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14:10:51
Zip file size:
398MB
Catalog date:
2025-09-30
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LibriVox Volunteers
Book Coordinator:
Jessie Percival
Meta Coordinator:
Rapunzelina
Proof Listener:
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A compilation of poetry designed for performance. This compilation focuses on the art of recitation, highlighting the importance of clarity, style, and emotional connection when presenting poetry in front of an audience. - Summary by Jessie Percival

Genre(s): Anthologies

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1806), collection (109), anthology (40), performance (4), recitation (2)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 THE ROYAL RECITER: PREFACE Rapunzelina
 00:02:39
Play 01 PREFATORY Rapunzelina
 00:03:17
Play 02 JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND. BY ALFRED H. MILES Alan Mapstone
 00:03:53
Play 03 THE RED ROSE OF WAR. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Mark F. Smith
 00:04:49
Play 04 ENGLAND. BY ELIZA COOK Alan Mapstone
 00:03:56
Play 05 A SONG FOR AUSTRALIA. BY WILLIAM COX BENNET Alan Mapstone
 00:04:01
Play 06 THE PLOUGHSHARE OF OLD ENGLAND. BY ELIZA COOK Alan Mapstone
 00:02:06
Play 07 THE STORY OF ABEL TASMAN. BY FRANCES S. LEWIN. Michael Earley
 00:03:40
Play 08 THE GROOM'S STORY. BY A. CONAN DOYLE Tony Scheinman
 00:06:23
Play 09 THE HARDEST PART I EVER PLAYED. BY RE HENRY Katty Cuadra
 00:20:47
Play 10 THE STORY OF MR. KING. BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY Michael Earley
 00:07:27
Play 11 THE ART OF "POETRY." FROM "TOWN TOPICS." therealpursuit
 00:01:48
Play 12 THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT. W. M. THACKERAY Michael Earley
 00:10:38
Play 13 UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED. BY J. BRUNTON STEPHENS Mark F. Smith
 00:08:32
Play 14 THE AMENITIES OF SHOPPING. BY LEOPOLD WAGNER BettyB
 00:11:35
Play 15 SHAMUS O'BRIEN: A TALE OF '98. BY J. SHERIDAN LE FANU Mark F. Smith
 00:13:04
Play 16 HOME, SWEET HOME. BY WILLIAM THOMSON Brize C
 00:00:29
Play 17 THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR. BY W.M. THACKERAY Anthony Will
 00:03:28
Play 18 THE ALMA. BY WILLIAM C. BENNET Kitten Loves
 00:03:19
Play 19 THE MAMELUKE CHARGE. BY SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE Kitten Loves
 00:02:17
Play 20 MY LADY'S LEAP. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN Katty Cuadra
 00:08:11
Play 21 A SONG FOR THE END OF THE SEASON. BY J.R. PLANCHE Anthony Will
 00:01:04
Play 22 THE AGED PILOT MAN. BY MARK TWAIN Brize C
 00:06:16
Play 23 TIM KEYSER'S NOSE. BY MAX ADELER Bob Bonvino
 00:02:45
Play 24 THE LOST EXPRESSION. BY MARSHALL STEELE Brize C
 00:07:45
Play 25 A NIGHT SCENE. BY ROBERT B. BROUGH Anthony Will
 00:01:24
Play 26 KARL, THE MARTYR. BY FRANCES WHITESIDE Katty Cuadra
 00:13:21
Play 27 THE ROMANCE OF TENACHELLE. BY HERCULES ELLIS Katty Cuadra
 00:10:34
Play 28 MICHAEL FLYNN. BY WILLIAM THOMSON Anthony Will
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Play 29 A NIGHT WITH A STORK. BY WILLIAM G. WILCOX Anthony Will
 00:09:22
Play 30 AN UNMUSICAL NEIGHBOUR. BY WILLIAM THOMSON Bob Bonvino
 00:00:40
Play 31 THE CHALICE. BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY Kyle E. Johnson
 00:05:24
Play 32 LIVINGSTONE. BY HENRY LLOYD. Cavaet
 00:03:35
Play 33 IN SWANAGE BAY. BY MRS. CRAIK MFQ1
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Play 34 BALLAD OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. BY GEORGE HENRY BOKER Phil Schempf
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Play 35 PHADRIG CROHOORE. BY JAMES SHERIDAN LE FANU Phil Schempf
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Play 36 CUPID'S ARROWS. BY ELIZA COOK KevinS
 00:01:34
Play 37 THE CROCODILE'S DINNER PARTY. BY E. VINTON BLAKE Tony Scheinman
 00:03:12
Play 38 "TWO SOULS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT." BY WILLIAM THOMSON Bruce Kachuk
