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BARNES & NOBLE SHELVES E-BOOKS
Barnesandnoble.com is shutting down its e-book business in a move viewed as
a setback for both Microsoft and Adobe Systems, which have been pushing
their technologies for digital book formats and readers. "Sales have been
pretty minimal," says Nielsen/NetRatings senior analyst Robert Leathern.
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yet." The more futuristic vision is that you can carry the book around.
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preferred way for people to read business documents. But I doubt whether
that will be the preferred way people read everyday things."
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[A Quite Different Business Plan]
[Hewlett-Packard's New Ad Campaign Also Features High Density eBooks]
TINY (AND VERY LIGHT) ELECTRONIC WORDS
Weighty words are less weighty than they used to be, if you use the PDA
version rather than the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary. The print version: 1,664 pages, 3 pounds. The PDA-sized
electronic version, from Franklin Electronic Publishers, weighs just a few
ounces, and will not only spell and define the words, but will speak them
(in a computerish voice). You enter words using a full QWERTY keyboard, and
see the definition displayed on clear monochrome screen display. The
speaking version also supports Franklin's line of electronic books on
snap-in cartridges. Titles can be downloaded from www.franklin.com and
transferred to a cartridge using an optional PC Link
cable.(Courier-Journal/USA Today 10 Sep 2003)
www.usatoday.com/tech/techreviews/products/2003-09-10-pda-dictionary_x.htm
'PRE-OWNED' DIGITAL TUNE HITS AUCTION BLOCK
George Hotelling is pushing the envelope in digital music with his attempt
to auction off a song that he purchased on Apple's iTunes Music Store.
Hotelling says he's not concerned about recouping his 99-cent investment in
Devin Vasquez's rendition of "Double-Dutch Bus," but he's interested in
probing the murky legal ground surrounding digital copyrights. "I'd just
like to know that if I buy something, whether it's physical or intellectual
property, that I'll have my right of 'First Sale,'" says Hotelling. The
terms of service contract that accompanies iTunes songs doesn't say much
about the rules that guide resale of songs but does stipulate that the
songs are only for "personal, noncommercial use." One nagging question
concerns the lack of legal guidelines governing the rights of an owner of a
second-hand digital song, says Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney at
the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "If you were to win that auction and
get that song, you have no relationship with Apple. You didn't agree to the
terms of service. What governs that song after you've repurchased it?"
(CNet News.com 3 Sep 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5071108.html?tag=fd_top
RECORDING INDUSTRY OFFERS AMNESTY TO MUSIC-SWAPPERS
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is planning to tell
people who have illegally downloaded copyrighted music from the Internet
that they will not be prosecuted providing they admit what they've done and
pledge to delete the songs from their computers. (The amnesty offer won't
apply, though, to music downloaders who have already been subpoenaed for
RIAA copyright-infringement lawsuits.) Attorney Fred von Lohmann of the
Electronic Frontier Foundation says: "I'll be curious to see how many opt
for this. It will be an interesting measure of how much fear the recording
industry has managed to inject into the American public."
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 4 Sep 2005)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6694357.htm
ON-DEMAND ENTERTAINMENT SET TO REPLACE HARD COPY
In five years, about a third of music sales will come from downloads and CD
sales will drop 30% from their 1999 peak, predicts a new study by Forrester
Research. "On-demand services are the future of entertainment delivery,"
says Forrester analyst Josh Bernoff. "CDs, DVDs, and any other forms of
physical media will become obsolete." Forrester predicts that over the next
nine months, at least 10 Windows-based music services will emerge, boosting
the market for online music to $270 million by the end of 2004. If the
trend continues, digital music sales could account for $1.4 billion of the
music industry's anticipated $12.8 billion in revenues three years from
now. "The CD is turning out to be a transitory sort of item," says Roy
Trakin, senior editor of Hits magazine. "The future of the CD may be in its
enhanced content -- in a hybrid CD-DVD and the more upscale formats like
DVD audio and super audio CDs." Meanwhile, Forrester urges Hollywood to
take note of what's happening in the music industry. By 2007, the research
group estimates that video rental revenues will plummet 37% and by 2008,
overall revenues from DVDs and tapes will drop 8%. "Consumers have spoken
-- they are tired of paying the high cost of CDs and DVDs and prefer more
flexible forms of on-demand media delivery," says Bernoff.(CNN.com 3 Sep 2003)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/09/03/cd.future/index.html
DISNEY TOUTS SELF-DESTRUCTING DVDs
Walt Disney is launching its new, disposable DVD product line today, which
will be available in convenience stores, pharmacies and other outlets in
four U.S. cities. The test will gauge consumer enthusiasm for the EZ-D
format, which will carry a suggested price of $6.99 and are viewable for 48
hours after opening up the package. Once the package is opened, exposure to
oxygen slowly erodes the readability of the disc through a process similar
to the developing of Polaroid film. The plan has drawn criticism from
environmental groups, which say the discs will add needless waste to U.S.
landfills. Disney says there will be some recycling available -- although
not in-store -- and consumers eventually will be able to trade in six used
discs for a free new one. (Reuters/CNN Money 9 Sep 2003)
http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/09/technology/disney_dvd.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
CASHING IN ON 'TRASH TRAFFIC'
Every day, millions of Web users make typos while keying in URLs -- a
phenomenon referred to as "trash traffic," which resourceful companies like
Microsoft and AOL Time Warner have figured out how to redirect to their
advantage. When a user mistypes an address, she is usually whisked off to
an MSN or AOL Internet search engine (complete with advertisements), which
suggests a list of sites she might have been trying to reach. Users who
click on one of the possibilities might be redirected to a page with
several hyperlinks, some of them ads. But now a group of Internet
registries, including VeriSign, is eyeing the possibilities for monetizing
trash traffic by diverting it their own sites. Internet founding father
Vinton Cerf says such shenanigans could be detrimental to non-Web
applications like e-mail because the registry operators would have to
modify their DNS servers to do things they're not designed to do. "I'm
adamantly opposed to it," says Cerf. (Wall Street Journal 5 Sep 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1062710102434100,00.html (sub req'd)
ARE DATABASES THE NEXT COPYRIGHT BATTLEGROUND?
A proposed bill scheduled for a joint hearing by the U.S. House Judiciary
and Energy and Commerce Committees would prevent the wholesale copying of
news archives, professional directories, and other compilations of factual
information not currently protected by copyright laws. Backers of the
measure say it would prevent groups from simply copying and repackaging
databases to resell them or make them available for free, but the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and consumer advocates plan to protest the proposed
legislation, arguing that it could dramatically limit the public's access
to information and that database providers can protect themselves through
existing terms-of-service agreements with users. "We think this is already
dealt with under license and contract law, and there's no reason to extend
beyond that," says Joe Rubin, director of congressional and public affairs
at the U.S. Chamber. And while some advocates say the measure would
encourage publishers to make more information available for free, Mike
Godwin, senior technology counsel at Public Knowledge, says the more likely
outcome will be the opposite: "Information, when not copyrighted, is
something that can be shared. Once you start putting fences around
information, there's not freedom of inquiry. That doesn't make us smarter,
it makes us dumber." (Reuters/CNet 5 Sep 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5072206.html
APPLE I RESURRECTED
A Cleveland, Ohio, computer enthusiast has been granted permission to
produce a replica of the Apple I, which he plans to sell out of his garage
for $200 apiece. Vince Briel has been planning his venture for some months,
but was unable to get the okay from Apple to do it. So he did the next best
thing -- he wrote Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak asking his permission to
use the Apple I ROM. "Sure you can use the ROMs," answered Wozniak. "I'm
sure that Apple would deny this request, even though what you are speaking
of is very noble and cannot hurt Apple in any way." Wozniak says he freely
distributed the Apple I's schematics and ROM code at the Homebrew Computer
Club in 1975, long before he and Steve Jobs started selling the machines
from Jobs' parents' garage. Briel says his replica uses different
components from the original, but that it's functionally identical. "I
spent a lot of time trying to get every detail so the replica functions
completely identically to the Apple I. I'm hoping this project generates
interest in creating hardware and exploring computers the way they used to
be. I just want to help people relive the 8-bit computer experience and get
more people involved in the history of computers and collecting."
(Wired.com 8 Sep 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,60329,00.html
[More Below On This One]
JAPAN, CHINA, SOUTH KOREA SEEK ALTERNATIVES TO WINDOWS
Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to cooperate in an R&D program to
develop software for operating systems other than Microsoft's Windows, and
to encourage the more widespread of use of existing operating systems that
compete with Windows. Japanese trade ministry official Takashi Kume
explains, "The idea is to get existing non-Windows operating systems, such
as Linux, to be more broadly used, rather than developing a totally new
operating system." Besides giving more options to consumers, the
development of non-Windows operating system software would also allow
manufacturers a wider choice of platforms in developing electronics and
information devices. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 9 Sep 2003)
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From Edupage
COLLEGES INVESTIGATE LEGAL FILE SHARING
Members of the Joint Committee of the Higher Education and
Entertainment Communities are working to identify ways to reduce the
illegal sharing of copyrighted files on college campuses, including one
proposal to provide students with legal access to online music.
According to Graham Spanier, president of Pennsylvania State University
and co-chair of the committee, the service would work similarly to
cable television in dorm rooms. Spanier said about a dozen institutions
are considering testing such a program. The committee will not endorse
specific solutions to the problem of illegal file sharing but hopes to
collect educational, technological, and policy resources that parties
from both the higher education and entertainment communities can use to
work toward joint solutions. The other co-chair of the committee, Cary
Sherman of the Recording Industry Association of America, said
"collaborative solutions are the best approach" because university
administrators and entertainment executives "are in this boat together."
Internet News, 2 September 2003
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/3071331
FILE-SWAPPER AMNESTY PROGRAM
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will reportedly
announce an amnesty program next week aimed at individuals willing to
admit having downloaded and shared copyrighted music files. Those who
sign the amnesty form--admitting their past activity and promising to
delete copyrighted files and not to engage in future illegal file
trading--would be shielded from prosecution by the RIAA. The deal will
not be available to any of the more than 1,500 people for whom the RIAA
tas already served subpoenas. Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation noted that because the RIAA does not represent all copyright
owners, the agreement would not protect individuals from prosecution
by other copyright holders. The amnesty offer, von Lohmann said, is
"not the kind of agreement that most people's lawyers will embrace."
San Jose Mercury News, 5 September 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6694357.htm
QUALITY OF ONLINE COURSES EXPECTED TO ECLIPSE IN-CLASS COURSES
A survey conducted by Babson College and the Sloan Consortium indicates
growing respect among some college administrators--including presidents
and chief academic officers--for the quality of online courses.
One-third of the roughly 1,000 survey respondents expect the quality of
online courses at their institutions to surpass that of in-class
courses within three years. Fifty-seven percent said the quality of
Web-based classes already rivals that of in-class teaching. Some
administrators, however, particularly at private baccalaureate
institutions, remain skeptical of online teaching. One-third of the
respondents said Web-based courses would not become a significant part
of the teaching at their institutions.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 September 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/09/2003090401t.htm
AUTOMATED ESSAY GRADING: MAKING THE GRADE?
Several companies offer computer tools to grade student essays, and
various schools around the United States, including some colleges and
universities, are using such grading tools to reduce teacher workload
and improve student writing. One tool called Criterion, developed by
the Educational Testing Service (ETS), is being used by Camden County
College in New Jersey. Criterion scores essays based on factors
"learned" from human readers and also provides students with feedback
on grammar, style, usage, and organization. Anthony Spatola, chairman
of the English department at Camden, said students appreciate the
feedback, and he believes the tool helps students improve their
writing. Officials from ETS acknowledged that the system theoretically
could give a high score to an essay that exhibited certain linguistic
characteristics but lacked a logical argument. Students' taking the
time, however, to fool the system is unrealistic, they argued. Such
automated systems have ardent detractors, including Julie Cheville of
Rutgers University and the local director for the National Writing
Project, who said automated grading systems "orient students to errors,
not to meaning." Cheville argued that "Vacuous student essays can
New York Times, 4 September 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/04/technology/circuits/04grad.html
JUDGE ALLOWS POP-UP ADS
A federal judge has ruled in favor of desktop advertising companies,
stating that pop-up advertising does not infringe on the trademarks and
copyrights of Web site publishers and holding individual users
responsible for downloading software that drives pop-up ads. The case
concerned U-Haul moving company's allegation that WhenU violated its
copyrights and trademarks by displaying pop-up advertisements when a
user visited the U-Haul Web site. Although he issued the first ruling
granting adware companies the legal right to serve pop-up ads, U.S.
District Court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee noted that "we computer users
must endure pop-up advertising along with her ugly brother unsolicited
bulk e-mail, spam, as a burden of using the Internet."
