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Subject: Feburary Project Gutenberg Newsletter
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: "Project Gutenberg mailing list" <gutnberg@listserv.unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:35:46 -0600 (CST)
*Just Barely*. . .*Whew*. . .Gotta hurry to Geek Lunch!!!
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This is Project Gutenberg's Newsletter for Wednesday, February 7, 2001
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large part due to upgrades and a rather prominent local fire, was down
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ordinary situation. . .at least compared to before our last Newsletter
. . .that went out the very hour Prairienet went down for the upgrade.
So, it is only by hook and by crook that we have been able to get done
with all the books, and get them posted on all the usual sites since I
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without mentioning the WONDERFUL cooperation from many volunteers, who
sent me files over and over again, helped me change them, etc. because
I couldn't do so in the normal ways. We have finally figured out some
ways that should make next month easier. . .which is good, since it is
going to be a much shorter month.
Many of the files were actually dated for tomorrow but we actually got
them online today, so I changed the date to today. . .even though some
of them may need some last minute touch-ups before this Newsletter can
be sent out, hopefully in less than 24 hours. Some of these actually,
and I can still hardly believe it myself, are for May, 2002.
I did manage to finally to catch up with ALL the emails, so if you see
no reply from a message, please resend. I have also caught up with an
enormous amount of snailmail, so you should have heard from me, unless
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As always, people did send me both email and snailmail with addresses,
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and
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Table of Contents:
Headline News [Headlines listed above]
Requests For Assistance
Comments About Our New Files
Index Listings for the New Files
Index Listings for Improved Files
Comments About Our Improved Files
Notes from News Scan and Edupage
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Headline News
Subject: Additions to the IPL Online Texts Collection 01-24-01 pt 1
The following is a list of items that were added to the Internet Public
Library's Online Texts Collection (http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/) on
January 24, 2001.
The big news is that we've broken the 15,000 item barrier.
The honor of being #15,000 goes to Project Gutenberg's
edition of Pope's translation of Homer's Odyssey.
Totals: 15121 texts, 169 new.
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Requests For Assistance
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
Just posted 05tom11l.lit and 05tom11l.zip
The l stands for .lit, the new MicroSoft Open Book Format.
This is our first try at this, and we need help improving how it looks.
We also need help getting the related .txt file into our own format.
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please email me and Michael Lampi <lampi@halcyon.com>
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We need help with:
Samantha at Saratoga by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
http://www.mindspring.com/~pstratton/
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The Online Distributed Proofreading Team has completed 8 books since
mid October 2000! On the Distributed Proofreading site you can view a
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Can someone check the Oakland University Library for:
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We just need xeroxes of the title pages [both sides] to do the
copyright research. Please email me and russell foster:
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From: Andres Urtubey <agudo@sinectis.com.ar>
To: Michael S. Hart <hart@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Spanish ebooks
I would like to translate the books on the PG to spanish. All of them or at
least the most part. To do that I would organize the workflow sending to the
translators the english books they choose of a list of preselected. Then I'd
receive the spanish version and check it. The more hands we put on the work,
the better.
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Books from their site, and make them up so we can post them.
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Comments About Our New Files
We are trying out our first ".lit" file. . .more below on this in
our "Index Listings for the New Files."
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Index Listings for the New Files
Please note, our entries for THIS Newsletter have mostly been indexed
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Thanks to Alev Akman!!!
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Our first ".lit" file.
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
Just posted 05tom11l.lit and 05tom11l.zip
The l stands for .lit, the new MicroSoft Open Book Format.
This is our first try at this, and we need help improving how it looks.
We also need help getting the related .txt file into our own format.
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Last month we completed the 50 Etexts for February, 2002, this month we are
completing the 50 Etexts for March, 2002, also are also presenting a few of
the Etexts for April, 2002 and for May, 2002. Those marked with * were not
yet posted on our sites at the time this Newsletter was sent.
***Here are the listings for the 50 Project Gutenberg Etexts for May, 2002***
Mon Year Title Author # by Author [filename.ext]####
[A "C" following the Etext #### indicated that one is still under copyright.]