 00:00:42
Play 39 A RISKY RIDE. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN Brize C
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Play 40 ON MARRIAGE. BY JOSH BILLINGS Tom Merritt
 00:04:26
Play 41 THE ROMANCE OF CARRIGCLEENA. BY HERCULES ELLIS Katty Cuadra
 00:07:32
Play 42 THE FALSE FONTANLEE. BY WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE Brize C
 00:06:22
Play 43 THE LEGEND OF SAINT LAURA. BY THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK ShrimpPhish
 00:03:51
Play 44 DAVID SHAW, HERO. BY JAMES BUCKHAM Shipra
 00:02:42
Play 45 BROTHERHOOD. BY ALFRED H. MILES Bob Bonvino
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Play 46 THE STRAIGHT RIDER. (FROM "BLACK AND WHITE?" BY PERMISSION.) czandra
 00:05:29
Play 47 WOMEN AND WORK. BY ALFRED H. MILES Katty Cuadra
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Play 48 A COUNTRY STORY. BY ALFRED H. MILES Phil Schempf
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Play 49 THE BEGGAR MAID. BY LORD TENNYSON MorphineLolly
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Play 50 THE VENGEANCE OF KAFUR. BY CLINTON SCOLLARD Brize C
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Play 51 THE WISHING WELL. BY VIRGINIA WOODWARD CLOUD Katty Cuadra
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Play 52 THE TWO CHURCH-BUILDERS. BY JOHN G. SAXE Kyle E. Johnson
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Play 53 THE CAPTAIN OF THE NORTHFLEET, BY GERALD MASSEY Katty Cuadra
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Play 54 THE HAPPIEST LAND. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW Nickyy
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Play 55 THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW. BY J. G. WHITTIER czandra
 00:04:05
Play 56 THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL Katty Cuadra
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Play 57 THE GRAVE SPOILERS. BY HERCULES ELLIS Katty Cuadra
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Play 58 BOW-MEETING SONG. BY REGINALD HEBER Bruce Kachuk
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Play 59 THE BALLAD OF ROU. BY LORD LYTTON czandra
 00:05:03
Play 60 BINGEN ON THE RHINE. BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON Kyle E. Johnson
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Play 61 DEEDS NOT WORDS. BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT Tony Scheinman
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Play 62 OLD KING COLE. BY ALFRED H. MILES Tony Scheinman
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Play 63 THE GREEN DOMINO. ANONYMOUS Brize C
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Play 64 THE LEGEND BEAUTIFUL. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW Phil Schempf
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Play 65 THE BELL OF ATRI. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW Brize C
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Play 66 THE STORM. BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR Julie Anne Thompson
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Play 67 THE THREE RULERS. BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR Anthony Will
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Play 68 THE HORN OF EGREMONT CASTLE. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Brize C
 00:05:37
Play 69 THE MIRACLE OF THE ROSES. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY czandra
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Play 70 THE BRIDAL OF MALAHIDE. BY GERALD GRIFFIN MFQ1
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Play 71 THE DAUGHTER OF MEATH. BY THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY Brize C
 00:04:44
Play 72 GLENARA. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL czandra
 00:02:19
Play 73 A FABLE FOR MUSICIANS. BY CLARA DOTY BATES czandra
