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114 of 114 (100%) sections assigned
114 of 114 (100%) sections completed
This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: Kitty
Section | Title | Reader | Notes | Listen Url | Status |
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1 | The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece | Kitty | PL OK | ||
2 | India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
3 | Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda | Kitty | PL OK | ||
4 | The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter | Kitty | PL OK | ||
5 | Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed | Availle | PL OK | ||
6 | India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
7 | The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
8 | Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
9 | Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
10 | India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
11 | Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson | NemoR | PL OK | ||
12 | The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson | NemoR | PL OK | ||
13 | The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
14 | The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble | RajVO | PL OK | ||
15 | The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
16 | Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
17 | The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian | RajVO | PL OK | ||
18 | The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian | RajVO | PL OK | ||
19 | Some Indian proverbs | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
20 | India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note | RajVO | PL OK | ||
21 | Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch | krazystew | PL OK | ||
22 | Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90 | RajVO | PL OK | ||
23 | The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith | Availle | PL OK | ||
24 | Poems by King Bhartrihari | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
25 | Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa | ToddHW moniaqua catharmaiden Kitty WiltedScribe bluechien NemoR DrPGould benderca lorda | PL OK | ||
26 | India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note | RajVO | PL OK | ||
27 | Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114 | RajVO | PL OK | ||
28 | The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
29 | The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor | ToddHW | PL OK | ||
30 | On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
31 | Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142 | NemoR | PL OK | ||
32 | The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay | krazystew | PL OK | ||
33 | India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
34 | How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
35 | The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay | krazystew | PL OK | ||
36 | The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
37 | Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
38 | The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
39 | Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180 | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
40 | When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
41 | India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
42 | What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
43 | The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
44 | An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200 | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
45 | How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
46 | Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
47 | Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
48 | The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
49 | The last voyage, painting p. 245 | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
50 | Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
51 | The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
52 | Siam: historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
53 | The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
54 | The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
55 | Afghanistan: historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
56 | "The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
57 | Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
58 | Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
59 | When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
60 | Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302 | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
61 | How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
62 | The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
63 | King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
64 | How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
65 | Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note | ChrisFields | PL OK | ||
66 | The last king of Persia, by Plutarch | Farnood | PL OK | ||
67 | The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368 | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
68 | Dara, by James Russell Lowell | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
69 | The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed | Farnood | PL OK | ||
70 | Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
71 | Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
72 | Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
73 | The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy | krazystew | PL OK | ||
74 | The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy | krazystew | PL OK | ||
75 | A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills | Farnood | PL OK | ||
76 | The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen | Farnood | PL OK | ||
77 | New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
78 | Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
79 | How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin | kayray | PL OK | ||
80 | The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin | yaelh | PL OK | ||
81 | How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin | yaelh | PL OK | ||
82 | Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin | yaelh | PL OK | ||
83 | Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
84 | How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson | benderca | PL OK | ||
85 | Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
86 | The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
87 | How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero | Kitty | PL OK | ||
88 | The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
89 | The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474 | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
90 | How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
91 | The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron | NemoR | PL OK | ||
92 | Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note | benderca | PL OK | ||
93 | How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
94 | The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
95 | Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament | automatonlexicon | PL OK | ||
96 | Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
97 | The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
98 | Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
99 | The journey to the promised land | AtalieH | PL OK | ||
100 | The shepherd boy who became king | AtalieH | PL OK | ||
101 | The story of King Solomon | Farnood | PL OK | ||
102 | Stories from the Talmud | yaelh | PL OK | ||
103 | The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
104 | Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582 | silverquill | PL OK | ||
105 | Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note | silverquill | PL OK | ||
106 | On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton | silverquill | PL OK | ||
107 | The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
108 | Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
109 | ''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot | Kitty | PL OK | ||
110 | The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610 | Kitty | PL OK | ||
111 | The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
112 | The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
113 | The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
114 | St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud | Kitty | PL OK |