The Book of Clever Beasts by Myrtle Reed (1874 - 1911).
A humorous book, hitting off the many writers who have returned to nature and made intimate friends in the Animal World. The author describes the super-human intelligence to be found by the discerning among our kindred of the wild. All those who love gentle humor will be entertained by the whimsical story of “Little Upsidaisi” and no reader can fail to laugh at the antics of “Jagg, The Skootaway Goat”. (from advertisement in the back of the book)
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Keywords that describe the book: nature, wildlife, hermitage
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The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Chapter [number] of The Book of Clever Beasts. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say: "The Book of Clever Beasts, by Myrtle Reed. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of The Book of Clever Beasts by Myrtle Reed. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter title]"
END of recording:
At the end of the section, say: "End of [Chapter]"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
At the end of the book, say (in addition): "End of The Book of Clever Beasts, by Myrtle Reed. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
Example filename bookofcleverbeasts_##_reed_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. bookofcleverbeasts_01_reed_128kb.mp3)
Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Myrtle Reed
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: The Book of Clever Beasts
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You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: alg1001
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I will MC this for you, Daryl. Let's see if a proof listener comes around before I move you to Going Solo.
Cheers!
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
Well bless yer book-lovin' heart! (Wanted to do this one a few years ago.) Now... I gotta figure out that durn MW. I'm rusty and don't quite get the gist of this new-fangled system. Ah, y'ez y'ung whippersnappers!
Hi Daryl,
I messaged you information about the MW.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Cheers,
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
Oh, l-a-w-d-y! I saw the page count for chapter 3 and realized it was going to take a while. Trying to maintain character voices, and come up with new ones… Fortunately (or unfortunately for him) Mr. Johnson-Sitdown doesn’t seem to do well at keeping good buddies very long, so I think I just have to maintain what he sounds like.
