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~ ~ ~ ~ Posting Dates for the below eBooks: 1 Aug 2024 to 31 Aug 2024 ~ ~ ~ ~ TITLE and AUTHOR EBOOK NO. Taistelon tuoksinasta, by Hilja Pärsswinen 74343 [Language: Finnish] Sammuva suku, by Kristian Elster, Jr. 74342 [Subtitle: Romaani] [Language: Finnish] Al Polo Australe in velocipede, by Emilio Salgari 74341 [Language: Italian] In love's hands, by Bertha Clay 74340 [Subtitle: For her heart's sake] The sons of Kai, by Henry Beston 74339 [Subtitle: The story the Indian told] The painted swan, by Elizabeth Bibesco 74338 [Subtitle: a play in three acts] Horsesense Hank in the parallel worlds, by Nelson S. Bond 74337 For the defence of Canada, by The Military Service Council 74336 The Ghost-Dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890, by James Mooney 74335 [Subtitle: Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2] The Green Mountain Boys, by Philip H. Smith 74334 [Subtitle: Vermont and the New York land jobbers] Hunting a home in Brazil, by J. McF. Gaston 74333 [Subtitle: The agricultural resources and other characteristics of the country. Also, the manners and customs of the inhabitants] Veikeitä juttuja pienille lapsille, by Rudyard Kipling 74332 [Language: Finnish] The remains of the late Mrs. Richard Trench, by Melesina Chenevix 74331 St. George Trench [Subtitle: being selections from her journals, letters, & other papers] Nahkapoikia eli Ylpeys sen teki, by Martti Wuori 74330 [Subtitle: 4-näyt. laulunsekainen näytelmä] [Language: Finnish] Lettres galantes du chevalier de Fagnes, by Paul Ginisty 74329 [Language: French] Peter Pettigrew's prisoner, by Nelson S. Bond 74328 Les yeux fermés, by Thierry Sandre 74327 [Language: French] Aisopoksen satuja, by Aisopos 74326 [Subtitle: 56 eläintarinaa] [Language: Finnish] Kultakuoriainen y.m. kertomuksia, by Edgar Allan Poe 74325 [Language: Finnish] The heart of London, by H. V. Morton 74324 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, by Toofie Lauder 74323 History of the Protestants of France, from the commencement of 74322 the Reformation to the present time, by Guillaume Félice Maalaisaiheisia pakinoita, by Tiitus 74321 [Language: Finnish] Henkensä uhalla, by Martti Wuori 74320 [Subtitle: 3-näytöksinen näytelmä] [Language: Finnish] The conscience of a Conservative, by Barry Goldwater 74319 The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. 2, No. 11, October, 1836, 74318 by Various Scotland under her early kings, Vol. 1 of 2, by Eben William Robertson 74317 [Subtitle: a history of the kingdom to the close of the thirteenth century] Geology, by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin and Rollin Daniel Salisbury 74316 [Subtitle: Vol. 1, Geologic processes and their results] Thrasymachus, by C. E. M. Joad 74315 [Subtitle: or the future of morals] The Sanskrit drama, by A. Berriedale Keith 74314 [Subtitle: in its origin, development, theory and practice] The Merry Five, by Penn Shirley 74313 Salojen elämää by Lauri Soini 74312 [Language: Finnish] Jälleennäkeminen, by Juho Hoikkanen 74311 [Subtitle: Novelleja] [Language: Finnish] Lucia in London, by E. F. Benson 74310 The fanatics, by Miles Malleson 74309 [Subtitle: A comedy in three acts] A diplomat's wife in Mexico, by Edith O'Shaughnessy 74308 [Subtitle: Letters from the American embassy at Mexico City, covering the dramatic period between October 8th, 1913, and the breaking off of diplomatic relations on April 23rd, 1914, together with an account of the occupation of Vera Cruz] Wales, by W. Watkin Davies 74307 Life in the Eagle's Nest, by A. L. O. E. 74306 [Subtitle: A tale of Afghanistan] Vanhanpojan huomioita, by Onni W. Arima 74305 [Language: Finnish] Tarpeeton ihminen, by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 74304 [Language: Finnish] The baz-nama-yi nasiri, by Husam al-Dawlah Timur Mirza 74303 [Subtitle: A persian treatise on falconry] The universe wreckers, by Edmond Hamilton 74302 Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843, Vol. 2 of 2, 74301 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley A lady of the last century, by Dr. Doran 74300 Die Baukunst der Germanen, by Albrecht Haupt 74299 [Language: German] In furthest Ind, by Sydney C. Grier 74298 [Subtitle: The narrative of Mr Edward Carlyon] Mishka, by Nicolaus Lenau 74297 [Language: Finnish] Matka Indiaan, by E. M. Forster 74296 [Language: Finnish] Strangers to Straba, by Carl Jacobi 74295 Once a first wife, by Norman Arkawy 74294 Chats with children, by Amy Le Feuvre 74293 [Subtitle: or Pearls for young people strung from the Word of truth] [Illustrators: C. B. Birch and E. Free] South African anecdotes, by A. Ellman 74292 [Subtitle: Collected from various sources, oral and written] Seven years in South Africa Volume 2 of 2, by Emil Holub 74291 Histoire du Bas-Empire, Tome 04, by Charles Le Beau 74290 [Language: French] Vuoren erakko, by J. C. Heer 74289 [Language: Finnish] Two way destiny, by Frank Belknap Long 74288 Office call, by Charles E. Fritch 74287 Timbouctou, voyage au Maroc au Sahara et au Soudan, Tome 2 (de 2), 74286 by Oskar Lenz [Language: French] Timbouctou, voyage au Maroc au Sahara et au Soudan, Tome 1 (de 2), 74285 by Oskar Lenz [Language: French] Danish ballads, by E. M. Smith-Dampier 74284 Vuorivaeltaja, by Larin-Kyösti 74283 [Subtitle: Kokoelma runoja] [Language: Finnish] I miei racconti, by Enrico Panzacchi 74282 [Language: Italian] Seven years in South Africa, Volume 1 of 2, by Emil Holub 74281 Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843, Vol. 1 of 2, 74280 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Lukukammio, by Ragnar Josephson 74279 [Language: Finnish] Tuonen ahventa onkimassa, by Juho Hoikkanen 74278 [Language: Finnish] Beauty and the beast, by E. V. B. 74277 [Subtitle: An old tale new-told, with pictures] Arthur's inheritance, by Emma Leslie 74276 [Subtitle: Or, how he conquered] [Illustrator: Paul Hardy] Theology in romance: or the catechism and the Dermott family, 74275 by Madeline Leslie and A. R. Baker [Subtitle: God and Mankind, Volume 1] Onnen tie, by Veikko Korhonen 74274 Subtitle: Työväen osuustoiminnallinen 3-näytöksinen näytelmä] [Language: Finnish] Jylhänmäkeläiset, by Juho Hoikkanen 74273 [Language: Finnish] The charm of Venice, by Various 74272 [Subtitle: An anthology] The Queen of the Swamp, and other plain Americans, 74271 by Mary Hartwell Catherwood A woman's trust, by Bertha M. Clay 74270 [Subtitle: Lady Elaine's martyrdom] Arsène Lupin, super-sleuth, by Maurice Leblanc 74269 Through unknown Nigeria, by John R. Raphael 74268 Dombey ja Poika II, by Charles Dickens 74267 [Language: Finnish] The History of Germain Street Baptist Church, St. John, N.B., 74266 for its first one hundred years, 1810-1910, by Anonymous La guerra e la pace nel mondo antico, by Ettore Ciccotti 74265 [Language: Italian] The flying parliament and other poems, by Edwina Stanton Babcock 74264 The folk of Furry farm, by Katherine Frances Purdon 74263 [Subtitle: The romance of an Irish village] Westward empire, by Elias Lyman Magoon 74262 [Subtitle: or, the great drama of human progress] The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Vol. 3 of 5, 74261 by Charles Darwin [Subtitle: under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836] Sielujen sota, by L. Onerva 74260 [Subtitle: Lyyrillinen sarja] [Language: Finnish] Naimakuumetta, byt Veikko Korhonen 74259 [Subtitle: 2-näytöksinen ilveily] [Language: Finnish] The real Australia, by Alfred Buchanan 74258 Kanamori's life-story, by Paul M. Kanamori 74257 Children of No Man's Land, by G. B. Stern 74256 Traitor or patriot?, by Mary C. Rowsell 74255 [Subtitle: A tale of the Rye-House Plot] [Illustrators: C. O. Murray and Charles Joseph Staniland] Life