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Mammut the Last of the Mastodons Part 1

In Stories of the First American Animals

Read by Trevor Johnston

George Langford

Combining beast fable with natural history, this is a highly engaging and informative account of some of the prehistoric mammals that once r…

Sonnet — to Science

In The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Read by Trevor Flynn

Edgar Allan Poe

In placing before the public this collection of Edgar Poe's poetical works, it is requisite to point out in what respects it differs from, a…

Tom was Goin' for a Poet.

In Farm Ballads

Read by Abigail Johnston

Will Carleton

Farm Ballads is a rather influential volume of poetry by American poet Will Carleton. The poems are concerning rural life in Michigan, where…

Chapter VII - The Murderess Consults the Authorities

In The Legacy of Cain

Read by Abigail Johnston

Wilkie Collins

Eunice and Helena are sisters brought up by their father, the Reverend Abel Gracedieu. They grow up quietly and happily, until some dark sec…

The Sirens, Or Pleasures

In The Wisdom of the Ancients, A Series of Mythological Fables

Read by Abigail Johnston

Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon

"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…

In the Arms of the Mist Maidens

In Coppertop

Read by Abigail Johnston

Harold Gaze

The story is about a little girl who meets all manner of strange gnomes, fairies and creatures after she goes to sleep at night. She also ha…