May 2002 The Puppet Crown, by Harold MacGrath [ppptcxxx.xxx]3239
May 2002 Poems of Cheer, by Ella Wheller Wilcox [Wilcox #2][pmchrxxx.xxx]3238
May 2002 The Garotters, by William D. Howells [Howells [#7][garttxxx.xxx]3237
May 2002 Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica, by John Kendrick Bangs 5[bncorxxx.xxx]3236
35
May 2002 First Year in Canterbury Settlement, Samuel Butler[frcanxxx.xxx]3235
[Full Title: A First Year in Canterbury Settlement][Our 6th by Samuel Butler]
May 2002 The Letters of the Younger Pliny, various, Vol. 1 [ltplnxxa.xxx]3234
May 2002 The Letters of Pliny the Younger, various, Vol. 1 [ltplnxxa.xxx]3234
[Teubner edition, Edited by Keil, Essay and Translation by John B. Firth]
[For those unfamiliar with our filenaming: ltpln10a.txt and ltpln10a.zip]
Also see:
Sep 2001 Letters of Pliny the Younger, Tr. William Melmoth [ltplnxxx.xxx]2811
[revised by F. C. T. Bosanquet]
May 2002 In the Heart of Africa, by Samuel White Baker [#4][ithoaxxx.xxx]3233
Garry Gill <garrygill@hotmail.com>
May 2002 Songs of the Ridings, by F. W. Moorman [rdngsxxx.xxx]3232
[This is also available in HTML as rdngs10h.htm and rdngs10.zip]
May 2002 The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon, by Samuel Baker[#3][riflexxx.xxx]3231
[Full: The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylong, by Samuel White Baker]
30
May 2002 The Counterpane Fairy, by Katharine Pyle [cpfryxxx.xxx]3230
[This is available in plain text as cpfry10.*, and in HTML as cpfry10h.zip]
May 2002 Helen of Troy, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #31][hlntyxxx.xxx]3229
May 2002 Poems of Progress, by Ella W. Wilcox [Wilcox #1][pmprgxxx.xxx]3228
May 2002 The Defenders of Democracy by The Militia of Mercy[xdfdmxxx.xxx]3227
[This Etext is available with French accents as 8dfdm10 & without as 7dfdm10]
[Full: The Gift Book Committee of The Militia of Mercy]
[The first 26 May entries are reserved for a series of dictionaries, and this
is just the start of even more dictionaries we will have shortly.]
May 2002 Pullen/Honey dictionaries [ xxx.xxx]3226
to
May 2002 Pullen/Honey dictionaries [ xxx.xxx]3201
**Here are the listings for the 50 Project Gutenberg Etexts for April, 2002**
Mon Year Title Author # by Author [filename.ext]####
[A "C" following the Etext #### indicated that one is still under copyright.]
50
Apr 2002 Entire Gutenberg Twain Files, by Mark Twain[MT#61][mtentxxx.xxx]3200*
Apr 2002 Complete Letters of Mark Twain, by Paine [MT#60][mtcltxxx.xxx]3199*
Apr 2002 Twain's Letters V6 1907-1910 by A. B. Paine[MT#59][mt6ltxxx.xxx]3198*
Apr 2002 Twain's Letters V5 1901-1906 by A. B. Paine[MT#58][mt5ltxxx.xxx]3197*
Apr 2002 Twain's Letters V4 1886-1900 by A. B. Paine[MT#57][mt4ltxxx.xxx]3196*
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Apr 2002 Twain's Letters V3 1876-1885 by A. B. Paine[MT#56][mt3ltxxx.xxx]3195*
Apr 2002 Twain's Letters V2 1867-1875 by A. B. Paine[MT#55][mt2ltxxx.xxx]3194*
Apr 2002 Twain's Letters V1 1835-1866 by A. B. Paine[MT#54][mt1ltxxx.xxx]3193*
Apr 2002 Curious Republic of Gondour, by Mark Twain [MT#53][mtcrgxxx.xxx]3192*
Apr 2002 Goldsmiths Friend Abroad Again, by Twain [MT#52][mtgfaxxx.xxx]3191*
40
Apr 2002 1601, by Mark Twain [MT#51][mtsxnxxx.xxx]3190*
Apr 2002 Sketches New and Old, by Mark Twain [MT#50][mtsnoxxx.xxx]3189*
