# Stops of Various Quills

An audiobook by William Dean Howells, read by LibriVox volunteers (35 min, English).

Stops Of Various Quills is a short book of poetry written by WIlliam Dean Howells in the years following the death of his daughter. The title is taken from the last stanza of John Milton's elegy Lycidas. This book contains the poem The Bewildered Guest, which is reported to be among the most widely quoted of Howells' poems. - Summary by Zach Hoyt

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## Chapters

1. November (0:41): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_01_howells_64kb.mp3
2. Midway (0:34): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_02_howells_64kb.mp3
3. Time (0:39): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_03_howells_64kb.mp3
4. From Generation To Generation (0:59): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_04_howells_64kb.mp3
5. The Bewildered Guest (0:52): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_05_howells_64kb.mp3
6. Company (0:36): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_06_howells_64kb.mp3
7. Heredity (0:55): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_07_howells_64kb.mp3
8. Twelve P.M. (0:50): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_08_howells_64kb.mp3
9. Change (0:45): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_09_howells_64kb.mp3
10. In The Dark (0:48): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_10_howells_64kb.mp3
11. Tomorrow (0:32): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_11_howells_64kb.mp3
12. Living (0:26): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_12_howells_64kb.mp3
13. If (0:49): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_13_howells_64kb.mp3
14. Solitude (0:32): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_14_howells_64kb.mp3
15. Respite (0:50): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_15_howells_64kb.mp3
16. Question (0:52): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_16_howells_64kb.mp3
17. Hope (0:53): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_17_howells_64kb.mp3
18. The Burden (0:39): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_18_howells_64kb.mp3
19. Calvary (0:33): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_19_howells_64kb.mp3
20. Conscience (0:27): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_20_howells_64kb.mp3
21. Reward And Punishment (0:31): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_21_howells_64kb.mp3
22. Sympathy (0:42): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_22_howells_64kb.mp3
23. Statistics (1:08): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_23_howells_64kb.mp3
24. Parable (1:43): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_24_howells_64kb.mp3
25. Vision (0:47): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_25_howells_64kb.mp3
26. Society (1:22): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_26_howells_64kb.mp3
27. Good Society (0:28): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_27_howells_64kb.mp3
28. Friends And Foes (0:26): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_28_howells_64kb.mp3
29. Sphinx (0:41): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_29_howells_64kb.mp3
30. Materials Of A Story (2:20): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_30_howells_64kb.mp3
31. The King Dines (0:56): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_31_howells_64kb.mp3
32. Labor And Capital (1:03): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_32_howells_64kb.mp3
33. Equality (0:41): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_33_howells_64kb.mp3
34. Judgment Day (0:35): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_34_howells_64kb.mp3
35. Mortality (0:56): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_35_howells_64kb.mp3
36. Another Day (1:01): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_36_howells_64kb.mp3
37. Some One Else (0:40): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_37_howells_64kb.mp3
38. Life (0:37): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_38_howells_64kb.mp3
39. Weather-Breeder (0:29): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_39_howells_64kb.mp3
40. Peonage (0:43): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_40_howells_64kb.mp3
41. Race (1:28): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_41_howells_64kb.mp3
42. Temperament (0:49): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_42_howells_64kb.mp3
43. What Shall It Profit? (0:39): https://archive.org/download/stopsofvariousquills_2510_librivox/stopsofvariousquills_43_howells_64kb.mp3