Author: K. W. Morton

Canadian novelist Guy Morton's Rangy Pete is one of a trio of westerns he wrote in the 1920s (the other two being Black Gold and Wards of the Azure Hills). In this one, the Gary Cooper-esque title character, Rangy Pete, goes up against the Dervishers, and outlaw clan that's been stirring up trouble for the peaceable folks of Triple Butte. In so doing, he encounters a beautiful blue-eyed girl-bandit who promptly throws a lasso around his heart. As the action heats up, the grandeur of magnificent western landscape does battle with the picturesqueness of Rangy's colorful cowboy argot, and the reader comes out the winner.<br /><br /> Guy Morton wrote a score of novels in the 1920s and 1930s that found popularity especially in Britain and Australia. Besides westerns, he wrote spy-thrillers, such as The Black Robe (filmed in Canada as Secrets of Chinatown in 1935), featuring secret agent Donegal Dawn, as well as a dozen or so murder mysteries, often told with a comic touch. He was a Toronto-based journalist and worked as an editor of The Globe and Mail. (Summary by Grant Hurlock)

Fresh from the success of his phenomenally popular farce, “Box and Cox,” playwright James Madison Morton and his brother, Thomas, adapted a French script into this light-hearted romantic Victorian-era melodrama. Wealthy cotton factory owner Jasper Plum has two sons, Stephen and Frederick. One has fallen in love with honest factory worker, Martha Gibbs. The other has lost his heart to beautiful Lady Valeria. Dashing Sir Arthur Lassell also has an admiring eye on both of these young ladies. Father Jasper wants his sons to make the best match possible and not be taken in by a gold-digger who is just after the millions they will inherit. Plum distrusts the motivations of penniless Martha and is dazzled by the attentions of the nobility. However, appearances can be deceiving, or as the title states, “All that glitters is not gold!” - Summary by Kelly Taylor <br><br> <b><u>Cast List:</u></b><br><br> Sir Arthur Lassell: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone </a><br> Jasper Plum: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br> Stephen Plum: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Frederick Plum: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Toby Twinkle: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens </a><br> Harris: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16205">James R. Hedrick </a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6924">Rapunzelina </a><br> Lady Leatherbridge: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373">WendyKatzHiller</a><br> Lady Valeria: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Martha Gibbs: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13852">Kelly S. Taylor </a>

3Heart of London

By H. C. V. Morton

An ever-muttering prisoned storm, The heart of London beating warm. John Davidson, "Ballads and Songs" A collection of short essays, originally published in The Daily Express newspaper. The writer was a journalist on staff, and also a renowned travel writer. LONDON'S GROWTH Here Herbs did grow And Flowers sweet But now 'tis called Saint George's Street. —An 18th century inscription on a London tavern When a man is tired of London he is tired of life: for there is in London all that life can afford.