Apr 2002 Mark Twain's Speeches, by Mark Twain [MT#49][mtmtsxxx.xxx]3188*
Apr 2002 Christian Science, by Mark Twain [MT#48][mtcscxxx.xxx]3187*
Apr 2002 The Mysterious Stranger, by Mark Twain [MT#47][mtmstxxx.xxx]3186*
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Apr 2002 Those Extraordinary Twins, by Mark Twain [MT#46][mtextxxx.xxx]3185*
Apr 2002 Alonzo Fitz and Others, by Mark Twain [MT#45][mtlafxxx.xxx]3184
[Full Title: The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton]
Contains:
ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING
ABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE
THE GRATEFUL POODLE
THE BENEVOLENT AUTHOR
THE GRATEFUL HUSBAND
PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH
THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRN
THE CANVASSER'S TALE
AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER
PARIS NOTES
LEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANY
SPEECH ON THE BABIES
SPEECH ON THE WEATHER
CONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE
ROGERS
Apr 2002 Carnival of Crime in CT., by Mark Twain [MT#44][mtcccxxx.xxx]3183
[Full Title: Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut]
Apr 2002 Rambling Idle Excursion, by Mark Twain [MT#43][mtridxxx.xxx]3182
[Full Title: Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion]
Apr 2002 The Stolen White Elephant, by Mark Twain [MT#42][mtswexxx.xxx]3181
30
Apr 2002 Double Barrelled Detective, by Mark Twain [MT#41][mtdbdxxx.xxx]3180
[Full Title: The Double Barrelled Detective Story]
Apr 2002 The American Claimant, by Mark Twain [MT#40][mtaclxxx.xxx]3179
Apr 2002 The Gilded Age, by Twain and Warner[MT#40][CDW#39][mtgldxxx.xxx]3178
[Authors' Full Names: Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner]
Apr 2002 Roughing It, by Mark Twain [MT#38][mtritxxx.xxx]3177
Apr 2002 The Innocents Abroad, by Mark Twain [MT#37][mtinnxxx.xxx]3176
25
Apr 2002 A Burlesque Autobiography, by Mark Twain [MT#36][mtbbgxxx.xxx]3175
Apr 2002 A Dog's Tale, by Mark Twain [MT#35][mtdtlxxx.xxx]3174
Apr 2002 Essays on Paul Bourget, by Mark Twain [MT#34][mtpbgxxx.xxx]3173*
Apr 2002 Fennimore Cooper Offences, by Mark Twain [MT#33][mtfcoxxx.xxx]3172*
Apr 2002 Defence of Harriet Shelley, by Mark Twain [MT#32][mtdhsxxx.xxx]3171*
20
Apr 2002 Chants for Socialists, by William Morris[Morris 7][chntsxxx.xxx]3170
Apr 2002 The Pursuit of the House-Boat, by John K. Bangs #3[prhsbxxx.xxx]3169
[Author's full name: John Kendrick Bangs]
Apr 2002 Poems of the Past and the Present, Thomas Hardy 19[pmpstxxx.xxx]3168
Apr 2002 Wessex Poems and Other Verses, by Thomas Hardy #18[wsxpmxxx.xxx]3167
Apr 2002 Doctor Thorne, by Anthony Trollope [Trollope #10][drthnxxx.xxx]3166
15
Apr 2002 Rashi, by Maurice Liber [rashixxx.xxx]3165
Apr 2002 Women in the Life of Balzac, Juanita Helm Floyd 96[wilobxxx.xxx]3164
Apr 2002 Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, Etc, by John Burroughs[babsexxx.xxx]3163
[Full Title: Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers]
Apr 2002 The Enchanted Typewriter, by John Kendrick Bangs 2[nctypxxx.xxx]3162
Apr 2002 Narrative of New Netherland, by J. F. Jameson, Ed.[nwnthxxx.xxx]3161
[Original Title: Original Narratives of Early American History]
Contains:
MICHAELIUS, by Jonas Michaelas
NOVUM BELGIUM, by Isaac Jogues
JOURNAL OF NEW NETHERLAND, no author listed. Jameson?
