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• THE ROYAL RECITER: PREFACE

  Episode 0 · 2:39
• PREFATORY

  Episode 1 · 3:17
• JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 2 · 3:53
• THE RED ROSE OF WAR. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 3 · 4:49
• ENGLAND. BY ELIZA COOK

  Episode 4 · 3:56
• A SONG FOR AUSTRALIA. BY WILLIAM COX BENNET

  Episode 5 · 4:01
• THE PLOUGHSHARE OF OLD ENGLAND. BY ELIZA COOK

  Episode 6 · 2:06
• THE STORY OF ABEL TASMAN. BY FRANCES S. LEWIN.

  Episode 7 · 3:40
• THE GROOM'S STORY. BY A. CONAN DOYLE

  Episode 8 · 6:23
• THE HARDEST PART I EVER PLAYED. BY RE HENRY

  Episode 9 · 20:47
• THE STORY OF MR. KING. BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY

  Episode 10 · 7:27
• THE ART OF "POETRY." FROM "TOWN TOPICS."

  Episode 11 · 1:48
• THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT. W. M. THACKERAY

  Episode 12 · 10:38
• UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED. BY J. BRUNTON STEPHENS

  Episode 13 · 8:32
• THE AMENITIES OF SHOPPING. BY LEOPOLD WAGNER

  Episode 14 · 11:35
• SHAMUS O'BRIEN: A TALE OF '98. BY J. SHERIDAN LE FANU

  Episode 15 · 13:04
• HOME, SWEET HOME. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

  Episode 16 · 29s
• THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR. BY W.M. THACKERAY

  Episode 17 · 3:28
• THE ALMA. BY WILLIAM C. BENNET

  Episode 18 · 3:19
• THE MAMELUKE CHARGE. BY SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE

  Episode 19 · 2:17
• MY LADY'S LEAP. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN

  Episode 20 · 8:11
• A SONG FOR THE END OF THE SEASON. BY J.R. PLANCHE

  Episode 21 · 1:04
• THE AGED PILOT MAN. BY MARK TWAIN

  Episode 22 · 6:16
• TIM KEYSER'S NOSE. BY MAX ADELER

  Episode 23 · 2:45
• THE LOST EXPRESSION. BY MARSHALL STEELE

  Episode 24 · 7:45
• A NIGHT SCENE. BY ROBERT B. BROUGH

  Episode 25 · 1:24
• KARL, THE MARTYR. BY FRANCES WHITESIDE

  Episode 26 · 13:21
• THE ROMANCE OF TENACHELLE. BY HERCULES ELLIS

  Episode 27 · 10:34
• MICHAEL FLYNN. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

  Episode 28 · 29s
• A NIGHT WITH A STORK. BY WILLIAM G. WILCOX

  Episode 29 · 9:22
• AN UNMUSICAL NEIGHBOUR. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

  Episode 30 · 40s
• THE CHALICE. BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY

  Episode 31 · 5:24
• LIVINGSTONE. BY HENRY LLOYD.

  Episode 32 · 3:35
• IN SWANAGE BAY. BY MRS. CRAIK

  Episode 33 · 5:34
• BALLAD OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. BY GEORGE HENRY BOKER

  Episode 34 · 6:09
• PHADRIG CROHOORE. BY JAMES SHERIDAN LE FANU

  Episode 35 · 6:31
• CUPID'S ARROWS. BY ELIZA COOK

  Episode 36 · 1:34
• THE CROCODILE'S DINNER PARTY. BY E. VINTON BLAKE

  Episode 37 · 3:12
• "TWO SOULS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT." BY WILLIAM THOMSON

  Episode 38 · 42s
• A RISKY RIDE. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN

  Episode 39 · 7:29
• ON MARRIAGE. BY JOSH BILLINGS

  Episode 40 · 4:26
• THE ROMANCE OF CARRIGCLEENA. BY HERCULES ELLIS

  Episode 41 · 7:32
• THE FALSE FONTANLEE. BY WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE

  Episode 42 · 6:22
• THE LEGEND OF SAINT LAURA. BY THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK

  Episode 43 · 3:51
• DAVID SHAW, HERO. BY JAMES BUCKHAM

  Episode 44 · 2:42
• BROTHERHOOD. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 45 · 3:24
• THE STRAIGHT RIDER. (FROM "BLACK AND WHITE?" BY PERMISSION.)

