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Subject: Project Gutenberg Newsletter for November, 1997
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: Michael Hart <hart@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 03:45:44 -0600 (CST)
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for Wednesday, November 5, 1977
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Mon Year Title and Author [# of PG books by the author][filename.ext] ###
A "C" following the Etext number indicates a copyrighted work.
Oct 1997 Rolf in the Woods, by Ernest Thompson Seton [rolfwxxx.xxx]1088
Oct 1997 Baartock, by Lewis Roth [brtckxxx.xxx]1087C
Oct 1997 A Horse's Tale, by Mark Twain [Clemens][Twain #12][hrstlxxx.xxx]1086
Oct 1997 Life of John Sterling, by Thomas Carlyle [TC#2] [strlgxxx.xxx]1085
Oct 1997 Recipes Tried and True by Presbyterian Ladies' Aid[tandtxxx.xxx]1084
Oct 1997 The Arrow of Gold, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #17] [argldxxx.xxx]1083
Oct 1997 Voyage of The Paper Canoe, by Nathaniel H. Bishop [pprcnxxx.xxx]1082
Oct 1997 Dead Souls, by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol [dsolsxxx.xxx]1081
Oct 1997 A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift [Swift #3] [mdprpxxx.xxx]1080
Oct 1997 Life of Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne [shndyxxx.xxx]1079
Oct 1997 The Scouts of the Valley, by Joseph A. Altsheler [sctvlxxx.xxx]1078
Oct 1997 The Mirror of Kong Ho, by Ernest Bramah [Bramah#2][konghxxx.xxx]1077
Oct 1997 The Wallet of Kai Lung, by Ernest Bramah[Bramah#1][wklngxxx.xxx]1076
Oct 1997 Samuel, by Jack London [Jack London #18] [sstrgxxx.xxx]1075
Oct 1997 The Sea-Farmer, by Jack London [Jack London #17] [sstrgxxx.xxx]1075
Oct 1997 The Dream of Debs, by Jack London [London #16] [sstrgxxx.xxx]1075
Oct 1997 The Enemy of All the World, by Jack London [#15] [sstrgxxx.xxx]1075
Oct 1997 The Unparalleled Invasion, by Jack London [#14] [sstrgxxx.xxx]1075
Oct 1997 South of the Slot, by Jack London [London #13] [sstrgxxx.xxx]1075
Oct 1997 The Strength of the Strong, by Jack London [#12] [sstrgxxx.xxx]1075
Oct 1997 The Sea Wolf, by Jack London [Jack London #11] [cwolfxxx.xxx]1074
Oct 1997 The Death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola [#4] [1zolaxxx.xxx]1073
Oct 1997 The Miller's Daughter, by Emile Zola [Zola #3] [1zolaxxx.xxx]1072
Oct 1997 Captain Burle, by Emile Zola [Emile Zola #2] [1zolaxxx.xxx]1071
Oct 1997 Nana, by Emile Zola [Emile Zola #1] [See note] [1zolaxxx.xxx]1070
Oct 1997 1st PG Collection of Emile Zola [Emile Zola #1] [1zolaxxx.xxx]1069
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V2 [2musgxxx.xxx]1068
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V1 [1musgxxx.xxx]1067
Oct 1997 1066 is reserved for "The Battle of Hastings" [ xxx.xxx]1066
Oct 1997 The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe[Poe#5][1epoexxx.xxx]1065
This is our second experimental effort at cataloguing multiple
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Oct 1997 The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe[#4][1epoexxx.xxx]1064
Oct 1997 The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe [E. A. Poe #3] [1epoexxx.xxx]1063
Oct 1997 1st PG Collection of Edgar Allan Poe[E. A. Poe #2][1epoexxx.xxx]1062
Oct 1997 Myths and Myth-Makers, by John Fiske [mythmxxx.xxx]1061
Oct 1997 Grass of Parnassus, by Andrew Lang [Lang #7] [grprnxxx.xxx]1060
Oct 1997 The World Set Free, by H.G. Wells [H.G. Wells #12][twsfrxxx.xxx]1059
Oct 1997 The Mirror of the Sea, by Joseph Conrad[Conrad#16][tmotsxxx.xxx]1058
Oct 1997 Poems, by Oscar Wilde [Etext #16 by Oscar Wilde] [pmwldxxx.xxx]1057
Oct 1997 Ballad of Reading Gaol, by Oscar Wilde [re: above][pmwldxxx.xxx]1057
[This is a new indexing effort to make it easier to look up shorter materials
without having to actually make separate short files. Comments encouraged!!]
and
Nov 1997 The Description of Wales, by Geraldus Cambrensis [dscwlxxx.xxx]1092
Nov 1997 Heroes and Hero Worship, by Thomas Carlyle [TC#3] [herosxxx.xxx]1091
Nov 1997 Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift[#4][bstafxxx.xxx]1090
Nov 1997 Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London[#19-26][mfacexxx.xxx]1089
[This one will probably appear with a more detailed listing next month....mh]
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