REPRESENTATION OF NEW NETHERLAND, by Adriaen van der Donck
VAN TIENHOVEN'S ANSWER, by Cornelius Van Tienhoven
BOGAERT, Letter of Johannes Bogaert to Hans Bontemantel
LETTERS OF THE DUTCH MINISTERS, by Johannes Megapolensis,
Samuel Drisius, and Henricus Selyns
[Full Title: Letters of the Dutch Ministers to the Classis of Amsterdam]
10
Apr 2002 The Odyssey of Homer 5, Alexander Pope, Translator[dyssyxxb.xxx]3160
Also see:
Apr 1999 The Odyssey, by Homer, Butcher & Lang Tr[Homer #3][dyssyxxa.xxx]1728
Jim Tinsley <jtinsley@pobox.com>
Apr 2002 The Hermit of Far End, by Margaret Pedler [thofexxx.xxx]3159
Apr 2002 Our American Cousin, by Tom Taylor [ouamcxxx.xxx]3158
[This is the play US President Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated.]
"ouamc10.txt" 3667 lines, 120284 characters home
Apr 2002 The Path of Empire, by Carl Russell Fish [tpempxxx.xxx]3157
[Full: The Path of Empire, A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power]
Apr 2002 Andrea Delfin, by Paul Heyse [Michael Pullen, Tr.][phadexxx.xxx]3156C
5
Apr 2002 She, by H. Rider Haggard [H. Rider Haggard # 33] [shrhexxx.xxx]3155
Apr 2002 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by R. E. Raspe[baronxxx.xxx]3154
[Full: The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolph Erich Raspe]
Apr 2002 The Virgin of the Sun, by H. Rider Haggard[HRH#32][tvotsxxx.xxx]3153
Apr 2002 The Junior Classics, V1, Willam Patten, Editor [1jrclxxx.xxx]3152
Apr 2002 The City of Domes, by John D. Barry [domesxxx.xxx]3151
***Here are the listings for the 50 Project Gutenberg Etexts for May, 2002***
Mon Year Title Author # by Author [filename.ext]####
[A "C" following the Etext #### indicated that one is still under copyright.]
50
Mar 2002 Human Nature and Other Sermons by Joseph Butler [hmntrxxx.xxx]3150
Mar 2002 Marm Lisa, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[Kate Wiggin #17][mrmlsxxx.xxx]3149
Mar 2002 A Village Stradivarius, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[16][vllstxxx.xxx]3148
Mar 2002 A Summer in a Canyon, by Kate Douglas Wiggin [#15][smcanxxx.xxx]3147
[Full Title: A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story]
Mar 2002 Two on a Tower, by Thomas Hardy [Thomas Hardy #17][twtwrxxx.xxx]3146
45
Mar 2002 The Author of Beltraffio, by Henry James[James#41][atblfxxx.xxx]3145
Mar 2002 Froude's History of England, by Charles Kingsley11[frdhexxx.xxx]3144
Mar 2002 Sir Walter Raleigh and His Times, by Kingsley[#10][srwalxxx.xxx]3143
[Author's Full Name: Charles Kingsley]
Mar 2002 Plays and Puritans, by Charles Kingsley[Kingsley9][plpurxxx.xxx]3142
Mar 2002 Irish Race in the Past and the Present, by Thebaud[irishxxx.xxx]3141
[Full Name: The Irish Race in the Past and the Present, by Aug. J. Thebaud]
40
Mar 2002 Idle Ideas in 1905, by Jerome K. Jerome [JKJ #27][idlidxxx.xxx]3140
Mar 2002 The Dove in the Eagle's Nest, by Charlotte Yonge#7[dvegnxxx.xxx]3139
Mar 2002 Ballads in Blue China, by Andrew Lang [Lang #30][blchnxxx.xxx]3138
Mar 2002 The Rise of Roscoe Paine, by Joseph C. Lincoln[#5][trorpxxx.xxx]3137
Mar 2002 Our Entire Charles Dudley Warner Collection [CW40][cwewkxxx.xxx]3136
[Full Title: Project Gutenberg's Entire Charles Dudley Warner Collection]
[This contains the 39 files listed below in a single easily searchable file.]
