The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 29th October 2003
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed 29 Oct 2003: 10,155 (incl. 288 Aus.).
Last week the Total Count was 10,069, including 282 at PG of Australia.
This week we added 80 new.(incl. 6 at PG of Australia).
RESERVED count: 39
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The following is being re-indexed to add translator info:
Feb 2006 Observations Geologiques, by Charles Darwin [?geolxxx.xxx] 9824
[Full title: Observations Geologiques sur les Iles Volcaniques]
[Language: French] [Tr.: A.-F. Renard]
Jan 2006 Superfluous Man and Others, by Ivan Turgenev [?spmnxxx.xxx] 9615
[Full title: The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories]
[Tr.: Constance Garnett]
The following is being re-indexed to include the full title:
Jul 2002 Variation of Animals and Plants, by Charles Darwin[vartnxxx.xxx] 3332
[Full Title: The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication]
The following is being re-indexed to correct the title (adding the year):
Jan 2006 Miscellany of Poetry, 1919, by Various [?msptxxx.xxx] 9652
[Ed.: W. Kean Seymour] [Decorations: Doris Palmer, Cecil Palmer and Hayward]
The following is being re-indexed to include translation info:
Jan 2006 Ramuntcho, by Pierre Loti [#12][ramunxxx.xxx] 9616
[English Translation by Henri Pene du Bois]
The following has had minor corrections made to the text, and a new
format posted as indicated:
Oct 1997 Life of Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne [shndyxxx.xxx] 1079
[Illustrated HTML in shndy10h.zip only]
We have posted an improved 11th edition of the following:
Oct 2004 Favorite Dishes, by Carrie V. Shuman [fvdshxxx.xxx] 6703
Feb 2003 The Trial, by Charlotte M. Yonge [C. M. Yonge #13][trialxxx.xxx] 3744
Jan 2003 The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Yonge[tdcoaxxx.xxx] 3610
Sep 2002 Rebecca Mary, by Annie Hamilton Donnell [rbmryxxx.xxx] 3419
May 1999 Laws, by Plato [#29][plawsxxx.xxx] 1750
Dec 1996 The Moon Pool, by A. Merritt [mpoolxxx.xxx] 765
Missing paragraphs have been restored to the following (no change in
the edition number):
Feb 2004 The Treasure, by Selma Lagerlof [thtrsxxx.xxx] 5161
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Feb 2006 Way of the Lawless, by Max Brand [wylawxxx.xxx] 9903
[Also posted HTML - wylaw10h.zip and wylaw10h.htm]
Feb 2006 The Middle of Things, by J. S Fletcher [?mdthxxx.xxx] 9902
Feb 2006 Grace Harlowe's Return, by Jessie Graham Flower [ghrocxxx.xxx] 9901
[Full title: Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus]
Feb 2006 Bob Cook and the German Spy,Tomlinson, Paul Greene[bcgspxxx.xxx] 9899
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol.1, No. 4, April 23, 1870, Various[?p104xxx.xxx] 9898
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p10410h.zip; and 8p10410h.htm]
Feb 2006 Introductory American History,by Bourne and Benton[?iahsxxx.xxx] 9897
[Full author: Henry Eldridge Bourne and Elbert Jay Benton]
[Also posted: HTML in 8iahs10h.htm, Illustrated HTML in 8iahs10h.zip]
Feb 2006 My Days of Adventure, by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly [?mdadxxx.xxx] 9896
[Subtitle: The Fall of France, 1870-71]
Feb 2006 Novelas de Voltaire Tomo Primero, by Voltaire [?vnovxxx.xxx] 9895
[Language: Spanish]
Contents:
Como Anda el Mundo, Vision de Babuco
Memnon, o La Cordura Humana
Micromegas,
Historia Filosofica
Historia de un Buen Brama,
Los Dos Consolados
Feb 2006 Revolution Francaise, Vol. II, by Adolphe Thiers [?lrf2xxx.xxx] 9894
[Full title: Histoire de la Revolution Francaise, Vol. II]
[Language: French]
Feb 2006 Le Comte Ory, by Eugene Scribe et Delestre-Poirson[?coryxxx.xxx] 9893
[Subtitle: Opera en deux actes] [Language: French]
[Full author: Eugene Scribe et Delestre-Poirson (Charles-Gaspard)]
Feb 2006 La Muette de Portici,Eugene Scribe et G. Delavigne[?muetxxx.xxx] 9892
[Subtitle: Opera en cinq actes] [Language: French]
Feb 2006 Conversations d'une petite fille,Mme de Renneville[?cptfxxx.xxx] 9891
[Full title: Conversations d'une petite fille avec sa poupee]
[Subtitle: Suivies de l'histoire de la poupee] [Language: French]
Feb 2006 Biografia del libertador Simon Bolivar, by L.C. [?blsbxxx.xxx] 9890
[Full title: Biografia del libertador Simon Bolivar, o La independencia
de la America del sud]
[Subtitle: Resena historico-biografica] [Language: Spanish]
Feb 2006 Songs and Other Verse, by Eugene Field [?sgvrxxx.xxx] 9889
Feb 2006 Spread Eagle and Other Stories, Gouverneur Morris [?gmegxxx.xxx] 9888
Contents:
The Spread Eagle
Targets
The Boot
The Despoiler
One More Martyr
"Ma'am?"