Internet News, 8 September 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/3073741
EFF URGES USERS TO PASS UP RIAA'S AMNESTY OFFER
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has issued a statement warning
users against accepting the recording industry's anticipated but
unconfirmed plan to offer legal amnesty to those who admit to illegal
online file sharing, cautioning that users could still face legal
action. According to Wendy Seltzer, staff attorney for the EFF,
"Stepping into the spotlight to admit your guilt is probably not a
sensible course for most people sharing music files online, especially
since the RIAA [Recording Industry Association of America] doesn't
control many potential sources of lawsuits." The amnesty program is an
alternate tactic the RIAA is considering to prevent illegal file
sharing, pending the outcome of Congressional hearings on the subpoena
provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--the legal basis of
the RIAA's subpoena campaign against individual file swappers (see the
related story below on the RIAA's filing of 261 lawsuits)--contested
by the EFF and other groups that defend privacy rights.
PCWorld, 8 September 2003
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112362,00.asp
RIAA FILES 261 LAWSUITS
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed 261
lawsuits against alleged file swappers, charging the individuals with
"egregious" copyright infringement. Those targeted were supposedly
sharing 1,000 songs or more through file-swapping networks. The
lawsuits are the first time that copyright laws have been used on a
large scale against individual Internet users, and the RIAA has
promised to file thousands more in the next couple of months. Despite
the RIAA's legal warnings, file swapping on services such as Kazaa
have continued at a brisk pace, reflecting a finding by the Pew
Internet and American Life Project that 67 percent of people
downloading music do not care whether the music was copyrighted or not.
Violators can be held liable for up to $150,000 per violation, although
few of the suits are expected to go to trial. Many defendants are
expected to settle with the RIAA, as did four students the RIAA
previously sued, and several have already agreed to preliminary
settlements of around $3,000 apiece. In tandem with the lawsuits, the
RIAA has been considering a "Clean Slate" amnesty program that will
allegedly protect file sharers who admit to illegal file swapping and
pledge to stop. Both the lawsuits and the amnesty program have come
under attack from various sources, including the Electronic Frontier
Foundation. (See the related story, above.)
ZDNet, 8 September 2003
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5072564.html
[Is MicroSoft Going To Lose The Entire Pacific Rim?]
THREE ASIAN COUNTRIES PLAN WINDOWS COMPETITOR
China, South Korea, and Japan are jointly researching an open-source
software computer operating system to compete with Microsoft Windows.
Current alternatives, such as Linux, will be explored rather than
attempting to build a new system from scratch. The intent is to offer
alternatives to Windows that will allow manufacturers more choice and
help insulate the countries^R systems against cyberattack. The Japanese
government, which spearheaded the project, has already earmarked one
billion yen ($85.5 million). Top officials of the ministries of trade
of the three countries will meet later in September to further discuss
the project.
BBC, 8 September 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3090918.stm
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Mar 2005 Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I, by Samuel Johnson[#9][josh1xxx.xxx] 7780
[Full title: Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I, Comedies]
This series is now available in HTML:
(Note: web6710h.htm is the index and glossary for the entire series, each
book of which have active links from one book to the other and to the index)
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Complete [web67xxx.xxx] 8294
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Revelation [web66xxx.xxx] 8293
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Jude [web65xxx.xxx] 8292
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 3 John [web64xxx.xxx] 8291
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 John [web63xxx.xxx] 8290
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 John [web62xxx.xxx] 8289
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Peter [web61xxx.xxx] 8288
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Peter [web60xxx.xxx] 8287
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): James [web59xxx.xxx] 8286
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Hebrews [web58xxx.xxx] 8285
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Philemon [web57xxx.xxx] 8284
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Titus [web56xxx.xxx] 8283
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Timothy [web55xxx.xxx] 8282
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Timothy [web54xxx.xxx] 8281
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Thessalonians [web53xxx.xxx] 8280
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Thessalonians [web52xxx.xxx] 8279
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Colossians [web51xxx.xxx] 8278
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Philippians [web50xxx.xxx] 8277
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ephesians [web49xxx.xxx] 8276
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Galatians [web48xxx.xxx] 8275
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Corinthians [web47xxx.xxx] 8274
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Corinthians [web46xxx.xxx] 8273
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Romans [web45xxx.xxx] 8272
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Acts [web44xxx.xxx] 8271
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): John [web43xxx.xxx] 8270
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Luke [web42xxx.xxx] 8269
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Mark [web41xxx.xxx] 8268
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Matthew [web40xxx.xxx] 8267
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Malachi [web39xxx.xxx] 8266
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Zechariah [web38xxx.xxx] 8265
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Haggai [web37xxx.xxx] 8264
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Zephaniah [web36xxx.xxx] 8263
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Habakkuk [web35xxx.xxx] 8262
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Nahum [web34xxx.xxx] 8261
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Micah [web33xxx.xxx] 8260
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Jonah [web32xxx.xxx] 8259
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Obadiah [web31xxx.xxx] 8258
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Amos [web30xxx.xxx] 8257
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Joel [web29xxx.xxx] 8256
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Hosea [web28xxx.xxx] 8255
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Daniel [web27xxx.xxx] 8254
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ezekiel [web26xxx.xxx] 8253
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Lamentations [web25xxx.xxx] 8252
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Jeremiah [web24xxx.xxx] 8251
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah [web23xxx.xxx] 8250
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Song of Solomon [web22xxx.xxx] 8249
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ecclesiastes [web21xxx.xxx] 8248
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Proverbs [web20xxx.xxx] 8247
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Psalms [web19xxx.xxx] 8246
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Job [web18xxx.xxx] 8245
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Esther [web17xxx.xxx] 8244
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Nehemiah [web16xxx.xxx] 8243
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ezra [web15xxx.xxx] 8242
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Chronicles [web14xxx.xxx] 8241
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Chronicles [web13xxx.xxx] 8240
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Kings [web12xxx.xxx] 8239
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Kings [web11xxx.xxx] 8238
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Samuel [web10xxx.xxx] 8237
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Samuel [web09xxx.xxx] 8236
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ruth [web08xxx.xxx] 8235
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Judges [web07xxx.xxx] 8234
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Joshua [web06xxx.xxx] 8233
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Deuteronomy [web05xxx.xxx] 8232
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Numbers [web04xxx.xxx] 8231
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Leviticus [web03xxx.xxx] 8230
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Exodus [web02xxx.xxx] 8229
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Genesis [web01xxx.xxx] 8228
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were found by David when reading the section "Here Is A Sample Of What
Books Were Being Done. . ." in Part 1, Michael Hart's "Founder's Comments"
section of the Newsletter; other readers are encouraged to do similar
proofing of those old titles.
The following is being re-indexed to clarify the title and author's name
(was "AusgewandertenGoethe"):
Dec 2000 Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten, by Goethe [?untrxxx.xxx] 2420
The following is being re-indexed to correct the "Full title" line:
Sep 2005 Castles and Cave Dwellings,Sabine Baring-Gould[#2][?cavexxx.xxx] 8898
[Full title: Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe]
The following are being re-indexed to included volume numbers:
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, Vol. 2, by George MacDonald [7aca2xxx.xxx] 8929
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, vol. 3, Goethe [#30][?wmw3xxx.xxx] 2411
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, vol. 2, Goethe [#29][?wmw2xxx.xxx] 2410
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, vol. 1, Goethe [#28][?wmw1xxx.xxx] 2409
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, v. 2, Goethe [#27][?ljw2xxx.xxx] 2408
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, v. 1, Goethe [#26][?ljw1xxx.xxx] 2407
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Nov 2005 The Three Fold Destiny, by N. Hawthorne [#47][haw47xxx.xxx] 9220
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Edward Fane's Rosebud, by N. Hawthorne [#46][haw46xxx.xxx] 9219
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Footprints on the Seashore, by N. Hawthorne [#45][haw45xxx.xxx] 9218
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Lilly's Quest, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#44][haw44xxx.xxx] 9217
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Night Sketches, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#43][haw43xxx.xxx] 9216
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Chippings with a Chisel, by N. Hawthorne [#42][haw42xxx.xxx] 9215
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The White Old Maid, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#41][haw41xxx.xxx] 9214
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Seven Vagabonds, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#40][haw40xxx.xxx] 9213
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Snow Flakes, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#39][haw39xxx.xxx] 9212
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Sister Years, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#38][haw38xxx.xxx] 9211
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Oct 2005 Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, William Shakespeare [?ws26xxx.xxx] 9077
[Full title: The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, 1603]
Oct 2005 Scientific American Supplement, No. 433,by Various[?0433xxx.xxx] 9076
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884]
[Also posted HTML - 8043310h.zip and 8043310h.htm]
Oct 2005 Rico And Wiseli, by Johanna Spyri [?ricoxxx.xxx] 9075
[Subtitle: Rico And Stineli, And How Wiseli Was Provided For]
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8rico10h.zip; and 8rico10h.htm]
Oct 2005 Stories From Thucydides, by H. L. Havell [?sthuxxx.xxx] 9074
Oct 2005 The Roof of France, by Matilda Betham-Edwards [#2][?rffrxxx.xxx] 9073
Oct 2005 Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2,Boswell, ed. Birkbeck Hill[?jhn2xxx.xxx] 9072
[Full Title: The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2 of 6]
Oct 2005 The Non-Christian Cross, by John Denham Parsons [crossxxx.xxx] 9071
[Also posted: illustrated HTML - cross10h.zip; and cross10h.htm]
Oct 2005 The Imaginary Invalid, by Moliere (Poquelin) [?maldxxx.xxx] 9070
Oct 2005 Saint Augustin, by Louis Bertrand [?agstxxx.xxx] 9069
Oct 2005 Apu Ollantay, by Sir Clements R. Markham [apuolxxx.xxx] 9068
[Subtitle: A Drama of the Time of the Incas]
Oct 2005 Robert Browning: How To Know Him, W. L. Phelps[#3][?brwnxxx.xxx] 9067
[Full author: William Lyon Phelps]
Oct 2005 Der letzte Zentaur, by Paul Heyse [?zntrxxx.xxx] 9066
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Beatrice, by Paul Heyse [?btrcxxx.xxx] 9065
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Gedichte, by Paul Heyse [?gdctxxx.xxx] 9064
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales, by J. S. Chase[?pnmgxxx.xxx] 9063
[Title: The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions]
[Author: J. Smeaton Chase]
Oct 2005 Sappho, by Franz Grillparzer [?spphxxx.xxx] 9062
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Public Orations of Demosthenes, vol. 2,Demosthenes[?pbd2xxx.xxx] 9061
[Full title: The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2]
Oct 2005 Public Orations of Demosthenes, vol. 1,Demosthenes[?pbd1xxx.xxx] 9060
[Full title: The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1]
Oct 2005 Andrea Delfin, by Paul Heyse [?adlfxxx.xxx] 9059
[Subtitle: Eine venezianische Novelle] [Language: German]
Oct 2005 Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn, Franz Grillparzer [?trdnxxx.xxx] 9058
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Unspoken Sermons, by George MacDonald [#35][sermnxxx.xxx] 9057
[Series I., II., and III.]
Oct 2005 Bad Medicine, by Robert Sheckley [badmdxxx.xxx] 9055C
Oct 2005 The Young Woman's Guide, by William A. Alcott [?ywmgxxx.xxx] 9054
Oct 2005 Poesies du troubadour Peire Raimon, Joseph Anglade[?ptprxxx.xxx] 9053
[Full title: Poesies du troubadour Peire Raimon de Toulouse]
[Language: French]
[Also posted: HTML in 8ptpr10h.htm and 8ptpr10h.zip]
Oct 2005 The Golden Calf, by M. E. Braddon [?calfxxx.xxx] 9052
Oct 2005 Sanine, by Michael Artzibashef [?sannxxx.xxx] 9051
Oct 2005 Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. I., Dodsley [?oeplxxx.xxx] 9050
[Full title: A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I.]
