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Mar 2003 Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw [Shaw #23][pygmlxxx.xxx] 3825
Mar 2003 The Lamp of Fate, Margaret Pedler [Pedler #2][lmpftxxx.xxx] 3824
Mar 2003 Thelma, by Marie Corelli [thlmaxxx.xxx] 3823
Mar 2003 Balzac, Frederick Lawton [balzaxxx.xxx] 3822
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Mar 2003 The Euahlayi Tribe, Langloh Parker [tetasxxx.xxx] 3819
[Title: The Euahlayi Tribe--A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia] Mar 2003
By Reef and Palm, Louis Becke [breepxxx.xxx] 3818 Mar 2003
To Let, by John Galsworthy [John Galsworthy #35][toltgxxx.xxx] 3817 Mar 2003
The Witch of Prague, by F. Marion Crawford [twoprxxx.xxx] 3816
Mar 2003 Rolling Stones, by O. Henry [O Hentry #13][rllstxxx.xxx] 3815
Mar 2003 Robert Louis Stevenson, by E. Blantyre Simpson [rlstvxxx.xxx] 3814
Mar 2003 The Lady Of Blossholme, by H. Rider Haggard[HRH35][blshlxxx.xxx] 3813
Mar 2003 The Mirrors of Washington, by Anonymous [tmrowxxx.xxx] 3812
[Author: Clinton W. Gilbert] Mar 2003 The Star of Gettysburg, Joseph A.
Altsheler [#3][tsgttxxx.xxx] 3811
Mar 2003 The Man-eaters of Tsavo, by J. H. Patterson [tsavoxxx.xxx] 3810
[Title: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures] Mar 2003 The
Master of the World, Jules Verne [Verne #19][thmstxxx.xxx] 3809 Mar 2003
Robur
the Conqueror, Jules Verne [Verne #18][?robcxxx.xxx] 3808 Mar 2003
Different Forms of Flowers, by Charles Darwin #19][dfmflxxx.xxx] 3807 [Title:
The Different Forms Of Flowers On Plants Of The Same Species] Mar 2003 A Modern
Cinderella, by Louisa May Alcott[LMA #10][mdcndxxx.xxx] 3806
Contains:
A Modern Cinderella: or The Little Old Shoe
Debby's Debut
Brothers
Nelly's Hospital
Mar 2003 The Vultures, by Henry Seton Merriman [vltrsxxx.xxx] 3805
Mar 2003 Pierre And Jean, by Guy de Maupassant [G de M #19][pandjxxx.xxx] 3804
Mar 2003 File No. 113, by Emile Gaboriau[Emile Gaboriau#10][no113xxx.xxx] 3803
Mar 2003 The Widow Lerouge, by Emile Gaboriau [Gaboriau #9][lergexxx.xxx] 3802
[Alternate Title: The Lerouge Case] Mar 2003 Napoleon And Blucher, by Louise
Muhlbach [LM #9][nplblxxx.xxx] 3801 [Variant spellings: Louisa, Louise, Luise
Muhlbach; and Luise von Muhlbach]
Feb 2003 The Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza [Spinoza #11][ethicxxx.xxx] 3800
[Full Latin Title: Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata] Feb 2003 Landholding
In England, by Joseph Fisher[Fisher#2][lndiexxx.xxx] 3799 Feb 2003
Reminiscences
of Captain Gronow, by Captain Gronow[grnowxxx.xxx] 3798 [Author: Captain Rees
Howell Gronow] Feb 2003 In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells[Wells
#21][incomxxx.xxx] 3797 Feb 2003 Rilla of Ingleside, by Lucy Maud
Montgomery[LMM#7][rillaxxx.xxx] 3796
Feb 2003 Under the Lilacs, by Louisa May Alcott [Alcott #9 [ullcsxxx.xxx] 3795
Feb 2003 L. Annaeus Seneca On Benefits, by Aubrey Stewart [bnftsxxx.xxx] 3794
Feb 2003 Joseph II. and His Court, by L. Muhlbach [LM #8][j2ahcxxx.xxx] 3793
Feb 2003 Capitola The Madcap, by Emma D. E. N. Southworth [mdcapxxx.xxx] 3792
Feb 2003 The Reign Of Law, by James Lane Allen [rolawxxx.xxx] 3791
Feb 2003 Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw[G. B. Shaw #22][mjbrbxxx.xxx] 3790
Feb 2003 Preface to Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw[#21][pmbrbxxx.xxx] 3789
Feb 2003 Haydn, by J. Cuthbert Hadden [Master Musicians] [hhmmsxxx.xxx] 3788
Feb 2003 Nature And Art, by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Inchbald [naartxxx.xxx] 3787
Feb 2003 Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley[hmlynxxx.xxx] 3786
Feb 2003 In The Reign Of Terror, by G. A. Henty [Henty #4][reterxxx.xxx] 3785
Feb 2003 The Sheridan Road Mystery by Paul and Mabel Thorne[shrdnxxx.xxx] 3784
Feb 2003 Mother, by Maxim Gorky [Maxim Gorky PG eBook #4][mthrgxxx.xxx] 3783
Feb 2003 Huntingtower, John Buchan [John Buchan #7][hntngxxx.xxx] 3782
Feb 2003 The Jewel of Seven Stars, Bram Stoker [bstoker #5][thjwlxxx.xxx] 3781
Feb 2003 The King's Highway, by G.P.R. James [knghwxxx.xxx] 3780
Feb 2003 Events Culminating in The Great Conflict, Marshall[ecigcxxx.xxx] 3779
[Complete Listing: A History of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study
of
the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict, by Logan Marshall] Feb 2003 The
Interdependence of Literature, Georgina Curtis[ntrdpxxx.xxx] 3778 [Author:
Georgina Pell Curtis] Feb 2003 Tom Swift & His Electric Rifle, by Victor
Appleton[10tomxxx.xxx] 3777 Feb 2003 The Valley of Fear, by Arthur Conan
Doyle[Doyle29][vfearxxa.xxx] 3776 (See also: #3289) Feb 2003 Napoleon
Bonaparte, John S. C. Abbott [nplnbxxx.xxx] 3775
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THE WIRELESS, THE SEEKERS, AND THE SORTERS
A new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that 27%
of teenagers and 20-somethings are considering abandoning their home phones in
favor using only their cell phones. Overall, 21% of cell phone users of all
ages
have considered canceling their home phone service, but as of now only 3% have
actually gotten rid of their fixed-line phones. The study also found that the
tech elite consists mostly of 30-somethings who spend an average of $169 a
month
on information goods. Study author John Horrigan points out as a new paradox
the fact that those who consume more information technology are the least
likely
to report feeling overwhelmed by the volume of information: "They know how to
sort through that." (Washington Post 24 Nov 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8674-2003Nov23.html
VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL
The Michigan Virtual High School program has become the second-largest such
program in the country, with more than 7,200 student enrollments. The program
allows students to take courses over the Internet to earn credit for a variety
of classes not offered in their own schools. One student in the program says:
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classroom
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of
13 states with the program, Florida has the highest enrollment, with an
expected
20,000 student enrollments this school year. (AP/USA Today 23 Nov 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2003-11-23-virtual-school
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PRAGUE: WHERE IT'S AT, INFORMATION-WISE
The Czech Republic is being increasingly seen by global corporations as an
excellent location for their customer call centers as well as back-office
and IT operations. DHL, the logistics group, will eventually be employing
1,000 people at a data center in Prague to track shipments, customer queries
and
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a five-fold increase in employees in Prague over the next five years, to 1,500
employees. The Los Angeles Times reports that whereas previously service
projects went to cheaper destinations such as India and the Philippines,
Western
companies now see central Europe as a viable alternative because it is closer
in
culture and time zone to companies' headquarters, and because it has a
better-qualified workforce, with a large pool of expatriates who can speak
multiple languages. (Los Angeles Times 24 Nov 2003)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ft-czech24nov24,1,6399557.story?coll=la
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CELLPHONE SWITCHING
About a hundred thousand cellphone users changed their wireless service
carriers yesterday, taking advantage of a new federal rule allowing
consumers to switch without penalty. However, the number of people making
the switch was far smaller than what had been predicted, and a Consumers
Union spokesperson said, "Our guess is today people may be taking it kind of
slow." People are now allowed to keep their phone numbers when they switch
wireless carriers or when they convert from fixed-line to wireless phone
service. (San Jose Mercury News 25 Nov 2003)
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ANTI-SPAM BILL PASSES IN HOUSE, SENATE
The Senate passed a bill to curb junk commercial e-mail by voice vote on
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392 to 5. President Bush is expected to sign the legislation (known as the
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CA's Ian Hameroff said that his company remains focused on corporate
customers but that threats increasingly come from home users. CA's
announcement sent the stock prices of competing antivirus companies
falling. Symantec's stock dropped seven percent, while that of Network
Associates fell five percent. At least one analyst said the reaction
was excessive, however. Donovan Gow of American Technology Research
noted that CA only holds six percent of the antivirus market worldwide
and just one percent of the consumer market. Hameroff said CA's
motivation in offering the software for free "was not to erode the
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IF WE HAD A BOOMING ECONOMY IN THE 90'S, THEN WHY DID
THE BANKRUPTCY RATE DOUBLE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS?
Personal bankruptcies in the U.S. have doubled over
the past 10 years, pretty consistently, at a yearly
rate of increase of 7%. This was true even during
the major economic boom period of the 1990s, and it
has recently increased to 8%, which means that at
the rate bankruptcies are doubling every 9 years.
According to a Harvard study, the major reason is
that the economic boom has only been paying any
returns to the upper crust, while the daily jobs
have been being shipped overseas, or merely just
downsized out of existence.
This has been getting media coverage only in the
off peak programs off the major media pathways.
***
Speaking of our major television anchors last week:
"Do you ever wonder why Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings
and even Jim Lehrer started reading off GDP statistics instead
of GNP numbers?"
Someone pointed out that the three major TV anchors are each
about twice as old as the US median age of 33. . . .
On the average they started as news anchors when Reagan was
just starting his first administration.
Name Born Ages Anchor
Dan Rather 1931 72 and Anchor since 1981
Tom Brokaw 1940 63 and Anchor since 1982
Peter Jennings 1938 65 and Anchor since 1983
Jim Lehrer 1934 69 and Anchor since 1975
==========================================================
Average 1936 67 and Anchor since 1980
I've noticed that each of them is stuttering more now, but
I'm sure they'll all try to make it through the upcoming
presidential election, but their average age will be 72
by the one after that, and I'll bet they all go within
about the same number of years as they were hired. . . .
The real question is: who will replace them? And why?
What will be the criteria for the new news anchors?
If the new ones start today and are the same age as
these were when they started anchoring, they will
each have been born at an average date of 1959. . . .
It looks as if we will never have an era of anchors
who were developing in the 50's and 60's. . . .
We could go straight from those who developed in
the Great Depression and WWII, those we have now,
to those who came from the MBA and disco generation.
***
"NO BLOOD FOR DRUGS???"
Apparently Vioxx is over $100 a month in the U.S.
and $35 a month in Canada.
$27B in tax dollars spent on basic research in
the U.S. dollars, much of which benefits the
pharmaceutical industry, which they not only
don't pay for, but they don't pay tax dollars
on their own research or advertizing; says the
Chairman of the House Science Committee. This
means the U.S. taxpayers pay three subsidies
to the pharmaceutical industry:
1. By paying so much more for their products.
2. By paying for most of the $27 of research above.
3. Oof, sorry, I forgot the third one. . . .
***
KIDS RESTRAINTS MANDATED TO AGE 8 IN ILLINOIS
Kids who had graduated from car seats at age 5
are going back into their padded restraints
for another 3 years in Illinois.
I once did some research that indicated the
odds of a child being saved by one of these
was something quite minimal. . .way under 1%.
I don't like the idea of creating industries
mandated by goverment to protect against the
odds things that are less than 1% that takes
a billion dollars out of our pockets to give
it to someone such as Cosco, whose product
was denounced this week by the major media
as allowing kids to be tossed out onto the
highway in collisions as slow as 30 MPH.
I wonder if kids raised in car seats are
going to be severely underdeveloped.
***
My best friend just sent me this reply:
"Maximum Security is ALWAYS a Prison."
She works at a school where NO incidents
have EVER been reported, yet they will be
going to a high security system next spring
in which everyone has to have a badge on
and visible at all times, keyless entry
that works like a times bank vault. . .
we're just waiting for the schood day
when no one can get in at all. . . .
Of course, it does nothing to stop anyone
who just throws bricks through the window
and climbs in. . . .
***
Last, but not least. . .
ECONOMIC WARFARE ON THE MEDICAL FRONT
1. Americans have been going to Canada
to buy their prescription drugs for half
as much as they pay here in the U.S.
2. There are those who claim these drugs
are inferior to those bought in the U.S.
3. These are the same drugs, often from
the same production lots they buy here,
filled from the same U.S. prescriptions.
4. The drug companies nearly lobbied in
a law that would prevent this, or ordering
from Canadian drug stores over the Internet,
the phone, etc.
5. Finally, the drug companies have stopped
or reduced shipping to Canadian drug stores
they suspect are selling to Americans.
6. In response, the Illinois Governor,
Rod Blagojievich has said he will eliminate
as many of the products of these companies
as possible from the preferred list for
Illinois drug purchases.
7. Those of you who have been reading this
Newsletter for some time may recall that I
predicted some kind of economic warfare on
the medical front.
It's not just free things like Naptster they
want to shut down, these drugs were paid for,
by all parties concerned. It's just that the
U.S. wants to allow for non-competition to a
degree that even prevents the re-importation
of things made in the U.S.
Apparently some 60% of the price paid by U.S.
citizens for many prescriptions goes to the
bottom line, leaving only 40% to pay for the
research, advertising and salaries. . . . I
heard that the drug companies are spending
twice as much on advertising than research
since the onslaught of TV ads that bypass
doctors and present products directly to
the public [which used to be illegal].
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Statistical Review
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It took us from 1971 to 2002 to produce our FIRST 3653 eBooks!!!
That's 46 WEEKS as Compared to ~31 YEARS!!!
With 10,396 eBooks online as of November 19, 2003 it now takes an average
of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.96 from each book,
for Project Gutenberg to have currently given away $1,000,000,000,000
[One Trillion Dollars] in books.
100,000,000 readers is only about 1.5% of the world's population!
This "cost" is down from about $1.57 when we had 6297 eBooks A Year Ago
Can you imagine 10,000 books each costing $.61 less a year later???
Or. . .would this say it better?
Can you imagine 10,000 books each costing 1/3 less a year later???
At 10,396 eBooks in 32 Years and 4.50 Months We Averaged
321 Per Year [We do more per than that month these days!]
27 Per Month
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From Newsscan:
[I Know People Like This!!!]
HELP! I'M BEING HELD PRISONER BY MY TIVO!
TiVo -- the personal video recorder that cleverly records programs all day
on its hard drive based on the preferences of owners -- is being blamed for
turning otherwise-casual TV watchers into slaves shackled to their sofas,
unable to keep up with the flood of their favorite shows. Fanatical TiVo
users complain that their hard drives -- which come in either 40-hour or
80-hour sizes -- quickly fill up with programs they can't bear to delete,
but don't have time to watch. "For something that is supposed to be
relaxing and unwinding at the end of the day, you (think), 'Wow! I have a
lot of shows to watch,'" says Scott Bedard, technology director at an
online media company in San Francisco. Kevin Coto, a financial systems
consultant in New York, can relate: "I get to the point now where I skip
going to the gym so I can keep up with watching 'Dawson's Creek' reruns,"
which are broadcast for two hours each day. "I look forward to when they
end so I won't be so stressed." Nevertheless, most TiVo aficionados can't
imagine life without their favorite device. "If the box was broken I would
have to go out and buy a new one right away. I can't see myself going a
week without it," says Coto. (Reuters 11 Nov 2003)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RRJZODEBIBAGGCRBAE0CFFA?type
=technologyNews&storyID=3800365
[Will 100's of Millions of Present Day TVs End Up In Our Landfills?]
'MUST CARRY'? MAYBE NOT
The Federal Communications Commission plans to reject a request by TV
broadcasters to force cable companies to show both digital and analog
versions of network programs to expand the television audience to viewers
who own new high-definition TV sets. Cable companies oppose a so-called dual
"must-carry" requirement because it would force them to duplicate their
current network programming, and perhaps squeez out other cable channels.
All five FCC commissioners have decided individually to deny the
broadcasters' request, and Legg Mason analyst Blair Levin says,
"Commissioners seem to think there'd be too much of a burden on cable
without sufficient public benefit."
(Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times 18 Nov 2003)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-fcc18nov18,1,7938975.story?coll=la-h
eadlines-technology
FCC WANTS TO EXPAND WIRELESS TO UNDERSERVED AREAS
The Federal Communications Commission is reserving a new portion of
high-frequency spectrum for wireless Internet users to encourage the spread
of high-speed data access in rural and other underserved areas. Although
WiFi networks are in widespread use in coffee shops and hotel lobbies across
the country, the goal now is to expand high-speed data connections to
sparsely populated communities and entire neighborhoods.
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Headline News Mostly Avoided By The Major U.S. Media
GDP IS LITERALLY A DILUTED SPIN DOCTORING OF GNP
GDP = Gross Domestic Product GNP = Gross National Product
Do you ever wonder why Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings
and even Jim Lehrer started reading off GDP statistics instead
of GNP numbers?
It's just more spin doctoring to make the U.S. economy not
look as weak as it really is. I wondered about his when it
started, and downloaded much of the following:
It is literally impossible to count every single product the U.S.
makes and every single hour of labor we provide. Therefore our GNP
is only an estimate. The way the government figures GNP is to put
products and services into five major categories: consumer (C),
investment (I), government spending (G), exports (X), and imports (M).
GNP = C+I+G+X-M is the formula. We add up the first four categories,
then subtract our imports because imports, of course, are not made in
this country. Lately the U.S. has not really counted exports and imports.
The government is now just adding up C+I+G and forgetting about the
X and M. This new measure is called Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The formula is GDP=C+I+G. Notice that GDP is actually larger than GNP
because the dollar value of our imports is greater than the dollar value
of our exports. By using GDP, our economy doesn't show up as being as weak
due to the fact our imports outweigh our exports by a huge amount.
This is now simply eliminated from the news by the stroke of a gov't pen.
Try counting up just how much of the Evening News is written by such pens.
*
We noticed another one of these since writing the above:
re: the news about the U.S. economy, particularly the NON-trickling-down
of the recent economic booms to the public. You've probably all heard a
few reports that unemployment is finally down, even to the point of going
back a few months and saying, "Oops! Those were really UP. . .NOT down."
However, the previous booms, much larger and longer than at present, if
you can call that a boom, never "trickled-down" to any real improvement
in the public buying power. . .nothing in the past several decades.
One way you can tell the Spin Doctors are in total control, is that none
of the reports being issued are continuing to say "seasonally adjusted."
Obviously right now there is a serious "seasonal" boom in employment,
as all the retail outlets have hired on every possible employable person
for "only 68 more shopping days until Christmas," which obviously slants
the employment figures for October, November and December, and "Back To
School" slanted those for August and September. Once the post-holiday
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Part 2
In this week's Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter:
Smart webtools for e-book preparation and editing revisited by Thierry Alberto ...
Brand-new e-gourmet club is inviting you to the dinner next week ...
Alice made a little expedition to find out what Early English Text Society really is ...
Tomorrow is Universal Children's day, so it seems naturally to mention some works of Lewis Carroll in the Math and Poetry series ?
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2) The Distributed Proofreaders Update is coming this week together with the new tools
by Thierry Alberto
Transitional periods are often disconcerting. History reveals that people throughout the
world develop a fondness for the known and potentially familiar. While working on the
upgrade of a web site interface a couple of years ago, I was involved in a debate with
another designer over the scale of some new additions. He argued for keeping the old
designs just as they were, adding that this was sure to be the preference of the existing
audience. Then, as if to solidify his stance he said, "The only person who likes regular
change is a wet baby."
He did not win that day, but his words were tattooed upon my memory, by their charm.
I have thought about them now and again, because I do not necessarily agree with their
view. I believe that there is a certain type of individual who thrives within a transitional
environment. Granted, you will not find large crowds of such people in any one place.
By nature, such a person tends to be more at home in a small, loosely woven social cell.
I can speak for this group because I am kin. After observing and interacting with the DP
community for 9 months, I would say that here is the largest gathering of situational
nomads I have ever encountered.
Change is a constant at DP. The project is like a river which is different every time that
you wade in, transforming even as it flows around you. This dynamic nature does not
suit everyone, and after a taste or two a number of folks will move on. Among those who
have stayed with DP for a measurable time are some who would never consider leaving,
not with any lasting seriousness, anyway. It is this fair sized circle of people who are ever
in the midst of the great transformations to the project. It might be fair to say that they are
in fact the very agents of change, always at the heart of the latest upgrade, feature addition
or process innovation.