  Episode 46 · 5:29
• WOMEN AND WORK. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 47 · 5:11
• A COUNTRY STORY. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 48 · 3:37
• THE BEGGAR MAID. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 49 · 58s
• THE VENGEANCE OF KAFUR. BY CLINTON SCOLLARD

  Episode 50 · 5:41
• THE WISHING WELL. BY VIRGINIA WOODWARD CLOUD

  Episode 51 · 5:01
• THE TWO CHURCH-BUILDERS. BY JOHN G. SAXE

  Episode 52 · 2:45
• THE CAPTAIN OF THE NORTHFLEET, BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 53 · 3:11
• THE HAPPIEST LAND. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

  Episode 54 · 1:28
• THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW. BY J. G. WHITTIER

  Episode 55 · 4:05
• THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

  Episode 56 · 4:16
• THE GRAVE SPOILERS. BY HERCULES ELLIS

  Episode 57 · 3:50
• BOW-MEETING SONG. BY REGINALD HEBER

  Episode 58 · 1:48
• THE BALLAD OF ROU. BY LORD LYTTON

  Episode 59 · 5:03
• BINGEN ON THE RHINE. BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON

  Episode 60 · 5:26
• DEEDS NOT WORDS. BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT

  Episode 61 · 2:19
• OLD KING COLE. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 62 · 4:12
• THE GREEN DOMINO. ANONYMOUS

  Episode 63 · 5:42
• THE LEGEND BEAUTIFUL. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

  Episode 64 · 5:23
• THE BELL OF ATRI. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

  Episode 65 · 6:54
• THE STORM. BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR

  Episode 66 · 1:36
• THE THREE RULERS. BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR

  Episode 67 · 1:07
• THE HORN OF EGREMONT CASTLE. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

  Episode 68 · 5:37
• THE MIRACLE OF THE ROSES. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY

  Episode 69 · 5:28
• THE BRIDAL OF MALAHIDE. BY GERALD GRIFFIN

  Episode 70 · 5:17
• THE DAUGHTER OF MEATH. BY THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY

  Episode 71 · 4:44
• GLENARA. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

  Episode 72 · 2:19
• A FABLE FOR MUSICIANS. BY CLARA DOTY BATES

  Episode 73 · 4:55
• "ONWARD." A TALE OF THE S. E. RAILWAY. ANONYMOUS

  Episode 74 · 3:15
• THE DECLARATION. BY NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS

  Episode 75 · 1:44
• LOVE AND AGE. BY THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK

  Episode 76 · 3:35
• HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER. BY BRET HARTE

  Episode 77 · 3:11
• HE WORRIED ABOUT IT. BY S. W. FOSS

  Episode 78 · 2:22
• ASTRONOMY MADE EASY. ANONYMOUS

  Episode 79 · 6:44
• BROTHER WATKINS. BY JOHN B. GOUGH

  Episode 80 · 4:31
• LOGIC. ANONYMOUS

  Episode 81 · 2:30
• THE PRIDE OF BATTERY B. BY F.H. GASSAWAY

  Episode 82 · 3:32
• THE DANDY FIFTH. BY F.H. GASSAWAY

  Episode 83 · 4:55
• "BAY BILLY." BY F.H. GASSAWAY

  Episode 84 · 5:08
• THE OLD VETERAN. BY BAYARD TAYLOR

  Episode 85 · 3:24
• SANTA CLAUS. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 86 · 12:24
• THE IMPERIAL RECITER: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Episode 87 · 1:40
• PREFATORY

  Episode 88 · 4:23
• THE ENGLISHMAN. BY ELIZA COOK

  Episode 89 · 3:00
• ENGLAND GOES TO BATTLE. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 90 · 2:35
• ENGLAND ONCE MORE. BY FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE

  Episode 91 · 3:15
• GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 92 · 2:12
• THE VOLUNTEER. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 93 · 4:03
• DOWN IN AUSTRALIA. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 94 · 2:01
• AUSTRALIA SPEAKS. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 95 · 1:03
• AN IMPERIAL REPLY. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 96 · 1:55
• THE BOYS' RETURN. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 97 · 3:04
• "SOUND THE ASSEMBLY!" BY CLEMENT SCOTT