[Full author: R. Dodsley][Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt]
Oct 2005 Libussa, by Franz Grillparzer [?lbssxxx.xxx] 9049
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Ballads, by William Hayley [?bldsxxx.xxx] 9048
[Subtitle: Founded On Anecdotes Relating To Animals]
Oct 2005 The Banks of Wye, by Robert Bloomfield [bkwyexxx.xxx] 9047
Oct 2005 Koenig Ottokars Glueck und Ende, Franz Grillparzer[?ottkxxx.xxx] 9046
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Die Juedin von Toledo, by Franz Grillparzer [?jdtlxxx.xxx] 9045
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Weh dem, der luegt, by Franz Grillparzer [?whdmxxx.xxx] 9044
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 May Day With The Muses, by Robert Bloomfield [maydaxxx.xxx] 9043
[The following entries (#9001-#9042) are Computer-generated audio
eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
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Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Extracts From Adam's Diary [xadamxxx.mp3] 9042C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, What Is Man? [wman1xxx.mp3] 9041C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad [trampxxx.mp3] 9040C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Is Shakespeare Dead? [shkddxxx.mp3] 9039C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Adventures of Tom Sawyer [sawyrxxx.mp3] 9038C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Detective [sawy3xxx.mp3] 9037C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad [sawy2xxx.mp3] 9036C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson [puddnxxx.mp3] 9035C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Stolen White Elephant [mtswexxx.mp3] 9034C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Sketches New and Old [mtsnoxxx.mp3] 9033C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Roughing It [mtritxxx.mp3] 9032C
Sep 2005 Audio: Twain, Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion [mtridxxx.mp3] 9031C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Essays on Paul Bourget [mtpbgxxx.mp3] 9030C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Speeches [mtmtsxxx.mp3] 9029C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger [mtmstxxx.mp3] 9028C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories [mtlafxxx.mp3] 9027C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad [mtinnxxx.mp3] 9026C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, How Tell a Story and Others [mthtsxxx.mp3] 9025C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Hadleyburg & Other Stories [mthdbxxx.mp3] 9024C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Gilded Age [mtgldxxx.mp3] 9023C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Goldsmiths Friend Abroad [mtgfaxxx.mp3] 9022C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Fennimore Cooper Offences [mtfcoxxx.mp3] 9021C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Those Extraordinary Twins [mtextxxx.mp3] 9020C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Dog's Tale [mtdtlxxx.mp3] 9019C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Defense of Harriet Shelley [mtdhsxxx.mp3] 9018C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Double Barrelled Detective [mtdbdxxx.mp3] 9017C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Christian Science [mtcscxxx.mp3] 9016C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Curious Republic of Gondour[mtcrgxxx.mp3] 9015C
Sep 2005 Audio: Paine, Ed. The Letters of Mark Twain [mtcltxxx.mp3] 9014C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain Carnival of Crime in Connecticut[mtcccxxx.mp3] 9013C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Burlesque Autobiography [mtbbgxxx.mp3] 9012C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The American Claimant [mtaclxxx.mp3] 9011C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain On the Decay of the Art of Lying[lyingxxx.mp3] 9010C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi [lmissxxx.mp3] 9009C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Horse's Tale [hrstlxxx.mp3] 9008C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn [hfinnxxx.mp3] 9007C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg [hdlybxxx.mp3] 9006C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Following the Equator [feqtrxxx.mp3] 9005C
Sep 2005 Audio: Twain, Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven[cptsfxxx.mp3] 9004C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The $30,000 Bequest [beqstxxx.mp3] 9003C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Recollections of Joan of Arc V2[2prjaxxx.mp3] 9002C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Recollections of Joan of Arc V1[1prjaxxx.mp3] 9001C
Sep 2005 Das Kloster bei Sendomir, by Franz Grillparzer [?klstxxx.xxx] 8999
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Paris As It Was and As It Is,by Francis W. Blagdon[?parixxx.xxx] 8998
[Subtitle: A Sketch Of The French Capital, Illustrative Of The
Effects Of The Revolution] [Contains Volume I and Volume II.]
[Also posted HTML - 8pari10h.zip and 8pari10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles, by John Kirtland [?flrdxxx.xxx] 8997
[Subtitle: A First Latin Reader]
Sep 2005 Practical Suggestions for Mother, Marion M. Miller[sugstxxx.xxx] 8996
[Full title: Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife]
[Full author: Marion Mills Miller]
[Also posted HTML - sugst10h.zip and sugst10h.htm]
Sep 2005 What Katy Did Next, by Susan Coolidge [?kty2xxx.xxx] 8995
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8kty210h.zip only]
Sep 2005 What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge [#3][?kty1xxx.xxx] 8994
Sep 2005 The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne [?mislxxx.xxx] 8993
[HTML only: 8misl10h.htm and 8misl10h.htm; no text file provided]
Sep 2005 The Blockade Runners, by Jules Verne [8blokxxx.xxx] 8992
[HTML - 8blok10h.zip and 8blok10h.htm only; no text file provided]
Sep 2005 The Fur Country, by Jules Verne [8furcxxx.xxx] 8991
[HTML - 8furc10h.zip and 8furc10h.htm only; no text file provided]
[The following entries (#8965-#8990) are Computer-generated audio
eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
*index.html and *readme.txt file.]
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, The Underground City [ucityxxx.mp3] 8990C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Survivors of the Chancellor [tsotcxxx.mp3] 8989C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, The Master of the World [thmstxxx.mp3] 8988C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Michael Strogoff [strgfxxx.mp3] 8987C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon [moonxxxx.mp3] 8986C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, In Search of the Castaways [cstwyxxx.mp3] 8985C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Off on a Comet [cometxxx.mp3] 8984C
Sep 2005 Audio: Verne, Journey to the Interior of the Earth[8jrnyxxx.mp3] 8983C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days [80dayxxx.mp3] 8982C
Sep 2005 Audio: Verne, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon [800lgxxx.mp3] 8981C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Robur the Conqueror [7robcxxx.mp3] 8980C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Five Weeks in a Balloon [5wiabxxx.mp3] 8979C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes [wtslwxxx.mp3] 8978C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance [wchncxxx.mp3] 8977C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds [warw1xxx.mp3] 8976C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent [rschmxxx.mp3] 8975C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man [nvsblxxx.mp3] 8974C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, Little Wars [ltwrsxxx.mp3] 8973C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon [fmitmxxx.mp3] 8972C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau [dmoroxxx.mp3] 8971C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, Twelve Stories and a Dream [12sadxxx.mp3] 8970C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The War in the Air [wrairxxx.mp3] 8969C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The World Set Free [twsfrxxx.mp3] 8968C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Door in the Wall et al. [tditwxxx.mp3] 8967C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart[spothxxx.mp3] 8966C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, Floor Games [flrgmxxx.mp3] 8965C
Sep 2005 Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg, by Franz Grillparzer [?brdzxxx.xxx] 8964
[Language: German]
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Sep 2005 Audio: Stephen Crane, A Girl of the Streets [mgotsxxx.mp3] 8963C
Sep 2005 Audio: O Henry, The Four Million [4millxxx.mp3] 8962C
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Sep 2005 Der arme Spielmann, by Franz Grillparzer [?splmxxx.xxx] 8961
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 The Bride of Dreams, by Frederik van Eeden [?bodrxxx.xxx] 8961
[Tr.: Mellie von Auw]
[Also posted: Rich Text in 8bodr10r.zip]
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Sep 2005 Audio: J.F. Jameson, Ed., New Netherland [nwnthxxx.mp3] 8959C
Sep 2005 Audio: Edith Warton, The Age of Innocence [aginoxxx.mp3] 8958C
Sep 2005 Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, by James Gillman [?smtgxxx.xxx] 8957
[Also posted HTML - 8smtg10h.zip and 8smtg10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Literary Remains, Vol. 3, by Coleridge [?rem3xxx.xxx] 8956
[Full title: The Literary Remains Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
[Full author: Edited By Henry Nelson Coleridge]
[Also posted HTML - 8rem310h.zip and 8rem310h.htm]
Sep 2005 Far Above Rubies, by George MacDonald [7fbrbxxx.xxx] 8955
[Also posted HTML - 7fbrb10h.zip and 7fbrb10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [?lascxxx.xxx] 8954
[Also posted HTML - 8lasc10h.zip and 8lasc10h.htm]
Sep 2005 The Norsk Nightingale, by William F. Kirk [?nrskxxx.xxx] 8953
Sep 2005 Scientific American, Vol. 22, No. 1, by Various [?s022axx.xxx] 8952
[Full title: Scientific American, Vol. 22, No. 1 January 1, 1870]
[Also - HTML version in 8s022a10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8s022a10h.zip]
Sep 2005 Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26, by Various [?s017zxx.xxx] 8951
[Full title: Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867]
[Also - HTML version in 8s017z10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8s017z10h.zip]
Sep 2005 Scientific American Supplement, No. 385,by Various[?0385xxx.xxx] 8950
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883]
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8038510h.zip; and 8038510h.htm]
Sep 2005 Rampolli, by George MacDonald [#39][?rampxxx.xxx] 8949
Sep 2005 Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects, by W. Hayley[7psssxxx.xxx] 8948
[Full author: William Hayley]
Sep 2005 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I., No. 3, Jan 1858, [#3][?01a3xxx.xxx] 8947
[Full title: The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I., No. 3, January 1858]
[Full author: Various]
Sep 2005 Life of Cicero, Vol. 1 by Anthony Trollope [?lcc1xxx.xxx] 8945
Sep 2005 The Elect Lady, by George MacDonald [#37][?elldxxx.xxx] 8944
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, Vol. 3, by George MacDonald [#36][?aca3xxx.xxx] 8943
[See also: #8892 for Vol. 1, and #8929 for Vol. 2]
Sep 2005 The Last Hope, by Henry Seton Merriman [#9][?lshpxxx.xxx] 8942
[Author Note: Henry Seton Merriman is a pseudonym for Hugh Stowell Scott]
[See also #8493, a different version.]
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Sep 2005 Lord Kilgobbin, by Charles Lever [?kilgxxx.xxx] 8941
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Sep 2005 Evils of Popular Ignorance, by John Foster [?epigxxx.xxx] 8940
[Full title: An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance]
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[Author Note: Henry Seton Merriman is a pseudonym for Hugh Stowell Scott]
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Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Revelation [wnt27xxx.xxx] 8854
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Jude [wnt26xxx.xxx] 8853
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 3 John [wnt25xxx.xxx] 8852
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 John [wnt24xxx.xxx] 8851
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 John [wnt23xxx.xxx] 8850
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Peter [wnt22xxx.xxx] 8849
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Peter [wnt21xxx.xxx] 8848
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: James [wnt20xxx.xxx] 8847
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Hebrews [wnt19xxx.xxx] 8846
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Philemon [wnt18xxx.xxx] 8845
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Titus [wnt17xxx.xxx] 8844
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Timothy [wnt16xxx.xxx] 8843
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Timothy [wnt15xxx.xxx] 8842
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Thessalonians [wnt14xxx.xxx] 8841
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Thessalonians [wnt13xxx.xxx] 8840
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Colossians [wnt12xxx.xxx] 8839
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Philippians [wnt11xxx.xxx] 8838
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Ephesians [wnt10xxx.xxx] 8837
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Galatians [wnt09xxx.xxx] 8836
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Corinthians [wnt08xxx.xxx] 8835
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Corinthians [wnt07xxx.xxx] 8834
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Romans [wnt06xxx.xxx] 8833
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Acts [wnt05xxx.xxx] 8832
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: John [wnt04xxx.xxx] 8831
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Luke [wnt03xxx.xxx] 8830
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Mark [wnt02xxx.xxx] 8829
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Matthew [wnt01xxx.xxx] 8828
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Preface and Introductions [wnt00xxx.xxx] 8827
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Part 2
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1) Editorial
Hello,
An absolute heap of reading this week, as you will discover, and we
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2) News
Distributed Proofreaders Update
This is a significant and memorable week for the creative Diaspora of
Distributed Proofreaders. On this day, the third of September, 2003
the DP enterprise has completed and posted it's 2,000th text to
Project Gutenberg. For those who are unfamiliar with the history and
lore of DP it may not be possible to provide an explanation of a
'Special Issue' to mark this event. To those who have been along for a
part or parts of the DP odyssey so far, no such explanation is
necessary. Within this small frame today, we will try to satisfy both
perspectives and explore why there is much more behind all the fanfare
than a nice, round number.
Like all good stories, there has to be a beginning. So where did
Distributed Proofreaders originate from? Well ... a long time ago,
there were these three ships; the Nina; the Pinta and the Santa Maria
... see there was this fellow, who it on 'good account' that if you
sailed due-West for a number of weeks. . .'No...wait! That can't be right?
[Scratches his head, checks his notes: "Let's see now...'Legendary
Islands,' 'Likely Sites of Blackbeard's Treasure,' Ah! 'Longshot
Dreams' That's it!...A..B..C..Ca..'Drats!' 'must have gotten my Ch's
mixed up again?." drifts back.] Okay, it seems there was another
fellow, came along a little later on that island the earlier fellow
eventually bumped into. His name was Charles, and a few years ago an idea came
and entertained him for a while. After some quiet consideration,
instinctive calculation and some sleepless nights, Charles made up his
mind to do something with that idea.
As a young boy, Charles loved his books. When he grew, like many other
wise and hip people in the world, he became a big fan of Project
Gutenberg. The idea of a true World Wide Library filled his mind with
inspired visions. Like an errant knight drawn to Camelot, Charles knew
he had something invaluable to contribute to Michael Hart's grand
quest.
It was just after dawn in the new millennium and a buzz was in the
air, the Internet would indeed become the wonder of wonders in Human
history. It was just then becoming clear that only the truly useful
and practical would survive into the on-line future. Only those
ventures which remained true to the early promise of the medium would
stand on through the great changes about to unfold.
