Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 4 by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers Read by: Patti Cunningham, Gesine, Lucy Perry, Alan Winterrowd, Linda McDaniel, Roger Melin, laineyben, Katie Riley, Anna Simon, Coastalbloke, David Pittard, mbousquet, Bev J Stevens, Karen Savage, Xanderphillips in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 19 - Zadig the Babylonian, part 2 00:51:20 - 20 - Zadig the Babylonian, part 3 01:22:37 - 21 - Zadig the Babylonian, part 4 01:47:59 - 22 - The Nail, part 1 02:08:17 - 23 - The Nail, part 2 02:28:06 - 24 - The Deposition 02:46:45 - 25 - The Adventure of the Three Robbers 03:07:54 - 26 - Letter to Sura In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In this fourth volume, we find stories originally written in French, Italian, Spanish and Latin. (Summary by Leni) More information: http://librivox.org/library-of-the-worlds-best-mystery-and-detective-stories-volume-4-by-julian-hawthorne-editor/

Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2 by Mark TWAIN (1835 - 1910) Genre(s): Humor, Literary Collections, Writing & Linguistics Read by: John Greenman in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction 00:01:38 - 01 - Presentation Speech - Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco, June 12, 1864 00:07:09 - 02 - Sandwich Islands Lecture - First Given in San Francisco, October 2, 1866 00:49:49 - 03 - Concluding Remarks - Congress Hall, San Francisco, December 10, 1866 00:56:58 - 04 - Address to the Czar - Yalta, Russia, August 25, 1867 00:59:46 - 05 - Pilgrim Life - Platt's Hall, San Francisco, April 14-15, 1868 01:06:43 - 06 - Introductory Remarks - Mercantile Library, San Francisco, Juy 2, 1868 01:09:55 - 07 - The American Vandal Abroad - Lyceum Season, November 17, 1868 01:47:51 - 08 - Concluding Remarks - Protestant Orphan Asylum Benefit, Case Hall, Cleveland, January 22, 1869 01:51:45 - 09 - The Reliable Contraband - New York Press Club Dinner, Elmonico's, June 5, 1869 02:00:08 - 10 - Artemus Ward Lecture - Lecture Season 1871-72 02:21:47 - 11 - Roughing It Lecture - Lecture Season, 1871-72; England, 1873 03:22:23 - 12 - On Governor Nye - Steinway Hall, New York, January 24, 1872 03:23:37 - 13 - Dinner Speech - The Aldine Dinner, St. James Hotel, New York, Early February, 1872 03:35:28 - 14 - Dinner Speech - Whitefriars Club, London, ca. Ocotber 1872 03:41:00 - 15 - After-Dinner Speech - Meeting of Americans, London, July 4, 1873 03:49:18 - 16 - The Guests - St. Andrews Society Dinner, London, November 29, 1873 03:52:53 - 17 - Introducing The Reverend Charles Kingsley - Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. February 14, 1874 03:56:51 - 18 - Dinner Speech - Massachusetts Press Association, Boston, February 17, 1874 04:04:49 - 19 - Curtain Speech - Opening of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, September 16, 1874 04:10:06 - 20 - Curtain Speech - One Hundredth Performance of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, Deccember 23, 1874 04:14:20 - 21 - Introductory Remarks - Spelling Match, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, May 12, 1875 04:22:04 - 22 - Political Speech - Republican Mass Meeting, Allyn Hall, Hartford, Spet. 30, 1876 04:29:21 - 23 - Curtain Speech - Opening of Ah Sin, Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, July 31, 1877 04:36:28 - 24 - Dinner Speech - Putnam Phalanx Dinner for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Allyn House, Hartford, Oct. 2, 1877 04:47:49 - 25 - Dinner Speech - Farewell Banquet for Bayard Taylor, Delmonico's, New York, April 4, 1878 04:58:35 - 26 - Dinner Speech - Anglo-American Club Banquet, Heidelberg, Germanay, Juy 4, 1878 05:05:03 - 27 - Dinner Speech - Stanley Club, Paris, ca. April 1879 05:12:46 - 28 - Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism - Stomach Club Dinner, Paris, Spring 1879 05:21:31 - 29 - Introducing General Hawley - Republican Meeting, Elmira, New York, October 16, 1879 05:28:02 - 30 - Impromptu Speech - Thirteenth Reunion, Army of the Tennessee, Haverly's Theater, Chicago. November 12, 1879 05:29:37 - 31 - Speech - Atantic Monthly Breakfast, Seventieth Birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, December 3, 1879 05:35:40 - 32 - Welcome to General Grant - Hartford, October 16, 1880 05:41:55 - 33 - Political Speech - Republican Rally, Hartford Opera House, October 26, 1880 06:07:33 - 34 - Funeral Oration Over the Grave of the Democratic Party - Republican Jollifiction, Opera House, Hartford, November 2, 1880 06:13:18 - 35 - The Benefit of Judicious Training - Twelfth Annual Reunion Banquet, Army of the Potomac, Allyn House, Hartford, June 8, 1881 06:25:32 - 36 - De Woman wid de Gold'n Arm - Reading Selection, First Used About 1881 and Often Thereafter 06:31:59 - 37 - Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Windsor Hotel, Montreal, December 8, 1881 06:46:44 - 38 - At a Dinner for Monsieur Fréchette of Quebec - Hotel Windsor, Holyoke, Massachusetts, January 31, 1882 06:52:47 - 39 - Advice to Youth - Saturday Morning Club, Boston, April 15, 1882 This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and published by the University of Iowa Press. The speeches are in the Public Domain, and our thanks go to the University of Iowa for making them available for this Public Domain audio recording. They were compiled in the University of Iowa Press book entitled 'Mark Twain Speaking' and are arranged, chronologically, from Twain's first authenticated public speech in 1864, to his last speech, exactly 7 months before he died. Extensive analysis (for instance how other publications interpreted identical interview sessions), notes, appendix and index are included in the printed work. - Summary by John Greenman More information: http://librivox.org/mark-twains-speeches-part-2-by-mark-twain/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)