  Episode 98 · 3:14
• THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR. BY RUDYARD KIPLING

  Episode 99 · 2:46
• FOR THE EMPIRE. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 100 · 2:09
• WANTED—A CROMWELL. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 101 · 2:39
• ENGLAND'S IRONSIDES. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 102 · 1:41
• THE THREE CHERRY-STONES. ANONYMOUS

  Episode 103 · 7:42
• THE MIDSHIPMAN'S FUNERAL. BY BARLEY DALE

  Episode 104 · 8:14
• LADYSMITH. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 105 · 9:03
• THE SIX-INCH GUN. "THE BOMBSHELL"

  Episode 106 · 3:15
• ST. PATRICK'S DAY. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 107 · 4:05
• THE HERO OF OMDURMAN. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 108 · 3:30
• BOOT AND SADDLE. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 109 · 6:16
• THE MIDNIGHT CHARGE. BY CLEMENT SCOTT

  Episode 110 · 8:44
• MAFEKING. BY REV. A. FREWEN AYLWARD

  Episode 111 · 2:07
• THE FIGHT AT RORKE'S DRIFT. BY EMILY PFEIFFER

  Episode 112 · 6:05
• RELIEVED! (AT MAFEKING.)

  Episode 113 · 41s
• HOW SAM HODGE WON THE VICTORIA CROSS. BY WILLIAM JEFFREY PROWSE

  Episode 114 · 4:44
• THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. BY R.T.S. LOWELL.

  Episode 115 · 3:57
• A BALLAD OF WAR. BY MENELLA BUTE SMEDLEY

  Episode 116 · 4:34
• THE ALMA. BY RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH

  Episode 117 · 3:00
• AFTER ALMA. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 118 · 5:37
• BALACLAVA. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 119 · 2:19
• AFTER BALACLAVA. BY JAMES WILLIAMS

  Episode 120 · 3:04
• INKERMAN. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 121 · 8:45
• KILLED IN ACTION. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

  Episode 122 · 1:56
• AT THE BREACH. BY SARAH WILLIAMS

  Episode 123 · 2:55
• SANTA FILOMENA. BY H. W. LONGFELLOW.

  Episode 124 · 2:35
• THE LITTLE HATCHET STORY. BY BURDETTE

  Episode 125 · 6:43
• THE LOSS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD." SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE

  Episode 126 · 4:00
• ELIHU. BY ALICE CAREY

  Episode 127 · 3:33
• THE LAST OF THE "EURYDICE." BY SIR NOEL PATON

  Episode 128 · 3:00
• THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS. BY H.W. LONGFELLOW

  Episode 129 · 2:49
• ENGLAND'S DEAD. BY FELICIA HEMANS

  Episode 130 · 3:14
• MEHRAB KHAN. BY SIR F.H. DOYLE

  Episode 131 · 2:52
• THE RED THREAD OF HONOUR. BY SIR F.H. DOYLE

  Episode 132 · 5:00
• THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS. BY SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE

  Episode 133 · 3:30
• A FISHERMAN'S SONG. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 134 · 1:30
• THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. BY LORD BYRON

  Episode 135 · 5:54
• THE LAY OF THE BRAVE CAMERON. JOHN STUART BLACKIE

  Episode 136 · 3:06
• A SONG FOR STOUT WORKERS. BY JOHN STUART BLACKIE

  Episode 137 · 1:54
• AT THE BURIAL OF A VETERAN. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 138 · 1:31
• NAPOLEON AND THE BRITISH SAILOR. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

  Episode 139 · 3:00
• THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. BY REV. CHARLES WOLFE

  Episode 140 · 2:01
• AT TRAFALGAR. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 141 · 7:35
• CAMPERDOWN. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 142 · 5:57
• THE ARMADA. BY LORD MACAULAY

  Episode 143 · 6:11
• MR. BARKER'S PICTURE. BY MAX ADELER

  Episode 144 · 4:21
• THE WOODEN LEG. BY MAX ADELER

  Episode 145 · 7:32
• THE ENCHANTED SHIRT. BY COLONEL JOHN HAY

  Episode 146 · 3:46
• JIM BLUDSO. BY COLONEL JOHN HAY

  Episode 147 · 2:49
• FREEDOM. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

