{"id":8717,"date":"2025-12-31T19:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wmfhlp.org\/?p=8717"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:56:18","slug":"thursday-january-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wmfhlp.org\/?p=8717","title":{"rendered":"Thursday January 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table>\n<tr><th>Hour<\/th><th>Title<\/th><th>Author<\/th><th>length<\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Midnight<\/td><td>A Luncheon-party<\/td><td>Maurice Baring<\/td><td>41:13<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>1 AM<\/td><td>The Magic Egg<\/td><td>Frank R. Stockton<\/td><td>30:44<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>2 AM<\/td><td>High-Water Mark<\/td><td>Bret Harte<\/td><td>23:53<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>3 AM<\/td><td>Rab and His Friends<\/td><td>Various<\/td><td>31:43<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>4 AM<\/td><td>Fable of the Bees<\/td><td>Bernard Mandeville<\/td><td>41:30<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>5 AM<\/td><td>Main Street &#8211; ch 23<\/td><td>Sinclair Lewis<\/td><td>31:22<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>6 AM<\/td><td>The Untamed &#8211; ch 1-2 <\/td><td>Max Brand<\/td><td>30:12<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>7 AM<\/td><td>History of the Norwegian People &#8211; ch 66-67<\/td><td>Knut Gjerset<\/td><td>30:48<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"adventure\"><td>8 AM<\/td><td>Aeneid &#8211; Book 4, Pt 1<\/td><td>Virgil<\/td><td>31:00<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr><td>9 AM<\/td><td>Stories:  The Joy Of Nelly Deane<\/td><td>Willa Sibert Cather<\/td><td>37:41<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>10 AM<\/td><td>What She Wore<\/td><td>Edna Ferber<\/td><td>29:49<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>11 AM<\/td><td>The Trial For Murder<\/td><td>Charles Dickens<\/td><td>31:49<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Noon<\/td><td>Thumbelisa<\/td><td>Hans Christian Andersen<\/td><td>22:22<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>1 PM<\/td><td>Main Street &#8211; ch 23<\/td><td>Sinclair Lewis<\/td><td>31:22<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>2 PM<\/td><td>The Untamed &#8211; ch 1-2 <\/td><td>Max Brand<\/td><td>30:12<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>3 PM<\/td><td>History of the Norwegian People &#8211; ch 66-67<\/td><td>Knut Gjerset<\/td><td>30:48<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"adventure\"><td>4 PM<\/td><td>Aeneid &#8211; Book 4, Pt 1<\/td><td>Virgil<\/td><td>31:00<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr><td>5 PM<\/td><td>Remarks on the Antiquity of Pugilism<\/td><td>Pierce Egan<\/td><td>45:19<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>6 PM<\/td><td>Hop-o&#8217;-My-Thumb\tby Joseph Jacobs<\/td><td>Joseph Jacobs<\/td><td>23:41<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>7 PM<\/td><td>All Gold Canyon<\/td><td>Jack London<\/td><td>48:47<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr class=\"western\"  ><td>8 PM<\/td><td>The Untamed &#8211; ch 1-2 <\/td><td>Max Brand<\/td><td>30:12<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"novel\"    ><td>9 PM<\/td><td>Main Street &#8211; ch 23<\/td><td>Sinclair Lewis<\/td><td>31:22<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"adventure\"><td>10 PM<\/td><td>Aeneid &#8211; Book 4, Pt 1<\/td><td>Virgil<\/td><td>31:00<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"history\"  ><td>11 PM<\/td><td>History of the Norwegian People &#8211; ch 66-67<\/td><td>Knut Gjerset<\/td><td>30:48<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hour Title Author length Midnight A Luncheon-party Maurice Baring 41:13 1 AM The Magic Egg Frank R. 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