Creed of a Credulous Person
A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in “Black and White” magazine in 1903, under the heading “The Creed of a Credulous Person”. (Summary by Maria Therese) [chương_files]
A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in “Black and White” magazine in 1903, under the heading “The Creed of a Credulous Person”. (Summary by Maria Therese) [chương_files]
Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of stories of “Colored Americans.” They range from well-known figures such as Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth to the common men and women who give poignant insights of their life. Selections consist of short anecdotes, essays, stories, letters and poetry. Many have strong religious and spiritual themes. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]
Readers of George MacDonald are used to his engaging story-telling, winsome characters, and simple theology of trust in God as Father. But this book shows a different side of MacDonald. A Dish of Orts is a varied collection of essays, mostly in the nature of literary criticism. These essays are, in MacDonald’s words, “but fragmentary presentments of larger meditation.” – Summary by Devorah Allen [chương_files]
This is the 32nd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes’ duration or less, suitable for short commutes and coffee breaks. The subject for this collection is WILDERNESS. The collection is full after 20 pieces have been submitted. [chương_files]
A collection of 12 articles/essays that G.K. Chesterton wrote for Vanity Fair magazine in 1920-1921, under the general title “The Next/New Renascence: Thoughts on the Structure of the Future.” (Summary by Maria Therese) [chương_files]
“LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to life…” Hugh McGuire, LibriVox’s founder, August 9, 2005 In celebration of LibriVox’s sixteenth anniversary, here is collection of short works of various kinds and from varied authors which include in their title the words ‘sixteen’ or ‘sixteenth’ or the number ’16.’ Each piece is selected and read by a LibriVox volunteer. [chương_files]
Editorials published in Volume 66 of The Dial magazine, a fortnightly political and literary review. The source available to us features issues from January 11 to June 28, 1919. This volume illustrates the pacifist and socialist viewpoint of Martyn Johnson (the owner) and the magazine’s staff. The magazine experience financial troubles in 1919 and was sold later that year. The magazine was re-directed by its new investors in a direction that was essentially literary in nature and it is this ‘re-creation’ of the magazine that is best known. (Summary by KevinS) [chương_files]
“It was about the month of May…that I received information …that two photographs of fairies had been taken in the North of England under circumstances which seemed to put fraud out of the question.” (Arthur Conan Doyle 1920). Differing foundational beliefs and the varied ways men and women seek truth, whether through science, faith, philosophic speculation or political involvement, are highlighted in the selections for vol 079: The Cottingley Fairies; Scientific Ghosts; Matter and Memory; A Village Discussion; The Early Narratives of Genesis; The Connection Between Church and State; The Prince; Miss Morrison’s First Visit to the Petit Trianon; The Scientific Work of Miss N.M. Stevens; Homicide; Religion and Philosophy in Germany; The Public Bath Movement; The Right to Work; and Rivers of the Nameless Dead. People and places are the subject of The Pinehurst Tea Gardens; Sights and Tastes in Tripoli; and William Coppin and Marine Salvage. For respite, there are essays featuring nature and solitude: In the Christmas Woods and A Lazy Morning. Finally, cats win out, when governor Adlai Stevenson vetoes a legislative proposal banning roaming felines in Illinois. Summary by Sue Anderson [chương_files]
This is the 31st Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read 20 stories or poems of their choice, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes’ duration or less, suitable for short commutes and coffee breaks. The subject for this collection is SPRINGTIME. [chương_files]
A collection of 5 articles/essays and 2 letters written by G.K. Chesterton in “The Century Illustrated Magazine”. The pubilcation dates range from 1912-1923. (Summary by Maria Therese) [chương_files]
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