There was one particularly pesky idea which would not let him sleep at
night. This idea stood out amongst all the others, as the most
practical way to help realize the intentions of Project Gutenberg. I
wasn't there at the time, but I have heard it went something like
this: '. . .
What if there were some way to take a book and prepare it so that all
the many tasks of the digitization process were separated into small
parts. If a structure were built that would allow many people to work
on a book project at the same time, it would significantly increase
the speed of the e-book development-creation process.
The validity of this idea is no longer open for discussion. The idea was
pulled down into the physical world and hammered out on the anvil of
trial and error. The noise made by all that banging caught the
attention of over 10,000 people who have registered to the forums of
DP to learn more. Of those individuals, nearly 8,000 have been
inspired enough to give the proofing process a try. With the early
stages of research and development a matter for historians, the rate
at which the productivity of the project steadily grows must silence
the staunchest critic.
Looking at a handful of key figures will give a measurable sense of that success.
Two years ago this month there were less than 100 members within
DP. By September 2002, that number had risen to about 600 members. Two
months later, due to a tidal wave of attention from a Slash-Dot piece
on DP, the membership ranks swelled up into the thousands. While the
initial wave of activity quieted down over time, the number of people
who stayed with the project and the talents they brought with them,
have forever changed DP, and thus Project Gutenberg, for the better.
As head counts don't inform the whole measure of DP's growth, let's go over the
actual output and see what happens in the world when a single person
gives their heart and soul to an idea's manifestation.
Today we saw the 2000th text from DP posted to the PG stacks. Without
looking I can assure you that figure have risen noticeably between the
time these words are written and when you read them. It is a rare day
now that does not see 5 to 10 books posted.
The page counts make the books, and a snapshot tells more than words:
Two years ago - Average Daily Page Total = 260
One year ago - Average Daily Page Total = 1,000
Present day - Average Daily Page Total = 4,100+
There's much to producing a finished book like Hamlet than the proofing process.
The efforts and talents of many people are employed at each stage
development. When the weekly DP column returns to regular size next week, we will
continue to explore each stage and aspect of the creative system that
bears the title of Distributed Proofreaders, but means so much more.
In the weeks ahead, we will also continue to explore this idea that
Charles Franks set sail into this world. There is far more to his
visions for DP than I could ever convey in the frame allowed today. We
will spend some time with him over several issues to come. But now I
think Charles would be the first to say that I have shed too much
light upon his name today and not enough upon the many members of the
DP community, who put well intended and dedicated efforts into making
these 2000 texts possible. It would require an entire other issue to list those names.
To each and all of you, a deeply felt and shared congratulations!
Hold the dream close to your heart and keep it true!
You can make a difference for good in the world. Believe it.
Thierry
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Distributed Proofreaders Forums
This is the place where DPers can ask questions, seek help and advice,
stay in touch and contribute to some of the more light-hearted aspects
of DP if the text gets a bit too heavy going.
There are 12 forums available for DPers. These range from the more
general aspects of the site where announcements are made, through
project discussion, future features, content provision, and forums
threads for every project. there are also forums for software
development on various platforms, as well as cross-platform, and last
but not least, the everything else forum, for all that non-DP but
still interesting stuff that people like to talk about.
Favourite topics include 'The never ending story', 'Most amusing (or
astonishing) text you've come across, which really is a text in itself
and is seriously funny. 'How did you find DP and what makes you come
back' gives a real insight into where DPers come from, and where DP and
indeed Project Gutenberg is being talked about.
As you come to the forums it is sometimes overwhelming to see the
teamwork and comradeship as people tackle problems and targets with
dedication and laughter. This is probably best demonstrated by
Thierry's thread on Sunday night. With six hours of the month of
August to go, and a huge 2000+ pages needed to make the
target, Thierry posted a message that should probably be framed on
every proofreader's wall.
"We have six hours left until September
That's not impossible, if we make a defiant effort together
So...I will stand with you to the last minute...if you'll stand with
me?"
The next few messages are from proofers checking into the forum, and
over the next six hours there are messages from people who have one
eye on a television or video and the other on the screen. Showing a
measure of dedication above and beyond anyone's call of duty, at 3am
Prishan posts the following message
"Just sent a leave request to the office and back to proofing"
A note from Leeann really sums up the feeling of excitement as the
team continues through the night
"My teenage daughters are the ones making the sacrifice tonight...no
checking their e-mail, no I'Ming their friends, they're stopping in
and cheering me on every little while"
And so it continues for a total of nine pages. You really can feel the
excitement. There aren't many threads that make me want to cry, but
this is one. If you are a member of DP, but you haven't checked out
those forums yet, I really recommend it.
Alice
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3) Notes and Queries
Hamlet - First Quarto
Hamlet - when your education has never included Shakespeare, you tend
to wonder why so many children complain that Shakespeare is boring,
and so many adults ignore him. Approaching this review with zero
knowledge possibly puts me at an advantage as I can come to the text
fresh, it also means that I possibily won't understand a thing. Well,
I work for PG, understanding is not a qualification for employment.
So, what do I know. Erm, ..., can't think of a thing. Asks significant
other, 'He's the Danish prince, talks to skulls a lot', ah yes,
Yorick, alas. I remember hearing about this now. So, exactly what is this
text?
Hamlet - First Quarto* was originally published in 1603 as an
unauthorised version. An authorised and differing version appeared in
1604. When a complete folio version of Hamlet was published in 1623,
the publishers declared this 1603 quarto to be 'stolen' and
'deformed'. It is radically different from the estabilished version. I
include at this point a quote from Kathleen O. Irace,
"For many years, scholars believed that Q1 [and the other 'bad
quartos'] was the work of rogue actors who pirated Shakespeare's Hamlet
for a rival company, perhaps selling their script to a pirate printer
or publisher. But analysis of probable reporters ... shows that as many
as twelve actors might have helped in reconstructing the plays --
working from full-length texts like the script behind Folio Hamlet in
at least four of the six plays. Rather than pirate actors foolishly
jeopardising their positions in the most influential theatre company of
the time, the reporters and adapters could instead have been full
members of Shakespeare's company. Like others who have grown to
appreciate the unique features of Q1 Hamlet, I believe it was printed
from a script reconstructed from memories of performances linked to F
[the 'good' folio version] and adapted at the same time -- by members
of Shakespeare's own company on tour. Though we may never recover hard
evidence to support this view, it takes into account both the pattern
of fluctuating correspondence between Q1 and F, and the special
features of the first quarto that continue to fascinate scholars,
actors, directors, and playgoers."
Versions of this text travelled into Europe, this from Jon Ingram,
"It might also be interesting to note that some version of the Q1
text travelled beyond England, as it is closely related to a German
play called 'Der bestrafte Brudermord' ('Fratricide Punished'). In
particular, this German version keeps the name 'Corambus' for the
lieutenant, and is closer in plot to Q1 than to the longer and later Q2
and F texts."
So, a text that might be regarded as unwanted and unloved in other
places gains a small place in the history of DP.
At this point, I feel it is necessary to turn to those beloved
statistics that Michael likes. DP has existed for approximately, 3
years. It posted it's 1,000th text in February this year, less than
six months later it has posted 2,000. Moore's law? I think DP just
wrote it's own.
Alice
Quarto - due to paper size, quarto indicates that the paper was folded
twice to make four sides and eight leaves.
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Shakespeare - a summary
To write the biography of Shakespeare is not an easy issue. The
deficit of direct evidence of his personal life or even authorship of
his work made this task appealing enough for many bright men for the
last 300 years. The Shakespeare's biography study has its own
coryphaeuses, amongst them Edmund Malone and George Stivens in 18th
century, James Orchard-Holywell and Halliwell-Phillipps who published in
1881 and 1887 the series of essays about Shakespeare's life,
and in 20th Å. Ê. Chambers published in 1930 (still another 7 years
to enter public domain ... ) "William Shakespeare. A Study of
Facts and Problems".
All those life-demanding jobs were based on extremely thin bunch of
documents and basic knowledge about the life in rural England at the
end of the 16th century. Besides those who worked in the mainstream
lane of Shakespeare personality indentification, there were many who
looked for unbeaten paths. The two mainly developed versions are
probably the powerful but shy First Lady of England - Queen Elizabeth
and the famous Francis Bacon for some reason wanted to hide himself
under the humble name of merchandiser's son (for curious readers
http://home.att.net/~tleary/). Queen's and Sir Bacon's lifes are well
documented so they are of less interest probably, besides we'll never
know ...
As the biographical turf on Bill Shakespeare is so well trod, we
thought you would enjoy something a little different.
So Ladies and Gentlemen, it pleases us to present:
Ten things You (Probably) Never Knew about William Shakespeare
1- born in house of John Shakespeare, that in the year 1552 paid the fine
of 12 pennies because he didn't clean the piles of dung near his house
2- the chattiest character is Hamlet who has 1569 lines of speech
beating Richard III who utters a mere 1160 lines
3- The shortest Shakespeare play is 'The Comedy of Errors' at 1770
lines
4- Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, 38 plays and 4 poems
5- The first play to be made into a movie was 'King John' in 1899
6- There are no direct descendants of Shakespeare
7- There are six surviving examples of Shakespeare's signature, they
aer all different
8- We don't know what caused Shakespeare to die
9- Shakespeare has been translated into over 30 languages
10- Shakespeare owned a 10% share of the original Globe Theatre
For those whose appetites we did not quite satisfy, you can look
forward to a wonderful work on Shakespeare, written by the
effervescent Frank Harris, which arrived at PG today.
Gali Sirkis & Alice Wood
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eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers For Since 1971
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, 3 Sep 2003: 9,327 (incl. 270 Aus.).
Last month the Total Count was 8,961, including 262 at PG of Australia.
This month we added 364 new (incl. 8 at PG of Australia); however, we had
to remove one posted previously, for a net gain of 363 for the week (details
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RESERVED count: 39
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Jul 2005 Mungo Park in Central Africa, by Mungo Park [?mprkxxx.xxx] 8573
[Full title: Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa]
(Note: #8573 has been re-assigned to a different eBook, see below.)
The following is being re-indexed to include the volume number:
Nov 2000 History of the Catholic Church, V 1, J. MacCaffrey[hcathxxx.xxx] 2396
The following is being re-indexed to include Translator's name:
Oct 2000 Tartarin de Tarascon, by Alphonse Daudet [trtraxxx.xxx] 2375
[Tr.: and prepared by Oliver C. Colt]
(See also #1862, a different translation)
The following has been re-posted with minor corrections, and is being
re-indexed to correct the filename (it is now in plain-text only; the
filename was "?joshxxx.xxx", it is now "josh1xxx.xxx"):
Mar 2005 Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I, by Samuel Johnson[#9][josh1xxx.xxx] 7780
[Full title: Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I, Comedies]
The following is being re-indexed to clarify author's name:
Jul 2005 Table Talk of S. T. Coleridge, by Coleridge [#7][?tabcxxx.xxx] 8489
[Full title: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
[Ed.: with an Intro by H. N. Coleridge]
The following is being re-indexed to correct the authors name
("Katharine", not "Katherine"):
Nov 2004 The Mill Mystery, by Anna Katharine Green [#10][mlmstxxx.xxx] 6805
Feb 2004 Agatha Webb, by Anna Katharine Green [Green#9][gthwbxxx.xxx] 5162
Feb 2004 Dark Hollow, by Anna Katharine Green [Green#8][drkhlxxx.xxx] 5121
Dec 2003 The Mayor's Wife, by Anna Katharine Green[Green#7][mrswfxxx.xxx] 4767
May 2003 The Leavenworth Case, by Anna Katharine Green [#6][lvnwrxxx.xxx] 4047
Oct 2000 The Filigree Ball, by Anna Katharine Green [AKG#4][flgblxxx.xxx] 2371
The following is being re-indexed to correctly identify the contents and
the authors:
Aug 2005 Fallen Star/Origin of Evil, by Bulwer & Brougham [flnstxxx.xxx] 8654
[Full Titles: The Fallen Star, or, The History of a False Religion, by E. L.