35
Mar 2002 My Summer in a Garden, by C. D. Warner [CW#39][cwsigxxx.xxx]3135
Contains:
MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN
CALVIN A STUDY OF CHARACTER
Mar 2002 Backlog Studies, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#38][cwblsxxx.xxx]3134
Mar 2002 Baddeck, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#37][cwbdkxxx.xxx]3133
Mar 2002 In the Wilderness, by C. D. Warner [CW#36][cwitwxxx.xxx]3132
Contains:
HOW I KILLED A BEAR
LOST IN THE WOODS
A FIGHT WITH A TROUT
A-HUNTING OF THE DEER
A CHARACTER STUDY (Old Phelps)
CAMPING OUT
A WILDERNESS ROMANCE
WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL PLEASURE
Mar 2002 Spring in New England, by C. D. Warner [CW#35][cwsnexxx.xxx]3131
30
Mar 2002 Captain John Smith, by C. D. Warner [CW#34][cwcjsxxx.xxx]3130
Mar 2002 Pocohantas, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#33][cwpocxxx.xxx]3129
Mar 2002 Saunterings, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#32][cwsntxxx.xxx]3128
Mar 2002 Being a Boy, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#31][cwbabxxx.xxx]3127
Mar 2002 On Horseback, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#30][cwohbxxx.xxx]3126
25
Mar 2002 Complete Essays, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#29][cwcesxxx.xxx]3125
Mar 2002 For whom Shakespeare, by C. D. Warner [CW#28][cwshkxxx.xxx]3124
Mar 2002 Novel and School, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#27][cwnscxxx.xxx]3123
Mar 2002 England, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#26][cwengxxx.xxx]3122
Mar 2002 Mr. Foude's Progress, by C. D. Warner [CW#25][cwfpgxxx.xxx]3121
20
Mar 2002 Modern Fiction, by C. D. Warner [CW#24][cwmftxxx.xxx]3120
Mar 2002 Your Culture to Me, by C. D. Warner [CW#23][cwctmxxx.xxx]3119
Mar 2002 Equality, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#22][cweqlxxx.xxx]3118
Mar 2002 Literature and Life, by C. D. Warner [CW#21][cwlalxxx.xxx]3117
Mar 2002 Literary Copyright, by C. D. Warner [CW#20][cwlcrxxx.xxx]3116
15
Mar 2002 Indeterminate Sentence, by C. D. Warner [CW#19][cwinsxxx.xxx]3115
Mar 2002 Education of the Negro, by C. D. Warner [CW#18][cwnegxxx.xxx]3114
Mar 2002 Causes of Discontent, by C. D. Warner [CW#17][cwcdcxxx.xxx]3113
Mar 2002 Pilgrim and American, by C. D. Warner [CW#16][cwpamxxx.xxx]3112
Mar 2002 Diversities of American Life, by C. Warner [CW#15][cwdalxxx.xxx]3111
10
Mar 2002 American Newspaper, by C. D. Warner [CW#14][cwanpxxx.xxx]3110
Mar 2002 Fashions in Literature, by C. D. Warner [CW#13][cwfltxxx.xxx]3109
Mar 2002 Nine Short Essays, by Charles D. Warner [CW#12][cw9esxxx.xxx]3108
CONTENTS:
Night in Tuilleries
Truthfulness
Pursuit of Happiness
Literature and the Stage
Life Prolonging Art
H.H. in S. California
Simplicity
English Volunteers
Nathan Hale
Mar 2002 As We Go, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#11][cwawgxxx.xxx]3107
Contains:
OUR PRESIDENT
THE NEWSPAPER-MADE MAN
INTERESTING GIRLS
GIVE THE MEN A CHANCE
THE ADVENT OF CANDOR
THE AMERICAN MAN
THE ELECTRIC WAY
CAN A HUSBAND OPEN HIS WIFE'S LETTERS?
A LEISURE CLASS
WEATHER AND CHARACTER
BORN WITH AN "EGO"
JUVENTUS MUNDI
A BEAUTIFUL OLD AGE
THE ATTRACTION OF THE REPULSIVE
GIVING AS A LUXURY
CLIMATE AND HAPPINESS
THE NEW FEMININE RESERVE
REPOSE IN ACTIVITY
WOMEN--IDEAL AND REAL
THE ART OF IDLENESS
IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION
THE TALL GIRL
THE DEADLY DIARY
THE WHISTLING GIRL
BORN OLD AND RICH
THE "OLD SOLDIER"
THE ISLAND OF BIMINI
JUNE
Mar 2002 As We Were Saying, by C. D. Warner [CW#10][cwawsxxx.xxx]3106
Contains:
ROSE AND CHRYSANTHEMUM
THE RED BONNET
THE LOSS IN CIVILIZATION
SOCIAL SCREAMING
DOES REFINEMENT KILL INDIVIDUALITY?