In searching for the thread to tie the weekly news with the production focus of this week,
I found myself looking into these ever turning wheels of change that have made DP the
unique success it is today. There is a loosely worded creed of sorts which is passed
around the community now and again. While it is not officially stated anywhere, it comes
very close to a standing policy. It goes more or less like, "If you see something that
clearly needs doing, take the initiative and set it in motion. Others will soon join with you
and iron out the wrinkles."
Whether this process works or not is now beyond the shadows of doubt. Distributed
Proofreaders itself is an example of this method; the follow through of an idea from one
person is today a collective endeavor of thousands. Whether it is an easy choice to
embrace such a process and remain dedicated is a topic for another column.
One example of personal initiative at DP was introduced in last week's newsletter and
will be explored a little further today. This is the development of the series of tool
programs that help automate the different stages of text processing. The people who
built these tools did not wait for approval or instructions, they saw a need and they
went to work at constructing a satisfying solution. Over time, with trial and input, they
evolved their initial efforts and continue to do so today. The exact measure of value
these programs and scripts have added to DP's output is not possible to calculate.
After you have used some of them a few times, it becomes clear that whatever the
specific measurement, this contribution has made a profound difference in the both the
degree and quality of DP's final product.
Among the most widely used tools are Steve Schulze's guiprep and guiguts, their alter
egos Winprep and Winguts; the tool suite of GutAxe; GutHammer; GutSweeper;
GutWrench, written by Bill Flis and the Re-Wrap and Indent script created by Bill
Keir. These are by no means all the tools available to assist the DP process but those
which are utilized in the Pre and Post production stages, that have been featured within
the column previously. There are many other tools which have become incorporated
into the proofing process. One is the customized proofing font, which makes it easier
on the eyes to spot less obvious errors. Another valuable assist is the transliteration
panel for Greek letters, originally created by DP's Donovan and long since incorporated
as a fixed component in the proofing interface.
In future columns we will explore each of these tools a little further. A permanent feature
for the off-line programs and scripts is presently being constructed upon the newsletter
archive site. Here, tools will be available for download to independent text developers
along with background information and extensive help files. This effort has the full support
of the tool masters, thus the archive feature should evolve into a valuable resource over time.
Here in the column we will be providing space for the developers to introduce the tools
in their own words. This week we begin our spotlight with the suite of tools created
and maintained by Bill Flis
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GUTWRENCH SUITE (Windows only)
All four programs are contained in a single .zip file, downloadable at:
http://frankfordinstitute.bravepages.com/GutWrench.htm
The programs come with documentation that explains their function in more detail. Email the
author at flis@detk.com if you have any problems or suggestions. GutAxe and GutHammer
are probably of most interest outside DP, as they are not at all DP-specific. Anyone interested
in the Visual Basic source code is welcome to it.
GutAxe
This simple program helps make rapid corrections to errors in e-texts. These include many
"Stealth Scannos" (OCR errors that will pass a spell-checker), words that are usually hyphenated
or have accents or ligatures, and mistakes in punctuation and markups. It is intended mainly as a
quick-and-dirty, time-saving, error-reducing tool, not as a replacement for other more thorough
tools, such as Gutcheck or a spell-checker.
It works much like a spell-checker: when it finds an error, it shows the context and proposes the
likely correction, asking the user to confirm. For example, if it finds the word "arid", it asks
whether this should be changed to "and" (a "Stealth Scanno", because the erroneous word "arid"
will pass a spell-checker). If it finds the string "Mrs," (with a comma), it asks whether it should
be changed to "Mrs." (with a period). Of course, many errors do not have such predictable
corrections or are too unlikely to occur (it doesn't flag "and" as possibly "arid", e.g.), and GutAxe
does not attempt to be a completely general tool. However, it flags a relatively low percentage of
"false positives" and enables the user to not only find but also correct a large number of errors in
a short time.
It is now set up to check English-language texts (with some French words). However, the errors
that it detects and the corrections it offers are all contained in external text files, which could easily
be edited to handle other languages (no re-programming needed).
GutSweeper
GutSweeper is a little time-saving tool intended to be used first in post-processing at DP. It
automatically cleans up clear-cut errors. It divides any very long lines of text (over a specified
length). It does some general cleaning up: removes trailing and double blanks, and deletes blank
lines at the bottoms of pages (before the DP-style Page Separators). A preliminary text-checking
feature insures that it will not be confused by erroneous poetry and other mark-ups.
GutWrench
This multi-purpose error-finding tool performs three kinds of functions:
1. Mapping the text. This function creates various tables concerning the text:
a) List of all characters in the file and their frequencies.
b) "Page Map" gives a brief (one-line) summary of special features (such as italic markups,
paragraphs, special characters) that appear on each page of text (between DP-style Page
Separators). This may be printed then quickly compared with the scan images to find missing
features in the text.
c) List of all hyphenated words, and occurrences of unhyphenated versions of them.
d) List of all accented words, and occurrences of unaccented versions.
e) Concordance (alphabetic list of all words, their frequencies, and point of first occurrence)
f) List of all lines of text having adjacent UPPER CASE characters (useful for checking chapter headings and finding some errors).
2. Checking the text for errors (intended as a supplement to Gutcheck):
a) Hyphens and dashes
b) Italic and bold (HTML-style) markups
c) Stealth scannos, including also optional lists of "ftealth fcannof" (old-style long "s" confused
with "f") and French and "other" (mostly a few German) stealth scannos. (These lists are all
contained in external text files, easily modified or expanded.)
d) Other assorted errors in punctuation.
3. Modifying the text:
a) Joins short lines of text (outside of poetry and other markups, and provided the result is
shorter than a specified length).
b) Deletes trailing blanks.
c) Deletes DP-style Page Separators.
d) Deletes poetry, block quote, and stet markups.
GutHammer
This is an easy-to-use text-rewrapping program. It uses a simplified version of Big_Bill's
markups (see his RewrapIndent program) to handle poetry (indented), block quotes (indented
and rewrapped), and tables (left as is). Optionally, it will simultaneously replace HTML-style
<i>italic</i> and <b>bold</b> markups with specified characters, or convert <b>bold</b> to
ALL UPPER CASE. It uses a GUI to adjust its settings (e.g., column width), but it runs
non-interactively--just a few mouse-clicks and you're done!
===========================
Next week we spotlight the tools of Steve Schulze and take a closer look at the forerunners
of today's tools; GutCheck and PRTK (Proof Reader's Tool Kit). This week is still unfolding
around us and there is much change taking place, even as I write these words. The most
prominent alterations in recent days are immediately obvious to any regular visitor to the DP
forums. In fact, it is fair to say that if you tend to the familiar and cozy, you may still be a
little startled by the depth and width of the to this week's forum transformations. While it may
seem to have occurred with the suddenness of an earthquake, the reorganization is long in
planning and implemented with the best intentions for DP's future.
The most important thing to be aware of is that nothing has been lost or removed. It may
require a little searching around, but you will find everything is still there. Several new
forums have been created, some for better organization, some to make the forums more
friendly and accessible to new members and others were added because their time had
come. Among the new additions is a tier specifically set aside for new proofers and new
forums for Project Management; Mentoring; Promotion, even a gathering place for
historical events and discussions of significance to the various DP cultures.
It may all be somewhat overwhelming at first. If so, take your time exploring and getting
accustomed to all the new avenues and interesting side destinations. Just keep in mind,
there's still proofing and content development to do! Not that the new forums will fare
much better than anything else at slowing us down. I am running out of superlatives to
relate this continuous growth in production. If October called us to reach up and stretch
to be the best that we could, November is making that expanded effort look like our
average workaday pace.
We reached 2,500 distinctive texts posted to PG in the past week, without even much of a
murmur in the forums. In November alone, 215 projects have been posted. By month's
end that number will be greater than any previous month. The same looks to be true for all
other measurements of production as quality and output continue to expand. On this course,
November shall be the finest month to date for Distributed Proofreaders, and it appears certain
that at December's end there will be great things to celebrate. The year behind us was nothing
short of wondrous from beginning to end. The year ahead is already shining with promise and
bright indications of great prosperity for world's first free and international library. If they only
knew what was in store for 2004, many book lovers would agree, change is a good thing!
Until next week...
All the best!
Thierry Alberto
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3) Newsletter news:
We are starting the new cookery club in the newsletter. See below an invitation to the perfect fall dinner by lovely club hostess Tonya Allen:
Project Gutenberg's Cookery Club
A few weeks ago we ran an article about PG's cookery book collection. Since then, still more cookbooks have been added, including the five-volume Library of Cookery; English Housewifery Exemplified In above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions for most Parts of Cookery; Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches; 365 Foreign Dishes (well, foreign from the point of view of the apparently American author); and the most recent addition, the mammoth compendium The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton.
It occurred to some of us that this rich and growing collection could serve as the basis of an interactive weekly column. Each week we will present a menu, with recipes (or links to them). Our intrepid editorial staff will prepare one or more of these dishes, and will report successes, challenges, improvements, and even utter flops in the following issue of the newsletter. Now here's the interactive part: you, our readers, are invited to join the feast. Pick a recipe or two, give it a try at home, and send us your comments and ratings! All comments will be carefully collected and will be available online:
INVITATION [loosely based on Mrs. Beeton's suggestions for civilized conduct in this sphere]
The editorial staff present their compliments to their gentle readers,
and request the honour of their company
at dinner on Wednesday (or Thursday), the 26th (or 27th) of November next, depending on the publishing schedule.
No R.S.V.P. necessary. Come as you are.
An endless candlelit dining table with flexible seating awaits you in our corner of cyberspace.
Our first full menu will appear next week. Meantime, we'll whet your appetites with this starter from The Belgian Cookbook http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext05/7blgn10.txt :
GOURMANDS' MUSHROOMS
There was a man in Ghent who loved mushrooms, but he could only eat them
done in this fashion. If you said, "Monsieur, will you have them tossed
in butter?" he would roar out, "No--do you take me for a Prussian? Let me
have them properly cooked."
Melt in a pan a lump of butter the size of a tangerine orange and squeeze
on it the juice of half a lemon. The way to get a great deal of juice
from a lemon is to plunge it first of all for a few minutes, say five
minutes, in boiling water. When the butter simmers, throw in a pound of
picked small mushrooms, stir them constantly, do not let them get black.
Then in three or four minutes they are well impregnated with butter, and
the chief difficulty of the dish is over. Put the saucepan further on the
fire, let it boil for a few minutes. Take out the mushrooms, drain them,
sprinkle them with flour, moisten them with gravy, season with salt and
pepper, put them back in the butter and stir in the yolk of an egg. Add
also a little of the lemon juice that remains. While you are doing this
you must get another person to cut and toast some bread and to butter it.
Pour on to the bread the mushrooms (which are fit for the greatest saints
to eat on Fridays), and serve them very hot.
Tonya Allen
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3) Notes and Queries, Reviews and Features
Note 1:
Early English Text Society
Following a recent posting on gutvol about the EETS I decided to take
a look and see what it was. Founded by Frederick James Furnivall, with
the help of others in 1864, EETS seems to be an early prototype for
Project Gutenberg. It's aims are to bring the mass of unprinted Early
English literature within the reach of students and also to provide
sound texts that could be a source for what is now called the Oxford
English Dictionary. It continues to publish medieval English texts
today.
So what sorts of texts are we talking about? Current Publications
include The Old English Gospels, Sidrack and Bokkus, and The First
Translation of the Imitatio Christi. What??? Further investigation on
the Oxford University Press website reveals these to be very highly
regarded as texts that give a rare insigt into some of the popular
beliefs of medieval England. Sidrack and Bokkus for example, is a
previously unpublished book of knowledge, written in question and
answer form and enclosed in a framing adventure story taken from an
old French source. The archive looks like it could be a very valuable
addition to Project Gutenberg, and I understand there may be a
possibility that one of those marvellous Uber Projects at Distributed
Proofreaders could be a useful way to get these through (This is known
as a 'hint'!)
You can find out more about EETS at
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~eets/eetshome.htm
Alice Wood
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Note 2:
Math and Poetry.
The works of Lewis Carroll.
Tomorrow is the Universal children day so it seems to me as non-English person very logical to speak about Lewis Carroll in our math and poetry series. It can be started something like ? ? once upon a time there was a mathematician who?s name was Lewis Carroll ?? And this is of course all wrong ? everybody knows that there was a poet called Lewis Carroll but his name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and he was actually a mathematician ? His mind games are fascinating, even as brightly pointed out our chief-editor, a little bit too much well-known. However, here is the paradox ? how much out of more than 15 books and plentitude of other printed works, you can list in your memory right now? I bet, that not more than are submitted on Project Gutenberg ?Alice in Wonderland?, ?Through the Looking-Glass?, ?Haunting of the Snark?, ?Sylvie and Bruno? ? what else do we have in GUTINDEX ? http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext03/thgmf10.txt and the Phantasmagoria and Other Poems http://www
.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext96/fntsm10.txt. Bright and genius they are, with amusing interweaving of math and poetry inside. The highly structured formlessness of his poetry is always reminding me the water ? it suits every occasion but yet it can not be squeezed much. Zen koans are somewhat similar ? the huge mind space created by skilful nonsense. Speaking about the kids and math, my favorite math book in the childhood was A Tangled Tale with its Mad Mathesis (translated to my home language as Mad Mathemathilda ?), Her Radiance and other strange personages. You can find it on the internet http://home.earthlink.net/~lfdean/carroll/tangled/, so as usually if not to submit to PG, but at least to enjoy the reading. There is quite many other
e-texts forgotten due to the overwhelming popularity of their author, which sounds as another L.C. paradox, isn?t it? This one however is easier to solve than one of the Achilles , I think ?
List of works:
http://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/pages/lewiscarroll/carrollbiblio.html
Diaries:
http://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/pages/lewiscarroll/carrolldiary.html
Nursery Alice:
http://home.earthlink.net/~lfdean/carroll/nursery/
Complete stories:
http://www.bootlegbooks.com/fiction/Caroll/CompleteWorks/
What Tortoise said to Achilles:
http://www.lewiscarroll.org/achilles.html
'Achilles had overtaken the Tortoise, and had seated himself comfortably on its back.
"So you've got to the end of our race-course?" said the Tortoise. "Even though it does consist of an infinite series of distances? I thought some wiseacre or other had proved that the thing couldn't be done?"
"It can be done," said Achilles. "It has been done! Solvitur ambulando. You see the distances were constatntly diminishing: and so -"
"But if they had been constantly increasing?" the Tortoise interrupted. "How then?"
"Then I shouldn't be here," Achilles modestly replied; "and you would have got several times round the world, by this time!"
"You flatter me - flatten, I mean," said the Tortoise; "for you are a heavy weight, and no mistake! Well now, would you like to hear of a race-course, that most people fancy they can get to the end of in two or three steps, while it really consists of an infinite number of distances, each one longer than the previous one?"
"Very much indeed!" said the Grecian warrior, as he drew from his helmet (few warriors possessed pockets in those days) an enormous note-book and a pencil. "Proceed! And speak slowly, please! Short-hand isn't invented yet!"
"That beautiful First Proposition of Euclid!" the Tortoise murmured dreamily. "You admire Euclid?"
"Passionately! So far, at least, as one can admire a treatise that won't be published for some centuries to come!" ?..?
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And for the desert and entertainment let's play Doublets - the word game invented by mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson with much help of poet Lewis Carroll. Its name got transformed to the Word Ladders, Word Chains or Stepword however it's essence remained untouched since 1879, when Mr.Dodgson has published his new invention in the magazine Vanity Fair : "The rules of the Puzzle are simple enough. Two words are proposed, of the same length; and the Puzzle consists in linking these together by interposing other words, each of which shall differ from the next word in one letter only. That is to say, one letter may be changed in one of the given words, then one letter in the word so obtained, and so on, till we arrive at the other given word. The letters must not be interchanged among themselves, but each must keep to its own place. As an example, the word 'head' may be changed into 'tail' by interposing the words 'heal, teal, tell, tall'. I call the given words 'a Doublet'
, the interposed words 'Links', and the entire series 'a Chain', of which I here append an example:
Head
Heal
Teal
Tell
Tall
Tail
It is, perhaps, needless to state that it is de rigueur that the links should be English words, such as might be used in good society."
Here are a few more examples:
Make DOOR LOCK in 3 steps
DOOR
boor
book
look
LOCK
Obtain LOAN from BANK
BANK
bonk
book
look
loon
LOAN
See on the http://thinks.com/puzzles/doublets.htm for more interesting word ladders' examples. You can also try on your own:
Turn RIVER to FLOOD (suggested 11 steps)
HARD to SOFT (suggested 4 steps)
CLIMB to HILLS (suggested 8 steps)
SMALL to GREAT (suggested 9 steps)
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Math and Poetry ? What a theme of plenty it is!
A wasteland for aimless wanderings and a huge space for speculation -
Science of emotions and harmony of numbers, mathematicians that wrote
poetry and poets that proved theorems. Besides a few interesting math
books were joining their poetic brothers on PG during the past few
weeks, and the thesis that math and poetry are at their best when
people are young and the their minds are still clean from the dust of
unnecessary information? So in order not to play the ambivalent donkey
of Buridan, I'll close my eyes and pick up a ticket from an old hat ?
Let me see what is written there:
The Moving Finger writes, and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Ah, Homer K.M as large as life, though. This brilliant combination of
inspired mathematician and poetic genius is certainly a good start
that serves well the cause. The blur of romance and mystery wraps
round his life in the Near East on the border between 11th and 12th
centuries A.D and our knowledge about it is based on the legends and
indirect evidence quite similar to the one of the Bard. His date of
birth is known precisely from his horoscope, that was deciphered by
his Indian admirer Swami Govinda Tirtha in 20th century A.D. The
profession of his father supposed to be a tent maker because the
literate translation of his name means such.
His closest school friends were the two other famous Persians, the
politician and reformist Nizam-Al-Mulk and Hassan Sabah the founder of
the ill-famous Assassin sect, the grandfather of nowadays
terrorists. He is well known now mostly by his amazing four line
poems, is an author of fundamental mathematical works most of them we
written before he turned even 25, including Problems of Arithmetic and
Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, the book of math and
philosophy, ornamented in words with an oriental splendor - 'By the
help of God and with His precious assistance, I say that Algebra is a
scientific art'. May we see the times when its red and gold volume
will get dusty on the long shelves of PG library!
Let me skip the theory that there were two people with the same name
living at the same time - one poet and one philosopher and
mathematicians, since a) it is highly improbable and b) it is not
suitable for the theme of this piece. It is better to open a new
browser window and put in the address line
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext95/rubai10.txt, to enjoy the
deep philosophical and extremely beautiful verses, born in the mind
that could structure the chaos in order to create the harmony. Liben
Damen und Herren, welcome great Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami -
And strange to tell, among that Earthen Lot
Some could articulate, while others not:
And suddenly one more impatient cried--
"Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?"
P.S. There is another PG item with the Rubayat -
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext04/rubwi10.txt , which claimed
to be written by Omar Khayyam's son - O.Kh. Junior. You should learn
probably the Persian and original Bornese in order to feel the
difference in the language, that the translator Wallace Irwin is
talking about.
Few internet pages for biography and work details
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Khayyam.html
or
http://www.okonlife.com/
Gali Sirkis
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Nov 2002 Quotations of Jacques Casanova, by David Widger #6[dwqjcxxx.xxx] 3542
Nov 2002 Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow by Tolstoi[tecomxxx.xxx] 3541
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FTC TAKES AIM AT MESSENGER POP-UPS
The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a temporary restraining order
against D Squared Solutions, accusing it of "high-tech extortion" for its
annoying marketing campaign, which bombards Microsoft Windows users with
pop-up ads touting its $29.95 pop-up blocker software designed to prevent
such intrusions. The company set out "to create a problem for consumers and
then try to charge them for a solution," said Howard Beales, head of the
FTC's consumer protection unit. The FTC is seeking to recoup "hundreds of
thousands" of dollars that beleaguered consumers paid to D Squared
Solutions for the ad-blocking software. The ads take advantage of a
security feature in Microsoft's Windows Messenger service that was
originally designed to enable corporate network administrators to send
internal messages. These messages are different from the ones imposed on
users who visit a Web site, said Beales. "What we are challenging is this
'backdoor' kind of advertising, particularly when it is done in a way and
with a frequency that threatens to impair consumers' ability to use their
computers." (Los Angeles Times 7 Nov 2003)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-popup7nov07,1,2914685.story?coll=la-head
lines-technology
PENN STATE STUDENTS BLAST NAPSTER DEAL
Pennsylvania State University is catching flak for yesterday's announced
deal to provide all students with access to Napster's revamped
music-subscription service, paid for by the university's existing
information technology fees. The school had viewed the university-wide
arrangement as a way to circumvent the music download controversy and
provide students with a legal alternative, but some students say they
resent this use of their funds. "The money I pay could go to much better
things such as rebuilding the network or better lab equipment," says one
disgruntled student. "Almost every single student I have talked to is
outraged that their money is going to a program that they don't even want^E
(and that) their money is being sent to the music industry without their
consent." Penn State president Graham Spanier said he had not personally
received any complaints about the new deal and that students didn't protest
over cable TV service and newspaper subscriptions, which were also covered
by mandatory student fees. (CNet News.com 6 Nov 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5103918.html?tag=nefd_top
[Why Is It So Hard For MicroSoft NOT To Play MicroHardball???]
