loved to tell his kids. Some of the stories may be familiar, but most of them…

The Deserted Grave, by Richard von Volkmann

In The Meadow Sprite, and Other Tales of Modern Germany

Read by James K. White

Richard von Volkmann and Rudolf Baumbach, Rudolf Baumbach, Richard von Volkmann and Richard Von Volkmann

Gertrude Schottenfels has collected and arranged eleven original tales from Germany in this volume. Ms Schottenfels alternates between stori…

Chapter viii, The Watch That Was Hatched From The Nuremburg Egg

In Time Telling Through the Ages

Read by James K. White

Harry Chase Brearley

A history of timekeeping from the stone age through to American mass production, covering timepieces from the sundial and water clock throug…

Bobby's Mistake

In The Tale of Bobby Bobolink

Read by James K. White

Arthur Scott Bailey

Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …

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