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1Selected Lullabies of Eugene Field

By Eugene Field

The sweetest songs the world has ever heard are the lullabies that have been crooned above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and Mozart, of Mendelssohn and Schumann may perish, but so long as mothers sing their babies to sleep the melody of cradle lullabies will remain. Of all English and American writers the one who sang most often and most exquisitely these cradle songs was Eugene Field, the children's poet. His verses not only have charm as poetry, but a distinct song quality and a naive fancy that is both childlike and appealing. That they were written out of Eugene Field's deep and genuine love of children and out of his sympathetic understanding of their wondering minds is evident from the fact that his lullabies have taken a high and what seems to be a permanent place in the world's classic literature of childhood. (Excerpted by Becky Miller from the Introduction by Edwin Osgood Grover to “Cradle Lullabies” by Eugene Field, published in 1909)

2Love-Songs of Childhood

By Eugene Field

This book contains verse for young and old. It is full of fantastic stories, breathtaking images, and brilliant rhymes. Including classics from "The Duel" to "The Delectable Ballad of Walter Lot," the author, a devout Christian, keeps his religious overtones to a minimum. When listening, please keep in mind that the text was originally written in the 1800s. -- Summary by Squid Varilekova

3Romance of an Old Fool

By Roswell Field

A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintances and perhaps reflect on his successes since his departure.<br /><br>This visit, however, becomes far more to him than he would have imagined, as he finds that one of his dearest childhood girlfriends had died not long after his departure, and the widower envisions a relationship with none other than her daughter, who he senses to be her mother incarnate. (Summary by Roger Melin)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Little Homer's Slate by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 6th, 2010.

5With Two Spoons For Two Spoons

By Eugene Field

Librivox volunteers bring you nine readings of With Two Spoons For Two Spoons, by Eugene Field. This was the weekly poem for the week of December 7, 2014. Summary by Ann Boulais

6Christmas Morning

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Christmas Morning by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 12, 2010.<br><br>Eugene Field, Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.

7Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

By Henry M. Field

Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stretching across the great Atlantic Ocean. It took him thirteen years, a lot of money, and many men and ships and cable to make it happen. He wanted to bring the world together and make it a smaller place; to forge alliances and achieve peace. This is his story. (Introduction by Alex C. Telander)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Grandma's Prayer by Eugene Field . This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 4, 2011.<br><br>Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem "Christmas Treasures" appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, perhaps the most famous of which is "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod." (Summary from Wikipedia)<br>*This poem taken from the Yale Book of American Verse. (1912). Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915)

9Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

By Eugene Field

Do you love books? No, I mean REALLY love books? These series of sketches on the delights, adventures, and misadventures connected with bibliomania (bibliomania is characterized by the collecting of books which have no use to the collector nor any great intrinsic value to a genuine book collector. The purchase of multiple copies of the same book and edition and the accumulation of books beyond possible capacity of use or enjoyment are frequent symptoms of bibliomania.). The author wholeheartedly enjoyed this pursuit all his life and his descriptions are delightful to read. Anyone who has lovingly held a book, smelled it, and enjoyed it for being just what it is, will understand what the author puts so well. According to the author, collectors may be grouped in three classes: Those who collect from vanity, those who collect for the benefits of learning and those who collect out of veneration and love for books. Mr. Field fell squarely in the latter category. (Summary from the preface and Phil Chenevert)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Dibdin’s Ghost by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 30, 2012.<br><br>This Fortnightly Poem is taken from An American Anthology, 1787–1900, edited by Edmund Clarence Stedman,(1833–1908). (Summary by David Lawrence)

11Buttercup Gold And Other Stories

By Ellen Robena Field

A charming collection of short stories and verses for young children. First published by the Bangor, Maine Kindergarten Association. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

12Compliment

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Compliment by Eugene Field. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 1, 2013.

13BOOH

By Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.

14Contentment

By Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.

15Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 14-28, 2014.<br /><br />"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was Dutch Lullaby.<br /><br />The poem is a fantasy bed-time story of three children sailing and fishing in the stars. Their boat is a wooden shoe. The little fishermen symbolize a sleepy child's blinking eyes and nodding head. Summary from Wikipedia

Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12 January 1862 – 13 December 1913). As Field they wrote around 40 works together, and a long journal Works and Days. Their intention was to keep the pen-name secret, but it became public knowledge, not long after they had confided in their friend Robert Browning. - Summary by Wikipedia

Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12 January 1862 – 13 December 1913). As Field they wrote around 40 works together, and a long journal Works and Days. Their intention was to keep the pen-name secret, but it became public knowledge, not long after they had confided in their friend Robert Browning. - Summary by Wikipedia

18Dr. Sam

By Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. Field first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem "Christmas Treasures" appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, among the most famous of which are "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "The Duel" (which is perhaps better known as "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"). Equally famous is his poem about the death of a child, "Little Boy Blue". Field also published a number of short stories, including "The Holy Cross" and "Daniel and the Devil." - Summary by Wikipedia

19Little Book of Profitable Tales

By Eugene Field

An anthology of charming short stories, written by the poet for his only daughter Mary. The style is simple and conversational, sometimes dealing with the difficult subjects confronting children of the day, including poverty, discrimination and death, in a gentle, unfrightening manner.

20Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse

By Eugene Field

This is a collection of Christmas short stories and poems by Eugene Field, published in 1912. The stories beautifully evoke an old-fashioned spirit of Christmas, each presenting a different angle of this special holiday. - Summary by Carolin

This poem is taken from Volume X, A Library of American Literature: An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891. Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889

This is a collection of poems by Michael Field, the pseudonym of Katharine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper. Those poems are of interest not only because they are beautiful examples of aesthetic poetry, but also because many of them contain homosexuality as a theme. The joint authors lived openly as a lesbian couple for forty years around the turn of the 20th century. - Summary by Carolin

This Fortnightly Poem is taken from Underneath the Bough, A Book of Verses by Michael Field. - Summary by David Lawrence

24Amends for Ladies

By Nathan Field

Amends for Ladies falls within the genre of Jacobean city comedy. Three women debate which has the better lot: a maid, a wife, or a widow. Lady Honour, the maid, is loved by her servant, Ingen, and disguises herself as a boy to become servant to him. Lady Perfect, the wife, is suspected by her husband, Love-all, of infidelity; Love-all tries to trap his wife by having his devious friend, Subtle, seduce her. A young citizen, Bold, disguises himself as an old woman to enter into the service of the widow, Lady Bright, in the hopes of gaining access to her bed. Amends for Ladies also features a duel-gone-wrong, bawdy jokes aplenty, and a guest appearance by the "Roaring Girl" herself, Moll Cutpurse. - Summary by Rob Board<br /><br /> <b>Cast</b><br /> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8677">KHand</a><br /> Bold: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Marland</a></b><br /> Lord Feesimple: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br /> Lady Bright: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br /> Welltried: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br /> Lord Proudly: <a href="https://librivox.org/readers/8879">SonOfTheExiles</a><br /> Ingen/Count: <a href="https://librivox.org/readers/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br /> Lady Honour: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614">Leanne Yau</a><br /> Subtle: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">alanmapstone</a><br /> Lady Perfect: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11790">TJ Burns</a><br /> Love-all: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12948">MajorToast</a><br /> Grace: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11417">Eva Davis</a><br /> Frank: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7079">Chuck Williamson</a><br /> Seldom: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11535">Nemo</a><br /> Moll Cutpurse/Tearchaps: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10995">April6090</a><br /> Page: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9810">Stoofy</a><br /> Drawer: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10458">ScarlettG</a><br /> Servant/Bots: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12500">Foon</a><br /> Whorebang: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/5244">Carolin</a><br /> Spillblood: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10087">Sandra Schmit</a><br /> Sergeant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11927">lorda</a><br /> Priest: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br /> <b>Edited by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Marland</a></b>

Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12 January 1862 – 13 December 1913). As Field they wrote around 40 works together, and a long journal Works and Days. Their intention was to keep the pen-name secret, but it became public knowledge, not long after they had confided in their friend Robert Browning. <br> They wrote a number of passionate love poems to each other, and their name Michael Field was their way of declaring their inseparable oneness. Friends referred to them as the Fields, the Michaels or the Michael Fields. They had a range of pet names for each other. They also were passionately devoted to their pets, in particular a dog named Whym Chow, for whom they wrote a book of poems named after him. - Summary by Wikipedia