[And You Thought This Was Only About People Pointing Nasty Bugs]
OOPS! MICROSOFT DROPS THE BALL ON U.K. HOTMAIL DOMAIN
Microsoft apparently forgot to renew its registration for hotmail.co.uk,
sending the domain name back into the pool of available names. It was
snapped up immediately by a do-gooder, who then contacted Microsoft to
alert it to its oversight and arrange a transfer of ownership back to the
software giant. However, these efforts to do the right thing were rebuffed
and it was only when The Register contacted the company to inquire about
the snafu that the matter was "escalated" to upper-level officials who then
sought to work out a deal. By all accounts, hotmail.co.uk will be restored
to the Microsoft fold within the next few days. (The Register 6 Nov 2003)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33814.html
["Diversification, philanthropic giving or estate planning. . . ."]
["Sound financial practices."] [Don't You Just LOVE Spin-Doctoring?]
TURNER, BARKSDALE UNLOAD TIME WARNER SHARES
Ted Turner, James Barksdale, and two other directors of Time Warner's board
of directors have been heavy sellers of the company's stock this year,
unloading a total of more than 68 million shares. There have been 52
reported sales and 4 purchases of Time Warner stock by corporate officers
and directors since the beginning of 2003. Time Warner spokesperson Tricia
Primrose said that the four directors "all continue to have significant
holdings in Time Warner," and that each of them is "pursuing some form of
diversification, philanthropic giving or estate planning, resulting in the
sale of shares or the exercising of options, which is in keeping with sound
financial practices." (Washington Post 11 Nov 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28161-2003Nov11.html
[Let's NOT Forget That WIPO, The World Intellectual Property Organization,
Is Part Of The U.N., And Would Undoubtedly Try To Force Copyright Extensions
On All Countries On The Internat, Just As They Have Via Government Lobbies.
In Fact, They Don't Even Hide Their Desire For A Permanent New Copyright!!!]
WILL THE U.N. TAKE OVER THE INTERNET?
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Brazil, India, South Africa, China and Saudi Arabia are dissatisfied with
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From Edupage
PENN STATE TO OFFER FREE MUSIC TO STUDENTS FROM NEW NAPSTER
Pennsylvania State University has struck a deal with the recently
launched second-generation Napster to provide online music to all of
the university's students, faculty, and staff. The university
negotiated a discounted fee from Napster--which otherwise charges $9.95
per month--and will pay the cost of the service out of a mandatory,
$160 information technology fee that students pay each year. Penn State
users will be allowed to download unlimited numbers of songs on up to
three computers. Students who want to keep songs after they have left
Penn State, or users who want to save the songs to CDs, will have to
pay 99 cents per song. Officials and student leaders from Penn State
hope that this approach will appease student demand for online music
while satisfying record companies by using the now-legal Napster
service. Some students expressed reservations that a portion of student
technology fees is being used for online music. Students also said that
the restrictions of the new Napster/Penn State deal will encourage some
to continue using peer-to-peer networks that have no restrictions.
New York Times, 7 November 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/national/07STAT.html
FTC FIGHTS WINDOWS POP-UPS
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week shut down a marketer for
taking advantage of a feature of Microsoft Windows to send unwanted
pop-up ads, even to users who were not browsing the Internet. According
to the FTC, D Squared Solutions used a tool called the Windows
Messenger Service--which is enabled by default in Windows systems--to
send pop-up ads selling software to block pop-up ads. Calling such a
tactic extortion, the FTC has temporarily shut down D Squared. The
agency also advised users to disable Windows Messenger, which is not
related to instant-messaging programs. Last month Microsoft recommended
that users disable Windows Messenger as a precaution against the spread
of Internet viruses. Microsoft's Sean Sundwall said the pop-up ads
that take advantage of Windows Messenger do not pose any threat to a
system's security.
Reuters, 6 November 2003
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Headline News Mostly Avoided By The Major U.S. Media
The Grocery Store Employees Union strike and lockout
in California isn't getting much coverage, but the
last time something like this happened, it was with
the Meat Cutters Union. That event finished up ~10
years ago with a total drop in meat cutters' pay of
30% during a period in which inflation and the cost
of living rose ~10%, leaving the meat cutters with
just over 50% of their original buying power from
The current event has been sparked by fear of the
proposed Wal-Mart expansion that is scheduled to
build some 40 new Wal-Mart Super Centers in the
affected area, which includes 850 grocery stores
that are currently on strike or in lockouts.
*
Obviously the media DID report on that major high school
drug bust in which a dozen students were handcuffed as
the police ran up and down the halls with guns drawn,
at the request of the school principal.
Amazingly enough, not one single illegal drug was found,
even with the aid of the famous drug sniffing K-9 corps,
nor were any guns found. . .the two stated objectives.
Not even one pill was found from a parent's prescription,
given illegally by a parent to a student for allergies,
or anything else that a parent might give them what was
in a student's legitimate interest, but techinally illegal.
Not even any Viagra was turned up. [Don't forget the grade
school kid who was kicked out of school for bringing some
just a few days earlier.]
People are asking if a similar surprise bust of school staff
and the police station would have come up so empty handed.
*
There Oughta Be A Law. . . .
From personal experience I have the following news report:
In trying to buy my tickets to the upcoming December 10 PG
events, I ended up getting tickets from Orbis that had never
even appeared on the screen. I could see some kind of error
that might have gotten me tickets I had on the screen earlier,
but these were for some other flight than had appeared. They
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their 800 number immediately, and was told there would be some
serious fees for cancellation, but I managed to get the flights
cancelled without these fees by insisting that I had called in
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going to keep my $800 for 3-4 billing periods on my Visa card.
At the normal Visa rate of 18%, that would be around ~$50.
They just wrote themselves a loan of my $800 for 3-4 months.
There Oughta Be A Law Against This:
Anyone want to inquire with the Federal Trade Commission
or whoever oversees this sort of thing?
They can take your $800 in one second, but it takes 3-4 months
to give it back, even if you call immediately.
*
Low Cost Jobs Are Filled Outside The U.S. Via "Outsourcing,"
While High Cost Prescriptions Must Be Filled Inside the U.S.
The U.S. goverment encourages your employers to send your jobs
to other countries, but won't allow you fill prescriptions in
other countries. . .insuring ever decreasing big business costs
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business big business profits by insisting you pay twice as much
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From The Ironic Times: making the connections
that other news outfits can't or won't !
U.S. Pulling Troops From WMD Hunt In Iraq
Hunt will be taken over by White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives.
GDP Advance Could Spark Job Recovery
Companies may finally hire workers to demolish empty factories.
Bush Court Nominee Faces Stiff Opposition
Attila the Hun has long record of opposing civil rights laws.
Findings Confirm Universe Mostly Dark, Mysterious Energy
Just as Mr. Spock determined on sixteenth episode of "Star Trek."
Study Links TV Problems to Reading
Young children who read too much are likely
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Feb 2006 Poetical Works of G. MacDonald, V2, by MacDonald [?pgm2xxx.xxx] 9984
[Title: Poetical Works of George MacDonald, Vol. 2]
Feb 2006 Wylder's Hand, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu [?wyldxxx.xxx] 9983
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Nov 2005 Collection of Old English Plays, Vol II, Dodsley [?oep2xxx.xxx] 9400
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[Author: Robert Dodsley] [Ed.: W. Carew Hazlitt]
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Jack Juggler
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The History of Jacob and Esau
The Disobedient Child
The Marriage of Wit and Science
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[Full title: A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I. 4th Edn.]
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Interlude of the Four Elements
Calisto and Melibaea
Everyman: a Moral Play
Hickscorner
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The World and the Child (Mundus and Infans)
God's Promises
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Jun 2006 The History Of Rome, Book II, by Theodor Mommsen [hrom2xxx.xxx]10702
[Subtitle: From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy]
[Tr.: William Purdie Dickson]
Mar 2006 The Magna Carta [Multiple versions, one in Latin] [magnaxxx.xxx]10000
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Feb 2006 The Spenders, by Harry Leon Wilson [?spndxxx.xxx] 9981
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Feb 2006 Love's Final Victory, by Horatio [lvfvcxxx.xxx] 9969
Feb 2006 The Young Woodsman, by J. McDonald Oxley [?yngwxxx.xxx] 9968
Feb 2006 Mr. Waddington of Wyck, by May Sinclair [?waddxxx.xxx] 9967
Feb 2006 The Spartan Twins, by Lucy (Fitch) Perkins [#8][?sptwxxx.xxx] 9966
Feb 2006 An Enemy To The King, by Robert Neilson Stephens [?enkgxxx.xxx] 9965
Feb 2006 The Centaur, by Algernon Blackwood [#4][?cntrxxx.xxx] 9964
Feb 2006 Elsie's Girlhood, by Martha Finley [?lcghxxx.xxx] 9963
[Subtitle: A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands"]
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870, Various [?p108xxx.xxx] 9962
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p10810h.zip; and 8p10810h.htm]
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870, Various [?p107xxx.xxx] 9961
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p10710h.zip; and 8p10710h.htm]
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870,by Various[?p106xxx.xxx] 9960
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p10610h.zip; and 8p10610h.htm]
Feb 2006 The Armourer's Prentices, by Charlotte Mary Yonge [arpnxxxx.xxx] 9959
[Text in arpn10.txt/.zip, XHTML in arpn10h.htm/.zip]
Feb 2006 Explorations in Australia, by John Forrest [exausxxx.xxx] 9958
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - exaus10h.zip; and exaus10h.htm]
Feb 2006 The Personal Touch, by J. Wilbur Chapman [prsntxxx.xxx] 9957
Feb 2006 Hauntings: Fantastic Stories, by Vernon Lee [?hntgxxx.xxx] 9956
[Author AKA: Violet Paget]
Feb 2006 Bertha Garlan, by Arthur Schnitzler [?brgrxxx.xxx] 9955
[Tr.: unknown]
[Later published under the title "The Spring Sonata"]
Feb 2006 Story of the Invention of Steel Pens,by Henry Bore[ipensxxx.xxx] 9954
[Subtitle: With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by Which
They Are Produced]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - ipens10h.zip; and ipens10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, by Various [?p120xxx.xxx] 9953
[Full title: Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p12010h.zip; and 8p12010h.htm]
Feb 2006 The Faery Tales of Weir, by Anna McClure Sholl [ftowrxxx.xxx] 9952
Feb 2006 Arbetets Herravaelde, by Andrew Carnegie [?rbhrxxx.xxx] 9951
[Language: Swedish]
Feb 2006 Abhandlungen ueber die Fabel, by G. Lessing [?abhfxxx.xxx] 9950
[Author: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing] [Language: German]
Feb 2006 The Bark Covered House, by William Nowlin [brkchxxx.xxx] 9949
[Subtitle: or, Back In the Woods Again; Being a Graphic and Thrilling
Description of Real Pioneer Life in the Wilderness of Michigan]
Feb 2006 The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat , by George A. Warren[bbscaxxx.xxx] 9948
[Subtitle: or, The Secret of Cedar Island]
Feb 2006 Queen Victoria,Anonymous [?qvicxxx.xxx] 9947
[Subtitle: Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901]
Feb 2006 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No, 59, September, 1862[?10a3xxx.xxx] 9946
[Author: Various] [Subtitle: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics]
[This is the 3rd issue of Vol. 10.]
[Also posted: HTML in 810a310h.htm, illustrated HTML 810a310h.zip]
Feb 2006 Hist. de la Revolution francaise, tm. 1, A. Thiers[?lrf1xxx.xxx] 9945
[Title: Histoire de la RTvolution frantaise, tome 1]
[Author: Adolphe Thiers] [Language: French]
Feb 2006 The Conquest of Fear, by Basil King [?cqfrxxx.xxx] 9944
[Author: Introduction by Henry C. Link]
[Also posted: HTML in 8cqfr10h.htm and 8cqfr10h.zip]
Feb 2006 Expedition/Interior Australia, Mitchell [?jxpdxxx.xxx] 9943
[Title: Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia]
[Subtitle: In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria
(1848)] [Author: Thomas Mitchell]
[HTML in 8jxpd10h.htm, illustrated HTML in 8jxpd10h.zip]
Feb 2006 Ten British Mathematicians,by Alexander Macfarlane[tbmmsxxx.xxx] 9942
[Note: this is a mathematical etext, posted only as TeX and PDF]
[TeX in tbmms10t.zip only; PDF in tbmms10p.pdf and tbmms10p.zip]
Feb 2006 Biography of a Slave, by Charles Thompson [slavexxx.xxx] 9941
[Subtitle: Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson]
[Also posted: HTML in slave10h.zip and slave10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Life in London, by Edwin Hodder [?lflnxxx.xxx] 9940
[Subtitle: or, the Pitfalls of a Great City]
[Also posted: HTML in 8lfln10h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8lfln10h.zip]
Feb 2006 Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 [?loc5xxx.xxx] 9939
[Subtitle: Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly
Making Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; The Planning of
Meals]
[Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences]
[Also posted: HTML in 8loc510h.htm,Illustrated HTML in 8loc510h.zip]
Feb 2006 Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 [?loc4xxx.xxx] 9938
[Subtitle: Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts;
Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies]
[Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences]
[Also posted HTML in 8loc410h.htm; Illustrated HTML in 8loc410h.zip]
Feb 2006 Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 [?loc3xxx.xxx] 9937
[Subtitle: Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish]
[Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences]
[Also posted: HTML in 8loc310h.htm; Illustrated HTML in 8loc310h.zip]
Feb 2006 Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2, [?loc2xxx.xxx] 9936
[Subtitle: Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables]
[Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences]
[Also posted: HTML in 8loc210h.htm, Illustrated HTML in 8loc210h.zip]
Feb 2006 Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1, [?loc1xxx.xxx] 9935
[Subtitle: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads]
[Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences]
[Also posted: HTML in 8loc110h.htm, Illustrated HTML in 8loc110h.zip]
Feb 2006 A Primer of Quaternions, by Arthur S. Hathaway [pqtrnxxx.xxx] 9934
[Note: this is a mathematical etext, posted only as TeX and PDF]
[Zipped only TeX in pqtrn10t.zip; PDF in pqtrn10p.pdf/.zip]
Feb 2006 The Theory of Invariants, by Oliver E. Glenn [tvrntxxx.xxx] 9933
[Title: A Treatise on the Theory of Invariants]
[Math etext, PDF in tvrnt10p.pdf/.zip, and ZIPped TeX only tvrnt10t.zip]
Feb 2006 The Last Trail, by Zane Grey [lsttrxxx.xxx] 9932
Feb 2006 K, by Mary Roberts Rinehart [#17][kbymrxxx.xxx] 9931
Feb 2006 Groups of Order p^m, by Lewis Irving Neikirk [grdpmxxx.xxx] 9930
[Title: Groups of Order p^m Which Contain Cyclic Subgroups of Order p^(m-3)]
[Note: this is a mathematical etext, posted only as TeX and PDF]
[TeX in grpdm10t.tex and grpdm10t.zip; PDF in grpdm10p.pdf and grpdm10p.zip]
Feb 2006 Great Events by Famous Historians, V12,Ed. Johnson[?ge12xxx.xxx] 9929
[Full title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12]
[Full author: Editor-In-Chief Rossiter Johnson]
[Associate Editors Charles F. Horne and John Rudd]
Feb 2006 A Chair on The Boulevard, by Leonard Merrick [?chbdxxx.xxx] 9928
[With An Introduction By A. Neil Lyons]
Feb 2006 The Bronze Bell, by Louis Joseph Vance [?brzbxxx.xxx] 9927
Feb 2006 The Two Guardians, by Charlotte Mary Yonge [?2grdxxx.xxx] 9926
[Subtitle: or, Home in This World]
Feb 2006 Black Jack, by Max Brand [blkjkxxx.xxx] 9925
Feb 2006 Viviette, by William J. Locke [?vvttxxx.xxx] 9924
[Also posted: HTML in 8vvtt10h.htm, illustrated HTML in 8vvtt10h.zip]
Feb 2006 The Box with Broken Seals,byE. Phillips Oppenheim [?bxbsxxx.xxx] 9923
Feb 2006 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, [?m267xxx.xxx] 9922
[Full Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,
Issue 267, August 4, 1827]
[Author: Various]
[Also posted: HTML in 8m26710h.htm, Illustrated HTML in 8m26710h.zip]
Feb 2006 Letters and Journals, Vol. 2, by Lord Byron [?blj2xxx.xxx] 9921
[Title: The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals, Volume 2.]
[Ed.: Rowland E. Prothero]
Feb 2006 The Garden of Bright Waters, Tr. by Mathers [?tgbwxxx.xxx] 9920
[Subtitle: One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems]
[Tr.: Edward Powys Mathers]
[Also posted HTML - 8tgbw10h.zip and 8tgbw10h.htm]
Feb 2006 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, [?m266xxx.xxx] 9919
[Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,
Issue 266, July 28, 1827]
[Author: Various]
[Also posted: HTML in 8m26610h.htm, illustrated HTML in 8m26610h.zip]
Feb 2006 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, [?m265xxx.xxx] 9918
[Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,
Issue 265, July 21, 1827]
[Author: Various]
[Also posted: HTML in 8m26510h.htm, illustrated HTML in 8m26510h.zip]
Feb 2006 Your Child: Today and Tomorrow, by S. M. Gruenberg[ychldxxx.xxx] 9917
[Author: Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg]
[Forward By Bishop John H. Vincent Chancellor of Chautauqua Institution]
Feb 2006 Spalding's Baseball Guide, 1895, by Chadwick [#2][sbg95xxx.xxx] 9916
[Title: Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895]
[Author: Edited by Henry Chadwick]
Feb 2006 Appeal to the Christian Women, Angelina E. Grimke [?acwsxxx.xxx] 9915
[Title: An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South]
[Author: Angelina Emily Grimke]
Feb 2006 Babylonian Legends of the Creation, British Museum[?blgcxxx.xxx] 9914
[Also posted: HTML in 8blgc10h.htm, Illustrated HTML in 8blgc10h.zip]
Feb 2006 The Trail Book, by Mary Austin [?trbkxxx.xxx] 9913
[Illustrations by Milo Winter]
[Also posted: HTML in 8trbk10h.htm, illustrated HTML in 8trbk10h.zip]
Feb 2006 An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism,Stump [xlsctxxx.xxx] 9912
[Subtitle: A Handbook for the Catechetical Class; An Outline and Analysis
for the Pastor's Oral Instruction, and a Summary for the Catechumens'
Study and Review at Home]
[Author: Joseph Stump]
[Also posted: HTML in xlsct10h.htm and xlsct10h.zip]
Feb 2006 The Torrents of Spring, by Ivan Turgenev [?trspxxx.xxx] 9911
[Tr.: Constance Garnett]
Feb 2006 Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1, John Charles Dent[?cnn1xxx.xxx] 9910
Feb 2006 Nightmare Abbey, by Thomas Love Peacock [#4][?nmabxxx.xxx] 9909
Feb 2006 The False Faces, by Vance, Louis Joseph [?flfcxxx.xxx] 9908
[Subtitle: Further Adventures From The History Of The Lone Wolf]
Feb 2006 Raid From Beausejour, by Charles G. D. Roberts [?raidxxx.xxx] 9907
[Full title: The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted
The Mortgage]
[Also posted HTML - 8raid10h.zip and 8raid10h.htm]
Feb 2006 In the Sargasso Sea: A novel, by Thomas A. Janvier[?sargxxx.xxx] 9906
Feb 2006 A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories, by Frank Norris[?diwtxxx.xxx] 9905
[Title: A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West]
Feb 2006 History of Pendennis, Vol. 2, William M. Thackeray[?pnd2xxx.xxx] 9904
[Author: William Makepeace Thackeray]
(See also: Vol. I # 7265)
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 The Grand Old Man, by Richard B. Cook [?grmnxxx.xxx] 9900
[Life and Public Services of The Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8grmn10h.zip; and 8grmn10h.htm]
[Illustrated HTML 6mb]
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
Feb 2006 The Crimson Blind , by Fred M. White [?crblxxx.xxx] 9832
Feb 2006 The Court of the Empress Josephine, I. Saint-Amand[?cmpjxxx.xxx] 9831
[Author's Full Name: Imbert de Saint-Amand] [Tr.: Thomas Sergeant Perry]
Feb 2006 The Beautiful and the Damned,byF. Scott Fitzgerald[?batdxxx.xxx] 9830
Feb 2006 The Jewel Merchants, by James Branch Cabell [#7][?jmchxxx.xxx] 9829
[Subtitle: A Comedy In One Act]
Feb 2006 Barnen ifran Frostmofjaellet, by Laura Fitinghoff [?bifrxxx.xxx] 9828
[Language: Swedish]
Feb 2006 De vandrande djaeknarne, by Viktor Rydberg [?djakxxx.xxx] 9827
[Language: Swedish]
Feb 2006 Homeward Bound, by James Fenimore Cooper [?hmbdxxx.xxx] 9826
[Subtitle: The Chase] [Also posted HTML - 8hmbd10h.zip and 8hmbd10h.htm]
Feb 2006 A Calendar of Sonnets, by Helen Hunt Jackson [calsnxxx.xxx] 9825
[Also posted: HTML in calsn10h.htm, Illustrated HTML in calsn10h.zip]
Feb 2006 Observations Geologiques, by Charles Darwin [?geolxxx.xxx] 9824
[Full title: Observations Geologiques sur les Iles Volcaniques]
[Language: French]
Feb 2006 Lives of the Poets, Vol. 1, by Samuel Johnson [?jpt1xxx.xxx] 9823
Feb 2006 Beaux and Belles of England, by Mary Robinson [?bebexxx.xxx] 9822
[With the Lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Grace and
Philip Wharton]
[Also posted: HTML in 8bebe10h.htm, Illustrated HTML in 8bebe10h.zip]
Feb 2006 A Writer's Recollections, V2, Mrs. Humphry Ward [?wrr2xxx.xxx] 9821
[Full Title: A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II]
[Author AKA: Mrs. Humphrey Ward; Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
[Also posted: HTML in 8wrr210h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8wrr210h.zip]
Feb 2006 A Writer's Recollections, V1, Mrs. Humphry Ward [?wrr1xxx.xxx] 9820
[Full Title: A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I]
[Author AKA: Mrs. Humphrey Ward; Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
[Also posted: HTML 8wrr110h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8wrr110h.zip]
Feb 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870, Various[?p114xxx.xxx] 9819
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p11410h.zip; and 8p11410h.htm]
Feb 2006 Journees de la Constituante, by Albert Mathiez [?cnstxxx.xxx] 9818
[Full title: Les grandes journees de la Constituante] [Language: French]
Feb 2006 Peter Ibbetson, by George du Marier [?pibbxxx.xxx] 9817
[With an Introduction by His Cousin Lady "Madge Plunkett"]
[Illustrated by George du Maurier]
Feb 2006 Lo, Michael!, by Grace Livingston Hill [?lmchxxx.xxx] 9816
Feb 2006 Principal Navigations, V8, by Richard Hakluyt[#11][?hk08xxx.xxx] 9815
[Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries
of the English Nation. v. 8--Asia, Part I.]
