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The Life of Isaac Watts and Preface
Read by Jael Baldwin
Isaac Watts
In Psalms of David
Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as "classical hymns" such as "Joy to the Wo…
Jordan
Read by KevinS
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
The Pleasures of Reading
Read by Bev J Stevens
Charles Dudley Warner, ed. and Arthur James Balfour
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 03
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Brothers
Read by Alana Jordan
Sherwood Anderson
In Short Story Collection Vol. 036
A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by a group of LibriVox members.The story of The Lamplighter (…
Watt
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Wilbur D. Nesbit
In An Alphabet of History (Version 2)
These witty, engaging and amusing poetic descriptions of the lives of prominent people are not only a joy to read, but are a quick and easy …
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
Measuring Electricity
Read by realisticspeakers
Thomas W. Corbin
In Marvels of Scientific Invention
This is a chronicle of the 19 most interesting inventions of the early 20th century. Some of the inventions are still in use and of consider…
In the Avu Observatory
Read by Nacelle Droll
H. G. Wells
In Short Science Fiction Collection 017
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
In the Avu Observatory
Read by Peter Yearsley
H. G. Wells
In The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
The New Accelerator
Read by Alex Lau
H. G. Wells
In Short Science Fiction Collection 046
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
The Banks of Jordan
Read by Maria Therese
Mother Mary Loyola
In Jesus of Nazareth: The Story of His Life Simply Told
The study of Our Lord’s life is something very precious to all souls devoted to living a Christian life, according to the Gospels. By learni…
The Dean Elect
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
Window
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Vinal
In White April
In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…
To You Who Read My Book
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
The Star
Read by jonsiegrist
H. G. Wells
In Short Science Fiction Collection 049
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The Garland-Room
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
In Donal Grant
After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…
A Spelling Lesson
Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton
Silas X. Floyd
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 045
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 045: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The First Printer
Read by Emily Maynard
James Baldwin
In Thirty More Famous Stories Retold
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythol…
Appendix XVIII. Edison's New Storage Battery
Read by Jerome Lawsen
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin and Frank Lewis Dyer
In Edison, His Life and Inventions
A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage batter…