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Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 30, February, 1922
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 25, October, 1921
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…
September
Read by Larry Wilson
H. L. Mencken
In Ventures into Verse
Better known for his biting satire, Mencken's first book was this small volume of verses. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Suggested by Reading an Article in a Newspaper
Read by Larry Wilson
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 31, March, 1922
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…
It’s Coming! & Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 21, June, 1921
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…
Letters 14-20
Read by Larry Wilson
William Hill Brown
In The Power of Sympathy; or, the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth
The Power of Sympathy was the first American novel, published in Boston in January 1789. An epistolary novel, it tells the tragic story of t…
Mary Wooldridge
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Twilight Stories
A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge,…
A Butterfly
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 4, November 1902
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…
Chapter II Part 3
Read by Larry Wilson
Peter Coffey
In Ontology, or the Theory of Being
The book is an introduction to metaphysics and Thomistic Ontology. - Summary by shreyasethi
Epilogue
Read by Larry Wilson
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
Contentment
Read by Larry Wilson
Alexander Wilmot
In The Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…
Iron Sailing Ships
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22, 1888
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…
My Request
Read by Larry Wilson
James W. Whilt
In Rhymes of the Rockies
The author worked as a dude wrangler Glacier National Park and lived on his ranch near Eureka, Monatana. This is the first book of his poem…
W.E. Northcross
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume I, Alabama Narratives
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Summons
Read by Larry Wilson
Louis Untermeyer
In Challenge
Louis Untermeyer introduced may students to poetry through his many collections that he edited. His own poetry ranges from inspirational to…
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
Herbert W. Collingwood
In Adventures in Silence
What is it like inside the life of a person who cannot hear, whose reality is silence? In eloquent, sensitive style, Herbert Collingwood ad…
Forward
Read by Larry Wilson
Edna W. Underwood
In Letters from a Prairie Garden
The "Letters from a Prairie Garden," are genuine letters and not fiction. They went through the mail. An explanatory word about th…
Our Post-Office Box
Read by Larry Wilson
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 08, Dec. 23, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…