The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 26 May 2004
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The Pilgrims Of The Rhine, by E. Bulwer Lytton 8206
[Old file: etext05/b189w10.txt/zip]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/2/0/8206 ]
[Files: 8206.txt]
Andersonville, Volume 2, by John McElroy 4258
[Old filenames: etext03/an02v10.txt and an02v10h.html]
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Andersonville, Volume 1, by John McElroy 4257
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The Atheist's Mass, by Honore de Balzac 1220
[Translated by Clara Bell]
[Old filename: 98/athms10.txt]
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Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth, T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour 12443
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12443 ]
[Files: 12443.txt; 12443-8.txt; 12443-h.htm]
In the Days of My Youth, by Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards 12442
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12442 ]
[Files: 12442.txt; 12442-8.txt; 12442-h.htm]
The House of a Thousand Candles, by Meredith Nicholson 12441
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12441 ]
[Files: 12441-0.txt; 12441-h.htm]
D'Ri and I, by Irving Bacheller 12440
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12440 ]
[Files: 12440.txt]
Notes on Nursing, by Florence Nightingale 12439
[Subtitle: What It Is, and What It Is Not]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12439 ]
[Files: 12439.txt; 12439-8.txt]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 335, by Various 12438
[Subtitle: Vol. 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12438 ]
[Files: 12438.txt; 12438-8.txt; 12438-h.htm]
Histoire de St. Louis, Roi de France, by Richard de Bury 12437
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12437 ]
[Files: 12437.txt; 12437-8.txt]
The Night Horseman, by Max Brand 12436
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12436 ]
[Files: 12436.txt]
Paginas Sudamericanas, by Helen Phipps 12435
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12435 ]
[Files: 12435.txt; 12435-8.txt; 12435-h.htm]
Making of a Nation, by Charles Foster Kent and Jeremiah Whipple Jenks 12434
[Subtitle: The Beginnings of Israel's History]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12434 ]
[Files: 12434.txt]
The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Vol. 1 of 2, by John MacGillivray 12433
[Full title: Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded
By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years
1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The
Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B.
Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12433 ]
[Files: 12433.txt; 12433-8.txt; 12433-h.htm]
Kalevalan Avain, by Pekka Ervast 12432
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12432 ]
[Files: 12432-8.txt]
The Coquette, or The History of Eliza Wharton, by Hannah Webster Foster 12431
[Author AKA: A Lady of Massachusetts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12431 ]
[Files: 12431.txt; 12431-8.txt]
A Lecture on Physical Development, by S.R. Calthrop 12430
[Title: A Lecture on Physical Development, and its Relations to Mental
and Spiritual Development, delivered before the American Institute of
Instruction, at their Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting, in Norwich, Conn.,
August 20, 1858]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12430 ]
[Files: 12430.txt; 12430-8.txt]
The Last Leaf, by James Kendall Hosmer 12429
[Subtitle: Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events
in America and Europe]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12429 ]
[Files: 12429.txt; 12429-8.txt]
Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament, Clarkson 12428
[Full title: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the
Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808),
Vol. I]
[Full author: Thomas Clarkson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12428 ]
[Files: 12428.txt; 12428-8.txt]
Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War, by Campbell 12427
[Full author: Robert Granville Campbell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12427 ]
[Files: 12427.txt; 12427-8.txt]
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette, by George Routledge 12426
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12426 ]
[Files: 12426.txt; 12426-8.txt]
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2), Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt 12425
[Subtitle: The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera]
[Translated from the Latin with Notes and Introduction By F. A. MacNutt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12425 ]
[Files: 12425.txt; 12425-8.txt; 12425-h.htm]
The Trail of the Tramp, by A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston) 12424
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12424 ]
[Files: 12424.txt; 12424-h.htm]
A Short History of the United States, by Edward Channing 12423
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12423 ]
[Files: 12423.txt; 12423-8.txt; 12423-h.htm]
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, by Frances Anne Kemble 12422
[Subtitle: 1838-1839]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12422 ]
[Files: 12422.txt; 12422-8.txt; 12422-h.htm]
Practical Exercises in English, by Huber Gray Buehler 12421
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12421 ]
[Files: 12421.txt; 12421-8.txt; 12421-h.htm]
The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study, by William Heaford Daubney 12420
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12420 ]
[Files: 12420-0.txt; 12420-h.htm]
Frontier Stories, by Bret Harte 12419
[Contents:
Flip: A California Romance
Found At Blazing Star
In The Carquinez Woods
At The Mission Of San Carmel
A Blue-Grass Penelope
Left Out On Lone Star Mountain
A Ship Of '49]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12419 ]