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Play 74 "ONWARD." A TALE OF THE S. E. RAILWAY. ANONYMOUS Brize C
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Play 75 THE DECLARATION. BY NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Patrick Wallace
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Play 76 LOVE AND AGE. BY THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK Adrian Stephens
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Play 77 HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER. BY BRET HARTE Adrian Stephens
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Play 78 HE WORRIED ABOUT IT. BY S. W. FOSS Adrian Stephens
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Play 79 ASTRONOMY MADE EASY. ANONYMOUS Adrian Stephens
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Play 80 BROTHER WATKINS. BY JOHN B. GOUGH Adrian Stephens
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Play 81 LOGIC. ANONYMOUS Ellen Marie
 00:02:30
Play 82 THE PRIDE OF BATTERY B. BY F.H. GASSAWAY Adrian Stephens
 00:03:32
Play 83 THE DANDY FIFTH. BY F.H. GASSAWAY Adrian Stephens
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Play 84 "BAY BILLY." BY F.H. GASSAWAY Adrian Stephens
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Play 85 THE OLD VETERAN. BY BAYARD TAYLOR Adrian Stephens
 00:03:24
Play 86 SANTA CLAUS. BY ALFRED H. MILES Fenman
 00:12:24
Play 87 THE IMPERIAL RECITER: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Brize C
 00:01:40
Play 88 PREFATORY Brize C
 00:04:23
Play 89 THE ENGLISHMAN. BY ELIZA COOK Fenman
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Play 90 ENGLAND GOES TO BATTLE. BY GERALD MASSEY Michael Earley
 00:02:35
Play 91 ENGLAND ONCE MORE. BY FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE Michael Earley
 00:03:15
Play 92 GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Michael Earley
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Play 93 THE VOLUNTEER. BY ALFRED H. MILES Michael Earley
 00:04:03
Play 94 DOWN IN AUSTRALIA. BY GERALD MASSEY Michael Earley
 00:02:01
Play 95 AUSTRALIA SPEAKS. BY GERALD MASSEY Michael Earley
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Play 96 AN IMPERIAL REPLY. BY GERALD MASSEY Michael Earley
 00:01:55
Play 97 THE BOYS' RETURN. BY GERALD MASSEY Michael Earley
 00:03:04
Play 98 "SOUND THE ASSEMBLY!" BY CLEMENT SCOTT Michael Earley
 00:03:14
Play 99 THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR. BY RUDYARD KIPLING Adrian Stephens
 00:02:46
Play 100 FOR THE EMPIRE. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Adrian Stephens
 00:02:09
Play 101 WANTED—A CROMWELL. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Adrian Stephens
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Play 102 ENGLAND'S IRONSIDES. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Adrian Stephens
 00:01:41
Play 103 THE THREE CHERRY-STONES. ANONYMOUS Fenman
 00:07:42
Play 104 THE MIDSHIPMAN'S FUNERAL. BY BARLEY DALE Katty Cuadra
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Play 105 LADYSMITH. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Katty Cuadra
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Play 106 THE SIX-INCH GUN. "THE BOMBSHELL" Katty Cuadra
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Play 107 ST. PATRICK'S DAY. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Katty Cuadra
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Play 108 THE HERO OF OMDURMAN. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Katty Cuadra
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Play 109 BOOT AND SADDLE. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS Katty Cuadra
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Play 110 THE MIDNIGHT CHARGE. BY CLEMENT SCOTT Katty Cuadra
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Play 111 MAFEKING. BY REV. A. FREWEN AYLWARD Mark F. Smith
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Play 112 THE FIGHT AT RORKE'S DRIFT. BY EMILY PFEIFFER Mark F. Smith