THE DIRECTOIRE GOWN
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEX
THE CLOTHES OF FICTION
THE BROAD A
CHEWING GUM
WOMEN IN CONGRESS
SHALL WOMEN PROPOSE?
FROCKS AND THE STAGE
ALTRUISM
SOCIAL CLEARING-HOUSE
DINNER-TABLE TALK
NATURALIZATION
ART OF GOVERNING
LOVE OF DISPLAY
VALUE OF THE COMMONPLACE
THE BURDEN OF CHRISTMAS
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WRITERS
THE CAP AND GOWN
A TENDENCY OF THE AGE
A LOCOED NOVELIST
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Mar 2002 That Fortune, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#9][cwfrtxxx.xxx]3105
Mar 2002 The Golden House, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#8][cwgldxxx.xxx]3104
Mar 2002 Little Journey in the World, by C. Warner [CW#7][cwljwxxx.xxx]3103
Mar 2002 Their Pilgrimage, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#6][cwpilxxx.xxx]3102
Mar 2002 Washington Irving, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#5][cwirvxxx.xxx]3101
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From: Michael Lynch <lynchm@johnmarshall.edu>
I have an interest in the works of Joseph Altsheler, an
author of adventure stories for boys whose works are all public domain.
I am particularly interested in the Young Trailer series (as was Saul
Bellow who refers to two of the characters, Henry Ware and Timendiquas
in The Adventures of Augie March). One title (Scouts of the Valley)
is already in Gutenberg. Several others are:
The Young Trailers
The Free Rangers
Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky
The Keepers of the Trail
The Border Watch
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Butler, Ellis Parker - Kilo, Being the Love Story of Eliph' Hewlitt,
Book Agent - 1907
Carey, Rosa N. - Herb of Grace - 1901
Clough - Plutarch's Lives The Translation Called Dryden's. vol 1& 2 of 5.
Corson - Introduction to Browning's Poetry - 1908
Curtis - Interdependence of Literature - 1917
Davis, William Stearns - Belshazzar, A Tale of the Fall of Babylon - 1902
Farno, Jeffery - Beltane the Smith - 1915
Hutchinson, A.S.M - The Happy Warrior - 1912
King, Basil - The City of Comrades - 1919
Lazarus - Poems of Emma Lazarus - vol 1 only. - 1888
Lewis, Alfred Henry (Dan Quin) - Wolfville - 1897
Lewis, Alfred Henry - Wolfville Days - 1902
Martingale - Jack in the Forecastle or Incidents in the Early Life of
Hawser Martingale - 1889
McCutcheon, George Barr - Sherry - 1919
Newte - Sparrows, the Story of an Unprotected Girl - ~1915.
Osborne - Disturbances of the Heart, Discussion of the Treatment of the
Heart in its Various Disorders, with a chapter on blood pressure - 1916
Page, Thomas Nelson - John Marvel, Assistant - 1912
Rand, Edward A. - The Down East Master's First School - 1892
Russell - Studies in the Scriptures, Series I, The Plan of the Ages
-(Watchtower) 1916
Russell - Studies in the Scriptures, Series VI, The New Creation -
(Watchtower) 1915
Russell - Studies in the Scriptures, Series V, The At-One-Ment Between
God and Man - (Watchtower) 1916
Russell - Studies in the Scriptures, Series II, The Time is at Hand -
(Watchtower) 1915
Russell - Studies in the Scriptures, Series III, Thy Kingdom Come -
(Watchtower) 1916
Russell - Studies in the Scriptures, Series IV, The Battle of
Armageddon
- (Watchtower) 1916
Smith, F. Hopkinson - Fortunes of Oliver Horn - 1909
Stone - Studies from Court and Cloister, Being Essays, Historical and
Literary, dealing Mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth
and XVIIth centuries -1908
Tracy, Louis - The Terms of Surrender - 1913
Wason, Robert Alexander - Happy Hawkins - 1910
White, Stewart Edward - The Blazed Trail - 1902
Wilson, Augusta Evans - At the Mercy of Tiberius - 1887
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AMAZON TO CHARGE PUBLISHERS FOR ONLINE RECOMMENDATIONS
Amazon recently notified publishers that it will begin charging them as
much as $10,000 per title in exchange for a better chance of having their
books recommended on Amazon's e-mail promotions. Previously, the e-mail
recommendations were based solely on the judgment of Amazon book editors,
and Amazon says it will continue to recommend books through this process as
well, possibly confusing some customers about what are effectively paid
advertisements and what titles were selected purely on editorial merit.
