David Wales
Christmas Outside Of Eden
A delightful Christmas fantasy told with inimitable charm and delicate humor. It is "the story the robins tell as they huddle beneath t…
Tales of English Minsters: Hereford
This short book was originally written for children, though adults will also find it worthwhile. It tells interesting history of Hereford i…
Visits To The Dead In The Catacombs Of Rome
This essay of a cultured observer, for many years United States consul in Rome, appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 10, issue 59,…
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy
Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the anc…
On Reading The Bible
These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…
The Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War
This little gem of a book contains twelve poems about World War I. There is more to it than its intrinsic value as verse. Edward Elgar (18…
Cecilia de Noël
Cecilia de Noël is a unique ghost story that unfolds through the perspectives of six distinct narrators, each offering their own interp…
A Versailles Christmas-Tide
In the heart of France, a young boy's battle with scarlet fever brings his parents rushing to his side, weaving a poignant narrative of love…
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…
The Egregious English
This 1903 book is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of English people and subjects. Within the humor (or humour), the listener may be surprised by s…
The Best Church Hymns
This 1898 book is the result of a survey of 107 hymn-books. The thirty-two hymns are ranked in order of popularity. The texts in this reco…
The Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan…
The Romance Of The Commonplace
Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular …
Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916)
"It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and hav…
A Cathedral Singer
New York City in the early 20th century, a boy with an angelic voice, his devoted mother, the great Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John The Di…
An Alabama Student And Other Biographical Essays
Here are thirteen biographical sketches of physicians penned by one of the founders of modern medicine, William Osler, published in 1908. &…
Rada; A Belgian Christmas Eve
This is not heart warming holiday fare. It is a short (one-act) unsubtle antiwar play by the English poet Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), publishe…
Johann Sebastian Bach
Compared with the unimaginable richness of his inner life as the overpowering volume and splendor of his works reveal it, Bach’s day-to-day …
Cupid's Cyclopedia
This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and i…
The Race Of The Swift
This 1905 collection is of the author’s short animal stories, some previously published in magazines. - Summary by David Wales