Essays & Short Works

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 098

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Various


"The moment a man attempts to tell the truth as he not only thinks but feels it, what he says becomes charged with that man himself.&qu…

The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 3

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W. E. B. Du Bois


The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerci…

Letters from the West

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James Hall


James Hall was a soldier, lawyer, circuit judge, newspaper editor, historian, and author of fiction. He was also the first publisher of a li…

History of a Literary Radical, and Other Essays

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Randolph Silliman Bourne


A posthumous collection of Bourne's writing from publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and early issues of The New Republic, with a long…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 059

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm

The Booklover and His Books

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Henry Lyman Koopman


This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…

Le Mal du siècle

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Ferdinand Brunetière


Ferdinand Brunetière, auteur, critique littéraire et académicien français (1849-1906), s’est passionné …

Advice to Young Men and Boys

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Benjamin Comegys


Benjamin B Comegys was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Trusts, which oversees (among many) the trust for Girard College. Comegys was o…

A Christmas Miscellany 2023

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Various


Eleven short works or book chapters about Christmas or around that time period. - Summary by David Wales

Letters to Catherine E. Beecher in Reply to an Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism

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Angelina Emily Grimké


This is a collection of thirteen letters from Angelina Grimké on the subjects of abolitionism and human rights in the United States.

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 058

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097

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"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…

Follies in Fiction

Read by Winnifred Assmann


Stephen Leacock


A pamphlet from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, containing selections from Further Foolishness and Frenzie…

Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries

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Arthur Elmore Bostwick


This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in ma…

LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection

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This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

Selected Lead Articles from "THE DAWN"

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Louisa Lawson


Louisa Lawson, the mother of Australian writer Henry Lawson, was the founder, publisher and editor of an early feminist journal in Sydney na…

Coffee Break Collection 035 - Birds

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Various


This is the 35th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Hunting Sketches

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Anthony Trollope


Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit the different types of hunters commonly found in 19th century Britain. - Summary by E…

Readings from Modern Mexican Authors

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Frederick Starr


Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array of contemporary writers. This work is a compendium of 29 of those write…

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