Librivox: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006 by Various
Summary: A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion. Included in this collection are speeches by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, several interesting or historic articles from Vanity Fair and the NY times, as well as writings of Eugene Debs, Alexander von Humboldt, Lena Morrow Lewis, Joseph Lister and C. M. Ellis. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)
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01 "Address to the People of Illinois on Tariff or Taxation, March 4, 1843" by Lincoln, Abraham
02 "All is not Gold that Glitters" by Vanity Fair, March 28, 1861
03 "Awful German Language, The" by Twain, Mark
04 "Causes for which a President Can Be Impeached, The from Atlantic Monthly, 1867" by Ellis, C. M.
05 "Crimes of Carnegie" by Debs, Eugene V.
06 "Dedication and Preface to Palgrave's Golden Treasury" by Palgrave, Francis T.
07 "Different Degrees of Enjoyment Presented by the Contemplation of Nature, The" by Humboldt, Alexander von
08 "Last Honors to Emerson" by NY Times, April 29, 1882
09 "Materialist Basis of Education, The" by Lewis, Lena Morrow
10 "Ninety-Five Theses, The" by Luther, Martin
11 "On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery" by Lister, Joseph
12 "Progress of Medical Science, The" by Vanity Fair, 1860
13 "Ruth Bought by New York Americans" by NY Times, January 6, 1920
14 "Story of An Eyewitness, The" by London, Jack
15 "Winter Sunshine" by Burroughs, John
