Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cookery, Bryce canyon, Wilhelm Stekel's psychology, the Theologia Germanica, Paracelsus, John Donne, Cotton Mather, Julia Smith's translation of the Bible, Zen Buddhism, American immigrants, slavery, Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, and cats.

"Cats and Their Care" was edited by Liberty Hyde Bailey. "Looking Backward" was translated by Samuel Aaron Tannenbaum. "The Collector" was translated by Rosalie Gabler. "Thelogia Germanica" was translated by Susanna Winkworth. (summary by Sue Anderson) (4 hr 21 min)

Chapitres

Apple Hedgehog, or Iced Apples 2:03 Lu par Newgatenovelist
Bed-Books And Night-Lights 16:53 Lu par David Wales
Bryce Canyon National Monument 5:29 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
Cats and Their Care 15:31 Lu par Bellona Times
The Collector (1922) 12:05 Lu par Craig Campbell
Confession of a Hyphenated American, Part 1 28:29 Lu par Michele Fry
Confession of a Hyphenated American, Part 2 32:45 Lu par Michele Fry
The Devil In New England 7:05 Lu par Michele Fry
Expostulatory Letter to George Washington, of Mount Vernon, in Virginia, on His… 17:41 Lu par Newgatenovelist
Joseph Crosby Lincoln: An Appreciation (1921) 19:05 Lu par David Wales
The Life of Paracelsus 7:26 Lu par Craig Campbell
Looking Backward (1921) 17:15 Lu par Craig Campbell
Meditation 17 4:54 Lu par Catherine Russell
Oscar Wilde: An Idler's Impression 15:48 Lu par David Wales
Preface to Julia E. Smith's 1876 Translation of the Holy Bible 5:46 Lu par Craig Campbell
Time, Space, and Gravitation 12:04 Lu par Availle
Theologia Germanica, Chapter 7 3:47 Lu par Craig Campbell
Zen Buddhism and its Relation to Art 37:46 Lu par Kit Noussis