  Episode 148 · 2:05
• THE COORTIN'. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

  Episode 149 · 4:43
• THE HERITAGE. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

  Episode 150 · 3:29
• LADY CLARE. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 151 · 4:19
• BREAK, BREAK, BREAK. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 152 · 1:11
• THE LORD OF BURLEIGH. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 153 · 4:21
• DORA. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 154 · 8:33
• MRS. B.'S ALARMS. BY JAMES PAYN

  Episode 155 · 19:39
• SHELTERED. BY SARAH ORME JEWETT

  Episode 156 · 12:29
• GUILD'S SIGNAL. BY BRET HARTE

  Episode 157 · 2:20
• BILL MASON'S BRIDE. BY BRET HARTE

  Episode 158 · 2:39
• THE CLOWN'S BABY. FROM "ST. NICHOLAS."

  Episode 159 · 3:56
• AUNT TABITHA. BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

  Episode 160 · 2:19
• LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE. BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

  Episode 161 · 2:57
• THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUTH. BY EUGENE FIELD

  Episode 162 · 2:31
• RUBINSTEIN'S PLAYING. ANONYMOUS

  Episode 163 · 11:32
• OBITUARY. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

  Episode 164 · 40s
• THE EDITOR'S STORY. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 165 · 6:33
• NAT RICKET. BY ALFRED H. MILES

  Episode 166 · 5:39
• 'SPÄCIALLY JIM. FROM "HARPER'S MAGAZINE."

  Episode 167 · 1:17
• 'ARRY'S ANCIENT MARINER. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN.

  Episode 168 · 6:11
• THE AMATEUR ORLANDO. BY GEORGE T. LANIGAN

  Episode 169 · 6:19
• A BALLAD OF A BAZAAR. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN

  Episode 170 · 2:39
• A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON, AGED THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. BY THOMAS HOOD

  Episode 171 · 3:29
• 'TWAS EVER THUS. BY HENRY S. LEIGH

  Episode 172 · 1:03
• MISS MALONEY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION. BY MARY MAPES DODGE

  Episode 173 · 6:45
• THE HEATHEN CHINEE. BY BRET HARTE

  Episode 174 · 2:50
• HO-HO OF THE GOLDEN BELT. BY JOHN G. SAXE

  Episode 175 · 5:42
• THE HIRED SQUIRREL. A RUSSIAN FABLE

  Episode 176 · 1:27
• BALLAD OF THE TRAILING SKIRT. NEW YORK "LIFE."

  Episode 177 · 1:36
• TO THE GIRL IN KHAKI. "MODERN SOCIETY."

  Episode 178 · 1:06
• THE TENDER HEART. BY HELEN GRAY CONE

  Episode 179 · 2:04
• A SONG OF SARATOGA. BY JOHN G. SAXE

  Episode 180 · 2:50
• THE SEA. BY EVAL. OGDEN

  Episode 181 · 2:03
• A TALE OF A NOSE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

  Episode 182 · 1:43
• LEEDLE YAWCOB STRAUSS. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

  Episode 183 · 2:08
• DOT BABY OF MINE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

  Episode 184 · 2:44
• A DUTCHMAN'S MISTAKE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

  Episode 185 · 2:54
• THE OWL CRITIC. JAMES T. FIELDS

  Episode 186 · 3:40
• THE TRUE STORY OF KING MARSHMALLOW. ANONYMOUS

  Episode 187 · 2:14
• THE JACKDAW OF RHEIMS. BY THOMAS INGOLDSBY (REV. R.H. BARHAM)

  Episode 188 · 8:19
• TUBAL CAIN. BY CHARLES MACKAY

  Episode 189 · 3:56
• THE THREE PREACHERS. BY CHARLES MACKAY

  Episode 190 · 3:54
• SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE. BY ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH

  Episode 191 · 1:18
• PATRIOTISM. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 192 · 4:40
• TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. BY GERALD MASSEY

  Episode 193 · 2:36
• RING OUT, WILD BELLS. BY LORD TENNYSON

  Episode 194 · 2:31
• RULE, BRITANNIA! BY JAMES THOMSON

  Episode 195 · 3:19