Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 079 - jo

[KevinS]

"In the Christmas Woods" (1899) by Adeline Knapp (1860 - 1909)

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_christmaswoods_knapp_ks_128kb.mp3 (17:38)

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64149

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeline_Knapp

[Sue Anderson]

"In the Christmas Woods" (1899) by Adeline Knapp (1860 - 1909)

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_christmaswoods_knapp_ks_128kb.mp3 (17:38)

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64149

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeline_Knapp

Hi Kevin, Many thanks for this evocative nature essay and the description of a walk in the woods at Christmas time! Am sorry to hear that your eye is giving you trouble.

[soupy]

Thanks for the great observations of Adeline Knapp Kevin

Well read and some interesting ideas.

PLOK

Hope your eye heals before the new year.

Craig

[KevinS]

Am sorry to hear that your eye is giving you trouble.

Hope your eye heals before the new year.

Thank you both. My eye trouble is a bit of a mystery. But I'm getting a lot of PLing done!

[KevinS]

"The progress of the public bath movement in the United States" (1913)

by William Paul Gerhard (1854 - 1927)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paul_Gerhard

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_publicbaths_gerhard_ks_128kb.mp3 (32:26)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102441138

[Sue Anderson]

"The progress of the public bath movement in the United States" (1913)

by William Paul Gerhard (1854 - 1927)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paul_Gerhard

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_publicbaths_gerhard_ks_128kb.mp3 (32:26)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102441138

Hi Kevin, Thanks for this interesting sociological study illustrating the the benefits which came to 19th century American cities by providing public bathing facilities for the tenement districts and schools.

I wonder if there is a connection here?

"I have given considerable thought to the important question of the ventilation of the classrooms in schools...nothing will help this question of pure air in the classroom more than the establishment and regular weekly use of the school baths provided for the pupils..." William Paul Gerhard

I was a housemaster for six years at a private boarding school.

[KevinS]

"The progress of the public bath movement in the United States" (1913)

by William Paul Gerhard (1854 - 1927)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paul_Gerhard

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_publicbaths_gerhard_ks_128kb.mp3 (32:26)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102441138

Hi Kevin, Thanks for this interesting sociological study illustrating the the benefits which came to 19th century American cities by providing public bathing facilities for the tenement districts and schools.

I wonder if there is a connection here?

"I have given considerable thought to the important question of the ventilation of the classrooms in schools...nothing will help this question of pure air in the classroom more than the establishment and regular weekly use of the school baths provided for the pupils..." William Paul Gerhard

I was a housemaster for six years at a private boarding school.

Haha! My students were also equitation students. They were not allowed into the dining hall unless they showered!

[soupy]

Thanks for the study of public bath houses Kevin.

It seems that eye is doing a fine job of reading. A few errors noted:

The beginning: This recording is in the public domain – I don't know if Sue allows changing the beginning.

20:57 an association of public-spirited citizens, organized in October 1895, and advocated the introduction of rain baths. You said organized in 1889

Craig

[KevinS]

Thanks for the study of public bath houses Kevin.

It seems that eye is doing a fine job of reading. A few errors noted:

The beginning: This recording is in the public domain – I don't know if Sue allows changing the beginning.

20:57 an association of public-spirited citizens, organized in October 1895, and advocated the introduction of rain baths. You said organized in 1889

Craig

Here are the corrections. Sorry for the trouble.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_publicbaths_gerhard_ks_128kb.mp3 (32:34)

The eye is what it is. If I were a responsible adult, I would go to the doctor, but...

[soupy]

Thanks for the corrections Kevin.

PLOK

An eye is hard to replace

Craig

[ColleenMc]

I want to read an article from Chambers' Journal, and as is often the case, the article only has initials at the end. Do I say "by 'W.C.'" or "by Anonymous"? WC is likely William Chambers, one of the brothers who co-edited the journal, but I'm not 100% sure....

Colleen

[Sue Anderson]

I want to read an article from Chambers' Journal, and as is often the case, the article only has initials at the end. Do I say "by 'W.C.'" or "by Anonymous"? WC is likely William Chambers, one of the brothers who co-edited the journal, but I'm not 100% sure....

Colleen

Hi Colleen, I'd read it just the way it is signed. That is, I'd say "by W.C."

"Chambers's Edinburgh Journal was a weekly 16-page magazine started by William Chambers in 1832. The first edition was dated 4 February 1832, and priced at one penny. Topics included history, religion, language, and science. William was soon joined as joint editor by his brother Robert, who wrote many of the articles for the early issues, and within a few years the journal had a circulation of 84,000." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers%27s_Edinburgh_Journal#cite_note-AboutUs-3

Looking forward to hearing what you have picked out to read!

[Grothmann]

Good New Year:

The Rivers Of The Nameless Dead
By Theodore Dreiser
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 8:25

Audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_riversnamelessdead_dreiser_dg_128kb.mp3
Text at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61043/61043-h/61043-h.htm#ch_38

This may be slightly more lyrical than is usually published here, but it has an edge I like, and is more reportage than created fiction.

Enjoy
Dale

[Sue Anderson]

Good New Year:

The Rivers Of The Nameless Dead
By Theodore Dreiser
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 8:25

Audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf079_riversnamelessdead_dreiser_dg_128kb.mp3
Text at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61043/61043-h/61043-h.htm#ch_38

This may be slightly more lyrical than is usually published here, but it has an edge I like, and is more reportage than created fiction.

Enjoy
Dale

Good morning, Dale, Thank you very much for this moving New Years day meditation!

My heartfelt wishes to you and everyone at LibriVox for peace and hope in 2021.

[soupy]

Thanks Dale for the sad story about the North (Hudson) River and the people who visited it..


One error noted

5:36 when its palaces have been viewed, its streets disentangled, you said cities disentangled

Craig