Bulwer; and a Dissertation on the Origin of Evil, by Lord Brougham]
The following is being re-indexed to include volume number:
Jul 2005 A Sportsman's Sketches, V1, by Ivan Turgenev [#6][?ivn1xxx.xxx] 8597
[Subtitle: Works of Ivan Turgenev, Vol. I]
The following are being re-indexed with corrected filenames:
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain Part 3 [#145][eve03xxx.xxx] 8528
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain Part 2 [#144][eve02xxx.xxx] 8527
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain Part 1 [#143][eve01xxx.xxx] 8526
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain Complete [#142][eve00xxx.xxx] 8525
This series is now available in HTML:
(Note: web6710h.htm is the index and glossary for the entire series, each
book of which have active links from one book to the other and to the index)
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Complete [web67xxx.xxx] 8294
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Revelation [web66xxx.xxx] 8293
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Jude [web65xxx.xxx] 8292
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 3 John [web64xxx.xxx] 8291
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 John [web63xxx.xxx] 8290
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 John [web62xxx.xxx] 8289
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Peter [web61xxx.xxx] 8288
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Peter [web60xxx.xxx] 8287
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): James [web59xxx.xxx] 8286
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Hebrews [web58xxx.xxx] 8285
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Philemon [web57xxx.xxx] 8284
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Titus [web56xxx.xxx] 8283
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Timothy [web55xxx.xxx] 8282
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Timothy [web54xxx.xxx] 8281
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Thessalonians [web53xxx.xxx] 8280
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Thessalonians [web52xxx.xxx] 8279
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Colossians [web51xxx.xxx] 8278
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Philippians [web50xxx.xxx] 8277
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ephesians [web49xxx.xxx] 8276
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Galatians [web48xxx.xxx] 8275
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Corinthians [web47xxx.xxx] 8274
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Corinthians [web46xxx.xxx] 8273
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Romans [web45xxx.xxx] 8272
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Acts [web44xxx.xxx] 8271
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): John [web43xxx.xxx] 8270
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Luke [web42xxx.xxx] 8269
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Mark [web41xxx.xxx] 8268
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Matthew [web40xxx.xxx] 8267
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Malachi [web39xxx.xxx] 8266
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Zechariah [web38xxx.xxx] 8265
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Haggai [web37xxx.xxx] 8264
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Zephaniah [web36xxx.xxx] 8263
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Habakkuk [web35xxx.xxx] 8262
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Nahum [web34xxx.xxx] 8261
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Micah [web33xxx.xxx] 8260
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Jonah [web32xxx.xxx] 8259
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Obadiah [web31xxx.xxx] 8258
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Amos [web30xxx.xxx] 8257
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Joel [web29xxx.xxx] 8256
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Hosea [web28xxx.xxx] 8255
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Daniel [web27xxx.xxx] 8254
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ezekiel [web26xxx.xxx] 8253
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Lamentations [web25xxx.xxx] 8252
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Jeremiah [web24xxx.xxx] 8251
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah [web23xxx.xxx] 8250
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Song of Solomon [web22xxx.xxx] 8249
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ecclesiastes [web21xxx.xxx] 8248
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Proverbs [web20xxx.xxx] 8247
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Psalms [web19xxx.xxx] 8246
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Job [web18xxx.xxx] 8245
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Esther [web17xxx.xxx] 8244
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Nehemiah [web16xxx.xxx] 8243
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ezra [web15xxx.xxx] 8242
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Chronicles [web14xxx.xxx] 8241
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Chronicles [web13xxx.xxx] 8240
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Kings [web12xxx.xxx] 8239
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Kings [web11xxx.xxx] 8238
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Samuel [web10xxx.xxx] 8237
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Samuel [web09xxx.xxx] 8236
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Ruth [web08xxx.xxx] 8235
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Judges [web07xxx.xxx] 8234
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Joshua [web06xxx.xxx] 8233
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Deuteronomy [web05xxx.xxx] 8232
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Numbers [web04xxx.xxx] 8231
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Leviticus [web03xxx.xxx] 8230
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Exodus [web02xxx.xxx] 8229
Jun 2005 The World English Bible (WEB): Genesis [web01xxx.xxx] 8228
[HTML versions in web??10h.htm and web??10h.zip]
The following is being re-indexed with a new filename as it is posted only
in plain ASCII; it is also posted in an updated 11th edition:
May 2005 Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I, by Samuel Johnson[#9][josh1xxx.xxx] 7780
[Full title: Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I, Comedies]
(Previous filename was ?josh10.txt/zip)
We have posted an improved 11th edition of the following:
Nov 2003 We of the Never-Never, Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn [wenevxxx.xxx] 4699
Sep 2001 Phantom 'Rickshaw & Other Ghost Stories by Kipling[phricxxx.xxx] 2806
And thanks to David Price, Project Gutenberg's other "DP", for finding
the following errors in prior listings in the GUTINDEX.ALL; most of these
were found by David when reading the section "Here Is A Sample Of What
Books Were Being Done. . ." in Part 1, Michael Hart's "Founder's Comments"
section of the Newsletter; other readers are encouraged to do similar
proofing of those old titles.
The following is being re-indexed to clarify the title and author's name
(was "AusgewandertenGoethe"):
Dec 2000 Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten, by Goethe [?untrxxx.xxx] 2420
The following is being re-indexed to correct the "Full title" line:
Sep 2005 Castles and Cave Dwellings,Sabine Baring-Gould[#2][?cavexxx.xxx] 8898
[Full title: Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe]
The following are being re-indexed to included volume numbers:
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, Vol. 2, by George MacDonald [7aca2xxx.xxx] 8929
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, vol. 3, Goethe [#30][?wmw3xxx.xxx] 2411
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, vol. 2, Goethe [#29][?wmw2xxx.xxx] 2410
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, vol. 1, Goethe [#28][?wmw1xxx.xxx] 2409
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, v. 2, Goethe [#27][?ljw2xxx.xxx] 2408
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, v. 1, Goethe [#26][?ljw1xxx.xxx] 2407
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Nov 2005 The Three Fold Destiny, by N. Hawthorne [#47][haw47xxx.xxx] 9220
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Edward Fane's Rosebud, by N. Hawthorne [#46][haw46xxx.xxx] 9219
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Footprints on the Seashore, by N. Hawthorne [#45][haw45xxx.xxx] 9218
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Lilly's Quest, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#44][haw44xxx.xxx] 9217
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Night Sketches, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#43][haw43xxx.xxx] 9216
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Chippings with a Chisel, by N. Hawthorne [#42][haw42xxx.xxx] 9215
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The White Old Maid, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#41][haw41xxx.xxx] 9214
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Seven Vagabonds, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#40][haw40xxx.xxx] 9213
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Snow Flakes, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#39][haw39xxx.xxx] 9212
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Sister Years, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#38][haw38xxx.xxx] 9211
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Village Uncle, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#37][haw37xxx.xxx] 9210
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Haunted Mind, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#36][haw36xxx.xxx] 9209
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Fancy's Showbox, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#35][haw35xxx.xxx] 9208
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Vision of the Fountain, by N. Hawthorne [#34][haw34xxx.xxx] 9207
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Toll Gatherers Day, by N. Hawthorne [#33][haw33xxx.xxx] 9206
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Sights From a Steeple, by N. Hawthorn [#32][haw32xxx.xxx] 9205
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Prophetic Pictures, by N. Hawthorne [#31][haw31xxx.xxx] 9204
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 A Rill From The Town Pump, by N. Hawthorne [#30][haw30xxx.xxx] 9203
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Little Annie's Ramble, by N. Hawthorne [#29][haw29xxx.xxx] 9202
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Sunday at Home, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#28][haw28xxx.xxx] 9201
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Oct 2005 Stories From Thucydides, by H. L. Havell [?sthuxxx.xxx] 9074
Oct 2005 The Roof of France, by Matilda Betham-Edwards [#2][?rffrxxx.xxx] 9073
Oct 2005 Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2,Boswell, ed. Birkbeck Hill[?jhn2xxx.xxx] 9072
[Full Title: The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2 of 6]
Oct 2005 The Non-Christian Cross, by John Denham Parsons [crossxxx.xxx] 9071
[Also posted: illustrated HTML - cross10h.zip; and cross10h.htm]
Oct 2005 The Imaginary Invalid, by Moliere (Poquelin) [?maldxxx.xxx] 9070
Oct 2005 Saint Augustin, by Louis Bertrand [?agstxxx.xxx] 9069
Oct 2005 Apu Ollantay, by Sir Clements R. Markham [apuolxxx.xxx] 9068
[Subtitle: A Drama of the Time of the Incas]
Oct 2005 Robert Browning: How To Know Him, W. L. Phelps[#3][?brwnxxx.xxx] 9067
[Full author: William Lyon Phelps]
Oct 2005 Der letzte Zentaur, by Paul Heyse [?zntrxxx.xxx] 9066
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Beatrice, by Paul Heyse [?btrcxxx.xxx] 9065
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Gedichte, by Paul Heyse [?gdctxxx.xxx] 9064
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales, by J. S. Chase[?pnmgxxx.xxx] 9063
[Title: The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions]
[Author: J. Smeaton Chase]
Oct 2005 Sappho, by Franz Grillparzer [?spphxxx.xxx] 9062
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Public Orations of Demosthenes, vol. 2,Demosthenes[?pbd2xxx.xxx] 9061
[Full title: The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2]
Oct 2005 Public Orations of Demosthenes, vol. 1,Demosthenes[?pbd1xxx.xxx] 9060
[Full title: The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1]
Oct 2005 Andrea Delfin, by Paul Heyse [?adlfxxx.xxx] 9059
[Subtitle: Eine venezianische Novelle] [Language: German]
Oct 2005 Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn, Franz Grillparzer [?trdnxxx.xxx] 9058
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Unspoken Sermons, by George MacDonald [#35][sermnxxx.xxx] 9057
[Series I., II., and III.]
Oct 2005 Bad Medicine, by Robert Sheckley [badmdxxx.xxx] 9055C
Oct 2005 The Young Woman's Guide, by William A. Alcott [?ywmgxxx.xxx] 9054
Oct 2005 Poesies du troubadour Peire Raimon, Joseph Anglade[?ptprxxx.xxx] 9053
[Full title: Poesies du troubadour Peire Raimon de Toulouse]
[Language: French]
[Also posted: HTML in 8ptpr10h.htm and 8ptpr10h.zip]
Oct 2005 The Golden Calf, by M. E. Braddon [?calfxxx.xxx] 9052
Oct 2005 Sanine, by Michael Artzibashef [?sannxxx.xxx] 9051
Oct 2005 Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. I., Dodsley [?oeplxxx.xxx] 9050
[Full title: A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I.]
[Full author: R. Dodsley][Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt]
Oct 2005 Libussa, by Franz Grillparzer [?lbssxxx.xxx] 9049
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Ballads, by William Hayley [?bldsxxx.xxx] 9048
[Subtitle: Founded On Anecdotes Relating To Animals]
Oct 2005 The Banks of Wye, by Robert Bloomfield [bkwyexxx.xxx] 9047
Oct 2005 Koenig Ottokars Glueck und Ende, Franz Grillparzer[?ottkxxx.xxx] 9046
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Die Juedin von Toledo, by Franz Grillparzer [?jdtlxxx.xxx] 9045
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 Weh dem, der luegt, by Franz Grillparzer [?whdmxxx.xxx] 9044
[Language: German]
Oct 2005 May Day With The Muses, by Robert Bloomfield [maydaxxx.xxx] 9043
[The following entries (#9001-#9042) are Computer-generated audio
eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
*index.html and *readme.txt file.]
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Extracts From Adam's Diary [xadamxxx.mp3] 9042C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, What Is Man? [wman1xxx.mp3] 9041C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad [trampxxx.mp3] 9040C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Is Shakespeare Dead? [shkddxxx.mp3] 9039C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Adventures of Tom Sawyer [sawyrxxx.mp3] 9038C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Detective [sawy3xxx.mp3] 9037C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad [sawy2xxx.mp3] 9036C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson [puddnxxx.mp3] 9035C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Stolen White Elephant [mtswexxx.mp3] 9034C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Sketches New and Old [mtsnoxxx.mp3] 9033C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Roughing It [mtritxxx.mp3] 9032C
Sep 2005 Audio: Twain, Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion [mtridxxx.mp3] 9031C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Essays on Paul Bourget [mtpbgxxx.mp3] 9030C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Speeches [mtmtsxxx.mp3] 9029C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger [mtmstxxx.mp3] 9028C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories [mtlafxxx.mp3] 9027C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad [mtinnxxx.mp3] 9026C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, How Tell a Story and Others [mthtsxxx.mp3] 9025C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Hadleyburg & Other Stories [mthdbxxx.mp3] 9024C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Gilded Age [mtgldxxx.mp3] 9023C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Goldsmiths Friend Abroad [mtgfaxxx.mp3] 9022C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Fennimore Cooper Offences [mtfcoxxx.mp3] 9021C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Those Extraordinary Twins [mtextxxx.mp3] 9020C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Dog's Tale [mtdtlxxx.mp3] 9019C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Defense of Harriet Shelley [mtdhsxxx.mp3] 9018C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Double Barrelled Detective [mtdbdxxx.mp3] 9017C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Christian Science [mtcscxxx.mp3] 9016C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The Curious Republic of Gondour[mtcrgxxx.mp3] 9015C
Sep 2005 Audio: Paine, Ed. The Letters of Mark Twain [mtcltxxx.mp3] 9014C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain Carnival of Crime in Connecticut[mtcccxxx.mp3] 9013C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Burlesque Autobiography [mtbbgxxx.mp3] 9012C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The American Claimant [mtaclxxx.mp3] 9011C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain On the Decay of the Art of Lying[lyingxxx.mp3] 9010C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi [lmissxxx.mp3] 9009C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, A Horse's Tale [hrstlxxx.mp3] 9008C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn [hfinnxxx.mp3] 9007C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg [hdlybxxx.mp3] 9006C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Following the Equator [feqtrxxx.mp3] 9005C
Sep 2005 Audio: Twain, Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven[cptsfxxx.mp3] 9004C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, The $30,000 Bequest [beqstxxx.mp3] 9003C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Recollections of Joan of Arc V2[2prjaxxx.mp3] 9002C
Sep 2005 Audio: Mark Twain, Recollections of Joan of Arc V1[1prjaxxx.mp3] 9001C
Sep 2005 Das Kloster bei Sendomir, by Franz Grillparzer [?klstxxx.xxx] 8999
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Paris As It Was and As It Is,by Francis W. Blagdon[?parixxx.xxx] 8998
[Subtitle: A Sketch Of The French Capital, Illustrative Of The
Effects Of The Revolution] [Contains Volume I and Volume II.]
