Matthew Datcher

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Mentor 1

The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature, history and travel. The association published a magazine twice monthly, each...

Ross Klatte and 11 more 18 hours 17 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Leonora Blanche Lang - Strange Story Book

A collection of stories compiled by the widow of the renowned children's short-story collector, Andrew Lang. She describes this as the final installment of his series of fairy stories and includes some of those...

Kalyn Heminger and 21 more 9 hours 54 minutes

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Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children

Children's Fiction

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Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children

From the preface of the book: «To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored children could read with interest and pleasure and in which they could find a...

Diana Schmidt and 3 more 6 hours 32 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 023

Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 023: a collection of 16 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members. — Summary by Ruth Golding

Carolyn Agee and 12 more 3 hours 4 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Poetry

536

Susan Coolidge - Last Verses

Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, who is best known for her What Katy Did series. This is the last of three volumes of her verse. — Summary by Rachel

Christine Lehman and 6 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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Poetry

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Maria J. Moss - Poetical Cook-Book

This is an interesting mix of recipes and poetry about cookery and food. The author has written this book during and in the aftermath of the civil war in the United States. The recipes are sound and can be used still...

Matthew Datcher and 7 more 2 hours 49 minutes

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Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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United States of America - Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States

New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the history, people, and events that have brought us where we are today as a beacon...

Beau Wood and 5 more 2 hours 49 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Alice Meynell - Colour of Life

This is a collection of essays by English poet and author Alice Meynell. The essays in this volume share a dream-like quality, as they explore in few words an idea or a phenomenon observed by the author. — Summary by...

V Verma and 5 more 2 hours 11 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 159

This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2016.

Subhash Chander and 14 more 2 hours 2 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

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Bliss Carman - Songs from Vagabondia

This is the famous collection «Songs from Vagabondia», a collaboration between Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey, which at once catapulted both poets to extensive fame. The poems in this volume are widely read until...

Larry Wilson and 7 more 1 hour 15 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Henry Lawson - When Your Pants Begin To Go

Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is...

Algy Pug and 14 more 59 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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John Donne - To His Mistress Going to Bed

John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include...

Algy Pug and 11 more 43 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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