Author: Peter Shirley

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Upon His Mistress Dancing by James Shirley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January, 15, 2012.<br><br>James Shirley (sometimes spelt Sherley) was a prolific English playwright and poet who was active in the first half of the seventeenth century. (Summary by Lucy Perry)

Walter Waddington Shirley was made Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford in 1863. This short work comprises the text of a lecture he gave at Oxford University in January, 1866. In it, he describes the historical setting in which scholasticism flourished and then summarizes its features. - Summary by Barry Ganong

3Merry Five

By Penn Shirley

Join the Merry Five, Molly, Kirke and Weezy Rowe, and their twin comrades Paul and Pauline Bradstreet, as they prepare to go to Santa Luzia on vacation. Even before they leave, they run across trouble as baby Donald Rowe goes missing, and express dismay at the thought of a possible tagalong, Harry Hobbs. But soon those troubles are forgotten as new and more exciting adventures take place at the beach and at the Bradstreet's camp.(Summary by ShrimpPhish)

4Happy Six

By Penn Shirley

You may remember the Merry Five, Molly, Kirke, and Weezy Rowe, and Paul and Pauline Bradstreet. Well, the Merry Five turned into the Happy Six when baby Donald Rowe joined the club. A prospective trip to Europe has everyone excited. But as in the previous volume, there are troubles even before they leave. Shot, Kirke's loving dog goes missing, and as a well is being built, a dangerous situation occurs... But soon The Happy Six are on their way to France, where misadventures follow them, as they always seem to do. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)