Project Gutenberg Newsletter October 2024
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- New eBook Listings from September 2024
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~ ~ ~ ~ Posting Dates for the below eBooks: 1 Sep 2024 to 30 Sep 2024 ~ ~ ~ ~ TITLE and AUTHOR EBOOK NO. Festival plays, by Marguerite Merington 74498 [Subtitle: one-act pieces for New Year's day, St. Valentine's day, Easter, All Hallowe'en, Christmas and a child's birthday] Laululoi Aunukselazil, by Iivo Härkönen 74497 [Subtitle: Lauluettavie da saneldavie heimokanzan laululoi da runoloi Aunuksen kielel] [Language: Finnish] Dave Porter's war honors, by Edward Stratemeyer 74496 [Subtitle: Or at the front with the fighting engineers] [Illustrator: R. Emmett Owen] La bella Venere, by Théo Varlet 74495 [Language: French] Helmet and Spear, by Alfred Church 74494 [Subtitle: stories from the wars of the Greeks and Romans] Tapiolassa, by Larin-Kyösti 74493 [Subtitle: Satukuvaelma] [Language: Finnish] Pyynikin ruoho, by Ain'Elisabet Pennanen 74492 [Subtitle: Runoelmia] [Language: Finnish] A woman's war record, 1861-1865, by Septima M. Collis 74491 Gods of the jungle, by Nelson S. Bond 74490 A royal smuggler, by William Dalton 74489 [Subtitle: The adventures of two boys in the Indian Archipelago] [Illustrator: Carl Werntz] Rabevel ou le mal des ardents, Volume 3 of 3: La fin de Rabevel, 74488 by Lucien Fabre [Language: French] La première flétrissure, by J. Agrippa 74487 [Language: French] Zendan vanki, by Anthony Hope 74486 [Language: Finnish] A handy dictionary of mythology, by Anonymous 74485 [Subtitle: For everyday readers] The Octoroon, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 74484 [Illustrator: Charles A. Cox] Katupeilin kuvia, by Larin-Kyösti 74483 [Subtitle: Kertomuksia ja kuvauksia] [Language: Finnish] The story of a national crime, by Peter Henderson Bryce 74482 [Subtitle: Being an appeal for justice to the Indians of Canada] Le Bondou: étude de géographie et d'histoire soudaniennes, 74481 by André Rançon [Language: French] The little book of life after death, by Gustav Theodor Fechner 74480 Because of conscience, by Amy Ella Blanchard 74479 [Subtitle: Being a novel relating to the adventures of certain Huguenots in old New York] [Illustrator: E. Benson Kennedy] The wolf pack, by Ridgwell Cullum 74478 Essays in miniature, by Agnes Repplier 74477 First lessons in batik, by Gertrude Clayton Lewis 74474 [Subtitle: a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing] Australia, New Zealand and some islands of the South seas, 74473 by Frank George Carpenter Suuri illusioni, by Mika Waltari 74472 [Language: Finnish] Two little Finns, by Mary E. Ropes 74471 Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz -- Mitteilungen Band XIV, 74470 Heft 5-6, by Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz [Subtitle: Monatsschrift für Heimatschutz, Volkskunde und Denkmalpflege] [Language: German] A tight squeeze, by William Staats 74469 [Subtitle: The adventures of a gentleman, who, on a wager of ten thousand dollars, undertook to go from New York to New Orleans in three weeks without money, as a professional tramp] Lladres, by Ignasi Iglésias 74468 [Subtitle: Quadro dramàtic] [Language: Catalan] Jerry; or, the sailor boy ashore, by Walter Aimwell 74467 [Subtitle: Being the seventh--a fragment-- in the series of the "Aimwell Stories"] First through the Grand Canyon, by John Wesley Powell 74466 [Subtitle: Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70] Le divorce de Cady, by Camille Pert 74465 [Language: French] Ulos ikkunasta, by Augustin Scribe 74464 [Subtitle: Huvinäytelmä 1:ssä näytöksessä] [Language: Finnish] Slavery as an industrial system, by H. J. Nieboer 74463 [Subtitle: Ethnological researches, Second revised edition] Suspense, Volume 3 of 3, by Henry Seton Merriman 74462 Suspense, Volume 2 of 3, by Henry Seton Merriman 74461 Suspense, Volume 1 of 3, by Henry Seton Merriman 74460 Refaire l'amour, by Rachilde 74459 [Language: French] Victoria, by Knut Hamsun 74458 [Subtitle: A love story] Voimakasta väkeä, by Aino Malmberg 74457 [Language: Finnish] Lord Lister No. 0029: Het Indische raadsel, by Kurt Matull and 74456 Theo Blakensee [Language: Dutch] La survivante, by Jean Balde 74455 [Language: French] Report on the Indian schools of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, 74454 by Peter Henderson Bryce Veillées d'Auvergne, by Jean Ajalbert 74453 [Language: French] Humbug, by E. M. Delafield 74452 Siperiaan karkoitettuna, by Heikki Välisalmi 74451 [Subtitle: Muistelmia ja vaikutelmia] [Language: Finnish] Musta virta, by Hilja Liinamaa 74450 [Language: Finnish] Westmark, by Friedrich Lienhard 74449 [Language: German] Le voyage immobile, suivi d'autres histoires singulières, 74448 by Maurice Renard [Language: French] Discourses of Brigham Young, by Brigham Young 74447 L'âge d'or, by Edmond Jaloux 74446 [Language: French] The Eton College hunt, by Anthony Crommelin Crossley 74445 [Subtitle: A short history of beagling at Eton] [Illustrator: J Robertson] The philosophy of Jake Haiden (late Jacob K. Huff), by Jacob K. Huff 74444 [Subtitle: selected from the columns of the Reading Times, Reading, Pennsylvania with a biographical appreciation by his friend Henry W. Shoemaker] Anderby Wold, by Winifred Holtby 74443 Dragon's teeth, by Eça de Queirós 74442 [Subtitle: A novel from the Portuguese] The Sturgis wager, by Edgar Morette 74441 [Subtitle: A detective story] Two brave boys, and, The wrong twin, by Mary E. Ropes 74440 Siskosarjalle, by Vera Hjelt 74439 [Subtitle: Satuja ja kertoelmia] [Language: Finnish] Those barren leaves, by Aldous Huxley 74437 Albyn; or, Scotland and the future, by Christopher Murray Grieve 74438 Tim and Tip, by James Otis 74436 [Subtitle: or, The Adventures of a Boy and a Dog] The champion, by Charles Egbert Craddock 74435 La vie et la mort de M. de Tournèves, by Charles Derennes 74434 [Language: French] Verinen lyhty, by Jalmari Finne 74433 [Subtitle: Romaani] [Language: Finnish] Aarne Kalske, by T. E. Kivipelto 74432 [Subtitle: Nelinäytöksinen näytelmä] [Language: Finnish] The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century, by Catherine Marten 74431 [Subtitle: An ethnohistorical survey] Kening Aldgillis, by Douwe Kalma 74430 [Language: Frisian] L'Homme né de la guerre. Témoignage d'un converti (Yser-Artois, 1915), 74429 by Henri Ghéon [Language: French] Straight forward, by Lucy Ellen Guernsey 74428 [Subtitle: or, walking in the light] Clarice Egerton's life story, by Annette M. Lyster 74427 [Subtitle: or, What she could] Cady mariée, by Camille Pert 74426 [Language: French] An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa, by George Hawker 74425 [Subtitle: Being the biography of Gwen Elen Lewis, missionary to the Cameroons and the Congo] No Posting 74424 Nicolaus of Damascus' life of Augustus, by Nicolaus of Damascus 74423 [Subtitle: Translated with a commentary] Friends in strange garments, by Anna Milo Upjohn 74422 [Illustrator: Anna Milo Upjohn] Foot-ball: its history for five centuries, by Montague Shearman 74421 and James E. Vincent Le rêve de Suzy, by Henri Ardel 74420 [Language: French] Reuben Sachs; a sketch, by Amy Levy 74419 Their island home, by Jules Verne 74418 [Subtitle: The later adventures of the Swiss family Robinson] [Illustrator: H. C. Murphy] The kaleidoscope, by David Brewster 74417 Proteus, by Vernon Lee 74416 [Subtitle: or, The future of intelligence] Soutajan lauluja, by Ilmari Kianto 74415 [Subtitle: Kokoelma pieniä runoja] [Language: Finnish] Medaglioni, by Enrico Nencioni 74414 Italian] Cape Cod is a number of things, by Allan Neal 74413 Tolstoï, by Stefan Zweig 74412 [Language: French] Le printemps tourmenté, by Paul Margueritte 74411 [Language: French] Horacianes, by Miquel Costa i Llobera 74410 [Subtitle: Poesies] [Language: Catalan] Blowing weather, by John T. McIntyre 74409 Natuur en leven, by Jan Ritskes Kloosterman 74408 [Language: Dutch] Danton, by Romain Rolland 74407 [Subtitle: Kolminäytöksinen vallankumousnäytelmä] [Language: Finnish] Navies of the world, by Edward W. Very 74406 Orientaj fabeloj, by Vlas Doroshevich 74405 [Language: Esperanto] Jeunesse, by Charles Wagner 74404 [Language: French] Runoilijan salaisuus, by Antonio Fogazzaro 74403 [Language: Finnish] Kun naiset miehistyvät, by Väinö Jääskeläinen 74402 [Subtitle: Yksinäytöksinen pila] [Language: Finnish] Elkswatawa; or the prophet of the west, by James Strange French 74401 and Timothy Flint [Subtitle: A tale of the frontier] A Mediterranean mystery, by Fred E. Wynne 74400 Lord Lister No. 0122: De wedrennen van York, by Kurt Matull 74399 Theo Blakensee, and Felix Hageman [Language: Dutch] Seule, by Henri Ardel 74398 [Language: French] A history of criticism, Volume 3 of 3, by George Saintsbury 74397 Lauluja ja runoelmia, by Ilmari Kianto 74396 [Language: Finnish] A Short History