[Also posted HTML - 8pari10h.zip and 8pari10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles, by John Kirtland [?flrdxxx.xxx] 8997
[Subtitle: A First Latin Reader]
Sep 2005 Practical Suggestions for Mother, Marion M. Miller[sugstxxx.xxx] 8996
[Full title: Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife]
[Full author: Marion Mills Miller]
[Also posted HTML - sugst10h.zip and sugst10h.htm]
Sep 2005 What Katy Did Next, by Susan Coolidge [?kty2xxx.xxx] 8995
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8kty210h.zip only]
Sep 2005 What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge [#3][?kty1xxx.xxx] 8994
Sep 2005 The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne [?mislxxx.xxx] 8993
[HTML only: 8misl10h.htm and 8misl10h.htm; no text file provided]
Sep 2005 The Blockade Runners, by Jules Verne [8blokxxx.xxx] 8992
[HTML - 8blok10h.zip and 8blok10h.htm only; no text file provided]
Sep 2005 The Fur Country, by Jules Verne [8furcxxx.xxx] 8991
[HTML - 8furc10h.zip and 8furc10h.htm only; no text file provided]
[The following entries (#8965-#8990) are Computer-generated audio
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Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, The Underground City [ucityxxx.mp3] 8990C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Survivors of the Chancellor [tsotcxxx.mp3] 8989C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, The Master of the World [thmstxxx.mp3] 8988C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Michael Strogoff [strgfxxx.mp3] 8987C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon [moonxxxx.mp3] 8986C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, In Search of the Castaways [cstwyxxx.mp3] 8985C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Off on a Comet [cometxxx.mp3] 8984C
Sep 2005 Audio: Verne, Journey to the Interior of the Earth[8jrnyxxx.mp3] 8983C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days [80dayxxx.mp3] 8982C
Sep 2005 Audio: Verne, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon [800lgxxx.mp3] 8981C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Robur the Conqueror [7robcxxx.mp3] 8980C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jules Verne, Five Weeks in a Balloon [5wiabxxx.mp3] 8979C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes [wtslwxxx.mp3] 8978C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance [wchncxxx.mp3] 8977C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds [warw1xxx.mp3] 8976C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent [rschmxxx.mp3] 8975C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man [nvsblxxx.mp3] 8974C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, Little Wars [ltwrsxxx.mp3] 8973C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon [fmitmxxx.mp3] 8972C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau [dmoroxxx.mp3] 8971C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, Twelve Stories and a Dream [12sadxxx.mp3] 8970C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The War in the Air [wrairxxx.mp3] 8969C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The World Set Free [twsfrxxx.mp3] 8968C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Door in the Wall et al. [tditwxxx.mp3] 8967C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart[spothxxx.mp3] 8966C
Sep 2005 Audio: H. G. Wells, Floor Games [flrgmxxx.mp3] 8965C
Sep 2005 Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg, by Franz Grillparzer [?brdzxxx.xxx] 8964
[Language: German]
[The following entries (#8962-#8963) are Computer-generated audio
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Sep 2005 Audio: Stephen Crane, A Girl of the Streets [mgotsxxx.mp3] 8963C
Sep 2005 Audio: O Henry, The Four Million [4millxxx.mp3] 8962C
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resolved, a correction notice will posted:
Sep 2005 Der arme Spielmann, by Franz Grillparzer [?splmxxx.xxx] 8961
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 The Bride of Dreams, by Frederik van Eeden [?bodrxxx.xxx] 8961
[Tr.: Mellie von Auw]
[Also posted: Rich Text in 8bodr10r.zip]
[The following entries (#8962-#8960) are Computer-generated audio
eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
*index.html and *readme.txt file.]
Sep 2005 Audio: J.T. Headley, The Great Riots of New York [grtrtxxx.mp3] 8960C
Sep 2005 Audio: J.F. Jameson, Ed., New Netherland [nwnthxxx.mp3] 8959C
Sep 2005 Audio: Edith Warton, The Age of Innocence [aginoxxx.mp3] 8958C
Sep 2005 Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, by James Gillman [?smtgxxx.xxx] 8957
[Also posted HTML - 8smtg10h.zip and 8smtg10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Literary Remains, Vol. 3, by Coleridge [?rem3xxx.xxx] 8956
[Full title: The Literary Remains Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
[Full author: Edited By Henry Nelson Coleridge]
[Also posted HTML - 8rem310h.zip and 8rem310h.htm]
Sep 2005 Far Above Rubies, by George MacDonald [7fbrbxxx.xxx] 8955
[Also posted HTML - 7fbrb10h.zip and 7fbrb10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [?lascxxx.xxx] 8954
[Also posted HTML - 8lasc10h.zip and 8lasc10h.htm]
Sep 2005 The Norsk Nightingale, by William F. Kirk [?nrskxxx.xxx] 8953
Sep 2005 Scientific American, Vol. 22, No. 1, by Various [?s022axx.xxx] 8952
[Full title: Scientific American, Vol. 22, No. 1 January 1, 1870]
[Also - HTML version in 8s022a10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8s022a10h.zip]
Sep 2005 Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26, by Various [?s017zxx.xxx] 8951
[Full title: Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867]
[Also - HTML version in 8s017z10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8s017z10h.zip]
Sep 2005 Scientific American Supplement, No. 385,by Various[?0385xxx.xxx] 8950
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883]
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8038510h.zip; and 8038510h.htm]
Sep 2005 Rampolli, by George MacDonald [#39][?rampxxx.xxx] 8949
Sep 2005 Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects, by W. Hayley[7psssxxx.xxx] 8948
[Full author: William Hayley]
Sep 2005 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I., No. 3, Jan 1858, [#3][?01a3xxx.xxx] 8947
[Full title: The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I., No. 3, January 1858]
[Full author: Various]
Sep 2005 Life of Cicero, Vol. 1 by Anthony Trollope [?lcc1xxx.xxx] 8945
Sep 2005 The Elect Lady, by George MacDonald [#37][?elldxxx.xxx] 8944
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, Vol. 3, by George MacDonald [#36][?aca3xxx.xxx] 8943
[See also: #8892 for Vol. 1, and #8929 for Vol. 2]
Sep 2005 The Last Hope, by Henry Seton Merriman [#9][?lshpxxx.xxx] 8942
[Author Note: Henry Seton Merriman is a pseudonym for Hugh Stowell Scott]
[See also #8493, a different version.]
[7-bit version in 7lshp10a.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8lshp10a.txt/.zip]
Sep 2005 Lord Kilgobbin, by Charles Lever [?kilgxxx.xxx] 8941
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8kilg10h.zip; and 8kilg10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Evils of Popular Ignorance, by John Foster [?epigxxx.xxx] 8940
[Full title: An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance]
[Also posted HTML - 8epig10h.zip and 8epig10h.htm]
Sep 2005 With Edged Tools, by Henry Seton Merriman [edgtxxxx.xxx] 8939
[Author Note: Henry Seton Merriman is a pseudonym for Hugh Stowell Scott]
[Text in edgt10.txt/.zip, XHTML in edgt10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 2005 Zenobia, by William Ware [?zenbxxx.xxx] 8938
[Also posted HTML - 8zenb10h.zip and 8zenb10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Tales and Novels, Vol. VII, by Maria Edgeworth[#9][?tal7xxx.xxx] 8937
[Subtitle: Patronage]
Sep 2005 Holidays in Eastern France, M. Betham-Edwards [#2][?hefrxxx.xxx] 8936
[Full author: Matilda Betham-Edwards]
Sep 2005 Dream Tales and Prose Poems, by Ivan Turgenev [#8][?drpmxxx.xxx] 8935
[Tr.: Constance Garnett]
Sep 2005 The Forest Lovers, by Maurice Hewlett [#5][?frstxxx.xxx] 8934
Sep 2005 Popular Tales from the Norse, by G. W. Dasent [?norsxxx.xxx] 8933
[Full author: Sir George Webbe Dasent]
Sep 2005 Lessons in Life, by Timothy Titcomb [lslifxxx.xxx] 8932
Sep 2005 The Gem Collector, by P. G. Wodehouse [#33][?tgemxxx.xxx] 8931
Sep 2005 Counter-Attack and Other Poems, Siegfried Sassoon [?pwarxxx.xxx] 8930
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, by George MacDonald [7aca2xxx.xxx] 8929
[Also posted HTML - 7aca210h.zip and 7aca210h.htm]
Sep 2005 Simon Bolivar, the Liberator,Guillermo A. Sherwell[?blvrxxx.xxx] 8928
Sep 2005 Auf dem Staatshof, by Theodor Storm [?sthfxxx.xxx] 8927
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7sthf10.txt and 7sthf10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8sthf10.txt and 8sthf10.zip]
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 In St. Juergen, by Theodor Storm [?stjrxxx.xxx] 8926
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Der Spiegel Des Cyprianus, by Theodor Storm [?spglxxx.xxx] 8925
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Home Again, by George MacDonald [#35][?homexxx.xxx] 8924
Sep 2005 Die Regentrude, by Theodor Storm [?rgtdxxx.xxx] 8923
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Viola Tricolor, by Theodor Storm [?vltrxxx.xxx] 8922
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Waldwinkel, by Theodor Storm [?wwklxxx.xxx] 8921
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 The Light of Asia, by Sir Edwin Arnold [lasiaxxx.xxx] 8920
Sep 2005 Pole Poppenspaeler, by Theodor Storm [?plppxxx.xxx] 8919
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1,Boswell, ed. Birkbeck Hill[?jhn1xxx.xxx] 8918
[Full Title: The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1 of 6]
Sep 2005 Von Kinder und Katzen, by Theodor Storm [?kndrxxx.xxx] 8917
[Full title: Von Kinder und Katzen, und wie sie die Nine begruben]
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Bulemanns Haus, by Theodor Storm [?blmnxxx.xxx] 8916
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Hinzelmeier, by Theodor Storm [?hzlmxxx.xxx] 8915
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 England, My England, by D.H. Lawrence [#6][?mengxxx.xxx] 8914
Sep 2005 Portent & Other Stories, by George MacDonald [#36][?tposxxx.xxx] 8913
Sep 2005 Lyrical Ballads, 1800, Vol. 2, by Wordsworth [#5][7bal2xxx.xxx] 8912
[Full title: Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, 1800 Edn., Vol. 2]
[Full Author: William Wordsworth]
Sep 2005 Explorations in Australia, by John McDouall Stuart[eaustxxx.xxx] 8911
Sep 2005 System of Nature, Vol. 2, by Baron D'Holbach[BD#3][?son2xxx.xxx] 8910
Sep 2005 System of Nature, Vol. 1, by Baron D'Holbach[BD#2][?son1xxx.xxx] 8909
Sep 2005 The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious, W. Killen[?igepxxx.xxx] 8908
[Full Author: W. D. (William Dool) Killen]
[Subtitle: A Reply to the Right Rev. Dr. Lightfoot]
Sep 2005 Pot-bouille, by Emile Zola [?ptblxxx.xxx] 8907
[Language: French]
Sep 2005 Mary Slessor of Calabar, by W. P. Livingstone [?slssxxx.xxx] 8906
[Full title: Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary]
Sep 2005 Lyrical Ballads, 1800, Vol. 1, by Wordsworth [#3][?bal1xxx.xxx] 8905
[Full title: Lyrical Ballads With Other Poems, 1800 Edn., Vol. 1]
[Full Author: William Wordsworth]
Sep 2005 How To Do It, by Edward Everett Hale [?hditxxx.xxx] 8904
[Also posted HTML - 8hdit10h.zip and 8hdit10h.htm]
[7-bit version - 7hdit10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version UNICODE - 8hdit10u.txt/.zip]
Sep 2005 The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 [?02a8xxx.xxx] 8903
[Author's Full Name: Various]
Sep 2005 The Flight of the Shadow, by George MacDonald[#34][flshdxxx.xxx] 8902
Sep 2005 Letters and Journals, Vol. 1, by Lord Byron [?blj1xxx.xxx] 8901
[Full title: The Works Of Lord Byron, Letters and Journals, Vol. 1]
[Full author: Lord Byron, Edited by Rowland E. Prothero]
[Also posted: HTML in 8blj110h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8blj110h.zip]
Sep 2005 The London and Country Brewer, by Anonymous [?brewxxx.xxx] 8900
Sep 2005 Three Weeks, by Elinor Glyn [#2][?3wksxxx.xxx] 8899
Sep 2005 Castles and Cave Dwellings,Sabine Baring-Gould[#2][?cavexxx.xxx] 8898
[Full title: Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe]
Sep 2005 Nina Balatka, by Anthony Trollope [nnbltxxx.xxx] 8897
[Also posted: HTML in nnblt10h.htm/.zip]
[Note: Includes new Introduction written specially for Project Gutenberg
by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.]
