Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062 by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 62 features several introspective essays: by T. S. Eliot (Tradition and Individual Talent), Stephen Leacock (The Decline of the Drama), Carlyle (The Sacredness of Work), and Jonathan Swift (A Meditation Upon a Broomstick). Life questions are further explored by theologians Agrippa von Nettesheim (The Vanity of Arts and Sciences) and Spurgeon (Effectual Calling, Sermon # 73), while spiritualist Andrew Jackson Davis presents his understanding of death and dying (The Portal of the Unknown). Public and political life are examined by Eltwood Pomeroy (The Follies of Legislators), Henry Ward Beecher (The American Flag), Franklin Hanford (Did Betsy Ross Design the Flag?), and Nicolas de Condorcet (On the Admission of Women to the Rights of Citizenship). Vol. 62 includes biographical sketches of two men of genius, a scientist, Nikola Tesla (Hugo Gernsback) and a painter, John Singer Sargent (Henry James). Finally, a scientific look at the destructive power of sea waves is complemented by a meditation on nature's grandeur by poet Rupert Brooke, who visits Niagara Falls and is moved to " thoughts of destiny and the passage of empires." - Summary by Sue Anderson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 3:42:36

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• drama
• death
• sermon
• flag
• women's rights
• waves
• niagara

Track guide

1. 01 - The American Flag — 5:11
2. 02 - The Decline of the Drama — 12:45
3. 03 - Did Betsy Ross Design the Flag of the United States of America? — 21:07
4. 04 - Effectual Calling, Sermon 73 (1856) — 36:07
5. 05 - The Follies of Legislatures — 15:32
6. 06 - John Singer Sargent — 36:45
7. 07 - A Meditation upon a Broomstick — 3:49
8. 08 - Niagara Falls — 14:07
9. 09 - Nikola Tesla the Man — 4:33
10. 10 - On the Actual Height of Sea Waves — 3:06
11. 11 - On the Admission of Women to the Rights of Citizenship — 19:54
12. 12 - The Portal Of The Unknown — 12:16
13. 13 - The Sacredness Of Work — 2:34
14. 14 - Tradition and Individual Talent — 26:18
15. 15 - The Vanity of Arts and Sciences (excerpt) — 8:31

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