Fireside reader an assortment of stories, nonfiction, and verses chosen especially for reading aloud
The television helps, but not very much / John McNulty
The death of Captain Waskow / Ernie Pyle
A work of art / Anton Chekhov
Pericles' funeral oration / Thucydides
Outer Baldonia vs. Soviet Russia / William Bancroft Mellor
The heart of a hunter / Robert C. Ruark
The secret of General Della Rovere / Indro Montanelli
The fifty-first dragon / Heywood Broun
The night before the longest day / Cornelius Ryan
The convict and the bishop / Victor Hugo
Small-town parade, Decoration Day / Phyllis McGinley
Pink ties / Alexander King
A love affair with life / Clifton Fadiman
Pale blue nightgown / Louis Golding
I admire the human race / Roger William Riis
The heroic ride of Caesar Rodney / Lester David
The wit of Oscar Wilde / Oscar Wilde
Why Verdun still stands / Jules Romains
The great grippe mystery / Shirley Jackson
The death of Socrates / Plato
Amazing lady / Cyril Hare
October has come again / Thomas Wolfe
Slurvian self-taught / John Davenport
"
Let the bridges fall down!"
/ Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The monster / Deems Taylor
Private Hackleford's big toe / Edmund Love
American names / Stephen Vincent Benét
The halls of Montezuma / William H. Prescott
The treasurer's report / Robert Benchley
The spell / Arthur Gordon
F.D.R. and the great sprout crisis / Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt
Our lady's juggler / Anatole France
The whistle / Benjamin Franklin
Lincoln pardons a sleeping sentinel / L.E. Chittenden
Harpist on horseback / Hilda Cole Espy
An undesired rendezvous / Ernest K. Gann
Mr. Theodore Castwell / G.E.M. Skues
She did not know how to be famous / Clifton Fadiman
The pearl of love / H.G. Wells
The day Grant saluted Lee / General Horace Porter
The open window / Saki
Armina Evans Avery / George R. Leighton
Every day is Monday / Ogden Nash
The campers at Kitty Hawk / John Dos Passos
High pasture / Sandy Stuart
The lottery ticket / Anton Chekhov
The standard of living / Dorothy Parker
Vision of America / Through the eyes of its Presidents
The nightmare cannon / Victor Hugo
The last day of the Alamo / Lon Tinkle
"
Yes, your Honesty!"
/ George and Helen Papashvily
The very foreign ambassadors / Walter Bastian
The hack driver / Sinclair Lewis
For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott
The brass cannon / Robert Benchley
The chaser / John Collier
My financial career / Stephen Leacock.
The death of Captain Waskow / Ernie Pyle
A work of art / Anton Chekhov
Pericles' funeral oration / Thucydides
Outer Baldonia vs. Soviet Russia / William Bancroft Mellor
The heart of a hunter / Robert C. Ruark
The secret of General Della Rovere / Indro Montanelli
The fifty-first dragon / Heywood Broun
The night before the longest day / Cornelius Ryan
The convict and the bishop / Victor Hugo
Small-town parade, Decoration Day / Phyllis McGinley
Pink ties / Alexander King
A love affair with life / Clifton Fadiman
Pale blue nightgown / Louis Golding
I admire the human race / Roger William Riis
The heroic ride of Caesar Rodney / Lester David
The wit of Oscar Wilde / Oscar Wilde
Why Verdun still stands / Jules Romains
The great grippe mystery / Shirley Jackson
The death of Socrates / Plato
Amazing lady / Cyril Hare
October has come again / Thomas Wolfe
Slurvian self-taught / John Davenport
"
Let the bridges fall down!"
/ Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The monster / Deems Taylor
Private Hackleford's big toe / Edmund Love
American names / Stephen Vincent Benét
The halls of Montezuma / William H. Prescott
The treasurer's report / Robert Benchley
The spell / Arthur Gordon
F.D.R. and the great sprout crisis / Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt
Our lady's juggler / Anatole France
The whistle / Benjamin Franklin
Lincoln pardons a sleeping sentinel / L.E. Chittenden
Harpist on horseback / Hilda Cole Espy
An undesired rendezvous / Ernest K. Gann
Mr. Theodore Castwell / G.E.M. Skues
She did not know how to be famous / Clifton Fadiman
The pearl of love / H.G. Wells
The day Grant saluted Lee / General Horace Porter
The open window / Saki
Armina Evans Avery / George R. Leighton
Every day is Monday / Ogden Nash
The campers at Kitty Hawk / John Dos Passos
High pasture / Sandy Stuart
The lottery ticket / Anton Chekhov
The standard of living / Dorothy Parker
Vision of America / Through the eyes of its Presidents
The nightmare cannon / Victor Hugo
The last day of the Alamo / Lon Tinkle
"
Yes, your Honesty!"
/ George and Helen Papashvily
The very foreign ambassadors / Walter Bastian
The hack driver / Sinclair Lewis
For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott
The brass cannon / Robert Benchley
The chaser / John Collier
My financial career / Stephen Leacock.
Item details
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349 pages 22 cm
print - Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster, 1961.
Contents / Notes
Formatted Contents Note: | The television helps, but not very much / John McNulty The death of Captain Waskow / Ernie Pyle A work of art / Anton Chekhov Pericles' funeral oration / Thucydides Outer Baldonia vs. Soviet Russia / William Bancroft Mellor The heart of a hunter / Robert C. Ruark The secret of General Della Rovere / Indro Montanelli The fifty-first dragon / Heywood Broun The night before the longest day / Cornelius Ryan The convict and the bishop / Victor Hugo Small-town parade, Decoration Day / Phyllis McGinley Pink ties / Alexander King A love affair with life / Clifton Fadiman Pale blue nightgown / Louis Golding I admire the human race / Roger William Riis The heroic ride of Caesar Rodney / Lester David The wit of Oscar Wilde / Oscar Wilde Why Verdun still stands / Jules Romains The great grippe mystery / Shirley Jackson The death of Socrates / Plato Amazing lady / Cyril Hare October has come again / Thomas Wolfe Slurvian self-taught / John Davenport "Let the bridges fall down!" / Dorothy Canfield Fisher The monster / Deems Taylor Private Hackleford's big toe / Edmund Love American names / Stephen Vincent Benét The halls of Montezuma / William H. Prescott The treasurer's report / Robert Benchley The spell / Arthur Gordon F.D.R. and the great sprout crisis / Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt Our lady's juggler / Anatole France The whistle / Benjamin Franklin Lincoln pardons a sleeping sentinel / L.E. Chittenden Harpist on horseback / Hilda Cole Espy An undesired rendezvous / Ernest K. Gann Mr. Theodore Castwell / G.E.M. Skues She did not know how to be famous / Clifton Fadiman The pearl of love / H.G. Wells The day Grant saluted Lee / General Horace Porter The open window / Saki Armina Evans Avery / George R. Leighton Every day is Monday / Ogden Nash The campers at Kitty Hawk / John Dos Passos High pasture / Sandy Stuart The lottery ticket / Anton Chekhov The standard of living / Dorothy Parker Vision of America / Through the eyes of its Presidents The nightmare cannon / Victor Hugo The last day of the Alamo / Lon Tinkle "Yes, your Honesty!" / George and Helen Papashvily The very foreign ambassadors / Walter Bastian The hack driver / Sinclair Lewis For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott The brass cannon / Robert Benchley The chaser / John Collier My financial career / Stephen Leacock. |
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