[Files: 12419.txt; 12419-8.txt]
The Land of Deepening Shadow, by D. Thomas Curtin 12418
[Subtitle: Germany-at-War]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12418 ]
[Files: 12418.txt]
Fishin' Jimmy, by Annie Trumbull Slosson 12417
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12417 ]
[Files: 12417.txt]
As Seen By Me, by Lilian Bell 12416
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12416 ]
[Files: 12416.txt; 12416-8.txt; 12416-h.htm]
Byways Around San Francisco Bay, by William E. Hutchinson 12415
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12415 ]
[Files: 12415.txt; 12415-8.txt; 12415-h.htm]
The Inferno, by Henri Barbusse 12414
[Translator: Edward J. O'Brien]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12414 ]
[Files: 12414.txt; 12414-8.txt]
Among the Millet and Other Poems, by Archibald Lampman 12413
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12413 ]
[Files: 12413.txt; 12413-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863, by Various 12412
[Subtitle: A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12412 ]
[Files: 12412.txt; 12412-8.txt]
The Long White Cloud, by William Pember Reeves 12411
[Subtitle: Ao Tea Roa]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12411 ]
[Files: 12411.txt; 12411-8.txt; 12411-h.htm; ]
The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2, Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa 12410
[Editor: Henry Yule and Henri Cordier]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12410 ]
[Files: 12410.txt; 12410-8.txt; ]
The Story of the Philippines, by Murat Halstead 12409
[Full title: The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions,
Including The Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico]
[Subtitle: The Eldorado of the Orient]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12409 ]
[Files: 12409.txt]
Zhou bi suan jing, by Unknown 12408
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12408 ]
[Files: 12408-8.txt; 12408-h.htm]
The Art of War, by Zi Sun (aka Sun Tzu) 12407
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12407 ]
[Files: 12407-8.txt]
Kepler, by Walter W. Bryant 12406
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12406 ]
[Files: 12406.txt; 12406-8.txt; 12406-h.htm]
Frank, the Young Naturalist, by Harry Castlemon 12405
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12405 ]
[Files: 12405.txt; 12405-h.htm]
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol. V, Ed. by Francis W. Halsey 12404
[Subtitle: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12404 ]
[Files: 12404.txt; 12404-8.txt; 12404-h.htm; ]
Fenwick's Career, by Mrs. Humphry Ward 12403
[Author AKA: Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12403 ]
[Files: 12403.txt; 12403-8.txt; ]
The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland, by Various 12402
[Edited by George Johnston]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12402 ]
[Files: 12402.txt; 12402-8.txt; 12402-h.htm]
La derniere lettre ecrite, by L'Union des Peres et des Meres 12401
[Title: La derniere lettre ecrite par des soldats francais tombes au
champ d'honneur 1914-1918]
[Author: L'Union des Peres et des Meres dont les fils sont morts
pour la Patrie]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12401 ]
[Files: 12401.txt; 12401-8.txt]
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire, James Wycliffe Headlam 12400
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12400 ]
[Files: 12400.txt; 12400-8.txt; 12400-h.htm]
Contes et nouvelles, by Edouard Laboulaye 12399
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12399 ]
[Files: 12399.txt; 12399-8.txt]
Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9), by Samuel Richardson 12398
[Subtitle: The History Of A Young Lady]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12398 ]
[Files: 12398.txt; 12398-8.txt]
The Star-Chamber, Volume 2, by W. Harrison Ainsworth 12397
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance, In Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12397 ]
[Files: 12397.txt; 12397-8.txt]
The Star-Chamber, Volume 1, by W. Harrison Ainsworth 12396
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance, In Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12396 ]
[Files: 12396.txt; 12396-8.txt]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, October 18, 1890, by Various 12395
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12395 ]
[Files: 12395.txt; 12395-8.txt; 12395-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 13, 1890, by Various 12394
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12394 ]
[Files: 12394.txt; 12394-8.txt; 12394-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 6, 1890, by Various 12393
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12393 ]
[Files: 12393.txt; 12393-8.txt; 12393-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., August 23, 1890., by Various 12392
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12392 ]
[Files: 12392.txt; 12392-8.txt; 12392-h.htm]
Poems, by Elizabeth Stoddard 12391
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12391 ]
[Files: 12391.txt; 12391-8.txt; 12391-h.htm]
Society for Pure English, Tract 3 (1920), by Society for Pure English 12390
[Subtitle: A Few Practical Suggestions]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12390 ]
[Files: 12390.txt; 12390-8.txt; 12390-h.htm]
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, by Bliss Carman 12389
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12389 ]
[Files: 12389.txt; 12389-8.txt]
The Courage of Captain Plum, by James Oliver Curwood 12388
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12388 ]
[Files: 12388.txt; 12388-h.htm]
Paul Faber, Surgeon, by George MacDonald 12387
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12387 ]
[Files: 12387.txt; 12387-8.txt]
Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III, by William Wordsworth 12383
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12383 ]
[Files: 12383.txt; 12383-8.txt; 12383-h.htm]
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