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Stories of the Fire Brigade

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Frank Mundell


The stories presented here have been collected from reports of actual incidents responded to by various fire brigades with examples from bot…

Stories of the Royal Humane Society

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Frank Mundell


Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…

An Idler In The Wilds

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Tickner Edwardes


Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…

The Burston Rebellion

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Thomas George Higdon


The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…

Rough Talks by a Padre

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Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy


Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC was an ordained Anglican priest, who in the early stages of World War I volunteered for duty as a chap…

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

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Robert Fortune


An account by Scottish botanist of his journey to China to discover the secret of producing tea and securing plants for propagation outside…

The British Empire

In Ontario Public School Geography

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Unknown


This Ontario Public School textbook, published in 1922, contains some fascinating facts of a world which no longer exists. It seems politica…

Sir Francis Drake

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1

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Charles F. Horne


Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than …

The Document

In The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 1

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George W. M. Reynolds


The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-4…

09 - How he saw the practice of the University Crews, and what he thought of it.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

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F. Anstey


Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

25 - How Odin Lost His Eye

In Myths That Every Child Should Know

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Hamilton Wright Mabie


A selection of famous and timeless myths, adapted for a junior audience. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

Chapter 10 - Some of the Club-Houses

In The Abominations of Modern Society

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Thomas Dewitt Talmage and Thomas De Witt Talmage


The title gives an accurate description of the book! It is full of old and forgotten words and phrases, Amusing at times, but addressing the…

The Australaise - Read by SCC

In The Australaise

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C.J. Dennis and C. J. Dennis


LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of The Austra--laise by C.J.Dennis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 13, 2013.…

Chapter I c: The Stimuli and Sources of Dreams Part 2

In The Interpretation of Dreams

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Sigmund Freud


A neat book on dream analysis by the founding father of psychoanalysis. This book is about the inner theater and the workings of the mind in…

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