Bed-Books And Night-Lights

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038

by VARIOUS ( - )

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cookery, Bryce canyon, Wilhelm Stekel's psychology, the Theologia Germanica, Paracelsus, John Donne, Cotton Mather, Julia Smith's translation of the Bible, Zen Buddhism, American immigrants, slavery, Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, and cats."Cats and Their Care" was edited by Liberty Hyde Bailey. "Looking Backward" was translated by Samuel Aaron Tannenbaum. "The Collector" was translated by Rosalie Gabler. "Thelogia Germanica" was translated by Susanna Winkworth. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Listen next episodes of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038:
Confession of a Hyphenated American, Part 2 , Bryce Canyon National Monument , Cats and Their Care , Confession of a Hyphenated American, Part 1 , Expostulatory Letter to George Washington, of Mount Vernon, in Virginia, on His Continuing to be a Proprietor of Slaves , Joseph Crosby Lincoln: An Appreciation (1921) , Looking Backward (1921) , Meditation 17 , Oscar Wilde: An Idler's Impression , Preface to Julia E. Smith's 1876 Translation of the Holy Bible , The Collector (1922) , The Devil In New England , The Life of Paracelsus , Theologia Germanica, Chapter 7 , Time, Space, and Gravitation , Zen Buddhism and its Relation to Art