Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the
readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's
"Preparation for a Christian Life" and Jung's "The Hymn of Creation," and an
exploration of Hegel's psychology; Arts and the Avant-garde: critiques of Kreymborg by
Lola Ridge and of Pablo Picasso by Marius de Zayas, the rationale behind "1001
Afternoons in Chicago" by Ben Hecht, and notes on the 15th century inventors of
moveable type; Science: "Voyager I Encounters Saturn" by NASA and microscopic
investigation of protozoa; Equal Rights: comments by Charles Sumner and Lucy
Parsons; Evocations of the Seasons: January days in New England and Monarch
butterflies overwintering in Bolinas, California; as well as praise for American cheese, and an essay by Henry Ford, expounding "What I Learned About Business."
Georg Hegel's Psychology was translated by Granville Stanley Hall
Gustav Jung's The Hymn of Creation was translated by Beatrice M Hinkle (4 hr 8 min)
Chapters
| Capturing the Smallest Animal in the World | 5:48 | Read by Availle |
| Discovery of Printing | 7:59 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Equal Rights in the Lecture-Room | 5:08 | Read by Craig Campbell |
| Georg Hegel's Psychology | 28:09 | Read by Craig Campbell |
| Hymn of Creation | 18:34 | Read by Craig Campbell |
| Preparation for a Christian Life I | 16:54 | Read by Sue Anderson |
| January Days | 7:17 | Read by Nemo |
| Kreymborg's Marionettes | 13:45 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Letter to Tramps | 6:28 | Read by P. J. Taylor |
| Native American Cheeses | 25:59 | Read by BettyB |
| Pablo Picasso | 13:20 | Read by Sue Anderson |
| Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn | 54:34 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Waterfront Fancies, from A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago | 7:52 | Read by VfkaBT |
| What I Learned About Business | 26:54 | Read by Robert Robinson |
| Winter Butterflies in Bolinas | 9:26 | Read by Sue Anderson |