Mr. Holiday
White Muscats of Alexandria
Without a Lawyer
The "Monitor" and the "Merrimac"
The McTavish
The Parrot
On the Spot; or, The Idler's House-Party
Feb 2006 Essays in War-Time, by Havelock Ellis [#2][?eswrxxx.xxx] 9887
[Subtitle: Further Studies In The Task Of Social Hygiene]
Feb 2006 The Book of Delight, by Israel Abrahams [#2][?dlitxxx.xxx] 9886
[Full title: The Book of Delight and Other Papers]
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870,Various[?p117xxx.xxx] 9885
[Also posted: HTML in 8p11710h.htm, illustrated HTML in 8p11710h.zip]
Feb 2006 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, [?m264xxx.xxx] 9884
[Full Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,
Issue 264, July 14, 1827] [Author: Various]
[Also posted: HTML in 8m26410h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8m26410h.zip]
Feb 2006 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, [?m263xxx.xxx] 9883
[Full Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,
Supplementary Number, Issue 263, 1827] [Author: Various]
[Also posted: HTML in 8m26310h.htm/.zip]
Feb 2006 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, [?m262xxx.xxx] 9882
[Full Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,
Issue 262, July 7, 1827] [Author: Various]
[Also posted: HTML in 8m26210h.htm, illustrated HTML in 8m26210h.zip]
Feb 2006 Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9),by Samuel Richardson[#5][clar3xxx.xxx] 9881
Feb 2006 The Woman's Bible, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton [wbiblxxx.xxx] 9880
[Part I. Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy]
[Part II. Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation]
Feb 2006 The Amateur Gentleman, by Jeffery Farnol [?amgnxxx.xxx] 9879
[Illustrations by Herman Pfeifer]
Feb 2006 The Survey of Cornwall, by Richard Carew [srvcrxxx.xxx] 9878
[Subtitle: And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue]
[With a life of the author by H**** C***** Esq.]
[It is thought that H**** C***** is probably Hobye Carew]
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870,Various[?p116xxx.xxx] 9877
[Also posted: HTML in 8p11610h, Illustrated HTML in 8p11610h.zip]
Feb 2006 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 [?10a2xxx.xxx] 9876
[Full Title: The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862]
[Subtitle: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] [Author: Various]
[This is the 2nd issue of Vol 10.]