Feb 2006 Poetical Works of Akenside, by Mark Akenside [?akenxxx.xxx] 9814
[Edited by George Gilfillan]
Feb 2006 Santo Domingo, by Otto Schoenrich [?stdmxxx.xxx] 9813
[Subtitle: A Country With A Future]
Feb 2006 I Spy, by Natalie Sumner Lincoln [?ispyxxx.xxx] 9812
Feb 2006 The Adventures of Hugh Trevor, by Thomas Holcroft [?htrvxxx.xxx] 9811
Feb 2006 Man Kann Nie Wissen, by George Bernard Shaw [?mknwxxx.xxx] 9810
[Subtitle: Komoedie in vier Akten] [Tr.: Siegfried Trabisch]
[Language: German]
Feb 2006 The Price of Things, by Elinor Glyn [#4][?prthxxx.xxx] 9809
Feb 2006 The Loudwater Mystery, by Edgar Jepson [?loudxxx.xxx] 9808
Feb 2006 Scarhaven Keep, by J. S. Fletcher [?sckpxxx.xxx] 9807
Feb 2006 Mr. Justice Raffles, by E. W. Hornung [#5][?raffxxx.xxx] 9806
Feb 2006 The Second William Penn, by William H. Ryus [wpen2xxx.xxx] 9805
[Subtitle: A true account of incidents that happened along the old
Santa Fe Trail]
Feb 2006 Stones of Venice [introductions], John Ruskin [#7][?stvnxxx.xxx] 9804
[Introductory Chapters And Local Indices For The Use Of Travellers While
Staying In Venice And Verona]
Feb 2006 Life of Henry Reeve, by John Knox Laughton, Vol. 2[?rev2xxx.xxx] 9803
[Title: Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L.]
[In Two Volumes. Vol. 2]
Feb 2006 Der Mann des Schicksals, by George Bernard Shaw [?dmdsxxx.xxx] 9802
[Subtitle: Komoedie in einem Akt] [Tr.: Siegfried Trabitsch]
[Language: German]
Feb 2006 The Habitant and Others, by William Henry Drummond[?hbtnxxx.xxx] 9801
[Full title: The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems]
Jan 2006 Rape of the Lock and Other Poems,by Alexander Pope[?rplkxxx.xxx] 9800
[Also posted HTML - 8rplk10h.zip and 8rplk10h.htm]
Jan 2006 It Happened in Egypt, by Williamson [?hpegxxx.xxx] 9799
[Full author: C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8hpeg10h.zip; and 8hpeg10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9),by Samuel Richardson[#4][clar2xxx.xxx] 9798
Jan 2006 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870,Various[?p115xxx.xxx] 9797
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p11510h.zip; and 8p11510h.htm]
Jan 2006 The Master Detective, by Percy James Brebner [#2][?msdtxxx.xxx] 9796
[Subtitle: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles]
Jan 2006 The Four Faces, by William le Queux [#2][?fourxxx.xxx] 9795
Jan 2006 Calvary Alley, by Alice Hegan Rice [?calvxxx.xxx] 9794
Jan 2006 Josephus, by Norman Bentwich [?jsphxxx.xxx] 9793
Jan 2006 Redemption and Two Other Plays, by Leo Tolstoy [?rdptxxx.xxx] 9792
[Author AKA: Leo Tolstoi] [Introduction by Arthur Hopkins]
Contents:
Redemption
The Power of Darkness
Fruits of Culture]
[Also posted: HTML in 8rdpt10h.htm/.zip]
Jan 2006 Harrigan, by Max Brand [hrrgnxxx.xxx] 9791
Jan 2006 Traffics and Discoveries, by Rudyard Kipling [#26][?tdscxxx.xxx] 9790
Contents:
The Captive
The Bonds Of Discipline
A Sahibs' War
"Their Lawful Occasions"
The Comprehension Of Private Cooper
Steam Tactics
"Wireless"
The Army Of A Dream
"They"
Mrs. Bathurst
Below The Mill Dam
Jan 2006 Army Boys in the French Trenches, by Homer Randall[?abftxxx.xxx] 9789
[Subtitle: Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy]
Jan 2006 Ned Myers, by James Fenimore Cooper [?ndmyxxx.xxx] 9788
[Subtitle: or, A Life Before the Mast]
[Also posted: HTML in 8ndmy10h.htm/.zip]
Jan 2006 In the Valley, by Harold Frederic [?nvalxxx.xxx] 9787
[Also posted: HTML in 8nval10h.htm/.zip]
Jan 2006 Love's Shadow, by Ada Leverson [?lvshxxx.xxx] 9786
[Book One of the trilogy The Little Ottleys.]
Jan 2006 Woodstock; or, The Cavalier, by Sir Walter Scott [?wstkxxx.xxx] 9785
Jan 2006 Thomas Carlyle, A Biography, by John Nichol [?carlxxx.xxx] 9784
Jan 2006 Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II,by F. A. Cox[8fsb2xxx.xxx] 9783
[Also posted HTML - 8fsb210h.zip and 8fsb210h.htm]
Jan 2006 Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I, by F. A. Cox[8fsb1xxx.xxx] 9782
[Full author: Francis Augustus Cox]
[8-bit Unicode version in 8fbs110u.txt/.zip; no 7bit version]
[Also posted: HTML in 8fsb110h.zip/.htm]
Jan 2006 A History of Rome, Vol 1, by A H.J. Greenidge [?romexxx.xxx] 9781
[Subtitle: During the late Republic and early Principate]
Jan 2006 Fair Margaret, by H. Rider Haggard [?frmgxxx.xxx] 9780
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8frmg10h.zip; and 8frmg10h.htm]
Jan 2006 The Black Bag, by Louis Joseph Vance [?blbgxxx.xxx] 9779
[Also posted: HTML in 8blbg10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8blbg10h.zip]
Jan 2006 Vane of the Timberlands, by Harold Bindloss [?vanexxx.xxx] 9778
Jan 2006 Riley Child-Rhymes, by James Whitcomb Riley [#4][chrlyxxx.xxx] 9777
Jan 2006 Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators [?cbhoxxx.xxx] 9776
[Full Title: Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator,
or Accomplished Speaker]
[Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero] [Tr.: E. Jones]
Jan 2006 Treasure and Trouble Therewith,by Geraldine Bonner[?ttrbxxx.xxx] 9775
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Complete[BL#214][b214wxxx.xxx] 9774
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #9763-9773]
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 11 [BL#213][b213wxxx.xxx] 9773
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 10 [BL#212][b212wxxx.xxx] 9772
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 9 [BL#211][b211wxxx.xxx] 9771
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 8 [BL#210][b210wxxx.xxx] 9770
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 7 [BL#209][b209wxxx.xxx] 9769
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 6 [BL#208][b208wxxx.xxx] 9768
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 5 [BL#207][b207wxxx.xxx] 9767
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 4 [BL#206][b206wxxx.xxx] 9766
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 3 [BL#205][b205wxxx.xxx] 9765
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#204][b204wxxx.xxx] 9764
Jan 2006 Alice, by E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#203][b203wxxx.xxx] 9763
Jan 2006 Calderon, by E. B. Lytton, [BL#202][b202wxxx.xxx] 9762
Jan 2006 Leila, by E. B. Lytton, Complete[BL#201][b201wxxx.xxx] 9761
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #9756-9760]
Jan 2006 Leila, by E. B. Lytton, Book 5 [BL#200][b200wxxx.xxx] 9760
Jan 2006 Leila, by E. B. Lytton, Book 4 [BL#199][b199wxxx.xxx] 9759
Jan 2006 Leila, by E. B. Lytton, Book 3 [BL#198][b198wxxx.xxx] 9758
Jan 2006 Leila, by E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#197][b197wxxx.xxx] 9757
Jan 2006 Leila, by E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#196][b196wxxx.xxx] 9756
Jan 2006 Night & Morning, by E. B. Lytton, Complete[BL#195][b195wxxx.xxx] 9755
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #9750-9754]
Jan 2006 Night & Morning, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 5 [BL#194][b194wxxx.xxx] 9754
Jan 2006 Night & Morning, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 4 [BL#193][b193wxxx.xxx] 9753
Jan 2006 Night & Morning, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 3 [BL#192][b192wxxx.xxx] 9752
Jan 2006 Night & Morning, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 2 [BL#191][b191wxxx.xxx] 9751
Jan 2006 Night & Morning, by E. B. Lytton, Vol. 1 [BL#190][b190wxxx.xxx] 9750
Jan 2006 The Highwayman, by H.C. Bailey [?highxxx.xxx] 9749
Jan 2006 The Old Gray Homestead, by Frances Parkinson Keyes[?grayxxx.xxx] 9748
Jan 2006 The Fortune Hunter, by Louis Joseph Vance [?fortxxx.xxx] 9747
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8fort10h.zip; and 8fort10h.htm]
Jan 2006 The Ashiel mystery, by Mrs. Charles Bryce [?ashlxxx.xxx] 9746
Jan 2006 The Rock of Chickamauga, by Joseph A. Altsheler [trochxxx.xxx] 9745
[The following (#9703-#9744) are Computer-generated audio eBooks; each are
comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding *index.html and
*readme.txt files.]
Jan 2006 Audio: David Copperfield, Charles Dickens [cprfdxxx.mp3] 9744C
Jan 2006 Audio: Sketches of Young Couples, Charles Dickens [yngcpxxx.mp3] 9743C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Wreck of the Golden Mary, C. Dickens [wrkgmxxx.mp3] 9742C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Uncommercial Traveller, Charles Dickens[unctrxxx.mp3] 9741C
Jan 2006 Audio: Tom Tiddler's Ground, Charles Dickens [ttgndxxx.mp3] 9740C
Jan 2006 Audio: Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens [tcothxxx.mp3] 9739C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Chimes, Charles Dickens [tchmsxxx.mp3] 9738C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Seven Poor Travellers, Charles Dickens [svprtxxx.mp3] 9737C
Jan 2006 Audio: Sunday Under Three Heads, Charles Dickens [suthsxxx.mp3] 9736C
Jan 2006 Audio: Somebody's Luggage, Charles Dickens [smlggxxx.mp3] 9735C
Jan 2006 Audio: Sketches of Young Gentlemen,Charles Dickens[skygmxxx.mp3] 9734C
Jan 2006 Audio: Sketches by Boz, Charles Dickens [sbbozxxx.mp3] 9733C
Jan 2006 Audio: Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens [rudgexxx.mp3] 9732C
Jan 2006 Audio: To Be Read At Dusk, Charles Dickens [rddskxxx.mp3] 9731C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens [pwprsxxx.mp3] 9730C
Jan 2006 Audio: Perils of Certain English Prisoners, CD [pocepxxx.mp3] 9729C
Jan 2006 Audio: Pictures from Italy, Charles Dickens [picitxxx.mp3] 9728C
Jan 2006 Audio: Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens [olivrxxx.mp3] 9727C
Jan 2006 Audio: No Thoroughfare, Charles Dickens [nothoxxx.mp3] 9726C
Jan 2006 Audio: Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens [ncklbxxx.mp3] 9725C
Jan 2006 Audio: Miscellaneous Papers, Charles Dickens [mspcdxxx.mp3] 9724C
Jan 2006 Audio: Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy, Charles Dickens [mlrlgxxx.mp3] 9723C
Jan 2006 Audio: Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings, Charles Dickens [mlldgxxx.mp3] 9722C
Jan 2006 Audio: Master Humphrey's Clock, Charles Dickens [mhmphxxx.mp3] 9721C
Jan 2006 Audio: Mugby Junction, Charles Dickens [mgjncxxx.mp3] 9720C
Jan 2006 Audio: Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens [mfrndxxx.mp3] 9719C
Jan 2006 Audio: Mudfog and Other Sketches, Charles Dickens [mdfogxxx.mp3] 9718C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices [lttiaxxx.mp3] 9717C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Lamplighter, Charles Dickens [lmpltxxx.mp3] 9716C
Jan 2006 Audio: Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens [ldortxxx.mp3] 9715C
Jan 2006 Audio: A House to Let, Charles Dickens [hsletxxx.mp3] 9714C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargin, CD [hntmnxxx.mp3] 9713C
Jan 2006 Audio: Hunted Down, Charles Dickens [hntdnxxx.mp3] 9712C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Holly-Tree, Charles Dickens [hlytrxxx.mp3] 9711C
Jan 2006 Audio: Holiday Romance, Charles Dickens [hldrmxxx.mp3] 9710C
Jan 2006 Audio: Hard Times, Charles Dickens [hardtxxx.mp3] 9709C
Jan 2006 Audio: George Silverman's Explanation, C. Dickens [gsilxxxx.mp3] 9708C
Jan 2006 Audio: Going into Society, Charles Dickens [gisocxxx.mp3] 9707C
Jan 2006 Audio: Speeches: Literary and Social, C. Dickens [dslasxxx.mp3] 9706C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens[droodxxx.mp3] 9705C
Jan 2006 Audio: Doctor Marigold, Charles Dickens [drmrgxxx.mp3] 9704C
Jan 2006 Audio: Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens [dombyxxx.mp3] 9703C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens [curioxxx.mp3] 9702C
Jan 2006 Beowulf, Ed. by James A. Harrison and Robert Sharp[8bwlfxxx.xxx] 9701
[8-bit Unicode in 8bwlf10ua.txt/.zip, no Plain Text version]
[Also posted HTML - 8bwlf10ha.zip and 8bwlf10ha.htm, ISO-8859-1]
Jan 2006 Beowulf, Ed. by James A. Harrison and Robert Sharp[8bwlfxxx.xxx] 9700
[8-bit in 8bwlf10.txt/.zip; HTML in 8bwlf10h.htm/.zip; no Plain Text format]
[This version is the direct reproduction of the source text]
[The following (#9671-#9699) are Computer-generated audio eBooks; each are
comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding *index.html and
*readme.txt files.]