Sep 2005 Outline of Universal History,by George Park Fisher[?uhstxxx.xxx] 8896
Sep 2005 Auf Der Universitat Lore, by Theodor Storm [?unvrxxx.xxx] 8895
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Latin Literature, by J. W. Mackail [?llitxxx.xxx] 8894
Sep 2005 Selections From Poe, by J. Montgomery Gambrill [?spoexxx.xxx] 8893
[7-bit version in 7spoe10.txt/.zip; 8-bit UTF-8 version in 8spoe10u.txt/.zip]
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, Vol. 1, by George MacDonald [#33][?aca1xxx.xxx] 8892
Sep 2005 With the Procession, by Henry B. Fuller [#4][?wproxxx.xxx] 8891
Sep 2005 Mary Jane: Her Book, by Clara Ingram Judson [mjanexxx.xxx] 8890
Sep 2005 Aquis Submersus, by Theodor Storm [?aqsbxxx.xxx] 8889
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish,byJames Fenimore Cooper [?weptxxx.xxx] 8888
[HTML version with accented characters in 8wept10h.htm and 8wept10h.zip]
Sep 2005 Marjorie's New Friend, by Carolyn Wells [?mjnfxxx.xxx] 8887
Sep 2005 A Rough Shaking, by George MacDonald [#33][?rshkxxx.xxx] 8886
Sep 2005 The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II, by Aphra Behn [?aph2xxx.xxx] 8885
[Subtitle: Abdelazer, or, The Moor's Revenge; The Young King, or, The
[Editor: Montague Summers]
Sep 2005 Syria and the Holy Land, by John Burckhardt [#2][?sriaxxx.xxx] 8884
[Full title: Travels in Syria and the Holy Land]
Sep 2005 A Love Story, by A Bushman [?lvstxxx.xxx] 8883
[Also posted HTML - 8lvst10h.zip and 8lvst10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Kokoro, by Lafcadio Hearn [#9][kkoroxxx.xxx] 8882
[Subtitle: Japanese Inner Life Hints]
Sep 2005 A Fleece of Gold, by Charles Stewart Given [?jasnxxx.xxx] 8881
[Subtitle: Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece]
[Also posted HTML - 8jasn10h.zip and 8jasn10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Satanstoe, by James Fenimore Cooper [#17][?satnxxx.xxx] 8880
Sep 2005 There & Back, by George MacDonald [?thbkxxx.xxx] 8879
Sep 2005 The Mischief Maker, by E. Phillips Oppenheim [?msmkxxx.xxx] 8878
Sep 2005 Geoffrey Strong, by Laura E. Richards [gffryxxx.xxx] 8877
Sep 2005 Ma captivite en Abyssinie, by Dr. Henri Blanc [?mcptxxx.xxx] 8876
[Language: French]
Sep 2005 The Road to Damascus, by August Strindberg [?rddmxxx.xxx] 8875
[A trilogy of plays]
[Tr. Note: English Version by Graham Rawson; Intro. by Gunnar Ollen]
[Also posted: HTML in 8rddm10h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8rddm10h.zip]
Sep 2005 Queechy, by Elizabeth Wetherell [?queexxx.xxx] 8874
[Also posted: HTML in 8quee10h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8quee10h.zip]
Sep 2005 The Isle of Unrest, by Henry Seton Merriman [#7][?islexxx.xxx] 8873
Sep 2005 Report on the Condition of the South, Carl Schurz [cnsthxxx.xxx] 8872
Sep 2005 A Desperate Character, by Ivan Turgenev [#7][?despxxx.xxx] 8871
[Full title: A Desperate Character and Other Stories]
Sep 2005 La Mejor Cocinera, by Calleja (pseudonym) [?mjrcxxx.xxx] 8870
[Subtitle: Recetas de Cocina] [Language: Spanish]
Sep 2005 Tales From Bohemia, by Robert Neilson Stephens [?bohmxxx.xxx] 8869
Sep 2005 Botchan (Master Darling), by Kin-nosuke Natsume [btchnxxx.xxx] 8868
[Full Author: Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume] [Tr.: Yasotaro Morri]
Sep 2005 Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan [wfwknxxx.xxx] 8866
[Author Note: Adapted from Nature's Garden by Asa Don Dickinson]
[Also posted: HTML wfwkn10h.htm and wfwkn10h.zip]
[Note: illustrations included in both zip files.)
Sep 2005 Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings, by A. Donnell [?msthxxx.xxx] 8865
[Author's Full Name: Annie Hamilton Donnell]
Sep 2005 Memoires secrets de Fournier, by Claude Fournier [?mmrsxxx.xxx] 8864
[Full title: Memoires secrets de Fournier l'Americain]
[Intro. and Notes: Francois-Alphonse Aulard] [Language: French]
Sep 2005 Le Speronare, by Alexandre Dumas [?lsprxxx.xxx] 8863
[Language: French]
Sep 2005 Scientific American Sup. No. 384, by Various [?0384xxx.xxx] 8862
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883]
[Also posted: HTML in 8038410h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8038410h.zip]
Sep 2005 Poetical Works, Vol. 1, by Lord Byron [?bpt1xxx.xxx] 8861
[Full Title: The Works Of Lord Byron, Poetry, Volume 1.]
[Ed.: Ernest Hartley Coleridge]
[Also posted illustrated HTML in - 8bpt110h.zip; and 8bpt110h.htm]
Sep 2005 Palestine or the Holy Land, by Michael Russell [?pltnxxx.xxx] 8860
[Subtitle: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time]
Sep 2005 True to the Old Flag, by G. A. Henty [?oflgxxx.xxx] 8859
[Subtitle: A Tale of the American War of Independence]
[Also posted illustrated HTML only in - 8oflg10h.zip; and 8oflg10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Earthwork Out Of Tuscany, by Maurice Hewlett [?erthxxx.xxx] 8858
[Subtitle: Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett]
Sep 2005 Life, Studies, Works Of Benjamin West,by John Galt[?bwstxxx.xxx] 8857
[Full Title: The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq.]
[Subtitle: Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself]
[Full Author: John Galt]
[Also posted: HTML with accented characters in 8bwst10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 2005 The Secrets Of The Great City, by E. Martin [?sgrcxxx.xxx] 8856
[Subtitle: A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the Mysteries,
Miseries and Crimes of New York City]
[Author's Full Name: Edward Winslow Martin]
Sep 2005 Astral Worship, by J. H. Hill [astrlxxx.xxx] 8855
[HTML version in astrl10h.htm and astrl10h.zip]
[ZIP files contain 9 gif images of exceptional quality]
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Revelation [wnt27xxx.xxx] 8854
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Jude [wnt26xxx.xxx] 8853
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 3 John [wnt25xxx.xxx] 8852
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 John [wnt24xxx.xxx] 8851
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 John [wnt23xxx.xxx] 8850
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Peter [wnt22xxx.xxx] 8849
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Peter [wnt21xxx.xxx] 8848
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: James [wnt20xxx.xxx] 8847
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Hebrews [wnt19xxx.xxx] 8846
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Philemon [wnt18xxx.xxx] 8845
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Titus [wnt17xxx.xxx] 8844
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Timothy [wnt16xxx.xxx] 8843
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Timothy [wnt15xxx.xxx] 8842
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Thessalonians [wnt14xxx.xxx] 8841
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Thessalonians [wnt13xxx.xxx] 8840
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Colossians [wnt12xxx.xxx] 8839
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Philippians [wnt11xxx.xxx] 8838
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Ephesians [wnt10xxx.xxx] 8837
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Galatians [wnt09xxx.xxx] 8836
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 2 Corinthians [wnt08xxx.xxx] 8835
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: 1 Corinthians [wnt07xxx.xxx] 8834
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Romans [wnt06xxx.xxx] 8833
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Acts [wnt05xxx.xxx] 8832
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: John [wnt04xxx.xxx] 8831
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Luke [wnt03xxx.xxx] 8830
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Mark [wnt02xxx.xxx] 8829
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Matthew [wnt01xxx.xxx] 8828
Sep 2005 Weymouth New Testament: Preface and Introductions [wnt00xxx.xxx] 8827
[Full title: Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech by R.F. Weymouth]
Sep 2005 Tales And Novels, Volume 1, by Maria Edgeworth [?tal1xxx.xxx] 8826
[Subtitle: Moral Tales]
Sep 2005 The Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 1 [?edg1xxx.xxx] 8825
[Author's Full Name: Maria Edgeworth] [Ed.: Augustus J. C. Hare]
Sep 2005 Poems In Two Volumes, Vol 2, by William Wordsworth[pwdw2xxx.xxx] 8824
Sep 2005 Dutch Life in Town and Country, by P. M. Hough [?dlifxxx.xxx] 8823
[Also posted HTML - 8dlif10h.zip and 8dlif10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Les grands orateurs, by Francois-Alphonse Aulard [?rtrsxxx.xxx] 8822
[Full title: Les grands orateurs de la Revolution]
[Subtitle: Mirabeau, Vergniaud, Danton, Robespierre]
[Full author: Francois-Alphonse Aulard] [Language: French]
Sep 2005 To the Gold Coast for Gold, by Richard F. Burton [?goldxxx.xxx] 8821
Sep 2005 A Treasury of War Poetry, by Ed. by G. H. Clarke [?warpxxx.xxx] 8820
[Subtitle: British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917]
[Ed.: with Introduction and Notes, by George Herbert Clarke]
Sep 2005 In Troubador-Land, by S. Baring-Gould [#2][?trlnxxx.xxx] 8819
[Subtitle: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc]
[The following 3 entries (#8816-#8818) are Computer-generated audio
eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
*index.html and *readme.txt file.]