Amazon says it will provide a link on its site that readers can click on to
find which titles were paid for. In addition to the new fee levied if
publishers' nominations are approved by Amazon editors, publishers will be
required to buy promotional ads on Amazon's pages, pushing the total
package to as high as $17,000. Amazon says it plans to reject any
recommendations it does not deem worthy of inclusion. Publishers warned
that Amazon's new policy could backfire: "If you don't distinguish between
editorial and advertorial you could lose credibility," said Laurence
Kirschbaum, CEO of Time Warner Trade Publishing. (Wall Street Journal 7 Feb
2001 sub req'd)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB981504387923327543.htm
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OKAYS PRIVATE COPYING OF DIGITAL WORKS
The European Parliament has issued a preliminary decision to extend, with
some limitations, the private copying permissible in the analog world to
digital media. New-media companies, consumer-electronics makers and
citizens' rights groups applauded the decision to reject all but 16 of a
record 197 proposed amendments to the EU's Copyright Directive, which faces
a full vote next week. Among the amendments approved was a provision
allowing copyright owners to employ technical protection measures, such as
encryption, to prevent their works from being pirated. Copies could,
however, be made "by a natural person for private use and for ends that are
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E-MAIL WIRETAPS
The University of Denver-based Privacy Foundation has begun calling
attention to a new method of privacy invasion that allows someone to listen
in on e-mail discussions. It can be defeated by disabling the Java
programming language in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, or Netscape 6
mail, and it doesn't affect people who use Eudora, America Online e-mail,
or Web-based e-mail programs such as Hotmail or Yahoo Mail. Microsoft says
the latest version of Outlook Express is not affected and Netscape says it
will soon release a software patch that will eliminate the problem.
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6 Feb 2001)
http://www.ajc.com
XEROX ASSETS UP FOR SALE
Facing a debt of $16.4 billion ($2.7 billion due this year) and with only
$1.4 billion cash on hand, the Xerox Corporation has begun talking with
leveraged-buyout firms to explore the possibilities for selling off some if
not all of the company's assets. Industry analysts are skeptical of Xerox's
ability to find a buyer willing to assume a debt burden of such magnitude.
(New York Times 3 Feb 2001)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/02/03/technology/03XERO.html
ACLU UPSET ABOUT HIGH-TECH SURVEILLANCE AT SUPER BOWL
The American Civil Liberties Union has written to Tampa, Florida's mayor
protesting the surveillance procedures used by Tampa's police department at
last week's Super Bowl football game. In attempt to identify any well-known
criminals or terrorists in the stadium, the police set up hidden video
cameras that took pictures of thousands of fans and transmitted the images
to computers at a central command post for comparison with file
photographs. In the letter, ACLU executive Howard Simon wrote: "The ACLU
believes this activity raises serious concerns about the Fourth Amendment
right of all citizens to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures,"
Simon wrote to Tampa Mayor Dick Greco. "Aside from the constitutional
issues raised by the developing use of surveillance technology, we believe
the public should be given an opportunity to ask -- and have answered --
the many questions raised by this practice." (USA Today 2 Feb 2001)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-02-super-bowl-surveillance.htm
BELLSOUTH HANGS UP ON PAY PHONES
BellSouth has decided to try to sell its 143,000 pay phones, because their
usage has "decreased dramatically" due to the rapidly growing phenomenon of
wireless communications. It's unlikely that the company will get much money
for them, because they are dispersed over the entire region served by
BellSouth, rather than concentrated in high-volume locations, and because
industry analysts such as Jeff Kagan see their future extending for just a
few more years: "The future pay phone will have keyboards and touch screens
and will let people access their e-mail and voice mail boxes and access
other Web-based information. That will give the pay phone business a few
more years of viability, but ultimately, devices that make calls and send
e-mail will be cheap enough for everyone to carry one." (Atlanta
Journal-Constitution 3 Feb 2001)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/newsatlanta/payphone0203.html
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