The World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific by Eva March TAPPAN (1854 - 1930) Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Poetry, Essays & Short Works Read by: Sonia, Jim Locke, Mona Jaheen, brianna, andreearux, wubwave, Sandra Schmit, Tomas Peter, realisticspeakers, SaraHale, Eva Davis, Tony Addison, engineerSTL, Monika M. C., ToddHW, April6090, Demosthenes, Devorah Allen, Availle, Nuria, Nemo, Colleen McMahon, Lynda Marie Neilson, Emma Charlotte, Son of the Exiles, BettyB, SimonNix in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 75 - A child's first lesson, by Unknown 00:02:45 - 76 - Civil-service examinations in China, by W. A. P. Martin 00:18:07 - 77 - Questions from a civil-service examination 00:20:08 - 78 - China Part XI: In recent years: historical note 00:22:24 - 79 - War between China and Japan, by W. A. P. Martin 00:31:32 - 80 - The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan 00:49:23 - 81 - When the allies entered Pekin, by Pierre Loti 01:06:22 - 82 - A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China 01:12:41 - 83 - The republic of China 01:14:26 - 84 - Korea: historical note 01:16:25 - 85 - A grain shop in Korea, photograph, p. 264 01:18:48 - 86 - When Hideyoshi invaded Korea, by Homer B. Hulbert 01:39:44 - 87 - Japan Part I: In ancient times: historical note 01:41:30 - 88 - Jimmu Tenno, the first mikado of Japan, by William Elliot Griffis 01:49:22 - 89 - The Japanese story-teller, by Sir Edwin Arnold 02:02:11 - 90 - The fisher-boy Urashima, by Unknown 02:06:47 - 91 - Social life in Kioto, by William Elliot Griffis 02:21:14 - 92 - The story of Yoshitsune, by Yei Theodora Ozaki 02:51:43 - 93 - Three Japanese poems, translated by Frederick Victor Dickins 02:53:23 - 94 - The great Buddha of Kamakura, photograph, p. 318 02:57:21 - 95 - Japan Part II: The rule of the Shoguns: historical note 02:59:18 - 96 - The great Khan Kublai invades Japan, by Marco Polo 03:08:48 - 97 - The coming of Will Adams to Japan, by Will Adams 03:21:47 - 98 - Long spears or short spears, by Walter Dening 03:40:18 - 99 - How a man became a god, by Lafcadio Hearn 04:04:32 - 100 - Ribs and skin, by Unknown 04:21:28 - 101 - How it would feel to be a Shinto god, by Lafcadio Hearn 04:34:27 - 102 - Interior of a Japanese temple, photograph p. 368 04:37:59 - 103 - Tadasuke, the Japanese Solomon, by Walter Dening 04:58:04 - 104 - The sword of Japan, by Sir Edwin Arnold 05:22:22 - 105 - Japan Part III: Some curious customs: historical note 05:23:52 - 106 - A Japanese dinner party, by Sir Edwin Arnold 05:41:53 - 107 - How Japanese ladies go shopping, by Alice M. Bacon 05:55:20 - 108 - An incense party, by Sir Edwin Arnold 06:06:52 - 109 - A Japanese house, by Basil Hall Chamberlain 06:12:11 - 110 - Thinking out a garden, by Mortimer Menpes 06:15:20 - 111 - A stone gateway, photograph p. 418 06:16:37 - 112 - An artist in flowers, by Mortimer Menpes 06:22:35 - 113 - How a Japanese paints, by Mortimer Menpes 06:26:29 - 114 - How to talk politely in Japan, by Percival Lowell 06:28:44 - 115 - Japan Part IV: The awakening of Japan: historical note 06:31:41 - 116 - When Commodore Perry landed in Japan, by Francis L. Hawks 06:54:31 - 117 - The president's letter, by Townsend Harris This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World's Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century.Topics in Part I include China, Korea, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific. - Summary by SoniaCast list for The Sorrows of Han: Emperor: Nemo Lady/Princess: Eva Davis Attendant: ToddHW Envoy: SaraHale President of the Council: Tomas Peter Narrator: Sonia Cast list for Ribs and Skin: Rector: Nemo Curate: Eva Davis First Parishioner: Tomas Peter Second Parishioner: ToddHW Third Parishioner: SaraHale Narrator: Sonia More information: https://librivox.org/the-worlds-story-volume-i-china-japan-and-the-islands-of-the-pacific-by-eva-march-tappan/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs (version 2) by Eleanor Hallowell ABBOTT (1872 - 1958) Genre(s): Animals & Nature, Family Read by: Phil Chenevert in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Part 1 00:47:45 - 02 - Part 2 01:24:48 - 03 - Part 3 If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do!For I warn you perfectly frankly that I am distinctly pro-dog and distinctly pro-Christmas, and would like to bring to this little story whatever whiff of fir-balsam I can cajole from the make-believe forest in my typewriter, and every glitter of tinsel, smudge of toy candle, crackle of wrapping paper, that my particular brand of brain and ink can conjure up on a single keyboard! And very large-sized dogs shall romp through every page! And the mercury shiver perpetually in the vicinity of zero! And every foot of earth be crusty-brown and bare with no white snow at all till the very last moment when you'd just about given up hope! And all the heart of the story is very,—oh very young!For purposes of propriety and general historical authenticity there are of course parents in the story. And one or two other oldish persons. But they all go away just as early in the narrative as I can manage it.—Are obliged to go away!Yet lest you find in this general combination of circumstances some sinister threat of audacity, let me conventionalize the story at once by opening it at that most conventional of all conventional Christmas-story hours,—the Twilight of Christmas Eve.' - Summary by from the book More information: http://librivox.org/peace-on-earth-good-will-to-dogs-by-eleanor-hallowell-abbott-2/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)