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Play 113 RELIEVED! (AT MAFEKING.) MamaPhish
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Play 114 HOW SAM HODGE WON THE VICTORIA CROSS. BY WILLIAM JEFFREY PROWSE Brize C
 00:04:44
Play 115 THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. BY R.T.S. LOWELL. czandra
 00:03:57
Play 116 A BALLAD OF WAR. BY MENELLA BUTE SMEDLEY Patrick Wallace
 00:04:34
Play 117 THE ALMA. BY RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Alan Mapstone
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Play 118 AFTER ALMA. BY GERALD MASSEY Patrick Wallace
 00:05:37
Play 119 BALACLAVA. BY LORD TENNYSON ChrisH
 00:02:19
Play 120 AFTER BALACLAVA. BY JAMES WILLIAMS Alan Mapstone
 00:03:04
Play 121 INKERMAN. BY GERALD MASSEY Patrick Wallace
 00:08:45
Play 122 KILLED IN ACTION. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS MFQ1
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Play 123 AT THE BREACH. BY SARAH WILLIAMS Brize C
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Play 124 SANTA FILOMENA. BY H. W. LONGFELLOW. Phil Schempf
 00:02:35
Play 125 THE LITTLE HATCHET STORY. BY BURDETTE Jacob M.
 00:06:43
Play 126 THE LOSS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD." SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE czandra
 00:04:00
Play 127 ELIHU. BY ALICE CAREY heljar
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Play 128 THE LAST OF THE "EURYDICE." BY SIR NOEL PATON Alan Mapstone
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Play 129 THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS. BY H.W. LONGFELLOW Patrick Wallace
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Play 130 ENGLAND'S DEAD. BY FELICIA HEMANS heljar
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Play 131 MEHRAB KHAN. BY SIR F.H. DOYLE Phil Schempf
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Play 132 THE RED THREAD OF HONOUR. BY SIR F.H. DOYLE czandra
 00:05:00
Play 133 THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS. BY SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE Alan Mapstone
 00:03:30
Play 134 A FISHERMAN'S SONG. BY ALFRED H. MILES MFQ1
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Play 135 THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. BY LORD BYRON Alan Mapstone
 00:05:54
Play 136 THE LAY OF THE BRAVE CAMERON. JOHN STUART BLACKIE Phil Schempf
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Play 137 A SONG FOR STOUT WORKERS. BY JOHN STUART BLACKIE Bruce Kachuk
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Play 138 AT THE BURIAL OF A VETERAN. BY ALFRED H. MILES Brize C
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Play 139 NAPOLEON AND THE BRITISH SAILOR. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL Cavaet
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Play 140 THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. BY REV. CHARLES WOLFE Cavaet
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Play 141 AT TRAFALGAR. BY GERALD MASSEY Cavaet
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Play 142 CAMPERDOWN. BY ALFRED H. MILES Patrick Wallace
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Play 143 THE ARMADA. BY LORD MACAULAY Patrick Wallace
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Play 144 MR. BARKER'S PICTURE. BY MAX ADELER Brize C
 00:04:21
Play 145 THE WOODEN LEG. BY MAX ADELER Brize C
 00:07:32
Play 146 THE ENCHANTED SHIRT. BY COLONEL JOHN HAY Michael (Mike) Gilbertson
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Play 147 JIM BLUDSO. BY COLONEL JOHN HAY Brize C
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Play 148 FREEDOM. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Jacob M.
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Play 149 THE COORTIN'. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Brize C
 00:04:43
Play 150 THE HERITAGE. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Jacob M.