26Woman is a Weathercock

By Nathan Field

A Woman is a Weathercock is the first play by the former child star of the Jacobean stage, Nathan Field. The action takes place over a single day in London. A number of suitors vie over Sir John Worldly's three daughters: Bellafront, Katherine, and Lucida. These include the short-tempered soldier, Captain Pouts; the poetical buffoon, Sir Abraham Ninny; and the rich merchant, Strange. Quick-witted Nevill orchestrates multiple sham marriages and young Scudmore plans to elope with Bellafront, while the pregnant Mistress Wagtail seeks any husband who will have her. Summary by Rob Board<br><br><b>Cast</b><br /> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12506">Bhavya</a><br /> Sir Abraham Ninny: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br /> Pendant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12874">Aaron White</a><br /> Scudmore: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br /> Strange: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Hamlet</a><br /> Captain Pouts: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br /> Count Frederick: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10801">Jim Locke</a><br /> Nevill: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Marland</a><br /> Sir John Worldly: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br /> Sir Innocent Ninny: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13022">Josh Kibbey</a><br /> Mistress Wagtail: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br /> Bellafront: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br /> Katherine: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614">Leanne Yau</a><br /> Lucida: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13072">Campbell Schelp</a><br /> Lady Ninny: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12500">foon</a><br /> Servingman 1: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12948">MajorToast</a><br /> Servingman 2: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9965">Hannoria</a><br /> Boy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9810">Stoofy</a><br /> Page: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10458">ScarlettG</a><br /> Tailor, Bowlers, Parson: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13257">Elsie Selwyn</a><br /> <b>Edited by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Marland</a></b>

27Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood

By Eugene Field

Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood is a book of children’s poetry by Eugene Field. Within the poems in this volume you will find some of his well-known works including The Duel, Wynken, Blynken and Nod, and Little Boy Blue. - Summary by SweetHome

28With Trumpet and Drum

By Eugene Field

The book is made up of poems compiled from the “Little Book of Western Verse,” the “Second Book of Verse,” and the files of the “Chicago Daily News,” the “Youth’s Companion,” and the “Ladies’ Home Journal” , including such favorites as The Sugar Plum Tree, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, and Little Boy Blue, by the Poet of Childhood, Eugene Field. - Summary by AnnaLisa Bodtker

29New Year's Eve

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of New Year's Eve by Eugene Field.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 27, 2020. <br> ------<br> This poem is taken from Songs and Other Verse by Eugene Field - Summary by David Lawrence

30Bibliomaniac's Bride

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Bibliomaniac's Bride by Eugene Field.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 11, 2022. <br> ------<br> "Within him ran a poetic vein, capable of being worked in any direction, and from which he could, at will, extract that which his imagination saw and felt most." CHARLES WALTER Brown, Chicago, January, 1905. from the Introduction to JOHN SMITH U.S.A. by Eugene Field

31Beard and Baby

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Beard and Baby by Eugene Field.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 23, 2022. <br> ------<br>Dearest Aunt: Many years ago you used to rock me to sleep, cradling me in your arms and singing me petty songs. Beloved lady, in memory of years to be recalled only in thought, and in token of my gratitude and affection, I bring you these little love-songs, and reverently I lay them at your feet. (Introduction to Love-Songs of Childhood by Eugene Field (1894)

Sara Bard Field was a poet from Ohio who spent most of her life in California. She was a suffragist, a Christian socialist, a Georgist and an advocate of free love. This collection of poems published in 1927 explores women’s position in society, parenthood, bereavement and religious belief. (Summary by Newgatenovelist)

33Wooing Of The Southland

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Wooing Of The Southland by Eugene Field.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 4, 2024. <br> ------<br> Field first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem "Christmas Treasures" appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, among the most famous of which are "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "The Duel" (which is perhaps better known as "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat") - Summary from Wikipedia

34Cornish Lullaby

By Eugene Field

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of title by Author.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 19, 2025. <br> ------<br> Eugene Field Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood". - Summary by Wikipedia