Jan 2006 Audio: Martin Chuzzlewit, Charles Dickens [chuzzxxx.mp3] 9699C
Jan 2006 Audio: Some Christmas Stories, Charles Dickens [cdscsxxx.mp3] 9698C
Jan 2006 Audio: Reprinted Pieces, Charles Dickens [cdrprxxx.mp3] 9697C
Jan 2006 Audio: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens [carolxxx.mp3] 9696C
Jan 2006 Audio: Bleak House, Charles Dickens [blkhsxxx.mp3] 9695C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Battle of Life, Charles Dickens [batlfxxx.mp3] 9694C
Jan 2006 Audio: American Notes, Charles Dickens [amntsxxx.mp3] 9693C
Jan 2006 Audio: A Message From the Sea, Charles Dickens [amftsxxx.mp3] 9692C
Jan 2006 Audio: All The Year Round, Charles Dickens [allyrxxx.mp3] 9691C
Jan 2006 Audio: A Child's History of England, C. Dickens [achoexxx.mp3] 9690C
Jan 2006 Audio: Three Ghost Stories, Charles Dickens [3ghstxxx.mp3] 9689C
Jan 2006 Audio: Tour through through England, Daniel Defoe [ttecexxx.mp3] 9688C
[Full title: Tour through the Eastern Counties of England]
Jan 2006 Audio: Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe [rbcruxxx.mp3] 9687C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [rbcr2xxx.mp3] 9686C
[Author: Daniel Defoe]
Jan 2006 Audio: Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe [mollfxxx.mp3] 9685C
Jan 2006 Audio: From London to Land's End, Daniel Defoe [lndlexxx.mp3] 9684C
Jan 2006 Audio: A Journal of the Plague Year, Daniel Defoe [jplagxxx.mp3] 9683C
Jan 2006 Audio: Essay Upon Projects, Daniel Defoe [esprjxxx.mp3] 9682C
Jan 2006 Audio: Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business [ebdybxxx.mp3] 9681C
[Author: Daniel Defoe]
Jan 2006 Audio: Dickory Cronke, Daniel Defoe [dckcrxxx.mp3] 9680C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Famous Captain Singleton, Daniel Defoe [cpsngxxx.mp3] 9679C
[Full title: The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton]
Jan 2006 Audio: The Consolidator, Daniel Defoe [consoxxx.mp3] 9678C
Jan 2006 Audio: Captain Mission, Daniel Defoe [7cmisxxx.mp3] 9677C
Jan 2006 Audio: Silas Marner, George Eliot [smarnxxx.mp3] 9676C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Mill on the Floss, George Eliot [mlflsxxx.mp3] 9675C
Jan 2006 Audio: The Lifted Veil, George Eliot [lftvlxxx.mp3] 9674C
Jan 2006 Audio: Brother Jacob, George Eliot [brjcbxxx.mp3] 9673C
Jan 2006 Audio: Adam Bede, George Eliot [adambxxx.mp3] 9672C
Jan 2006 Audio: Daniel Deronda, George Eliot [7drdaxxx.mp3] 9671C
Jan 2006 Less-known British Poets, Complete, Gilfillan [#5][?lbp4xxx.xxx] 9670
Jan 2006 Less-known British Poets, Vol. 3, by Gilfillan[#4][?lbp3xxx.xxx] 9669
Jan 2006 Less-known British Poets, Vol. 2, by Gilfillan[#3][?lbp2xxx.xxx] 9668
Jan 2006 Less-known British Poets, Vol. 1, by Gilfillan[#2][?lbp1xxx.xxx] 9667
[Full title: Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets]
[Edited by George Gilfillan] [Introductory Essays By George Gilfillan]
Jan 2006 Scientific American Supplement, No. 497 [?0497xxx.xxx] 9666
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885]
[Full author: Various]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8049710h.zip; and 8049710h.htm]
Jan 2006 Delia Blanchflower, by Mrs. Humphry Ward [?dlblxxx.xxx] 9665
Jan 2006 Amiable Charlatan, by E. P. Oppenheim [EPO#16] [?achrxxx.xxx] 9664
[Title: An Amiable Charlatan] [Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim]
Jan 2006 Domnei, by James Branch Cabell [?domnxxx.xxx] 9663
[Subtitle: A Comedy of Woman-Worship]
[Preface by Joseph Hergesheimer; Critical comments by E. Noel Codman and
Paul Verville]
Jan 2006 An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, D. Hume[?echuxxx.xxx] 9662
[Author: David Hume]
[Introduction, Comparative Table of Contents, and Analytical Index by
by L. A. Selby-Bigge] [Ed.: L. A. Selby-Bigge]
[Also posted: HTML version in 8echu10h.htm and 8echu10h.zip]
Jan 2006 Mormon Settlement in Arizona,byJames H. McClintock[mrmsaxxx.xxx] 9661
[Subtitle: A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert]
Jan 2006 First Blast of the Trumpet, by John Knox, 1558 [?trmpxxx.xxx] 9660
[Full title: The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment
of Women] [Ed.: Edward Arber]
[Also posted HTML - 8trmp10h.zip and 8trmp10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Gentleman From Indiana, by Booth Tarkington[BT#21][gfindxxx.xxx] 9659
[Full Title: The Gentleman From Indiana]
Jan 2006 Punchinello, Vol.1, No. 13 , June 25,1870, Various[?p113xxx.xxx] 9658
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p11310h.zip; and 8p11310h.htm]
Jan 2006 The Mutineers, by Charles Boardman Hawes [?mutnxxx.xxx] 9657
Jan 2006 Alarms and Discursions, by G. K. Chesterton [aldscxxx.xxx] 9656
[Author AKA: Gilbert Keith Chesterton]
Jan 2006 Stello, by Alfred De Vigny [?stelxxx.xxx] 9655
[Language: French]
Jan 2006 Lendas e Narrativas (Tomo I), Alexandre Herculano [?ldnrxxx.xxx] 9654
[Transcribed from the 1858 2nd edition of Lendas e Narrativas (Tomo I)]
[Language: Portugese]
Jan 2006 A Wreath of Virginia Bay Leaves, James Barron Hope[?wvblxxx.xxx] 9653
[Subtitle: Poems of James Barron Hope] [Editor: Janey Hope Marr]
Jan 2006 Miscellany of Poetry, by Various [?msptxxx.xxx] 9652
[Ed.: W. Kean Seymour] [Decorations: Doris Palmer, Cecil Palmer and Hayward]
[Also posted HTML - 8mspt10h.zip and 8mspt10h.htm]
Jan 2006 A Child-World, by James Whitcomb Riley [#4][?cwldxxx.xxx] 9651
[Poetry]
Jan 2006 Independent Bohemia, by Vladimir Nosek [?ibohxxx.xxx] 9650
[Subtitle: An Account Of The Czecho-Slovak Struggle For Liberty]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8iboh10h.zip; and 8iboh10h.htm]
Jan 2006 With Trapper Jim in the North Woods, L. J. Leslie [tjnwdxxx.xxx] 9649
[Author: Lawrence J. Leslie]
[Also posted HTML - tjnwd10h.zip and tjnwd10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Tip Lewis and His Lamp, Pansy (aka Isabella Alden [llampxxx.xxx] 9648
[Also posted HTML - llamp10h.zip and llamp10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Landscape Gardening of the Exposition,by Mullgardt[algexxxx.xxx] 9647
[Title: The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition]
[Subtitle: A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural
Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition]
[Intro: Louis Christian Mullgardt]
(Also see the other Project Gutenberg eBooks about the 1915 Panama Pacific
Exposition in San Francisco, eBook #'s 7411, 6631, 5771, 5712, 5620, 4672,
3151)
Jan 2006 Odes and Epodes, by Horace [?hodexxx.xxx] 9646
[Language: Latin]
Jan 2006 Quatrevingt-Treize, by Victor Hugo [#14][?quatxxx.xxx] 9645
[Language: French]
Jan 2006 Litterature et Philosophie melees,Victor Hugo[#13][?ltphxxx.xxx] 9644
[Language: French]
Jan 2006 Histoire des Montagnards, by Alphonse Esquiros [?hmntxxx.xxx] 9643
[Language: French]
Jan 2006 Poesie e novelle in versi, by Ferdinando Fontana [?psnvxxx.xxx] 9642
[Language: Italian]
Jan 2006 Ugo: Scene del secolo X, by Ambrogio Bazzero [?ugoxxxx.xxx] 9641
[Language: Italian]
Jan 2006 Georgian Poetry 1920-22, by Various [?gp05xxx.xxx] 9640
[Ed.: Sir Edward Howard Marsh]
[Also posted HTML - 8gp0510h.htm and 8gp0510h.zip]
Jan 2006 La dame de Monsoreau v.3, by Alexandre Dumas [?ddm3xxx.xxx] 9639
[Language: French]
Jan 2006 La dame de Monsoreau v.2, by Alexandre Dumas [?ddm2xxx.xxx] 9638
[Language: French]
Jan 2006 La dame de Monsoreau v.1, by Alexandre Dumas [?ddm1xxx.xxx] 9637
[Language: French]
Jan 2006 Punchinello, Vol.1, No. 12 , June 18,1870, Various[?p112xxx.xxx] 9636
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p11210h.zip]
Jan 2006 The End of Her Honeymoon, by Marie Belloc Lowndes [?nhmnxxx.xxx] 9635
Jan 2006 Sir George Tressady, Vol. II, by Mrs. Humphry Ward[?sgt2xxx.xxx] 9634
[Author AKA: Mrs. Humphrey Ward; Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
Jan 2006 Sir George Tressady, Vol. I, by Mrs. Humphry Ward [?sgt1xxx.xxx] 9633
[Author AKA: Mrs. Humphrey Ward; Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
Jan 2006 Die Richterin: Novelle, by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer[?drctxxx.xxx] 9632
[Language: German]
Jan 2006 Waltoniana, by Isaak Walton [#4][?waltxxx.xxx] 9631
[Subtitle: Inedited Remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton]
[With Notes And Preface By Richard Herne Shepherd]
Jan 2006 Proportional Representation, by John H. Humphreys [?prepxxx.xxx] 9630
[Subtitle: A Study in Methods of Election]
[With an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Lord Courtney of Penwith]
Jan 2006 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M. R. James [#2][?jgs2xxx.xxx] 9629
[Subtitle: Part 2: More Ghost Stories] [Author: Montague Rhodes James]
Jan 2006 Buried Cities, Complete, by Jennie Hall [?bct4xxx.xxx] 9628
Jan 2006 Buried Cities, Volume 3, Mycenae, by Jennie Hall [?bct3xxx.xxx] 9627
Jan 2006 Buried Cities, Volume 2, Olympia, by Jennie Hall [?bct2xxx.xxx] 9626
Jan 2006 Buried Cities, Volume 1, Pompeii, by Jennie Hall [?bct1xxx.xxx] 9625
[Also posted HTML in 8bct410h.htm; Illustrated HTML in 8bct410h.zip (6.5mb)]
Jan 2006 Directions for Cookery, by Eliza Leslie [?cookxxx.xxx] 9624
[Title: Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches]
[Also posted HTML - 8cook10h.zip and 8cook10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Wir Fanden Einen Pfad, by Christian Morgenstern [?wfpfxxx.xxx] 9623
[Subtitle: Neue Gedichte] [Language: German]
Jan 2006 Lyrical Ballads 1798, by Wordsworth and Coleridge [?lbalxxx.xxx] 9622
[Title: Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems]
[Also posted HTML - 8lbal10h.zip and 8lbal10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Georgian Poetry 1918-19, by Various [?gp04xxx.xxx] 9621
[Ed.: Sir Edward Marsh]
[Also posted HTML - 8gp0410h.zip and 8gp0410h.htm]
Jan 2006 Tales and Novels, Vol. 6, by Maria Edgeworth [?tal6xxx.xxx] 9620
[Subtitle: The Absentee; Madame de Fleury; Emilie de Coulanges; The Modern
Griselda]
Jan 2006 Who Can Be Happy And Free In Russia?, by Nekrassov[?whrsxxx.xxx] 9619
[Author: Nicholas Nekrassov]
[Tr.: Juliet M. Soskice] [Introduction by Dr. David Soskice]
Jan 2006 The Field of Ice, by Jules Verne [8ficexxh.xxx] 9618
[HTML only - 8fice10h.zip and 8fice10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Echoes of the War, by J. M. Barrie [wechoxxx.xxx] 9617
Contents:
The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
The New Word
Barbara's Wedding
A Well-Remembered Voice
[Also posted HTML - wecho10h.zip and wecho10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Ramuntcho, by Pierre Loti [#12][ramunxxx.xxx] 9616
Jan 2006 Superfluous Man and Others, by Ivan Turgenev [?spmnxxx.xxx] 9615
[Title: The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories]
Contents:
The Diary Of A Superfluous Man
A Tour In The Forest
Yakov Pasinkov
Andrei Kolosov
A Correspondence
Jan 2006 The Case of Richard Meynell, by Mrs. Humphry Ward [?rmeyxxx.xxx] 9614
Jan 2006 The Young Buglers, by G.A. Henty [?ybugxxx.xxx] 9613
Jan 2006 The Botanic Garden, Part 1, by Erasmus Darwin [?bot1xxx.xxx] 9612
[Subtitle: A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation]
Jan 2006 Joseph Andrews, Vol 1, by Henry Fielding [?jan1xxx.xxx] 9611
[From The Works Of Henry Fielding Edited By George Saintsbury In Twelve
Volumes, Vol. I.]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8jan110h.zip; and 8jan110h.htm]
Jan 2006 The Elegies of Tibullus, by Tibullus [eltibxxx.xxx] 9610
[Subtitle: Being The Consolations Of A Roman Lover Done In English Verse]
[Tr.: Theodore C. Williams]
[Also posted HTML - eltib10h.zip and eltib10h.htm]
Jan 2006 Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2, by Henry Fielding [?jan2xxx.xxx] 9609
[From The Works Of Henry Fielding, Edited By George Saintsbury In Twelve
Volumes, Vol. II.]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8jan210h.zip; and 8jan210h.htm]
Jan 2006 The Cords of Vanity, by James Branch Cabell [?cvanxxx.xxx] 9608
[Subtitle: A Comedy of Shirking]
[Author: Introduction by Wilson Follett]
Jan 2006 From Boyhood to Manhood, by William M. Thayer [bhmhdxxx.xxx] 9607
[Subtitle: Life of Benjamin Franklin]
Jan 2006 A Little Book of Western Verse, by Eugene Field [?lbwvxxx.xxx] 9606
Jan 2006 Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon, L. Blanchard [chicoxxx.xxx] 9605
[Author: Lucy M. Blanchard]
Jan 2006 Hung Lou Meng, Book II, by Cao Xueqin [?hlm2xxx.xxx] 9604
[Subtitle: Or, The Dream of the Red Chamber, A Chinese Novel in Two Books]
[Tr.: H. Bencraft Joly]
Jan 2006 Hung Lou Meng, Book I, by Cao Xueqin [?hlm1xxx.xxx] 9603
[Subtitle: Or, The Dream of the Red Chamber, A Chinese Novel in Two Books]
[Tr.: H. Bencraft Joly]
Jan 2006 History of the French Revolution, by F.A.M Mignet [?hfrrxxx.xxx] 9602
[Title: History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814]
Jan 2006 Poetical Works of Pope, Vol. II, by Alexander Pope[?pop2xxx.xxx] 9601
[With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by Gilfillan]
[Ed.: Rev. George Gilfillan]
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
Dec 2005 Whittier's Tales, Sketches, Vol. 5, Complete[#35][wit31xxx.xxx] 9590
[Includes Etext #9586-9589]
Dec 2005 Sketches, by Whittier, V5, Part 3[#34][wit30xxx.xxx] 9589
Dec 2005 Doctor Singletary, by Whittier, V5, Part 2[#33][wit29xxx.xxx] 9588
Dec 2005 Margaret Smith Journal, Whittier, V5, Part 1[#32][wit28xxx.xxx] 9587
Dec 2005 Whittier's Personal Poems, Vol. 4, Complete[#31][wit27xxx.xxx] 9586
Dec 2005 At Sundown, by Whittier, V4, Part 5[#30][wit26xxx.xxx] 9585
[Includes Etext #9581-9584]
Dec 2005 The Tent on the Beach, Whittier, V4, Part 4[#29][wit25xxx.xxx] 9584
Dec 2005 Occasional Poems, by Whittier, V4, Part 3[#28][wit24xxx.xxx] 9583
Dec 2005 Personal Poems II, by Whittier, V4, Part 2[#27][wit23xxx.xxx] 9582
Dec 2005 Personal Poems I, by Whittier, V4, Part 1[#26][wit22xxx.xxx] 9581
Dec 2005 Whittier's Poems of Slavery, Vol. 3, Complete[#25][wit21xxx.xxx] 9580
Dec 2005 Labor and Reform, by Whittier, V3, Part 5[#24][wit20xxx.xxx] 9579
Dec 2005 Poems in War Time, by Whittier, V3, Part 4[#23][wit19xxx.xxx] 9578
Dec 2005 Anti Slavery Poems III, Whittier, V3, Part 3[#22][wit18xxx.xxx] 9577
Dec 2005 Anti Slavery Poems II, Whittier, V3, Part 2[#21][wit17xxx.xxx] 9576
Dec 2005 Anti Slavery Poems I, Whittier, V3, Part 1[#20][wit16xxx.xxx] 9575
Dec 2005 Whittier's Poems of Nature, Vol. 2, Complete[#19][wit15xxx.xxx] 9574
Dec 2005 Religious Poems II, by Whittier, V2, Part 6[#18][wit14xxx.xxx] 9573
Dec 2005 Religious Poems I, by Whittier, V2, Part 5[#17][wit13xxx.xxx] 9572
Dec 2005 Snow Bound etc, by Whittier, V2, Part 4[#16][wit12xxx.xxx] 9571
Dec 2005 Reminiscent Poems, by Whittier, V2, Part 3[#15][wit11xxx.xxx] 9570
Dec 2005 Mountain Pictures etc, Whittier, V2, Part 2[#14][wit10xxx.xxx] 9569
Dec 2005 Frost Spirit etc, by Whittier, V2, Part 1[#13][wit09xxx.xxx] 9568
Dec 2005 Whittier's Narrative Poems, Vol. 1, Complete[#12][wit08xxx.xxx] 9567
Dec 2005 Bay of Seven Islands, Whittier, V1, Part 7[#11][wit07xxx.xxx] 9566
Dec 2005 Pennsylvania Pilgrim, Whittier, V1, Part 6[#10][wit06xxx.xxx] 9565
Dec 2005 Among Hill etc, by Whittier, V1, Part 5[# 9][wit05xxx.xxx] 9564
Dec 2005 Mable Martin etc, by Whittier, V1, Part 4[# 8][wit04xxx.xxx] 9563
Dec 2005 Barclay of Ury etc, by Whittier, V1, Part 3[# 7][wit03xxx.xxx] 9562
Dec 2005 Bridal of Pennacook, by Whittier, V1, Part 2[# 6][wit02xxx.xxx] 9561
Dec 2005 Vaudois Teacher etc, by Whittier, V1, Part 1[# 5][wit01xxx.xxx] 9560
Dec 2005 Ride to the Lady, by Helen Gray Cone [?ridlxxx.xxx] 9559
[Subtitle: And Other Poems]
[The following (#9551-#9558) are human-read audio eBooks provided by
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Dec 2005 Audio: The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle [shsofxxx.mp3] 9558C
[16-bit audio in shsof16??.mp3, 32-bit audio in shsof32??.mp3)
Dec 2005 Audio: The Valley of Fear, Arthur Conan Doyle [shvofxxx.mp3] 9557C
[16-bit audio in shvof16??.mp3, 32-bit audio in shvof32??.mp3)
Dec 2005 Audio: A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle [shscaxxx.mp3] 9556C
[16-bit audio in shsca16.mp3, 32-bit audio in shsca32.mp3)
Dec 2005 Audio: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, AC Doyle [shmemxxx.mp3] 9555C
[16-bit audio in shmem16??.mp3, 32-bit audio in shmem32??.mp3)
Dec 2005 Audio: The Last Bow, Arthur Conan Doyle [shlasxxx.mp3] 9554C
[16-bit audio in shlas16??.mp3, 32-bit audio in shlas32??.mp3]
Dec 2005 Audio: The Return of Sherlock Holmes, AC Doyle [rholmxxx.mp3] 9553C
[16-bit audio in rholm16??.mp3, 32-bit audio in rholm32??.mp3)
Dec 2005 Audio: The Hound of the Baskervilles, AC Doyle [bskrvxxx.mp3] 9552C
[16-bit audio in bskrv16??.mp3, 32-bit audio in bskrv32??.mp3)
Dec 2005 Audio: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, AC Doyle[advshxxx.mp3] 9551C
[16-bit audio in advsh16??.mp3, 32-bit audio in advsh32??.mp3)
Dec 2005 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition), L. H. Bailey[?mgrdxxx.xxx] 9550
[Subtitle: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the Growing
of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for Home Use]
[Also posted HTML in 8mgrd10h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8mgrd10h.zip (8.8mb)]
Dec 2005 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870,Various[?p103xxx.xxx] 9549
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p10310h.zip; and 8p10310h.htm]
Dec 2005 Honore de Balzac, by Mary F. Sandars [balzcxxx.xxx] 9548
[Full title: Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings]
Dec 2005 The Cruise of the Dry Dock, by T. S. Stribling [crdrdxxx.xxx] 9547
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - crdrd10h.zip; and crdrd10h.htm]
Dec 2005 Georgian Poetry 1916-17, by Various [?gp03xxx.xxx] 9546
[Ed.: Sir Edward Howard Marsh]
[Also posted HTML - 8gp0310h.zip and 8gp0310h.htm]
Dec 2005 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870,Various[?p111xxx.xxx] 9545
[Also posted HTML - 8p11110h.zip and 8p11110h.htm]
Dec 2005 Punchinello, Vol. 1, Issue 10,Various [?p110xxx.xxx] 9544
Dec 2005 Poetical Works of George MacDonald in Two Volumes [?pgm1xxx.xxx] 9543
[Title: The Poetical Works of George MacDonald in Two Volumes, Volume I]
[Author: George MacDonald]
Dec 2005 Graded Poetry: Seventh Year, by Various [?poetxxx.xxx] 9542
[Ed.: Katherine D. Blake and Georgia Alexander]
[Also posted HTML - 8poet10h.zip and 8poet10h.htm]
[The following (#9510-#9541) are Computer-generated audio eBooks; each are
comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding *index.html and
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Dec 2005 Audio: The Wolves and the Lamb, William Thackeray [wlvlmxxx.mp3] 9541C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Book of Snobs, William M. Thackeray [snobsxxx.mp3] 9540C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Rose and the Ring, William M. Thackeray[rsrngxxx.mp3] 9539C
Dec 2005 Audio: Roundabout Papers, William M. Thackeray [rndbtxxx.mp3] 9538C
Dec 2005 Audio: The History of Pendennis, William Thackeray[pendnxxx.mp3] 9537C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Newcomes, William Makepeace Thackeray [newcmxxx.mp3] 9536C
Dec 2005 Audio: Men's Wives, William Makepeace Thackeray [mnwvsxxx.mp3] 9535C
Dec 2005 Audio: Adventures of Major Gahagan, Wm. Thackeray [majghxxx.mp3] 9534C
Dec 2005 Audio: Little Travels and Roadside Sketches [ltarsxxx.mp3] 9533C
[Author: William Makepeace Thackeray]
Dec 2005 Audio: The Lock and Key Library, Hawthorne, Ed. [lckylxxx.mp3] 9532C
[Various authors]
Dec 2005 Audio: John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character[jlplcxxx.mp3] 9531C
[Author: William Makepeace Thackeray]
Dec 2005 Audio: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq, Thackeray[hnryexxx.mp3] 9530C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Great Hoggarty Diamond, Wm. Thackeray [gthgdxxx.mp3] 9529C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Fitz-Boodle Papers, William Thackeray [fitzbxxx.mp3] 9528C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Fatal Boots,William Makepeace Thackeray[fbootxxx.mp3] 9527C
Dec 2005 Audio: Catherine: A Story, William M. Thackeray [cthrnxxx.mp3] 9526C
Dec 2005 Audio: George Cruikshank, William M. Thackeray [cruikxxx.mp3] 9525C
Dec 2005 Audio: From Cornhill to Grand Cairo, Wm. Thackeray[crhcrxxx.mp3] 9524C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Christmas Books, William M. Thackeray [chmsbxxx.mp3] 9523C
Dec 2005 Audio: Barry Lyndon, William Makepeace Thackeray [brrylxxx.mp3] 9522C
Dec 2005 Audio: Burlesques, William Makepeace Thackeray [brlsqxxx.mp3] 9521C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Bedford-Row Conspiracy, Wm. Thackeray [bdfrcxxx.mp3] 9520C
Dec 2005 Audio: A Little Dinner at Timmins's, Wm. Thackeray[aldatxxx.mp3] 9519C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Paris Sketch Book, William Thackeray [7tpsbxxx.mp3] 9518C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Second Funeral of Napoleon, Thackeray [2napfxxx.mp3] 9517C
[Author: William Makepeace Thackeray]
Dec 2005 Audio: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 5 [poe5vxxx.mp3] 9516C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 4 [poe4vxxx.mp3] 9515C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 3 [poe3vxxx.mp3] 9514C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 2 [poe2vxxx.mp3] 9513C