 00:03:29
Play 151 LADY CLARE. BY LORD TENNYSON Patrick Wallace
 00:04:19
Play 152 BREAK, BREAK, BREAK. BY LORD TENNYSON Larry Wilson
 00:01:11
Play 153 THE LORD OF BURLEIGH. BY LORD TENNYSON czandra
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Play 154 DORA. BY LORD TENNYSON czandra
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Play 155 MRS. B.'S ALARMS. BY JAMES PAYN Brize C
 00:19:39
Play 156 SHELTERED. BY SARAH ORME JEWETT Ellen Marie
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Play 157 GUILD'S SIGNAL. BY BRET HARTE Stacey Malcolm
 00:02:20
Play 158 BILL MASON'S BRIDE. BY BRET HARTE Donald Warren
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Play 159 THE CLOWN'S BABY. FROM "ST. NICHOLAS." czandra
 00:03:56
Play 160 AUNT TABITHA. BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Brize C
 00:02:19
Play 161 LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE. BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Tony Scheinman
 00:02:57
Play 162 THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUTH. BY EUGENE FIELD Jacob M.
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Play 163 RUBINSTEIN'S PLAYING. ANONYMOUS Brize C
 00:11:32
Play 164 OBITUARY. BY WILLIAM THOMSON Vincent Spring
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Play 165 THE EDITOR'S STORY. BY ALFRED H. MILES czandra
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Play 166 NAT RICKET. BY ALFRED H. MILES czandra
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Play 167 'SPÄCIALLY JIM. FROM "HARPER'S MAGAZINE." MFQ1
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Play 168 'ARRY'S ANCIENT MARINER. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN. Brize C
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Play 169 THE AMATEUR ORLANDO. BY GEORGE T. LANIGAN Brize C
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Play 170 A BALLAD OF A BAZAAR. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN MFQ1
 00:02:39
Play 171 A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON, AGED THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. BY THOMAS HOOD followingnearly
 00:03:29
Play 172 'TWAS EVER THUS. BY HENRY S. LEIGH Larry Wilson
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Play 173 MISS MALONEY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION. BY MARY MAPES DODGE czandra
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Play 174 THE HEATHEN CHINEE. BY BRET HARTE Donald Warren
 00:02:50
Play 175 HO-HO OF THE GOLDEN BELT. BY JOHN G. SAXE ShrimpPhish
 00:05:42
Play 176 THE HIRED SQUIRREL. A RUSSIAN FABLE Vincent Spring
 00:01:27
Play 177 BALLAD OF THE TRAILING SKIRT. NEW YORK "LIFE." Larry Wilson
 00:01:36
Play 178 TO THE GIRL IN KHAKI. "MODERN SOCIETY." heljar
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Play 179 THE TENDER HEART. BY HELEN GRAY CONE MFQ1
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Play 180 A SONG OF SARATOGA. BY JOHN G. SAXE MFQ1
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Play 181 THE SEA. BY EVAL. OGDEN Jacob M.
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Play 182 A TALE OF A NOSE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS Larry Wilson
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Play 183 LEEDLE YAWCOB STRAUSS. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS czandra
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Play 184 DOT BABY OF MINE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS czandra
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Play 185 A DUTCHMAN'S MISTAKE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS Brize C
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Play 186 THE OWL CRITIC. JAMES T. FIELDS Tony Scheinman
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Play 187 THE TRUE STORY OF KING MARSHMALLOW. ANONYMOUS ShrimpPhish
 00:02:14
Play 188 THE JACKDAW OF RHEIMS. BY THOMAS INGOLDSBY (REV. R.H. BARHAM) Tony Scheinman
 00:08:19
Play 189 TUBAL CAIN. BY CHARLES MACKAY Jacob M.
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Play 190 THE THREE PREACHERS. BY CHARLES MACKAY Tony Scheinman
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Play 191 SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE. BY ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Bruce Kachuk
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Play 192 PATRIOTISM. BY LORD TENNYSON czandra
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Play 193 TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. BY GERALD MASSEY Larry Wilson
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Play 194 RING OUT, WILD BELLS. BY LORD TENNYSON Alan Mapstone
 00:02:31
Play 195 RULE, BRITANNIA! BY JAMES THOMSON Alan Mapstone
 00:03:19