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14 - The Spread of the Blight

In The Doings of Raffles Haw

Read by Patrick Wells


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

00 - Preface

In For Every Music Lover

Read by Patrick Wells


Aubertine Woodward Moore


A series of essays for music lovers, covering many topics. From music appreciation, to violin and symphony, music education, to piano and, i…

The Death-Bed of a Saint

In Life of Saint Gerard Majella

Read by Emerson Wells


Rev. O. R. Vassall-Phillips


Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…

The Stratagems, Book 1, Part 3

In The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome

Read by Emerson Wells


Sextus Julius Frontinus


Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on h…

The Mass

In The Catholic's Ready Answer

Read by Emerson Wells


Rev. M.P. Hill and Rev. M. P. Hill


A popular vindication of Christian beliefs and practices against the attacks of modern criticism. Ninety-eight topics, in alphabetical order…

The Imperial Institute

In Dagonet Ditties

Read by Emerson Wells


George R. Sims


George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These q…

2-06-The Law

In The Social Contract

Read by Patrick Wells


Jean-Jacques Rousseau


The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized a…

06 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Testimony of the Sea.

In Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

Read by Patrick Wells


Ignatius Loyola Donnelly


"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born i…

Chapter 04

In The Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2)

Read by Thomas Wells


James Fenimore Cooper


This story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a Huron massacre (with passive French a…

06 - Squinty on a Journey

In Squinty the Comical Pig

Read by Patrick Wells


Richard Barnum


"This comical children's tale about the funny adventures of a funny pig written by an unknown author. The publisher has hired authors t…

11 - Five Weeks in Back Cup

In Facing the Flag

Read by Patrick Wells


Jules Verne


Like The Begum's Millions, which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what…

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