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Letter XXXVII part 3

In Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

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Isabella L. Bird

Isabella Lucy Bird was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was trave…

Prefatory Note

In The Extermination of the American Bison

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William T. Hornaday

The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the gra…

Part I, Chapter IX

In Dead Souls

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, translated by D. J. Hogarth and Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of …

Diplomacy

In Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

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Lafcadio Hearn

Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,— such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Koko…

Chapter 14 - Views on marriage and divorce

In Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

The So-Called Jeannette Relics

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 03. March 1896

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William Healey Dall and National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the March Number. It includes the following articles, along with a few miscellaneo…

The Flowers

In Short Poetry Collection 082

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Aldous Huxley

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of August 2009.

The Sentence of the Inquisition on Galileo

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

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Cardinals of the Inquisition

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independentl…

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