[Also posted: HTML in 810a210h.htm and 810a210h.zip]
Feb 2006 Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare [?gs24xxx.xxx] 9875
[Tr.: August Wilhelm von Schlegel] [Language: German]
Feb 2006 A Visit to Three Fronts, by Arthur Conan Doyle [?v3frxxx.xxx] 9874
[Subtitle: June 1916]
Feb 2006 Till the Clock Stops, by John Joy Bell [?ttcsxxx.xxx] 9873
Feb 2006 The Great Secret , by E. Phillips Oppenheim [?grtsxxx.xxx] 9872
Feb 2006 The Avenger , by E. Phillips Oppenheim [?vngrxxx.xxx] 9871
Feb 2006 War is Kind, by Stephen Crane [scwarxxx.xxx] 9870
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - scwar10h.zip; and scwar10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Child of The Century, by Alfred de Musset [im29bxxa.xxx] 9869
[Full title: The Confession of a Child of The Century] [Tr.: Kendall Warren]
(See also: #3939-3942)
Feb 2006 U.S. Since The Civil War, Charles Ramsdell Lingley[?uscwxxx.xxx] 9868
[Full title: The United States Since The Civil War]
Feb 2006 Riders of the Silences, by Max Brand [ridslxxx.xxx] 9867
Feb 2006 Freeland, by Theodor Hertzka [?freexxx.xxx] 9866
[Translated by Arthur Ransom]
[Also posted: HTML in 8free10h.zip and 8free10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Java Head, by Joseph Hergesheimer [#5][?javaxxx.xxx] 9865
Feb 2006 Humoresque, by Fannie Hurst [?humrxxx.xxx] 9864
Contents:
Humoresque
Oats For The Woman
A Petal On The Current
White Goods
"Heads"
A Boob Spelled Backward
Even As You And I
The Wrong Pew
Feb 2006 The Letters of Robert Burns, by Robert Burns [?burnxxx.xxx] 9863
[Selected And Arranged, With An Introduction, By J. Logie Robertson]
[Also posted: HTML in 8burn10h.zip and 8burn10h.htm]
Feb 2006 City of Endless Night, by Milo Hastings [?cndnxxx.xxx] 9862
[Also posted: HTML in 8cndn10h.htm /.zip]
Feb 2006 Was die Grossmutter gelehrt hat, by Johanna Spyri [?wgsmxxx.xxx] 9861
[Subtitle: Erzaehlung] [Language: German]
Feb 2006 Moni der Geissbub: Erzaehlung, by Johanna Spyri [?mongxxx.xxx] 9860
[Language: German]
Feb 2006 Vom This, der doch etwas wird, by Johanna Spyri [?vomtxxx.xxx] 9859
[Subtitle: Erzaehlung] [Language: German]
Feb 2006 Star-Dust, by Fannie Hurst [?starxxx.xxx] 9858
Feb 2006 The Long Labrador Trail, by Dillon Wallace [llbtrxxh.xxx] 9857
[Note: HTML only format, in llbtr10h.htm, and illustrated HTML in
llbtr10h.zip which includes numerous well-done illustrations and maps.]
Feb 2006 The Inn at the Red Oak, by Latta Griswold [?roakxxx.xxx] 9856
[Also posted HTML - 8roak10h.zip and 8roak10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Classic Myths, by Retold by Mary Catherine Judd [mythsxxx.xxx] 9855
[Illustrated By Angus Mac Donall]
[Also posted: HTML in myths10h.zip and myths10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Frank Roscoe's Secret , by Allen Chapman [fkrssxxx.xxx] 9854
[Subtitle: Or, The Darewell Chums in the Woods]
Feb 2006 The Mystery of the Four Fingers, by Fred M. White [my4fnxxx.xxx] 9853
Feb 2006 The Man From the Clouds , by J. Storer Clouston [?mfclxxx.xxx] 9852
Feb 2006 Love at Second Sight, by Ada Leverson [?lv2dxxx.xxx] 9851
[This is Book Three of the author's trilogy, The Little Ottleys]
Feb 2006 The Lyric, by John Drinkwater [?tlyrxxx.xxx] 9850
[Also posted HTML - 8tlyr10h.zip and 8tlyr10h.htm]
Feb 2006 The Brown Mask, by Percy J. Brebner [#2][?bmskxxx.xxx] 9849
Feb 2006 Old English Plays, Vol. VI, by Robert Dodsley [?oep6xxx.xxx] 9848
[Full title: A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI]
Contents:
The Conflict Of Conscience
The Rare Triumphs Of Love And Fortune
The Three Ladies Of London
The Three Ladies And Three Lords Of London
A Knack To Know A Knave
Feb 2006 Bacon is Shake-Speare, Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence [?bshkxxx.xxx] 9847
[Together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies.]
[Collated, with the Original MS. by the late F.B. Bickley, and revised
by F.A. Herbert, of the British Museum.]