Dec 2005 Audio: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 1 [poe1vxxx.mp3] 9512C
Dec 2005 Audio: several works by Edgar Allan Poe [1epoexxx.mp3] 9511C
Dec 2005 Audio: Stories by Modern American Authors, Various[sbmaaxxx.mp3] 9510C
(See also #2043)
Dec 2005 Southern Lights and Shadows, by Various [?slasxxx.xxx] 9509
[Editors: William Dean Howells & Henry Mills Alden]
Contents:
Grace Macgowan Cooke: The Capture Of Andy Proudfoot
Abby Meguire Roach: The Level Of Fortune
Alice Macgowan: Pap Overholt
Mrs. B.F. Mayhew: In The Piny Woods
William L. Sheppard: My Fifth In Mammy
Sarah Barnwell Elliott: An Incident
M.E.M. Davis: A Snipe Hunt
J.J. Eakins: The Courtship Of Colonel Bill
Maurice Thompson: The Balance Of Power]
Dec 2005 Stories Worth Rereading, by Various [wrerexxx.xxx] 9508
[From Review and Herald Publishing Assn]
Dec 2005 The Coryston Family, by Mrs. Humphry Ward [?cryfxxx.xxx] 9507
[Subtitle: A Novel]
[Author AKA: Mrs. Humphrey Ward; Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
[Also posted: HTML 8cryf10h.htm; Illustrated HTML in 8cryf10h.zip]
Dec 2005 Georgian Poetry 1913-15, Edited by E. H. Marsh [?gp02xxx.xxx] 9506
[Editor: Sir Edward Howard Marsh]
[Also posted HTML - 8gp0210h.zip and 8gp0210h.htm]
Dec 2005 Four Girls and a Compact,by Annie Hamilton Donnell[gcompxxx.xxx] 9505
[Also posted HTML - gcomp10h.zip and gcomp10h.htm]
Dec 2005 Micah Clarke, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [micahxxx.xxx] 9504
[Subtitle: His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph,
Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734]
Jul 2005 Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol 2, Halsey [?se2bxxx.xxx] 9503
[Subtitle: Great Britain And Ireland]
[Author: Various] [Ed.: Francis W. Halsey]
Dec 2005 Room in the Dragon Volant, by J. Sheridan LeFanu [?dragxxx.xxx] 9502
[Also posted HTML - 8drag10h.zip and 8drag10h.htm]
Dec 2005 Concerning Cats, by Helen M. Winslow [?catsxxx.xxx] 9501
[Subtitle: My Own and Some Others]
[Also posted HTML - 8cats10h.zip and 8cats10h.htm]
Dec 2005 Farm Ballads, by Will Carleton [farmbxxx.xxx] 9500
[Also posted: HTML in farmb10h.htm, Illustrated HTML in farmb10h.zip]
Dec 2005 The Dream, by Emile Zola [#37][zdremxxx.xxx] 9499
[Tr.: Eliza E. Chase]
Dec 2005 The Trespasser, by D.H. Lawrence [#8][?tresxxx.xxx] 9498
Dec 2005 Twilight in Italy, by D.H. Lawrence [#7][?twitxxx.xxx] 9497
Dec 2005 Das Leiden eines Knaben, by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer[?dlekxxx.xxx] 9496
[Language: German]
Dec 2005 Die Hochzeit des Moenchs,by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer[?dhdmxxx.xxx] 9495
[Language: German]
Dec 2005 Der Schuss von der Kanzel,byConrad Ferdinand Meyer[?schkxxx.xxx] 9494
[Language: German]
Dec 2005 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 57, by Various [?10a1xxx.xxx] 9493
[Title: Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 57, July, 1862]
[Subtitle: A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics; Volume 10, Issue 1]
Dec 2005 Understanding the Scriptures, by Francis McConnell[?scrpxxx.xxx] 9492
Dec 2005 Candida, by George Bernard Shaw [?cndgxxx.xxx] 9491
[Subtitle: Ein Mysterium in drei Akten]
[Tr.: Siegfried Trabitsch] [Language: German]
Dec 2005 Quaint Courtships, by Howells & Alden, Editors [?qcrtxxx.xxx] 9490
[Editors: William Dean Howells & Henry Mills Alden]
Dec 2005 Michael O'Halloran, by Gene Stratton-Porter [#10][?mcohxxx.xxx] 9489
Dec 2005 The Line of Love, by James Branch Cabell [#4][?lnlvxxx.xxx] 9488
[Title AKA: Dizain des Mariages]
Dec 2005 A Fair Barbarian, by Francis Hodgson Burnett [?barbxxx.xxx] 9487
Dec 2005 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 22, by Various [#22][?05a6xxx.xxx] 9486
[Full title: Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 22, June, 1860]
Dec 2005 A Little Book of Profitable Tales, by Eugene Field[?abptxxx.xxx] 9485
[Also posted HTML - 8abpt10h.zip and 8abpt10h.htm]
Dec 2005 Georgian Poetry 1911-12, Edited by E. M [?grgpxxx.xxx] 9484
[Also posted HTML - 8grgp10h.zip and 8grgp10h.htm]
[Only the initials of the editor are given]
Dec 2005 Story and Song of Black Roderick, by Dora Sigerson[brodkxxx.xxx] 9483
Dec 2005 What Sami Sings with the Birds, by Johanna Spyri [?samixxx.xxx] 9482
[Tr.: Helen B. Dole]
[Also posted: HTML in 8sami10h.htm; Illustrated HTML in 8sami10h.zip]
Dec 2005 Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870,Various [?p102xxx.xxx] 9481
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8p10310h.zip only]
Dec 2005 Heart of the Vosges, by Matilda Betham-Edwards[#4][?vosgxxx.xxx] 9480
[Full title: In the Heart of the Vosges]
[Subtitle: And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"]
Dec 2005 The Boy Life of Napoleon, by Eugenie Foa [?bnapxxx.xxx] 9479
[Subtitle: Afterwards Emperor Of The French]
[Also posted Illustrated HTML - 8bnap10h.zip; and 8bnap10h.htm]
Dec 2005 The Dog, by William Youatt [?dogsxxx.xxx] 9478
[Subtitle: a nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, a combination of the
essential and the esoteric]
[Edited, with additions, by E. J. Lewis]
[Also posted HTML - 8dogs10h.zip and 8dogs10h.htm]
Dec 2005 Spalding's Baseball Guide, by Henry Chadwick (Ed.)[?sbbgxxx.xxx] 9477
[Full title: Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889]
Dec 2005 Ridgeway, by Scian Dubh [ridgexxx.xxx] 9476
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada]
[Author Note: Scian Dubh is a pseudonym for James McCarroll
Dec 2005 The Lovels of Arden, by M. E. Braddon [#5][?lvarxxx.xxx] 9475
Dec 2005 Cameos from English History, by Charlotte M. Yonge[?cehsxxx.xxx] 9474
[Full title: Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II]
Dec 2005 The Knights of the Cross, by Henryk Sienkiewicz [?kncrxxx.xxx] 9473
[Subtitle: or, Krzyzacy] [Tr.: Samuel A. Binion]
Dec 2005 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 31, May, 1860 [?05a6xxx.xxx] 9472
[Subtitle: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] [Issue 6 of Vol. 5]
[Author's Full Name: Various]
Dec 2005 The Vicar's Daughter, by George MacDonald [?vcrdxxx.xxx] 9471
Dec 2005 His Hour, by Elinor Glyn [hishrxxx.xxx] 9470
Dec 2005 The Call of the Twentieth Century, by D. Jordan [?ctwcxxx.xxx] 9469
[Subtitle: An Address to Young Men] [Full Author: David Starr Jordan]
Dec 2005 Anna St. Ives, by Thomas Holcroft [?astixxx.xxx] 9468
Dec 2005 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 26, December, 1859 [?04a6xxx.xxx] 9467
[Subtitle: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] [Issue 6 of Vol. 4]
[Author: Various]
Dec 2005 The Quest of Happy Hearts, by Kathleen Hay [qhphtxxx.xxx] 9466
Dec 2005 Songs of Two, by Arthur Sherburne Hardy [song2xxx.xxx] 9465
Dec 2005 Bohemian San Francisco, by Clarence E. Edwords [sfbohxxx.xxx] 9464
Dec 2005 The Underdog, by F. Hopkinson Smith [?udogxxx.xxx] 9463
[HTML version in 8udog10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8udog10h.zip]
Dec 2005 Tale of Sandy Chipmunk, by Arthur S. Bailey[ASB#5][sandyxxx.xxx] 9462
[From Sleepy-Time Tales]
[Full Author: Arthur Scott Bailey]
Dec 2005 The Foolish Lovers, by St. John G. Ervine [?foolxxx.xxx] 9461
Dec 2005 Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places,by Arch. Forbes[?campxxx.xxx] 9460
[Full author: Archibald Forbes]
Dec 2005 Indian Legends of Vancouver Island, A. Carmichael [ndlvnxxx.xxx] 9459
[Full author: Alfred Carmichael]
[Also posted HTML as ndlvn10h.zip - zipped only]
Dec 2005 Questionable Shapes, by William Dean Howells [?qshpxxx.xxx] 9458
[HTML version with accented characters in 8qshp10h.htm and 8qshp10h.zip]
Dec 2005 Travels In Arabia, by John Lewis Burckhardt [#3][?arabxxx.xxx] 9457
[Subtitle: An Account Of Those Territories In Hedjaz Which The Mohammedans
Regard As Sacred]
Dec 2005 Opera Stories from Wagner, by Florence Akin [opswgxxx.xxx] 9456
[Also posted: HTML in opswg10h.htm; illustrated HTML in opswg10h.zip]
Dec 2005 Tales and Novels, Vol. III, by Maria Edgeworth [?tal3xxx.xxx] 9455
[Subtitle: Belinda]
Dec 2005 Orchesography, by John Weaver [adancxxh.zip] 9454
[Subtitle: The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures]
[Illustrated HTML only - adanc10h.zip]
Dec 2005 Le Voyage De Monsieur Perrichon, by Labiche/Martin[?mprrxxx.xxx] 9453
[Subtitle: Comedie En Quatre Actes] [Language: French]
[Full author: Eugene Labiche and Edouard Martin]
Dec 2005 Audio: Wessex Poems and Other Verses, Thomas Hardy[wsxpmxxx.mp3] 9452C
[Computer-generated audio performance]
Dec 2005 Audio: The Woodlander, Thomas Hardy [woodlxxx.mp3] 9451C
[Computer-generated audio performance]
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by Holley, Complete [?sam8xxx.xxx] 9450
[Full Author: Marietta Holley] [Author AKA: Josiah Allen's Wife]
[Illustrator: E.A., full name unknown]
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8sam810h.zip only]
[Complete illustrated html file: 12 mb]
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by M. Holley, V7 [8sam7xxh.zip] 9449
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by M. Holley, V6 [8sam6xxh.zip] 9448
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by M. Holley, V5 [8sam5xxh.zip] 9447
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by M. Holley, V4 [8sam4xxh.zip] 9446
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by M. Holley, V3 [8sam3xxh.zip] 9445
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by M. Holley, V2 [8sam2xxh.zip] 9444
Dec 2005 Samantha Among the Brethren, by M. Holley, V1 [8sam1xxh.zip] 9443
[Full Author: Marietta Holley] [Author AKA: Josiah Allen's Wife]
[Illustrated HTML only - 8sam?10h.zip][2 mb each]
[Illustrator: E.A., full name unknown]
May 2005 Reize naar Surinamen, Complete, by J. Stedman [#5][?rns5xxx.xxx] 8100
[Title: Reize naar Surinamen, En Door De Binnenste Gedeelten Van Guiana]
[Author: John Gabridl Stedman] [Language: Dutch]
[Includes eBook #8096-8099]
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Nov 2003 A Prince of the Captivity, by John Buchan [030140xx.xxx] 0289A
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Oct 2003 The Shape of Things to Come, by H G Wells [030139xx.xxx] 0288A
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Distributed Proofreaders Update
This is a historically significant week for Distributed
Proofreaders. You may not be aware of this yet for it was not covered
on the BBC or CNN, nor was it picked up by any of the major daily
papers. Consider it a PG Newsletter exclusive. In fact, so important
is this week that the mid-section is going out in an extended Late
Edition.
Now before you go wondering what you might have missed, remember we
did say it was a 'historic' week. To behold the full majesty of
significance surrounding us at present requires that we step back a
little and attempt to view as much of the DP time line as
possible. Okay, so maybe just the past year for now!
A new era has definitely begun for Distributed Proofreaders. This was
not planned to be a demarcation, but a clear one has settled in right
before our eyes. If you are a daily visitor to the site, it is likely
that you felt the sea change moving in over the past several weeks. If
this is includes you, then please stay with us as we explore the past
twelve months for those who are occasional visitors or recently joined
members.
Before the beginning, let us set a marker in the present, for that is
where we will circle back to. It is a landmark impossible to miss;
last Friday's Halloween celebration and the collaborative 'Big Climb.'
In last week's column we gave everyone ample notice, and it was clear
from the line at the door that the word went out. I must say, the
party wasted no time getting started. From Midnight on Thursday the
place started rockin', and it did not slow down until well past
Midnight on Saturday morning. I can't name for you everyone who was
there...they all wore masks...and some people switched every hour.
Appropriate content begin dancing through the rounds in pumpkin
colored costumes within minutes of the witching hour...there were
short stories by Bram Stoker and Alexandre Dumas, Curiosites
infernales were seen. The Centaur by Blackwood made an appearance as
did La vampire, who was still hangin' out in R2 last night refusing to
believe the party's over. Juliet went home with the prize for
'Scariest Book of All' for Diseases of the Horse's Foot. I'm still
having nightmares.
Thanks must go out to Dr. Gutenstein, and to all the content providers
and behind the scenes crafters who made the event as much fun as it
was. The highlight of all was the 'Big Climb.' If you missed it, you
have my sincere condolences, because it really was something to see!
There was a steady pace to the climb right from the start, but it did
not really get exciting until late in the afternoon, when we started
to see over 1,000 pages an hour being proofed. The existing high,
which is what we set out to surpass was over 15,000 pages proofed in a
single day. We entered the challenge in the spirt of the day with more
fun in mind than seriousness of purpose. After all, the highest
proofing day of 2003 was still less than 10,000 pages.
In the final six hours it became certain that we actually had a chance
to set a newrecord, and to go a good stretch beyond. The original
target for everyone was to match or slightly pass their own best
proofing day. With this in mind, people had committed to a set number
of pages they would complete for the day. Most everyone went beyond
their pledge, and many people doubled and tripled what they set out to
do. By the final three hours the pace had quickened and the 15,000
drew near, and then with just a passing wave, Oct 31st flew on by Nov
8th and rose another 3,000 pages, opening up a whole new era in DP
history. Friends and family members are still at a loss to explain the
behavior last Friday of the members who were on-line when the new
record was set. To stretch a worn out cliche that just happens to
fit. . .
You really had to be there!'
If you weren't with us, there's always the many forum threads from the
31st that will bring back a sense of what it was like. For those who
were a part of the climb, the memories will linger for a long time to
come. For those who have been members for more than a year, Friday
night rekindled existing memories of another day, and another mountain
of pages that were proofed by a small and enthusiastic band. That of
course, leads us back in time nearly a year to this day. The timing of
these two grand days was the inspiration for this special issue of the
column.
This upcoming weekend marks an important anniversary for DP. One year
ago on November 8th a small piece appeared among the daily discourse
on Slashdot. Within hours the ranks of registered proofers began to
grow...and grow...and grow. That day changed DP fundamentally like a
plot point in a classic novel.
November 8th is not an official holiday at Distributed Proofreaders,
but it should be. Not so much because of the large crowds that came
initially, nor the high page counts. It should be a day of reverence
for those members who came and saw and stayed. Next time you are in
the forum pay attention to the Date Joined beneath the poster's
name. Note how many arrived either on Nov' 8, 2002 or within the
following week to ten days.
Among this group you will find people who have contributed
immeasurably to DP, including two of our largest content providers, a
legion of high volume proofers, including some of the Top Ten, code
authors and site maintainers, nearly all the tool developers and even
our own SA Bill Keir. Whenever the story of DP is told, that Slashdot
November will always be remembered as a milestone in the project's
early history, yet not solely for the high count numbers to which it
is often anchored. The greatest contribution of November 2002 is the
quality and character of the people who came to stay and add something
uniquely their own to DP.
As we look back over the past year, it begins to seem that the greater
part of 2003 was spent adapting to new size and potential of the
membership. We have all been learning, growing and sharing ideas that
over time came materialized into concrete results. Through the
unfolding of that process we have managed to send over 1,500 completed
books to PG with an equal number at some stage on the DP server.
There were times in 2003 when we seemed to loose our forward momentum
and even begin to drift apart. But somehow something always came along
and drew us all back together; a mention by Slashdot in July, a
spontaneous run for a daily goal that reminded us that we were a
collective effort after all. Somewhere towards the third quarter of
the year we began to find ourselves together more often than
not. Within this same time frame several sub-projects and initiatives
that had been developing through the year began to take on more of a
concrete and unified form.
It is no longer possible to point to any few specifics and say 'that's
what made the difference', but the DP of today is very different than
the DP of six months ago. This transformation is measured by strong
increases in output and quality at all stages of production. What
brought about this deep change then, if not some particular event or
development? I have been thinking about this question a great deal in
the past week. From today, I believe it can be attributed to two
primary factors. The first is arguably the recent synchronization of
the many tools and technical innovations that have been evolving
through the past year. Space and time do not allow me to cite them
all...and individually they may not seem like much.
Together the improvements to the site code, the steady evolution to
the proofing process, such as the queue organization and enhancements
to the project release system, added to the impressive set of tools
now available to assist the pre and post production processes. All of
these have become integrated into an effective system within the past
few months.
The second primary cause, in my view, is a little less obvious, but of
an equal import. I believe that what we have come to possess in the
later part of this year is the collective sense of who we are in our
dedication to the work of DP. I have been reading and watching very
closely of late both in on-site and off-site exchanges. One thing
stands out very clearly, time and time again; this work, which is very
distinct to DP, has become a significant part of our lives. What we do
here, both as individuals and in collaboration, is held very high
amongst our personal values. We don't discuss this often in the forum,
except when a new member makes note of it, and then for a while we are
reminded of what keeps us coming back. Maybe the reason we don't
discuss it often is that we have come to accept this as a group. Once
we log in to DP we know we are among a kindred mind-set. We all know
why we are here, and it is widely recognized that the work we do is no
mere idle pastime. We believe it makesa difference in the world.
What has happened to us recently is that we have uncovered and
experienced a new found dynamism when we give ourselves collectively
to a specific end that we hold to be of significance. This is the true
service of the Daily Page goals; they call hidden strengths from our
inner depths and push us to always do better than we might just
normally settle for. They are more important than the playfullness
with which we approach them may evidence. Times will come when there
are urgent and maybe important needs that require us to reach up and
stretch on some short notice. By having found our sense of self as a
working group, we will not hesitate to take on such challenges, and we
will not fail to accomplish them. It is a faith based work ethic at
DP...the same is true for the larger PG community. The great
cathedrals rose up on the dedications to such an ethic. A world
library is rising up on this one.
So those are my theories on how we manage to average 6,500-7,000 pages
a day without breaking into a sweat, and how we can post process 325+
books in a month. Maybe what matters above any reason why is the fact
that we are doing it in the first place. We are nearing a new year
now. The holiday season will soon be upon us and there's no doubt that
we will all have some time away from DP while we enjoy the affairs of
our personal lives. It does seem to be good timing after all that has
been achieved in recent weeks. We will begin 2004 fresh, strong and
ready to complete the most challenging of projects.
PG has reached the long awaited milestone of 10,000 titles and new
horizons are nowfocused upon. DP is ready and fit for such new vistas
within this new and exciting era. If the past year revealed to us who
we are collectively, the year ahead seems ready to show us what we are
truly capable of. Perhaps the greatest lesson October taught us, is
that on this account, who we may yet become, we still have very much
to discover. I look forward to sharing the journey with you! I believe
many of us will be togetherfor a long while to come yet. As Big Bill
often says..."We have many years of work out there ahead of us." Let
give the best within ourselves to those years!
