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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 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 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…

The Georgics: A Poem of the Land

Read by George Emerson

Virgil

A poem by the Latin poet Virgil, the second of his three known works. "Georgic" means "to work the land," and on such ma…

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…

The Giant Maiden - Germany

In Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 02

Read by Laurel Emerson

Marie Harriette Frary

This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

A Long Vacation

In Puss in Boots, Jr. and Tom Thumb

Read by Laurel Emerson

David Cory

David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss i…

Section 32: Bruadar and Smith and Glinn

In Legends of Saints and Sinners

Read by Laurel Emerson

Douglas Hyde

"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book …

There is an Air of Majesty

In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems

Read by George Emerson

Alfred Castner King

"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…