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In The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children

Read by Matthew Datcher


Frederick Douglass


From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored c…

A Thunderstorm at Night - Read by MSD

In A Thunderstorm at Night

Read by Matthew Datcher


Eric Mackay


George Eric Mackay was an English minor poet, now remembered as the sponging half-brother of Marie Corelli, the best-selling novelist. Macka…

Ballad: A Manager's Perplexities - Read by MSD

In Ballad: A Manager's Perplexities

Read by Matthew Datcher


W. S. Gilbert


Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as t…

Proem and Dedication

In A Poetical Cook-Book

Read by Matthew Datcher


Maria J. Moss


This is an interesting mix of recipes and poetry about cookery and food. The author has written this book during and in the aftermath of the…

Goin' Home To-Day - Read by MSD

In Goin' Home To-Day

Read by Matthew Datcher


Will Carleton


William McKendree Carleton was an American poet. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life."What Robert Burns did for the S…

Erie Waters - Read by MSD

In Erie Waters

Read by Matthew Datcher


E. Pauline Johnson


"Her death is not only a great loss to those who knew and loved her: it is a great loss to Canadian literature and to the Canadian nati…

Summer's Ending - Read by MSD

In Summer's Ending

Read by Matthew Datcher


Andrew Lang


Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector o…

Insects - Read by MSD

In Insects

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Clare


John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countrys…

The American Girl - Read by MSD

In The American Girl

Read by Matthew Datcher


Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw


Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw was born in Scotland. He graduated from Philadelphia Central High School in 1845. He practiced medicine from 185…

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