With this week's expanded column we are going to give you a taste of
some new features that will be appearing regularly. One of these is a
spotlight on unique and special DP accomplishments. Now there are no
hard rules here and there will be no judgmental limits applied. The
features will justify inclusion on their own. Now we will try to make
this a little surprising, so you may not actually be aware of the
nature of the 'accomplishment' until we focus upon it. That's the main
reason why we have decided to add this element. Maybe the motto here
could be 'credit where it is due, not where it is recognized.'
For the first feature we will start with something I am personally
very familiar with, and which you will be in the days and weeks to
come. It is called 'The Project Gutenberg John Keats Collection.' It
has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Expect several more authors to
receive such designation in the near future as we get to them. On the
whole, the framing of an authors entire catalog, once it is available,
is one component in the ongoing upgrade of the PG index. The Keats
Collection deserves special mention here because it is a purely DP
accomplishment. In fact, the entire Keats library; three volumes of
his verse; all of his letters and two very extensive biographies, was
located, scanned and prepared for DP by one person; Jonathan
Ingram. You most likely know him as Jon.
Earlier this year upon learning that the body of Keats' work was not
available in PG, Jon set out to right this imbalance with firm
determination. It would not be the last Romantic poet Mr. Ingram would
single handily escort to the PG library. Our Jon has managed the
entire works of Byron, Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth, and many other
poets outside the Romantic era. Perhaps this is a good place to
mention that Jon joined up with DP on November 8, 2003.
I know a little bit about this collection because I adopted the entire
series for the post production phase. The logic behind that decision
was on one hand a gesture of respect to what Jon had done, and on the
other, an intention to see that the set of titles would be sent to PG
within a consistent style, along with some added features. These works
are near to completion now and will begin their passage to
Verification beginning this week. Once the set is completely available
in PG, we will remind you within the newsletter and there will be a
fixed link posted on the archive site alongwith PG Collection authors.
As part of this week's Featured Accomplishment we will be including
some samples from the Letters of John Keats and William Rossetti's
biography. These will be complimented with an author profile by our
own Gali Sirkis. For anyone who would still like to proof a little
Keats, watch for the upcoming French translation of Saint Agnes which
was just recently located and should be available just in time to join
the collection.
There is a lot of news within this week that I have not even touched
upon so far. It would be an injustice to attempt to squeeze it all in
effectively in this last paragraph or two. Next week, when the column
returns to normal size, I will explore some important day to day
developments that tend to serve as the glue which holds DP together
through all manner of weather.
One thing that deserves mention going into next week is that Tuesday
the 11th, which is recognized as Armistice Day or Veterans Day and by
other names elsewhere will be honored at DP by several content
providers who are preparing appropriate titles for the proofing
rounds. If you would like to contribute a book or two, please visit
the Content Providers forum or contact one of the System
Administrators. If you would like to contribute by proofing some
texts, all you need to do is log in at any time during the day or
night. A diverse selection of books will be available for release.
To everyone who joined up with DP in those first wild days of the
great Slashdot rush, a very Happy Anniversary!!
Thank you all for staying and helping to make Distributed Proofreaders what
it is today!
Until next week...
Thierry Alberto
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John Keats - a short biography
John Keats started his short life at the end of October 208 years ago
- the boy that has died at the age of 25 and who's name (often
combined by dash to Shelly) became a symbol for romantic poetry in
English. This was a life of quintessence - as for many romantics, who
can turn the statue to the living girl by the power of their
imagination and to die from the broken heart when she refuses their
love ... During these only 25 years he's got everything that we are
hardly gathering during our 80 - joys and sufferings in plenty,
without holding back. His poetic works are beautiful and reflect true
passion and real thoughts behind each word. This is the main point of
Keats (besides the his talant of course) - he is very honest even in
hesitation or self-doubts. Eliot wrote that Keats was not so big in
poetry as he was in epistolary genre (Eliot Ò. S. The Use of Poetry
and the Use of Criticism. Harvard Univ. Press, 1933, p. 91-93., it
might be right or wrong, however his letters, carefully saved by his
friends and relatives, have same touch of genius and honesty. On PG
besides selected poems you have Lamia - excellent parabola about the
role of imagination and physical joys in the life of real poet (Jan
2001 Lamia,by John Keats [Poetry/Poem] [John Keats #1][lamiaxxx.xxx]
2490) I didn't find Keats correspondense in GUTindex, however you can
read selected letters on http://englishhistory.net/keats/contents.html
and even may be submit it one day to the project.
Sweet romantic dreams to all of us!
Gali Sirkis
P.S. Keats was only one of many others famous poets that died at the
age when others are only starting. Which didn't prevent from him to
write brilliant and mature poetry. In the two-year-old hit of the
Broadway stages "The Proof" they were speaking about math - that
genius mathematical insights can be reached only in the youth. The
fruits of youth - poetry and math ... will be continued in the next
newsletter.
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Excerpt From:
LIFE OF JOHN KEATS.
BY WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI.
- 1887
Apart from his own special capability for poetry, Keats had a mind
both active and capacious. The depth, pregnancy, and incisiveness, of
many of the remarks in his letters, glancing along a considerable
range of subject-matter, are highly noticeable. If some one were to
take the pains of extracting and classifying them, he would do a good
service to readers. It does not appear, however, that Keats took much
interest in any kind of knowledge which could not be made applicable
or subservient to the purposes of poetry. Many will remember the
anecdote, proper to Haydon's "immortal dinner" (December 1817), of
Keats's joining with Charles Lamb in denouncing Sir Isaac Newton for
having destroyed all the poetry of the rainbow by reducing it to the
prismatic colours; the whole company had to drink "Newton's health,
and confusion to mathematics." This was a freak, yet not so mere a
freak but that the poet--in one of his most elaborated and heedful
compositions, "Lamia"--couldrevert to the same idea--
"Do not all charms fly
At the mere touch of cold philosophy?
There was an awful rainbow once in heaven:
We know her woof, her texture--she is given
In the dull catalogue of common things.
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air and gnom=E8d mine,
Unweave a rainbow."
In a letter to his brother, December 1817, Keats observes:--
"The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all
disagreeables evaporate from their being in close relationship with
beauty and truth. Examine 'King Lear,' and you will find his
exemplified throughout.... It struck me what quality went to form a
man of achievement, especially in literature, and which Shakespeare
possessed so enormously. I mean negative capability; that is, when a
man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without
any irritable reaching after fact and reason. Coleridge, for instance,
would let go by a fine isolated verisimilitude caught from the
penetralium of mystery, from being incapable of remaining content with
half-knowledge. This, pursued through volumes, would perhaps take us
no further than this: that with a great poet the sense of beauty
overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all
consideration."
Keats did not very often in his letters remark upon the work of his
poetic contemporaries. We have just read a reference to Coleridge. In
another letter addressed to Haydon, January 1818, he shows that his
admiration of Wordsworth's "Excursion" was great, coupling that poem
with Haydon's pictures, and with "Hazlitt's depth of taste," as "three
things to rejoice at in this age."
Soon afterwards, February 1818, while "Endymion" was passing through
the press, he wrote to Mr. Taylor:--
"In poetry I have a few axioms, and you will see how far I am from
their centre. 1st, I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess,
and not by singularity; it should strike the reader as a wording of
his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. 2nd, Its
touches of beauty should never be half-way, thereby making the reader
breathless instead of content. The rise, the progress, the setting, of
imagery, should, like the sun, come natural to him, shine over him,
and set soberly although in magnificence, leaving him in the luxury of
twilight. But it is easier to think what poetry should be than to
write it And this leads me to another axiom--That, if poetry comes not
as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all."
Keats held that the melody of verse is founded on the adroit
management of open and close vowels. He thought that vowels can be as
skillfully combined and interchanged as differing notes of music, and
that monotony should only be allowed when it subserves some special
purpose.
The following, from a letter to Mr. Woodhouse, October 1818 (soon
after the abusive reviews had appeared in Blackwoods Magazine and The
Quarterly), is a remarkable piece of self-analysis. As we read it, we
should bear in mind what Haydon said of Keats's want of decision of
character. I am not indeed clear that Keats has here pourtrayed
himself with marked accuracy. It may appear that he ascribes to
himself too much of absorption into the object or the personage which
he contemplates; whereas it might, with fully as much truth, be
advanced that he was wont to assimilate the personage or the object to
himself. I greatly doubt whether in Keats's poems we see the object or
the personage the clearer because his faculty transpires through them:
rather, we see the object or the personage through the haze of
Keats. His range was not extremely extensive (whatever it might
possibly have become, with a longer lease of life), nor was his
personality by any means occulted. But in any event his statement here
is of great importance as showing what he thought of the poetic phase
of mind and working.
"As to the poetical character itself (I mean that sort of which, if I
am anything, I am a member--that sort distinguished from the
Wordsworthian or egotistical sublime, which is a thing per se, and
stands alone), it is not itself--it has no self. It is everything, and
nothing--it has no character. It enjoys light, and shade. It lives in
gusto, be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or
elevated--it has as much delight in conceiving an Iago as an
Imogen. What shocks the virtuous philosopher delights the chameleon
poet. It does no harm from its relish of the dark side of things, any
more than from its taste for the bright one, because they both end in
speculation. A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence,
because he has no identity: he is continually in for, and filling,
some other body. The sun, the moon, the sea, and men and women who are
creatures of impulse, are poetical, and have about them an
unchangeable attribute: the poet has none, no identity. He is
certainly the most unpoetical of all God's creatures. If then he has
no self, and if I am a poet, where is the wonder that I should say I
would write no more? Might I not at that very instant have been
cogitating on the characters of Saturn and Ops? It is a wretched thing
to confess, but it is a very fact, that not one word I ever utter can
be taken for granted as an opinion growing out of my identical
nature. How can it when I have _no_ nature? When I am in a room with
people, if I ever am free from speculating on creations of my own
brain, then not myself goes home to myself, but the identity of every
one in the room begins to press upon me [so] that I am in a very
little time annihilated. Not only among men; it would be the same in a
nursery of children."
Elsewhere Keats says, November 1817: "Nothing startles me beyond the
moment. The setting sun will always set me to rights; or if a sparrow
come before my window, I take part in its existence, and pick about
the gravel."
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Excerpt From:
LETTERS OF JOHN KEATS
TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
EDITED BY SIDNEY COLVIN
TO FANNY KEATS.
Oxford, September 10, 1817.
My dear Fanny--Let us now begin a regular question and answer--a
little pro and con; letting it interfere as a pleasant method of my
coming at your favorite little wants and enjoyments, that I may meet
them in a way befitting a brother.
We have been so little together since you have been able to reflect on
things that I know not whether you prefer the History of King Pepin to
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress--or Cinderella and her glass slipper to
Moore's Almanack. However in a few Letters I hope I shall be able to
come at that and adapt my scribblings to your Pleasure. You must tell
me about all you read if it be only six Pages in a Week and this
transmitted to me every now and then will procure you full sheets of
Writing from me pretty frequently.--This I feel as a necessity for we
ought to become intimately acquainted, in order that I may not only,
as you grow up love you as my only Sister, but confide in you as my
dearest friend. When I saw you last I told you of my intention of
going to Oxford and 'tis now a Week since I disembark'd from his
Whipship's Coach the Defiance in this place. I am living in Magdalen
Hall on a visit to a young Man with whom I have not been long
acquainted, but whom I like very much--we lead very industrious
lives--he in general Studies and I in proceeding at a pretty good rate
with a Poem which I hope you will see early in the next year.--Perhaps
you might like to know what I am writing about. I will tell you.
Many Years ago there was a young handsome Shepherd who fed his flocks
on a Mountain's Side called Latmus--he was a very contemplative sort
of a Person and lived solitary among thetrees and Plains little
thinking that such a beautiful Creature as the Moon was growing mad in
Love with him.--However so it was; and when he was asleep on the Grass
she used to come down from heaven and admire him excessively for a
long time; and at last could not refrain from carrying him away in her
arms to the top of that high Mountain Latmus while he was a
dreaming--but I daresay you have read this and all the other beautiful
Tales which have come down from the ancient times of that beautiful
Greece. If you have not let me know and I will tell you more at large
of others quite as delightful. This Oxford I have no doubt is the
finest City in the world--it is full of old Gothic
buildings--Spires--towers--Quadrangles--Cloisters--Groves, etc., and
is surrounded with more clear streams than ever I saw together. I take
a Walk by the Side of one of them every Evening and, thank God, we
have not had a drop of rain these many days. I had a long and
interesting Letter from George, cross lines by a short one from Tom
yesterday dated Paris. They both send their loves to you. Like most
Englishmen they feel a mighty preference for everything English--the
French Meadows, the trees, the People, the Towns, the Churches, the
Books, the everything--although they may be in themselves good: yet
when put in comparison with our green Island they all vanish like
Swallows in October. They have seen Cat hedrals, Manuscripts,
Fountains, Pictures, Tragedy, Comedy,--with other things you may by
chance meet with in this Country such as Washerwomen, Lamplighters,
Turnpikemen, Fishkettles, Dancing Masters, Kettle drums, Sentry Boxes,
Rocking Horses, etc.--and, now they have taken them over a set of
boxing-gloves.
I have written to George and requested him, as you wish I should, to
write to you. I have been writing very hard lately, even till an utter
incapacity came on, and I feel it now about my head: so you must not
mind a little out-of-the-way sayings--though by the bye were my brain
as clear as a bell I think I should have a little propensity
thereto. I shall stop here till I have finished the 3d Book of my
Story; which I hope will be aucomplish'd in at most three Weeks from
to-day--about which time you shall see me. How do you like Miss
Taylor's essays in Rhyme--I just look'd into the Book and it appeared
to me suitable to you--especially since I remember your liking for
those pleasant little things the Original Poems--the essays are the
more mature production of the same hand. While I was speaking about
France it occurred to me to speak a few Words on their Language--it is
perhaps the poorest one ever spoken since the jabbering in the Towel
of Babel, and when you come to know that the real use and greatness of
a Tongue is to be referred to its Literature--you will be astonished
to find how very inferior it is to our native Speech.--I wish the
Italian would supersede French in every school throughout the Country,
for that is full of real Poetry and Romance of a kind more fitted for
the Pleasure of Ladies than perhaps our own.--It seems that the only
end to be gained in acquiring French is the immense accomplishment of
speaking it--it is none at all--a most lamentable mistake
indeed. Italian indeed would sound most musically from Lips which had
began to pronounce it as early as French is crammed down our Mouths,
as if we were young Jack-daws at the mercy of an overfeeding
Schoolboy. Now Fanny you must write soon--and write all you think
about, never mind what--only let me have a good deal of your
writing--You need not do it all at once--be two or three or four days
about it, and let it be a diary of your little Life. You will preserve
all my Letters and I will secure yours--and thus in the course of time
we shall each of us have a good Bundle--which, hereafter, when things
may have strangely altered and God knows what happened, we may read
over together and look with pleasure on times past--that now are to
come. Give my Respects to the Ladies--and so my dear Fanny I am ever
Your most affectionate Brother
JOHN.
If you direct--Post Office, Oxford--your Letter will be brought to me.
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Hello,
Phew! What a week. Time to put the scary costumes away and get back to
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A bit of a special this week from Thierry as it's a year since the
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Distributed Proofreaders Update
This is a historically significant week for Distributed
Proofreaders. You may not be aware of this yet for it was not covered
on the BBC or CNN, nor was it picked up by any of the major daily
papers. Consider it a PG Newsletter exclusive. In fact, so important
is this week that the mid-section is going out in an extended Late
Edition.
Now before you go wondering what you might have missed, remember we
did say it was a 'historic' week. To behold the full majesty of
significance surrounding us at present requires that we step back a
little and attempt to view as much of the DP time line as
possible. Okay, so maybe just the past year for now!
A new era has definitely begun for Distributed Proofreaders. This was
not planned to be a demarcation, but a clear one has settled in right
before our eyes. If you are a daily visitor to the site, it is likely
that you felt the sea change moving in over the past several weeks. If
this is includes you, then please stay with us as we explore the past
twelve months for those who are occasional visitors or recently joined
members.
Before the beginning, let us set a marker in the present, for that is
where we will circle back to. It is a landmark impossible to miss;
last Friday's Halloween celebration and the collaborative 'Big Climb.'
In last week's column we gave everyone ample notice, and it was clear
from the line at the door that the word went out. I must say, the
party wasted no time getting started. From Midnight on Thursday the
place started rockin', and it did not slow down until well past
Midnight on Saturday morning. I can't name for you everyone who was
there...they all wore masks...and some people switched every hour.
Appropriate content begin dancing through the rounds in pumpkin
colored costumes within minutes of the witching hour...there were
short stories by Bram Stoker and Alexandre Dumas, Curiosites
infernales were seen. The Centaur by Blackwood made an appearance as
did La vampire, who was still hangin' out in R2 last night refusing to
believe the party's over. Juliet went home with the prize for
'Scariest Book of All' for Diseases of the Horse's Foot. I'm still
having nightmares.
Thanks must go out to Dr. Gutenstein, and to all the content providers
and behind the scenes crafters who made the event as much fun as it
was. The highlight of all was the 'Big Climb.' If you missed it, you
have my sincere condolences, because it really was something to see!
There was a steady pace to the climb right from the start, but it did
not really get exciting until late in the afternoon, when we started
to see over 1,000 pages an hour being proofed. The existing high,
which is what we set out to surpass was over 15,000 pages proofed in a
single day. We entered the challenge in the spirt of the day with more
fun in mind than seriousness of purpose. After all, the highest
proofing day of 2003 was still less than 10,000 pages.
In the final six hours it became certain that we actually had a chance
to set a newrecord, and to go a good stretch beyond. The original
target for everyone was to match or slightly pass their own best
proofing day. With this in mind, people had committed to a set number
of pages they would complete for the day. Most everyone went beyond
their pledge, and many people doubled and tripled what they set out to
do. By the final three hours the pace had quickened and the 15,000
drew near, and then with just a passing wave, Oct 31st flew on by Nov
8th and rose another 3,000 pages, opening up a whole new era in DP
history. Friends and family members are still at a loss to explain the
behavior last Friday of the members who were on-line when the new
record was set. To stretch a worn out cliche that just happens to
fit. . .
You really had to be there!'
If you weren't with us, there's always the many forum threads from the
31st that will bring back a sense of what it was like. For those who
were a part of the climb, the memories will linger for a long time to
come. For those who have been members for more than a year, Friday
night rekindled existing memories of another day, and another mountain
of pages that were proofed by a small and enthusiastic band. That of
course, leads us back in time nearly a year to this day. The timing of
these two grand days was the inspiration for this special issue of the
column.
This upcoming weekend marks an important anniversary for DP. One year
ago on November 8th a small piece appeared among the daily discourse
on Slashdot. Within hours the ranks of registered proofers began to
grow...and grow...and grow. That day changed DP fundamentally like a
plot point in a classic novel.
November 8th is not an official holiday at Distributed Proofreaders,
but it should be. Not so much because of the large crowds that came
initially, nor the high page counts. It should be a day of reverence
for those members who came and saw and stayed. Next time you are in
the forum pay attention to the Date Joined beneath the poster's
name. Note how many arrived either on Nov' 8, 2002 or within the
following week to ten days.
Among this group you will find people who have contributed
immeasurably to DP, including two of our largest content providers, a
legion of high volume proofers, including some of the Top Ten, code
authors and site maintainers, nearly all the tool developers and even
our own SA Bill Keir. Whenever the story of DP is told, that Slashdot
November will always be remembered as a milestone in the project's
early history, yet not solely for the high count numbers to which it
is often anchored. The greatest contribution of November 2002 is the
quality and character of the people who came to stay and add something
uniquely their own to DP.
As we look back over the past year, it begins to seem that the greater
part of 2003 was spent adapting to new size and potential of the
membership. We have all been learning, growing and sharing ideas that
over time came materialized into concrete results. Through the
unfolding of that process we have managed to send over 1,500 completed
books to PG with an equal number at some stage on the DP server.
There were times in 2003 when we seemed to loose our forward momentum
and even begin to drift apart. But somehow something always came along
and drew us all back together; a mention by Slashdot in July, a
spontaneous run for a daily goal that reminded us that we were a
collective effort after all. Somewhere towards the third quarter of
the year we began to find ourselves together more often than
not. Within this same time frame several sub-projects and initiatives
that had been developing through the year began to take on more of a
concrete and unified form.
It is no longer possible to point to any few specifics and say 'that's
what made the difference', but the DP of today is very different than
the DP of six months ago. This transformation is measured by strong
increases in output and quality at all stages of production. What
brought about this deep change then, if not some particular event or
development? I have been thinking about this question a great deal in
the past week. From today, I believe it can be attributed to two
primary factors. The first is arguably the recent synchronization of
the many tools and technical innovations that have been evolving
through the past year. Space and time do not allow me to cite them
all...and individually they may not seem like much.