of Belgium, by Leon van der Essen 74395 Kurjalan Maria, by Peter Rosegger 74394 [Language: Finnish] History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce, Volume 4 of 4, 74393 by W. S. Lindsay Historia da litteratura portugueza, Vol. 1, by Teófilo Braga 74392 [Subtitle: Introduccao e theoria da historia da litteratura portugueza] [Language: Portuguese] Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 4 of 5, by James Law 74391 The stone age in North America, Vol. 2, by Warren King Moorehead 74390 Il signor Io, by Salvatore Farina 74389 [Language: Italian] Juutalaiset ja me, by Knut Tallqvist 74388 [Language: Finnish] Elämän harha, by Hilja Pärssinen 74387 [Subtitle: Runoja] [Language: Finnish] Einer Mutter Sohn, by Clara Viebig 74386 [Illustrator: Karl Köster] [Language: German] The Venetians, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 74385 [Subtitle: A novel] Scènes de la vie sauvage au Mexique, by Gabriel Ferry 74384 [Language: French] Donatienne, by René Bazin 74383 [Language: Finnish] Up the Amazon and Madeira rivers, through Bolivia and Peru, 74382 by Edward Davis Mathews The evolution of scientific thought from Newton to Einstein, 74381 by Aram D'Abro Concerning Isabel Carnaby, by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 74380 Old Celtic tales, by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton 74379 Remarks on a passage from the river Balise in the bay of Honduras, 74378 to Merida, by Cook Lyö sinä, minä venytän, by Eva Hirn 74377 [Language: Finnish] The school and society, by John Dewey 74376 Piebald rats and selection, by William Ernest Castle 74375 and John Charles Phillips [Subtitle: An experimental test of the effectiveness of selection and of the theory of gametic purity in Mendelian crosses] The 20-mule-team brigade, by Pacific Coast Borax Co. 74374 [Subtitle: Being a story in jingles of the good works and adventures of the famous "Twenty-Mule-Team"] [Illustrator: Peter Newell] The Giant Sorcerer, by William Whitman 74373 [Subtitle: Or the extraordinary adventures of Raphael and Cassandra] [Illustrator: Frank Boyd] Basilleja, by Martti Wuori 74372 [Subtitle: 3-n=C3=A4yt=C3=B6ksinen ilveily] [Language: Finnish] Anja rouva, by Ilma Virtala 74371 [Language: Finnish] House beautiful, by A.L.O.E. 74370 [Subtitle: or, The Bible museum] Chinese cook book, by Vernon Galster 74369 The Story of Wandering Willie, by Lady Augusta Noel 74368 The art of music, Vol. 05 (of 14) , by Daniel Gregory Mason 74367 [Subtitle: The voice and vocal music] Kuolema Venetsiassa, by Thomas Mann 74366 [Language: Finnish] Henkinen tarmo, by Henri Bergson 74365 [Language: Finnish] Rabevel ou le mal des ardents, Volume 2 of 3 : II. Le financier 74364 Rabevel, by Lucien Fabre [Language: French] Im Zauber des Tierlebens, by Friedrich von Lucanus 74363 [Language: German] Shipbuilding from its beginnings, Vol. 3 of 3, by E. van Konijnenburg 74362 Shipbuilding from its beginnings, Vol. 2 of 3, by E. van Konijnenburg 74361 Shipbuilding from its beginnings, Vol. 1 of 3, by E. van Konijnenburg 74360 Domestic medicine, by William Buchan 74359 [Subtitle: or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. Aircraft: its development in war and peace and its commercial future, 74358 by Evan John David The whore, by Unknown 74357 [Subtitle: A poem] Kittens, by Svend Fleuron 74356 [Subtitle: A family chronicle] Army Boys marching into Germany, by Homer Randall 74355 [Subtitle: Or over the Rhine with the Stars and Stripes] Ancient Egyptian legends, by Margaret Alice Murray 74354 Smaragda, by A. R. Rangabé 74353 [Subtitle: Kreikkalainen rakkaustarina] [Language: Finnish] Oli kerran, by Larin-Kyösti 74352 [Subtitle: Satuja nuorille ja aikuisille] [Language: Finnish] La Save, le Danube et le Balkan, by Louis Léger 74351 [Language: French] London street games, by Norman Douglas 74350 London street games, by Norman Douglas 74350 Give the Man Room, by Robert Joseph Casey and Mary Borglum 74349 [Subtitle: The story of Gutzon Borglum] Fryske stikken by J. R. Kloosterman 74348 [Language: Frisian] An account of some recent discoveries in hieroglyphical literature, 74347 and Egyptian antiquities, by T. F. Young Flint's Letters from America, 1818-1820 by James Flint 74346 The Aldine Speller: Part Two, by Catherine T. Bryce and Frank J. Sherman 74345 [Subtitle: for Grades Three and Four] Perdita kaj retrovita: originala rakonto, by Emile Boirac 74344 [Language: Esperanto]