Travel

The English Governess at the Siamese Court


Anna Harriette Leonowens


1862 Anna Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, k…

In Kent with Charles Dickens

Read by Ruth Golding


Thomas Frost


By his own admission, Thomas Frost found it hard to make a living from his writing, and no doubt he used the name of Dickens in the title of…

Highways and Byways in Sussex

Read by Peter Yearsley


E. V. Lucas


A very personal and opinionated wander through the Sussex of around 1900, illustrated with anecdotes, literary and poetic quotations, graves…

Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

The Andes and The Amazon

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James Orton


This book, with the subtitle "Across the Continent of South America" describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial…

East by West, Vol. 2

Read by Ruth Golding


Sir Henry W. Lucy


East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East in 1883…

Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon

Read by James E. Carson


Henry Fielding


Sailing voyage from England to Portugal in the mid Eighteenth Century, by one of the premier humorists, satirists, novelists and playwrights…

Anything Once

Read by Roger Melin


Isabel Ostrander


An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some ap…

On the Trail of Don Quixote, Being a Record of Rambles in the Ancient Province …

Read by Sue Anderson


August F. Jaccaci


On the Trail of Don Quixote is an engaging 1890’s “record of rambles in the Ancient Province of La Mancha” by two artist friends, French aut…

California

Read by LivelyHive


J. Tyrwhitt Brooks and Henry Vizetelly


Henry Vizetelly, writing under the pseudonym J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, recalls an expedition to California he took between 1847-1848 . Originally,…

A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar

Read by R. S. Steinberg


George Bethune English


As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…

Europe Revised

Read by Sibella Denton


Irvin S. Cobb


Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My …

Specimen Days

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Walt Whitman


Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

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Haji A. Browne


Knowing the Egyptian as I know him, I cannot but think that he is greatly misunderstood, even by those who are sincerely anxious to befriend…

The Rome Express

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Arthur Griffiths


The passengers in the sleeping car of the Rome Express were just woken and informed that they will reach Paris soon, and a bustle ensues. On…

A Little Swiss Sojourn

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


William Dean Howells


A charming brief account of a two months' autumnal stay on the shores of the Lake of Geneva. Howells, who was there with his family travelin…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

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Lawrence J. Burpee


This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean…

Collection: Tales of the Cities

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Various


This is a collection of city stories, fiction or non-fiction, in English and published before 1923. Contributions have been chosen by the re…

Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade


"Long before Columbus discovered America, there were brave men in the north of Europe who dared to sail farther out upon the unknown wa…

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