Feb 2006 Excursions, by Henry D. Thoreau [#6][?excrxxx.xxx] 9846
[With a Biographical Sketch By R.W. Emerson]
Feb 2006 The Spy, by James Fenimore Cooper [#19][?tspyxxx.xxx] 9845
Feb 2006 W. A. G.'s Tale, by Margaret Turnbull [wagtlxxx.xxx] 9844
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - wagtl10h.zip; and wagtl10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Fra det moderne Frankrig, by Richard Kaufmann [?fdmfxxx.xxx] 9843
[Language: Danish]
Feb 2006 Y Gododin, Aneurin [gddnxxxx.xxx] 9842
[Subtitle: A Poem of The Battle of Cattraeth] [Tr.: John Williams]
[Author Alt. Spelling: Aneirin, Neirin) [Language: Welsh and English]
[Also posted: XHTML in gddn10h.htm/.zip]
Feb 2006 Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther [tlhrxxxx.xxx] 9841
[Author's Full Name: Martin Luther] [Tr.: Captain Henry Bell]
[Also posted: XHTML in tlhr10h.htm/.zip]
Feb 2006 Vivian Grey, by The Earl of Beaconsfield [?vvgrxxx.xxx] 9840
[Author: AKA Benjamin Disraeli]
Feb 2006 The Cavalier, by George Washington Cable [?cavlxxx.xxx] 9839
[Also posted HTML - 8cavl10h.zip and 8cavl10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Strong Hearts, by George W. Cable [sthrtxxx.xxx] 9838
Contents:
The Solitary
The Taxidermist
The Entomologist]
Feb 2006 Albert Durer, by T. Sturge Moore [?durrxxx.xxx] 9837
[Also posted HTML - 8durr10h.zip and 8durr10h.htm]
Feb 2006 The Pawns Count, by E. Phillips Oppenheim [?pawnxxx.xxx] 9836
Feb 2006 Martin Conisby's Vengeance, by Jeffery Farnol [#6][?mvngxxx.xxx] 9835
Feb 2006 The Talleyrand Maxim, by J. S. Fletcher [#3][?tlrnxxx.xxx] 9834
Feb 2006 Pee-Wee Harris, by Percy Keese Fitzhugh [#2][peweexxx.xxx] 9833
Note: The below posting finishes the posting of the Complete Works of Whittier:
Jan 2006 The Complete Works of John Greenleaf Whittier[#45][wit41xxx.xxx] 9600
[Includes Etexts #9560 to 9599][Note: wit4110.txt is 3.3 mb]
Dec 2005 Whittier's Conflict, Reform, Vol. 7, Complete[#44][wit40xxx.xxx] 9599
Dec 2005 Criticism, by Whittier, V7, Part 4[#43][wit39xxx.xxx] 9598
Dec 2005 The Inner Life, by Whittier, V7, Part 3[#42][wit38xxx.xxx] 9597
Dec 2005 Reform and Politics, Whittier, V7, Part 2[#41][wit37xxx.xxx] 9596
Dec 2005 Conflict With Slavery, Whittier, V7, Part 1[#40][wit36xxx.xxx] 9595
Dec 2005 Whittier's Personal Sketches Vol. 6, Complete[#39][wit35xxx.xxx] 9594
[Includes eBooks #9591-9593]
Dec 2005 Historical Papers, by Whittier, V6, Part 3[#38][wit34xxx.xxx] 9593
Dec 2005 Personal Sketches, by Whittier, V6, Part 2[#37][wit33xxx.xxx] 9592
Dec 2005 Old Portraits, by Whittier, V6, Part 1[#36][wit32xxx.xxx] 9591
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Oct 2003 The Shape of Things to Come, by H G Wells [030139xx.xxx] 0288A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301391.txt or .ZIP]
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301391h.html]
Oct 2003 The Runagates Club, by John Buchan [030138xx.xxx] 0287A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301381.txt or .ZIP]
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301381h.html]
Oct 2003 The Gospel of Philip the Deacon, Frederick B Bond [030137xx.xxx] 0286A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301371.txt or .ZIP]
Oct 2003 Winnowed Wisdom, by Stephen Leacock [030136xx.xxx] 0285A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301361.txt or .ZIP]
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301361h.html]
Oct 2003 Death of a Celebrity, by Hulbert Footner [030135xx.xxx] 0284A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301351.txt or .ZIP]
Oct 2003 Castle Gay, by John Buchan [030134xx.xxx] 0283A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301341.txt or .ZIP and]
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