in the sick-room, by An Invalid 74254 [Subtitle: Essays: Second Edition] The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus 74253 on the first book of Euclid's elements, Vol. 1 of 2 Children well and happy, by May Bliss Dickinson 74252 [Subtitle: A manual for the Girl's Health League] In ship and prison, by William P. Chipman 74251 [Subtitle: A story of five years in the Continental Navy with Captain Samuel Tucker] [Illustrator: Arthur de Bebian] Yoga, by Surendranath Dasgupta 74250 [Subtitle: as philosophy and religion] Valittuja pakinoita, by Ilmari Kivinen 74249 [Language: Finnish] Dombey ja Poika 1, by Charles Dickens 74248 [Language: Finnish] The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. 2, No. 10, September 1836, 74247 by Various Arabi and his household, by Lady Gregory 74246 A Hausa botanical vocabulary, by J. M. Dalziel 74245 The pageant of Parliament, Vol. 1 of 2, by Michael MacDonagh 74244 Many furrows, by A. G. Gardiner 74243 Jäätikön poika, by Johannes V. Jensen 74242 [Subtitle: Tarukertomus Pohjolan jääkaudelta] Ruumiin elimistä ja niiden toimista, by J. A. Palmén 74241 [Language: Finnish] The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, 74240 John Rudolph Glauber Dreams of an astronomer, by Camille Flammarion 74239 Illustrations of political economy, Volume 8 of 9, by Harriet Martineau 74238 The collected works of Henrik Ibsen, Volume 10 of 11 74237 The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 4 of 11 74236 British birds, by W. H. Hudson and Frank E. Beddard 74235 Letters written in France, to a friend in London, between the month 74234 of November 1794, and the month of May 1795, by Watkin Tench Fragment of a novel written by Jane Austen, January-March 1817 74233 [Subtitle: Now first printed from the manuscript] Special talents and defects, by Leta S. Hollingworth 74232 [Subtitle: Their significance for education] The story of the Iliad, by Alfred John Church 74231 Nantucket windows, by Edwina Stanton Babcock 74230 Jack Henderson on tipping, by Benj. F. Cobb 74229 [Illustrator: Marshall D. Smith] Panthéon égyptien, by Jean François Champollion 74228 [Subtitle: Collection des personnages mythologiques de l'ancienne Égypte, d'après les monuments] [Illustrator: Léon-Jean-Joseph Dubois] [Language: French] The scientific pioneer returns, by Nelson S. Bond 74227 Horsesense Hank does his bit, by Nelson S. Bond 74226 Création d'un répertoire bibliographique universel, by Henri la Fontaine 74225 and Paul Otlet [Subtitle: Conférence Bibliographique Internationale, 1895, publication no. 1] [Language: French] Social devices for impelling women to bear and rear children 74224 by Leta S. Hollingworth Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth 74223 Series, Vol. 3, No. 143, September 25, 1886, by Various Demian, by Hermann Hesse 74222 The scientific pioneerm by Nelson S. Bond 74221 Agricola, by William Emerton Heitland 74220 [Subtitle: A study of agriculture and rustic life in the Greco-Roman world from the point of view of labour] The wounded, by Philip José Farmer 74219 Il muto di Gallura, by Enrico Costa 74218 [Subtitle: Racconto storico sardo] [Language: Italian] The Bobbsey twins keeping house, by Laura Lee Hope 74217 La pénétration saharienne (1830-1906), by Augustin Bernard 74216 and Napoléon Lacroix [Language: French] Fire of retribution, by Laurence Donovan 74215 Cupid and the law, by Rae Soares 74214 [Subtitle: a collection of short stories] Pyhän Pietarin sateenvarjo, by Kálmán Mikszáth 74213 [Subtitle: Kertomus Ylä-Unkarista] [Language: Finnish] Virgin Spain, by Waldo David Frank 74212 [Subtitle: Scenes from the spiritual drama of a great people] Blockade-Brecherm, by K. E. Selow-Serman 74211 [Language: German] The moving finger, by Natalie Sumner Lincoln 74210 [Illustrator: Charles L. Wrenn] Chroniques de J. Froissart, tome 8.2, by Jean Froissart 74209 [Language: French] Chroniques de J. Froissart, tome 8.1, by Jean Froissart 74208 [Subtitle: 1370-1377 (Depuis le combat de Pontvallain jusqu'à la prise d'Ardres et d'Audruicq)] [Language: French] Beautiful shells, by H. G. Adams 74207 [Subtitle: Their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained; with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet] True to type, by Arthur T. Harris 74206 My past is mine, by Gerda Rhoads 74205 Mielevä hidalgo Don Quijote Manchalainen II:2, 74204 by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra [Language: Finnish] The essentials of mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill 74203 [Subtitle: And other essays] Rakkausuhri, by Huugo Jalkanen 74202 [Subtitle: Runoja] [Language: Finnish] Instructions in gardening for ladies, by Mrs. Loudon 74201 [Illustrators: Henry Corbould and S. Wells Williams] Little "Why-because", by Agnes Giberne 74200 [Illustrator: C. Dudley Tennant] The nobles are coming, by Arthur Jean Cox 74199 [Illustrator: Bert Lief] The man who found out, by Roger D. Aycock 74198 Reuben Stone's discovery, by Edward Stratemeyer 74197 [Subtitle: or, The young miller of Torrent Bend] The universal directory for taking alive and destroying rats, and 74196 all other kinds of four-footed and winged vermin, by Robert E. Smith The fourth progressive reader, by Anonymous 74195 [Subtitle: Carefully arranged for the use of schools] Mielevä hidalgo Don Quijote Manchalainen II:1, 74194 by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra [Language: Finnish] Die Kneippkur, by Aloysius Binder 74193 [Subtitle: Eine Wasserdichtung für Gesunde und Kranke] [Language: German] My further disillusionment in Russia, by Emma Goldman 74192 Three studies in literature, by Lewis E. Gates 74191 The seed she sowed, by Emma Leslie 74190 [Subtitle: A tale of the great dock strike] Guy Falconer, by Lucy Ellen Guernsey 74189 [Subtitle: or, The chronicles of the old Moat House] The Web, by Emerson Hough 74188 [Subtitle: The Authorized History of the American Protective League] Pictorial history of the war for the Union, Vol. 2 of 2, 74187 by Ann S. Stephens [Subtitle: A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close... Together with a complete chronological analysis of the war] Racconti umoristici, Vol. 2/2, by Achille Giovanni Cagna 74186 [Language: Italian] Racconti umoristici, Vol. 1/2, by Achille Giovanni Cagna 74185 [Language: Italian] The negro workers, by Eugene V. Debs 74184 [Subtitle: address delivered Tuesday, October 30, 1923, at Commonwealth Casino, 135th Street and Madison Avenue, N.Y.C.] My heart and my flesh, by Elizabeth Madox Roberts 74183 The triumph of the Innocents, by William Holman Hunt 74182 Millions of cats, by Wanda Gág 74181 Stories of the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, by Anonymous 74180 A royal son and mother, by Pauline von Hügel 74179 Out from the heart, by James Allen 74178 Tirzah Ann's summer trip, and other sketches, by Marietta Holley 74177 From Berlin to Bagdad and Babylon, by J. A. Zahm 74176 Pretty Polly Perkins, by Ethel Calvert Phillips 74175 [Illustrator: Edith F. Butler] Mr. Biggs goes to town, by Nelson S. Bond 74174 The return of Lancelot Biggs, by Nelson S. Bond 74173 Haida texts and myths, by Unknown 74172 Subtitle: Skidegate dialect] Cities in the air, by Edmond Hamilton 74171 The stone age in North America, Vol. 1 of 2, by Warren K. Moorehead 74170 Mielevä hidalgo Don Quijote Manchalainen I:2, 74169 by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra [Language: Finnish] Independence day, by Various 74168 [Subtitle: Its celebration, spirit and significance as related in prose and verse] Greek tragedy, by Gilbert Norwood 74167 A reversion to type, by E. M. Delafield 74166 He who served, by Ray Cummings 74165 [Illustrator: Alex Schomburg] La tour d'amour, by Rachilde 74164 [Language: French]