The Rover Vol. 01 No. 20


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"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. The 20th issue of the series is yet another interesting collection of short stories, poems and miscellania. - Summary by Sonia

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The little visitor, by Elizabeth Oakes Smith 7:48 Read by EsoFlair
The story of Captain Bird; or, The first capital conviction under the Constitution of the United States, by Seba Smith 19:29 Read by EsoFlair
First love; or Constancy in the nineteenth century, by Miss L. E. Landon 24:50 Read by Greg Giordano
Ancient battles 1:18 Read by Alan Mapstone
Life, by Lawrence Labree 2:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
Johnny Brotherton's five sunny days. From Tales of the Borders, by John Mackay Wilson 15:01 Read by Faithann Gibson
The miser's wife, by Elizabeth Oakes Smith 12:06 Read by Michael Olgren
To Juliet. A night thought 1:00 Read by Sonia
A tale of an old Highlander, by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd 27:42 Read by Mark Ricci
The yellow domino 6:11 Read by Alan Mapstone
A country apothecary, by Miss Mary Russell Mitford 32:36 Read by Steve C
The mysterious visitor 5:23 Read by Alan Mapstone