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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

SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
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