Atlantic Classics
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18 chapters · 7 h 45 min · English
Read by MaryAnn, Phil Schempf, J. M. Smallheer, Wayne Anderson, Preston, Tom Penn and others
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The Atlantic was a popular periodical with a wide range of essays and stories. In an effort to remain current, many strong and valid submissions ended up being pushed aside. The Atlantic Classic was an experimental publication, drawing on some sixteen of these good but rejected essays. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1 Preface 5 min 2 Dogs and Men By Henry C. Merwin 34 min 3 Jungle Night By William Beebe (1867-1962) 40 min 4 The Devil Baby at Hull-House By Jane Addams (1860-1935) 36 min 5 Every Man's Natural Desire to be Somebody Else By Samuel McChord Crothers (1857-1927) 26 min 6 The Temple's Difficult Door By Robert M. Gay 23 min 7 Exile and Postman By Jean Kenyon Mackenzie 20 min 8 The Life of Adventure By Edgar J. Goodspeed 21 min 9 An Indictment of Intercollegiate Athletics By William T. Foster (1879-1950) 40 min 10 Car-Window Botany By Lida F. Baldwin 18 min 11 Studies in Solitude By Fannie Stearns Gifford 16 min 12 The Greek Genius By John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) 58 min 13 In Praise of Old Ladies By Lucy Martin Donnelly(1870-1948) 15 min 14 A Memory of Old Gentlemen By Sharlot M. Hall (1870-1943) 11 min 15 Viola's Lovers: A Study in the New Morality By Richard Bowland Kimball 17 min 16 Haunted Lives By Laura Spencer Portor (1872-1957) 38 min 17 The Acropolis and Golgotha By Anne C. E. Allinson 27 min 18 The Baptizing of the Baby By Elizabeth Taylor (1856-1932) 20 min
