The Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers by Catherine Crowe (1803 - 1876).
The stories in Volume 1 centre on dreams, psychic presentiments, traces, wraiths, doppelgängers, apparitions, and imaginings of the after-life. Crowe's vivid tales, written with great energy and imagination, are classic examples of nineteenth-century spiritualist writing and strongly influenced other authors as well as providing inspiration for later adherents of ghost-seeing and psychic culture. ( Cambridge University Press)
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Horror & Supernatural Fiction; Fantastic Fiction/Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Keywords that describe the book: ghosts, hauntings, Will, apparitions, psychic, seers, spririts, wraiths, allegoricals
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
DURING recording: No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording: START of recording (Intro)
"Chapter [number] (or Preface) of The Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers. 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 Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers, by Catherine Crowe. [Chapter Number and 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 Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers, by Catherine Crowe. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
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128 kbps MP3
nightsideofnature_##_crowe_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. nightsideofnature_01_crowe_128kb.mp3)
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Hi Anthony,
I will MC this for you. It looks like fun. I tweaked the opening post to suit the book. This is a collaborative project, correct? I didn't see the ~ so I put you down as prooflistener. I will update any of this, if it is wrong.
Thanks,
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
Hi Anthony,
I will move you to Readers Wanted.
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
Hi Anthony,
Could I have Section 3 -Waking and Sleeping?
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
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Truth exists for the wise, Beauty for a feeling heart: They belong to each other. - Beethoven
Disclaimer: "Kind reader, if this our performance doth in aught fall short of promise, blame not our good intent, but our unperfect wit."
Truth exists for the wise, Beauty for a feeling heart: They belong to each other. - Beethoven
Disclaimer: "Kind reader, if this our performance doth in aught fall short of promise, blame not our good intent, but our unperfect wit."