The Rover Vol. 01 No. 16

Seba Smith (1792 - 1868) and Lawrence Labree

"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation. This current issue collects another interesting mix of short stories and poems, as well as shorter columns. - Summary by Sonia

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: The Rover Magazine

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 There is not in this wide world a valley so sweet Alan Mapstone
00:02:04
Play 02 The first daughter of Eve, by Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith Faithann Gibson
00:06:36
Play 03 The bald eagle Scotty Smith
00:29:16
Play 04 Hunter's grave, by Joseph R. Chandler missingnumber
00:09:57
Play 05 The wife's first love Sonia
00:07:57
Play 06 A flower in the desert, by Seba Smith Alan Mapstone
00:02:21
Play 07 Mary Magdalene. A tradition of Nain Tad Davis
00:18:56
Play 08 Joke Scotty Smith
00:00:49
Play 09 Bonaparte's first victory. From Everett's lectures of the French Revolution Alan Mapstone
00:06:04
Play 10 The death watch, by T. Hood Sonia
00:08:30
Play 11 Jefferson's personal habits, health, etc Jim Locke
00:05:12
Play 12 The idiot Scotty Smith
00:05:50
Play 13 Lafayette and the Indian girl Mary Jim Locke
00:33:15
Play 14 Allegoric vision, by Samuel T. Coleridge Faithann Gibson
00:12:14
Play 15 Our table Gabrielle Rodriguez
00:04:13