Together the improvements to the site code, the steady evolution to
the proofing process, such as the queue organization and enhancements
to the project release system, added to the impressive set of tools
now available to assist the pre and post production processes. All of
these have become integrated into an effective system within the past
few months.
The second primary cause, in my view, is a little less obvious, but of
an equal import. I believe that what we have come to possess in the
later part of this year is the collective sense of who we are in our
dedication to the work of DP. I have been reading and watching very
closely of late both in on-site and off-site exchanges. One thing
stands out very clearly, time and time again; this work, which is very
distinct to DP, has become a significant part of our lives. What we do
here, both as individuals and in collaboration, is held very high
amongst our personal values. We don't discuss this often in the forum,
except when a new member makes note of it, and then for a while we are
reminded of what keeps us coming back. Maybe the reason we don't
discuss it often is that we have come to accept this as a group. Once
we log in to DP we know we are among a kindred mind-set. We all know
why we are here, and it is widely recognized that the work we do is no
mere idle pastime. We believe it makesa difference in the world.
What has happened to us recently is that we have uncovered and
experienced a new found dynamism when we give ourselves collectively
to a specific end that we hold to be of significance. This is the true
service of the Daily Page goals; they call hidden strengths from our
inner depths and push us to always do better than we might just
normally settle for. They are more important than the playfullness
with which we approach them may evidence. Times will come when there
are urgent and maybe important needs that require us to reach up and
stretch on some short notice. By having found our sense of self as a
working group, we will not hesitate to take on such challenges, and we
will not fail to accomplish them. It is a faith based work ethic at
DP...the same is true for the larger PG community. The great
cathedrals rose up on the dedications to such an ethic. A world
library is rising up on this one.
So those are my theories on how we manage to average 6,500-7,000 pages
a day without breaking into a sweat, and how we can post process 325+
books in a month. Maybe what matters above any reason why is the fact
that we are doing it in the first place. We are nearing a new year
now. The holiday season will soon be upon us and there's no doubt that
we will all have some time away from DP while we enjoy the affairs of
our personal lives. It does seem to be good timing after all that has
been achieved in recent weeks. We will begin 2004 fresh, strong and
ready to complete the most challenging of projects.
PG has reached the long awaited milestone of 10,000 titles and new
horizons are nowfocused upon. DP is ready and fit for such new vistas
within this new and exciting era. If the past year revealed to us who
we are collectively, the year ahead seems ready to show us what we are
truly capable of. Perhaps the greatest lesson October taught us, is
that on this account, who we may yet become, we still have very much
to discover. I look forward to sharing the journey with you! I believe
many of us will be togetherfor a long while to come yet. As Big Bill
often says..."We have many years of work out there ahead of us." Let
give the best within ourselves to those years!
With this week's expanded column we are going to give you a taste of
some new features that will be appearing regularly. One of these is a
spotlight on unique and special DP accomplishments. Now there are no
hard rules here and there will be no judgmental limits applied. The
features will justify inclusion on their own. Now we will try to make
this a little surprising, so you may not actually be aware of the
nature of the 'accomplishment' until we focus upon it. That's the main
reason why we have decided to add this element. Maybe the motto here
could be 'credit where it is due, not where it is recognized.'
For the first feature we will start with something I am personally
very familiar with, and which you will be in the days and weeks to
come. It is called 'The Project Gutenberg John Keats Collection.' It
has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Expect several more authors to
receive such designation in the near future as we get to them. On the
whole, the framing of an authors entire catalog, once it is available,
is one component in the ongoing upgrade of the PG index. The Keats
Collection deserves special mention here because it is a purely DP
accomplishment. In fact, the entire Keats library; three volumes of
his verse; all of his letters and two very extensive biographies, was
located, scanned and prepared for DP by one person; Jonathan
Ingram. You most likely know him as Jon.
Earlier this year upon learning that the body of Keats' work was not
available in PG, Jon set out to right this imbalance with firm
determination. It would not be the last Romantic poet Mr. Ingram would
single handily escort to the PG library. Our Jon has managed the
entire works of Byron, Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth, and many other
poets outside the Romantic era. Perhaps this is a good place to
mention that Jon joined up with DP on November 8, 2003.
I know a little bit about this collection because I adopted the entire
series for the post production phase. The logic behind that decision
was on one hand a gesture of respect to what Jon had done, and on the
other, an intention to see that the set of titles would be sent to PG
within a consistent style, along with some added features. These works
are near to completion now and will begin their passage to
Verification beginning this week. Once the set is completely available
in PG, we will remind you within the newsletter and there will be a
fixed link posted on the archive site alongwith PG Collection authors.
As part of this week's Featured Accomplishment we will be including
some samples from the Letters of John Keats and William Rossetti's
biography. These will be complimented with an author profile by our
own Gali Sirkis. For anyone who would still like to proof a little
Keats, watch for the upcoming French translation of Saint Agnes which
was just recently located and should be available just in time to join
the collection.
There is a lot of news within this week that I have not even touched
upon so far. It would be an injustice to attempt to squeeze it all in
effectively in this last paragraph or two. Next week, when the column
returns to normal size, I will explore some important day to day
developments that tend to serve as the glue which holds DP together
through all manner of weather.
One thing that deserves mention going into next week is that Tuesday
the 11th, which is recognized as Armistice Day or Veterans Day and by
other names elsewhere will be honored at DP by several content
providers who are preparing appropriate titles for the proofing
rounds. If you would like to contribute a book or two, please visit
the Content Providers forum or contact one of the System
Administrators. If you would like to contribute by proofing some
texts, all you need to do is log in at any time during the day or
night. A diverse selection of books will be available for release.
To everyone who joined up with DP in those first wild days of the
great Slashdot rush, a very Happy Anniversary!!
Thank you all for staying and helping to make Distributed Proofreaders what
it is today!
Until next week...
Thierry Alberto
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http://www.radio-gutenberg.org
Two channels of broadcasting are available, but what for the subtle
change in the web address, that's org not com.
channel 1 - Sherlock Holmes "The Sign of Four"
channel 2 - Robert Sheckley's "Bad Medicine"
Both are high quality live readings from the collection.
Jon and I are working on a new service for Project Gutenberg
to create an audio book on demand from any of the 10,000+
books in the collection. This service will be available at
http://www.radio-gutenberg.org shortly.
Anyone needing an audio book of a gutenberg book will be able to
create it for themselves on the web, right when they have the need
for it.
We may ask for testers sometime in November.
Mike E
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John Keats - a short biography
John Keats started his short life at the end of October 208 years ago
- the boy that has died at the age of 25 and who's name (often
combined by dash to Shelly) became a symbol for romantic poetry in
English. This was a life of quintessence - as for many romantics, who
can turn the statue to the living girl by the power of their
imagination and to die from the broken heart when she refuses their
love ...
During these only 25 years he's got everything that we are hardly
gathering during our 80 - joys and sufferings in plenty, without
holding back. His poetic works are beautiful and reflect true passion
and real thoughts behind each word. This is the main point of Keats
(besides the his talant of course) - he is very honest even in
hesitation or self-doubts. Eliot wrote that Keats was not so big in
poetry as he was in epistolary genre (Eliot Ò. S. The Use of Poetry
and the Use of Criticism. Harvard Univ. Press, 1933, p. 91-93., it
might be right or wrong, however his letters, carefully saved by his
friends and relatives, have same touch of genius and honesty.
On PG besides selected poems you have Lamia - excellent parabola about
the role of imagination and physical joys in the life of real poet
(Jan 2001 Lamia, by John Keats [Poetry/Poem] [John Keats #1][lamiaxxx.xxx]
2490) I didn't find Keats correspondense in GUTindex, however you can
read selected letters on http://englishhistory.net/keats/contents.html
and even may be submit it one day to the project.[See Thierry's column
for further details - Ed]
Sweet romantic dreams to all of us!
Gali Sirkis
P.S. Keats was only one of many others famous poets that died at the
age when others are only starting. Which didn't prevent from him to
write brilliant and mature poetry. In the two-year-old hit of the
Broadway stages "The Proof" they were speaking about math - that
genius mathematical insights can be reached only in the youth. The
fruits of youth - poetry and math ... will be continued in the next
newsletter.
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Excerpt From:
LIFE OF JOHN KEATS.
BY WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI.
- 1887
Apart from his own special capability for poetry, Keats had a mind
both active and capacious. The depth, pregnancy, and incisiveness, of
many of the remarks in his letters, glancing along a considerable
range of subject-matter, are highly noticeable. If some one were to
take the pains of extracting and classifying them, he would do a good
service to readers. It does not appear, however, that Keats took much
interest in any kind of knowledge which could not be made applicable
or subservient to the purposes of poetry. Many will remember the
anecdote, proper to Haydon's "immortal dinner" (December 1817), of
Keats's joining with Charles Lamb in denouncing Sir Isaac Newton for
having destroyed all the poetry of the rainbow by reducing it to the
prismatic colours; the whole company had to drink "Newton's health,
and confusion to mathematics." This was a freak, yet not so mere a
freak but that the poet--in one of his most elaborated and heedful
compositions, "Lamia"--couldrevert to the same idea--
"Do not all charms fly
At the mere touch of cold philosophy?
There was an awful rainbow once in heaven:
We know her woof, her texture--she is given
In the dull catalogue of common things.
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air and gnom=E8d mine,
Unweave a rainbow."
In a letter to his brother, December 1817, Keats observes:--
"The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all
disagreeables evaporate from their being in close relationship with
beauty and truth. Examine 'King Lear,' and you will find his
exemplified throughout.... It struck me what quality went to form a
man of achievement, especially in literature, and which Shakespeare
possessed so enormously. I mean negative capability; that is, when a
man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without
any irritable reaching after fact and reason. Coleridge, for instance,
would let go by a fine isolated verisimilitude caught from the
penetralium of mystery, from being incapable of remaining content with
half-knowledge. This, pursued through volumes, would perhaps take us
no further than this: that with a great poet the sense of beauty
overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all
consideration."
Keats did not very often in his letters remark upon the work of his
poetic contemporaries. We have just read a reference to Coleridge. In
another letter addressed to Haydon, January 1818, he shows that his
admiration of Wordsworth's "Excursion" was great, coupling that poem
with Haydon's pictures, and with "Hazlitt's depth of taste," as "three
things to rejoice at in this age."
Soon afterwards, February 1818, while "Endymion" was passing through
the press, he wrote to Mr. Taylor:--
"In poetry I have a few axioms, and you will see how far I am from
their centre. 1st, I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess,
and not by singularity; it should strike the reader as a wording of
his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. 2nd, Its
touches of beauty should never be half-way, thereby making the reader
breathless instead of content. The rise, the progress, the setting, of
imagery, should, like the sun, come natural to him, shine over him,
and set soberly although in magnificence, leaving him in the luxury of
twilight. But it is easier to think what poetry should be than to
write it And this leads me to another axiom--That, if poetry comes not
as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all."
Keats held that the melody of verse is founded on the adroit
management of open and close vowels. He thought that vowels can be as
skillfully combined and interchanged as differing notes of music, and
that monotony should only be allowed when it subserves some special
purpose.
The following, from a letter to Mr. Woodhouse, October 1818 (soon
after the abusive reviews had appeared in Blackwoods Magazine and The
Quarterly), is a remarkable piece of self-analysis. As we read it, we
should bear in mind what Haydon said of Keats's want of decision of
character. I am not indeed clear that Keats has here pourtrayed
himself with marked accuracy. It may appear that he ascribes to
himself too much of absorption into the object or the personage which
he contemplates; whereas it might, with fully as much truth, be
advanced that he was wont to assimilate the personage or the object to
himself. I greatly doubt whether in Keats's poems we see the object or
the personage the clearer because his faculty transpires through them:
rather, we see the object or the personage through the haze of
Keats. His range was not extremely extensive (whatever it might
possibly have become, with a longer lease of life), nor was his
personality by any means occulted. But in any event his statement here
is of great importance as showing what he thought of the poetic phase
of mind and working.
"As to the poetical character itself (I mean that sort of which, if I
am anything, I am a member--that sort distinguished from the
Wordsworthian or egotistical sublime, which is a thing per se, and
stands alone), it is not itself--it has no self. It is everything, and
nothing--it has no character. It enjoys light, and shade. It lives in
gusto, be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or
elevated--it has as much delight in conceiving an Iago as an
Imogen. What shocks the virtuous philosopher delights the chameleon
poet. It does no harm from its relish of the dark side of things, any
more than from its taste for the bright one, because they both end in
speculation. A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence,
because he has no identity: he is continually in for, and filling,
some other body. The sun, the moon, the sea, and men and women who are
creatures of impulse, are poetical, and have about them an
unchangeable attribute: the poet has none, no identity. He is
certainly the most unpoetical of all God's creatures. If then he has
no self, and if I am a poet, where is the wonder that I should say I
would write no more? Might I not at that very instant have been
cogitating on the characters of Saturn and Ops? It is a wretched thing
to confess, but it is a very fact, that not one word I ever utter can
be taken for granted as an opinion growing out of my identical
nature. How can it when I have _no_ nature? When I am in a room with
people, if I ever am free from speculating on creations of my own
brain, then not myself goes home to myself, but the identity of every
one in the room begins to press upon me [so] that I am in a very
little time annihilated. Not only among men; it would be the same in a
nursery of children."
Elsewhere Keats says, November 1817: "Nothing startles me beyond the
moment. The setting sun will always set me to rights; or if a sparrow
come before my window, I take part in its existence, and pick about
the gravel."
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Excerpt From:
LETTERS OF JOHN KEATS
TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
EDITED BY SIDNEY COLVIN
TO FANNY KEATS.
Oxford, September 10, 1817.
My dear Fanny--Let us now begin a regular question and answer--a
little pro and con; letting it interfere as a pleasant method of my
coming at your favorite little wants and enjoyments, that I may meet
them in a way befitting a brother.
We have been so little together since you have been able to reflect on
things that I know not whether you prefer the History of King Pepin to
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress--or Cinderella and her glass slipper to
Moore's Almanack. However in a few Letters I hope I shall be able to
come at that and adapt my scribblings to your Pleasure. You must tell
me about all you read if it be only six Pages in a Week and this
transmitted to me every now and then will procure you full sheets of
Writing from me pretty frequently.--This I feel as a necessity for we
ought to become intimately acquainted, in order that I may not only,
as you grow up love you as my only Sister, but confide in you as my
dearest friend. When I saw you last I told you of my intention of
going to Oxford and 'tis now a Week since I disembark'd from his
Whipship's Coach the Defiance in this place. I am living in Magdalen
Hall on a visit to a young Man with whom I have not been long
acquainted, but whom I like very much--we lead very industrious
lives--he in general Studies and I in proceeding at a pretty good rate
with a Poem which I hope you will see early in the next year.--Perhaps
you might like to know what I am writing about. I will tell you.
Many Years ago there was a young handsome Shepherd who fed his flocks
on a Mountain's Side called Latmus--he was a very contemplative sort
of a Person and lived solitary among thetrees and Plains little
thinking that such a beautiful Creature as the Moon was growing mad in
Love with him.--However so it was; and when he was asleep on the Grass
she used to come down from heaven and admire him excessively for a
long time; and at last could not refrain from carrying him away in her
arms to the top of that high Mountain Latmus while he was a
dreaming--but I daresay you have read this and all the other beautiful
Tales which have come down from the ancient times of that beautiful
Greece. If you have not let me know and I will tell you more at large
of others quite as delightful. This Oxford I have no doubt is the
finest City in the world--it is full of old Gothic
buildings--Spires--towers--Quadrangles--Cloisters--Groves, etc., and
is surrounded with more clear streams than ever I saw together. I take
a Walk by the Side of one of them every Evening and, thank God, we
have not had a drop of rain these many days. I had a long and
interesting Letter from George, cross lines by a short one from Tom
yesterday dated Paris. They both send their loves to you. Like most
Englishmen they feel a mighty preference for everything English--the
French Meadows, the trees, the People, the Towns, the Churches, the
Books, the everything--although they may be in themselves good: yet
when put in comparison with our green Island they all vanish like
Swallows in October. They have seen Cat hedrals, Manuscripts,
Fountains, Pictures, Tragedy, Comedy,--with other things you may by
chance meet with in this Country such as Washerwomen, Lamplighters,
Turnpikemen, Fishkettles, Dancing Masters, Kettle drums, Sentry Boxes,
Rocking Horses, etc.--and, now they have taken them over a set of
boxing-gloves.
I have written to George and requested him, as you wish I should, to
write to you. I have been writing very hard lately, even till an utter
incapacity came on, and I feel it now about my head: so you must not
mind a little out-of-the-way sayings--though by the bye were my brain
as clear as a bell I think I should have a little propensity
thereto. I shall stop here till I have finished the 3d Book of my
Story; which I hope will be aucomplish'd in at most three Weeks from
to-day--about which time you shall see me. How do you like Miss
Taylor's essays in Rhyme--I just look'd into the Book and it appeared
to me suitable to you--especially since I remember your liking for
those pleasant little things the Original Poems--the essays are the
more mature production of the same hand. While I was speaking about
France it occurred to me to speak a few Words on their Language--it is
perhaps the poorest one ever spoken since the jabbering in the Towel
of Babel, and when you come to know that the real use and greatness of
a Tongue is to be referred to its Literature--you will be astonished
to find how very inferior it is to our native Speech.--I wish the
Italian would supersede French in every school throughout the Country,
for that is full of real Poetry and Romance of a kind more fitted for
the Pleasure of Ladies than perhaps our own.--It seems that the only
end to be gained in acquiring French is the immense accomplishment of
speaking it--it is none at all--a most lamentable mistake
indeed. Italian indeed would sound most musically from Lips which had
began to pronounce it as early as French is crammed down our Mouths,
as if we were young Jack-daws at the mercy of an overfeeding
Schoolboy. Now Fanny you must write soon--and write all you think
about, never mind what--only let me have a good deal of your
writing--You need not do it all at once--be two or three or four days
about it, and let it be a diary of your little Life. You will preserve
all my Letters and I will secure yours--and thus in the course of time
we shall each of us have a good Bundle--which, hereafter, when things
may have strangely altered and God knows what happened, we may read
over together and look with pleasure on times past--that now are to
come. Give my Respects to the Ladies--and so my dear Fanny I am ever
Your most affectionate Brother
JOHN.
If you direct--Post Office, Oxford--your Letter will be brought to me.
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This Issue's Quiz: Ghosts & Goblins!
Answers to the Ghosts and Goblins Quiz:
Shame on you, I said shame on you! Tonya goes to all that effort and
not one entrant! Maybe you were all out scaring people or hiding
behind your sofas, I am tempted not to give you the answers now
(sulk).
Well, go on then. But I'm giving the spooky pants award to Tonya for
her fine efforts at putting the quiz together in the first place.
Alice
1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext92/hyde10.txt
c. Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was
never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse;
backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
2. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext92/sleep11.txt
g. In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the
eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river
denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where
they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of
St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or
rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more
generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town.
3. A Christmas Carol / Charles Dickens
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext92/carol13.txt
a. Marley was dead: to begin with.
4. The Haunted Hotel / Wilkie Collins
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext94/hhotl10.txt
f. In the year 1860, the reputation of Doctor Wybrow as a London
physician reached its highest point.
5. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary / M. R. James
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext06/8jgs210.txt
h. Two men in a smoking-room were talking of their private-school days.
6. Dracula / Bram Stoker
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext95/dracu12.txt
d. 3 May. Bistritz.--Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at
Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was
an hour late.
7. Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories / Ambrose Bierce
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext03/prhg10.txt
b. My peculiar relation to the writer of the following narratives is
such that I must ask the reader to overlook the absence of explanation
as to how they came into my possession.
8. The Pit and the Pendulum / Edgar Allan Poe
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext00/poe2v10.txt
e. I was sick -- sick unto death with that long agony; and when they
at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my
senses were leaving me.
9. The Ghost and the Bone Setter / Sheridan Le Fanu
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext96/pclp110.txt
m. In looking over the papers of my late valued and respected friend,
Francis Purcell, who for nearly fifty years discharged the arduous
duties of a parish priest in the south of Ireland, I met with the
following document.
10. The Castle of Otranto / by Horace Walpole
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext96/cotrt10.txt
i. The following work was found in the library of an ancient Catholic
family in the north of England.
11. The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext02/bskrv11a.txt
l. Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings,
save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was
seated at the breakfast table.
12. Phantom 'Rickshaw & Other Ghost Stories / Rudyard Kipling
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext01/phric11.txt
k. One of the few advantages that India has over England is a great
Knowability.
13. Frankenstein / by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext93/frank14.txt
j. TO Mrs. Saville, England
St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17-
You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the
commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil
forebodings.
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