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This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of <i>Columbus</i> by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 8th, 2006.

Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, contained the best in children's literature, stories, poems and nursery rhymes. They progressed in difficulty through the different volumes - this first being intended for the youngest audience. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the second volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, contained the best in children's literature, stories, poems and nursery rhymes. They progressed in difficulty through the different volumes. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the third volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, contained the best in children's literature, stories, poems and nursery rhymes. They progressed in difficulty through the different volumes. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fourth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, contained the best in children's literature, stories, poems and nursery rhymes. They progressed in difficulty through the different volumes. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, contained the best in children's literature, stories, poems and nursery rhymes. They progressed in difficulty through the different volumes. (Summary by Maria Therese) <br><br> Note: Due to a numbering error, the audio introductions do not say "Section 6" but jump from 5 to 7. There is no text missing.

This is the final book in a six volume set of the "My Bookhouse" books. This final title in the series leaves off the format of the previous volumes and is geared towards the parent or teacher. The major part of the books deals with short biographies of the authors whose works appeared in the previous five volumes. Then follow several interesting sections, some of which include: the History of Mother Goose, The World's Great Epics, and How to Judge Stories for Children.<br><br> For the several indexes included in the second half of the book, including a historical index, a geographical index and others, please see the online text linked below. (Summary by Maria Therese)

8True Bear Stories

By Joaquin Miller

Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to "my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most of these stories from out the days of my boyhood." In his preface he claims to prefer true stories to made-up ones. And he always defends bears, which he thinks have gotten an undeserved bad reputation from the general populous.<br /><br /> Miller strives here to pass on a respect for the variety and wisdom in the lives of real bears. But perhaps we should offer one caution: throughout his life Joaquin Miller gained a reputation for being a supreme liar! (summary by Bill Boerst)

9Prowling About Panama

By George A. Miller

In 1903, Panama became a brand new state in Central America by seceding from Colombia in order to facilitate the construction of the Panama Canal, which was finished in 1914. This fledgling nation was home to the oldest inhabited European settlement on the American continent, a rich indigenous culture, and a splendid natural beauty from coast to jungle. <br><br> Such was the scene as found by George A. Miller as he was "Prowling about Panama" in 1919, an activity that is more a "getting lost in the right way" than systematic exploration. Follow the author on his prowls through an amazing country that at the time of writing was an exciting mixture of tradition and modernity. (Summary by Ava).

10Dreadful Temptation

By Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller

Jilted by the man she loves, Xenie Carroll has determined that no matter the cost she will exact the ultimate revenge on he who broke her heart.  She is tempted over and over with opportunities that she believes will allow her to complete her revenge but instead sets off a series of events that only make things more complicated.  This melodramatic dime novel is full of twists and turns that keeps the reader wondering what improbable thing will happen next? - Summary by Jenn Broda

11Children's Book of Birds

By Olive Thorne Miller

The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respectively. The book is intended to interest young people in the ways and habits of birds and to stimulate them to further study and to provide some account of the life and habits, to arouse sympathy and interest in the living bird, neither as a target nor as a producer of eggs, but as a fellow-creature whose acquaintance it would be pleasant to make. - Summary from Preface

An introductory lecture delivered at the opening of the winter session of the theological seminary at Princeton, New-Jersey, November 9. 1827 by Samuel Miller, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History, and Church Government in the said seminary. - Summary by Title Page

One way of studying the Bible is to get from it practical lessons from our daily life. This is the purpose that is in mind in this book. It does not attempt to cover every chapter; to do this would make it altogether too long--it deals only with what appear to be leading and representative portions of the Bible. It is a book for use in the inner chamber where life receives its impulses for conduct, for duty, for service, and for devotion. The Bible is a very ancient book, but it is also a book for to-day. It brings us face to face with God, and its teachings are meant to guide us in all our ways. (adapted from the Preface) This is volume 1 of 8 and is subtitled "From the Creation to the Crossing of the Red Sea". <strong>Books in this series:</strong><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/devotional-hours-with-the-bible-vol-1-by-j-r-miller/">Volume 1: From the Creation to the Crossing of the Red Sea</a><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/devotional-hours-with-the-bible-vol-2-by-j-r-miller/">Volume 2: From the Crossing of the Red Sea to the Close of David's Life</a><br> Volume 3: The Gospel by Matthew Volume 4: Solomon to Malachi Volume 5: Readings in the Synoptic Gospels on the Life of Christ Volume 6: Readings from the Psalms Volume 7: The Gospel of St. John Volume 8: Readings in the Acts, the Epistles and Revelation

One way of studying the Bible is to get from it practical lessons from our daily life. This is the purpose that is in mind in this book. It does not attempt to cover every chapter; to do this would make it altogether too long--it deals only with what appear to be leading and representative portions of the Bible. It is a book for use in the inner chamber where life receives its impulses for conduct, for duty, for service, and for devotion. The Bible is a very ancient book, but it is also a book for to-day. It brings us face to face with God, and its teachings are meant to guide us in all our ways. (adapted from the Preface) This is volume 2 of 8 and is subtitled "From the Crossing of the Red Sea to the Close of David's Life". <strong>Books in this series:</strong><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/devotional-hours-with-the-bible-vol-1-by-j-r-miller/">Volume 1: From the Creation to the Crossing of the Red Sea</a><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/devotional-hours-with-the-bible-vol-2-by-j-r-miller/">Volume 2: From the Crossing of the Red Sea to the Close of David's Life</a><br> Volume 3: The Gospel by Matthew Volume 4: Solomon to Malachi Volume 5: Readings in the Synoptic Gospels on the Life of Christ Volume 6: Readings from the Psalms Volume 7: The Gospel of St. John Volume 8: Readings in the Acts, the Epistles and Revelation

Few subjects could be mentioned more remote from the common interests and pursuits of life than what has been usually called the “plurality of worlds,” an expression now so long restricted to one well-ascertained meaning as to have lost any ambiguity that might have been charged upon it. The question is one of mere curiosity, and leads to no direct result; but it has always carried with it an attraction irrespective of its unpractical nature, and has exercised the ingenuity of so many minds that its literature is of no inconsiderable extent. To this the book now in our hands is the most recent contribution. - Summary by Nature, August 9, 1883

"ANGLO-AMERICAN accord is splendid sentiment. America ever rises gladly to this toast. But we must drink from our own crystal chalice of unsullied truth, and not from a poisoned loving-cup of coalition propaganda!" The Poisoned Loving-Cup investigates and documents the egregious pro-British, anti-American propaganda inserted into public school textbooks following World War I, all in the name of improving British-American relations. (Summary by MamaPhish and the Introduction)