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History of France

Read by Adele Pooley

Charlotte Mary Yonge

A brief history of France from the early 800AD to the 1870s, focusing on the successive heads of state and the different wars which shaped F…

The Belted Piping Plover

In Birds, Vol. II, No 5, November 1897

Read by Adele Pooley

Various

Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…

ROUND A SURREY CHALK-PIT

In The Call of the Wildflower

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Henry Salt

A learned, and immensely pleasant, journey in search of wildflowers as told by the author. - Summary by KevinS

Oudenarde

In The Cornet of Horse

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G. A. Henty

Rupert Holiday is forced to flee England after wounding a miscreant in fight, and joins the Duke of Marlborough in his campaigns during the …

The Brief Biography of a Little Bear Part 3 At a Railway Station

In Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts

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David Alec Wilson

Although David Alec Wilson is best known for his writings about Thomas Carlyle, he was a Scottish civil servant who spent much time in India…

Famous English Poets by Hamilton W. Mabie

In The Mentor 2

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Hamilton Wright Mabie

The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature,…

Earthquake Areas of the Earth - Embezzlement

In 1000 Things Worth Knowing

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Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…

Mrs. Slingsby and the Baronet Again

In The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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George W. M. Reynolds

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially se…

Henry, Lord Brougham

In Word Portraits of Famous Writers

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Mabel E. Wotton

Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships,…