Sep 2005 Audio: E.G. Bulwer-Lytton, Last Days of Pompeii [tldopxxx.mp3] 8818C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jack London, The Game [tgamexxx.mp3] 8817C
Sep 2005 Audio: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis, Time of Nero[quvdsxxx.mp3] 8816C
Sep 2005 Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia,by Henry Blanc[?cpabxxx.xxx] 8815
[Subtitle: With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and
People]
Sep 2005 Journal Of A Mission To The Interior Of Africa, In[?mngoxxx.xxx] 8814
[Title: The Journal Of A Mission To The Interior Of Africa, In The Year 1805]
[Subtitle: Together with Other Documents, Official and Private, Relating to
the Same Mission, to Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park]
[Full Author: Mungo Park] [Ed.: John Whishaw]
Sep 2005 Complete Prose Works, by Walt Whitman [?cmprxxx.xxx] 8813
[The following 7 entries (#8806-#8812) are Computer-generated audio
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Sep 2005 Audio: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden [gardnxxx.mp3] 8812C
Sep 2005 Audio: First Voyage Round the World, James Cook [cfvrwxxx.mp3] 8811C
Sep 2005 Audio: Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur, A Tale of the Christ[benhrxxx.mp3] 8810C
Sep 2005 Audio: Aesop, Aesop's Fables [aesopxxx.mp3] 8809C
Sep 2005 Audio: A. Kippis, Narrative of Cook's Voyage [8vcjcxxx.mp3] 8808C
Sep 2005 Audio: Richard Harding Davis, Cuba in War Time [8cubaxxx.mp3] 8807C
Sep 2005 Audio: The Mucker, Edgar Rice Burroughs [tmuckxxx.mp3] 8806C
Sep 2005 One Generation to Another,Henry Seton Merriman[#7][?ongnxxx.xxx] 8805
[Full title: From One Generation to Another]
Sep 2005 Drie Vertellingen, by Gustave Flaubert [?drvtxxx.xxx] 8804
[Language: Dutch]
Sep 2005 Grosse und Kleine Welt, by Honore De Balzac [?grklxxx.xxx] 8803
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Elizabeth: The Disinherited Daugheter,E. Ben Ez-er[elizbxxx.xxx] 8802
Sep 2005 Drum Taps, by Walt Whitman [#3][?drumxxx.xxx] 8801
Sep 2005 Divine Comedy by Dante, Illust. Dore Complete[#42][comedxxx.xxx] 8800
[The Divine Comedy: The Vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise]
[Full Author: Dante Alighieri][File Size: 36 mb]
[Tr.: Henry Francis Cary; Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Paradise, Dante, Dore Complete[#41][dpar4xxx.xxx] 8799
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Paradise, Dante, Dore V3[#40][dpar3xxx.xxx] 8798
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Paradise, Dante, Dore V2[#39][dpar2xxx.xxx] 8797
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Paradise, Dante, Dore V1[#38][dpar1xxx.xxx] 8796
[The Divine Comedy: The Vision of Paradise or Paradiso]
[Full Author: Dante Alighieri][File Sizes: Complete: 4 mb; V1-3: 2 mb each]
[Translated by Henry Francis Cary, Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante, DoreComplete[#37][dprg6xxx.xxx] 8795
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante, Dore V5[#36][dprg5xxx.xxx] 8794
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante, Dore V4[#35][dprg4xxx.xxx] 8793
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante, Dore V3[#34][dprg3xxx.xxx] 8792
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante, Dore V2[#33][dprg2xxx.xxx] 8791
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante, Dore V1[#32][dprg1xxh.zip] 8790
[The Divine Comedy: The Vision of Purgatory or Purgatorio]
[Full Author: Dante Alighieri][File Sizes: Complete: 10 mb; V1-5: 2.5 mb each]
[Tr.: Henry Francis Cary; Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Dore Complete[#31][hel11xxh.zip] 8789
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illst.Dore V10[#30][hel10xxh.zip] 8788
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V9[#29][hel09xxh.zip] 8787
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V8[#28][hel08xxh.zip] 8786
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V7[#27][hel07xxh.zip] 8785
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V6[#26][hel06xxh.zip] 8784
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V5[#25][hel05xxh.zip] 8783
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V4[#24][hel04xxh.zip] 8782
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V3[#23][hel03xxh.zip] 8781
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V2[#22][hel02xxh.zip] 8780
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V1[#21][hel01xxh.zip] 8779
[Full Title:The Vision of Hell, or The Inferno][Full Author: Dante Alighieri]
[Translated by Henry Francis Cary; Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Illustrated HTML zip only in hel??10h.zip]
[Vol. 1-10 average 2.5 mb each; Vol. 11 is 20 mb]
Aug 2005 The Water of the Wondrous Isles, by William Morris[wtwnxxxx.xxx] 8778
[Text in wtwn10.txt/.zip, XHTML in wtwn10h.htm/.zip]
Aug 2005 Authors and Friends, by Annie Fields [?thrsxxx.xxx] 8777
Aug 2005 The Impostures of Scapin, by Moliere (Poquelin) [?scapxxx.xxx] 8776
[Tr.: Charles Heron Wall]
Aug 2005 Poems, by Victor Hugo [#12][?hugoxxx.xxx] 8775
Aug 2005 Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. 1,byWilliam Wordsworth [pwdw1xxx.xxx] 8774
Aug 2005 Birth Control, by Halliday G. Sutherland [?bctrxxx.xxx] 8773
[Subtitle: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians]
Aug 2005 The Learned Women, by Moliere (Poquelin) [?lwomxxx.xxx] 8772
[Tr.: Charles Heron Wall]
Aug 2005 Jurgen, by James Brance Cabell [#2][?jurgxxx.xxx] 8771
[Subtitle: A Comedy of Justice]
Aug 2005 Milton, by Mark Pattison [?mltnxxx.xxx] 8770
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Aug 2005 Audio: The Efficiency Expert, Edgar Rice Burroughs[effncxxx.mp3] 8769C
Aug 2005 Audio: Tarzan the Terrible, Edgar Rice Burroughs [tzntrxxx.mp3] 8768C
Aug 2005 Audio: Tarzan the Untamed, Edgar Rice Burroughs [tarz7xxx.mp3] 8767C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Chessmen of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [cmarsxxx.mp3] 8766C
Aug 2005 Audio: Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs [pelluxxx.mp3] 8765C
Aug 2005 Audio: People Out of Time, Edgar Rice Burroughs [poftmxxx.mp3] 8764C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs [tlttfxxx.mp3] 8763C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Outlaw of Torn, Edgar Rice Burroughs [otornxxx.mp3] 8762C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Oakdale Affair, Edgar Rice Burroughs [oakdaxxx.mp3] 8761C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Mad King, Edgar Rice Burroughs [mdkngxxx.mp3] 8760C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Lost Continent, Edgar Rice Burroughs [lcontxxx.mp3] 8759C
Aug 2005 Audio: Jungle Tales of Tarzan,Edgar Rice Burroughs[tarz6xxx.mp3] 8758C
Aug 2005 Audio: At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [ecorexxx.mp3] 8757C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Monster Men, Edgar Rice Burroughs [monstxxx.mp3] 8756C
Aug 2005 Audio: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Burroughs [tarz5xxx.mp3] 8755C
Aug 2005 Audio: Son of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [tarz4xxx.mp3] 8754C
Aug 2005 Audio: Beasts of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [tarz3xxx.mp3] 8753C
Aug 2005 Audio: Return of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [tarz2xxx.mp3] 8752C
Aug 2005 Audio: Thuvia, Edgar Rice Burroughs [mmarsxxx.mp3] 8751C
Aug 2005 Audio: War-lord of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [wmarsxxx.mp3] 8750C
Aug 2005 Audio: Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [gmarsxxx.mp3] 8749C
Aug 2005 Audio: A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [pmarsxxx.mp3] 8748C
Aug 2005 Wordsworth, by F. W. H. Myers [?wordxxx.xxx] 8747
Aug 2005 History of Modern Mathematics, David Eugene Smith [hsmmtxxx.xxx] 8746
[Subtitle: Mathematical Monographs No. 1]
[Note: available only in TeX in hsmmt10t.tex/.zip, PDF in hsmmt10p.pdf/.zip]
Aug 2005 Wulf the Saxon, by G. A. Henty [#22][wulfsxxx.xxx] 8745
[Subtitle: A Story of the Norman Conquest]
Aug 2005 A Sportsman's Sketches, V2, by Ivan Turgenev [#7][?ivn2xxx.xxx] 8744
[Subtitle: Works of Ivan Turgenev, Vol. II]
[Also posted HTML - 8ivn210h.zip and 8ivn210h.htm]
Aug 2005 Mary Schweidler, The Amber Witch, Ed. by Meinhold [?ambwxxx.xxx] 8743
[Ed.: William Meinhold] [Tr.: Lady Duff Gordon]
Aug 2005 Scientific American Sup. No. 392, by Various [?0392xxx.xxx] 8742
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883]
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8039210h.zip; and 8039210h.htm]
Aug 2005 The Brass Bowl, by Louis Joseph Vance [?brssxxx.xxx] 8741
Aug 2005 In the Arena, by Booth Tarkington [#19][?arnaxxx.xxx] 8740
[Subtitle: Stories of Political Life]
Aug 2005 Thermidor, by Ernest Hamel [?thmrxxx.xxx] 8739
[Subtitle: D'apres les sources originales et les documents authentiques
avec unportrait de Robespierre grave sur l'acier. Deuxieme Edition.]
[Language: French]
Aug 2005 Fasti, by Ovid [?fstixxx.xxx] 8738
[Author AKA: Publius Ovidius Naso] [Intro. and Notes: Thomas Keightley]
[Language: Latin]
Aug 2005 The Hermits, by Charles Kingsley [hrmtxxxx.xxx] 8733
[Text in hrmt10.txt/.zip, XHTML in hrmt10h.htm/.zip]
Jul 2005 Pausanias, the Spartan, by Lord Lytton [?psnsxxx.xxx] 8573
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The Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter 3rd September 2003 Part 2
eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers For Since 1971
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1) Editorial
Hello,
Well, the two part newsletter appears to be a hit. Hopefully, we
aren't being dropped into too many trash cans now. A few news items
this week and a bit of a special as Distributed Proofreaders hit
targets like yellow plastic ducks at a fairground. Thierry explains...
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2) News
Distributed Proofreaders Update
This is a significant and memorable week for the creative Diaspora of
Distributed Proofreaders. On this day, the third of September, 2003
the DP enterprise has completed and posted it's 2,000th text to
Project Gutenberg. For those who are unfamiliar with the history and
lore of DP it may not be possible to provide an explanation of a
'Special Issue' to mark this event. To those who have been along for a
part or parts of the DP odyssey so far, no such explanation is
necessary. Within this small frame today, we will try to satisfy both
perspectives and explore why there is much more behind all the fanfare
than a nice, round number.
Like all good stories, there has to be a beginning. So where did
Distributed Proofreaders originate from? Well ... a long time ago,
there were these three ships; the Nina; the Pinta and the Santa Maria
... see there was this fellow, who it on 'good account' that if you
sailed due-West for a number of weeks. . .'No...wait! That can't be right?
[Scratches his head, checks his notes: "Let's see now...'Legendary
Islands,' 'Likely Sites of Blackbeard's Treasure,' Ah! 'Longshot
Dreams' That's it!...A..B..C..Ca..'Drats!' 'must have gotten my Ch's
mixed up again?." drifts back.] Okay, it seems there was another
fellow, came along a little later on that island the earlier fellow
eventually bumped into. His name was Charles, and a few years ago an idea came
and entertained him for a while. After some quiet consideration,
instinctive calculation and some sleepless nights, Charles made up his
mind to do something with that idea.
As a young boy, Charles loved his books. When he grew, like many other
wise and hip people in the world, he became a big fan of Project
Gutenberg. The idea of a true World Wide Library filled his mind with
inspired visions. Like an errant knight drawn to Camelot, Charles knew
he had something invaluable to contribute to Michael Hart's grand
quest.
It was just after dawn in the new millennium and a buzz was in the
air, the Internet would indeed become the wonder of wonders in Human
history. It was just then becoming clear that only the truly useful
and practical would survive into the on-line future. Only those
ventures which remained true to the early promise of the medium would
stand on through the great changes about to unfold.
There was one particularly pesky idea which would not let him sleep at
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practical way to help realize the intentions of Project Gutenberg. I
wasn't there at the time, but I have heard it went something like
this: '. . .
What if there were some way to take a book and prepare it so that all
the many tasks of the digitization process were separated into small
parts. If a structure were built that would allow many people to work
on a book project at the same time, it would significantly increase
the speed of the e-book development-creation process.
The validity of this idea is no longer open for discussion. The idea was
pulled down into the physical world and hammered out on the anvil of
trial and error. The noise made by all that banging caught the
attention of over 10,000 people who have registered to the forums of
DP to learn more. Of those individuals, nearly 8,000 have been
inspired enough to give the proofing process a try. With the early
stages of research and development a matter for historians, the rate
at which the productivity of the project steadily grows must silence
the staunchest critic.
Looking at a handful of key figures will give a measurable sense of that success.
Two years ago this month there were less than 100 members within
DP. By September 2002, that number had risen to about 600 members. Two
months later, due to a tidal wave of attention from a Slash-Dot piece
on DP, the membership ranks swelled up into the thousands. While the
initial wave of activity quieted down over time, the number of people
who stayed with the project and the talents they brought with them,
have forever changed DP, and thus Project Gutenberg, for the better.
As head counts don't inform the whole measure of DP's growth, let's go over the
actual output and see what happens in the world when a single person
gives their heart and soul to an idea's manifestation.
Today we saw the 2000th text from DP posted to the PG stacks. Without
looking I can assure you that figure have risen noticeably between the
time these words are written and when you read them. It is a rare day
now that does not see 5 to 10 books posted.
The page counts make the books, and a snapshot tells more than words:
Two years ago - Average Daily Page Total = 260
One year ago - Average Daily Page Total = 1,000
Present day - Average Daily Page Total = 4,100+
There's much to producing a finished book like Hamlet than the proofing process.
The efforts and talents of many people are employed at each stage
development. When the weekly DP column returns to regular size next week, we will
continue to explore each stage and aspect of the creative system that
bears the title of Distributed Proofreaders, but means so much more.
In the weeks ahead, we will also continue to explore this idea that
Charles Franks set sail into this world. There is far more to his
visions for DP than I could ever convey in the frame allowed today. We
will spend some time with him over several issues to come. But now I
think Charles would be the first to say that I have shed too much
light upon his name today and not enough upon the many members of the
DP community, who put well intended and dedicated efforts into making
these 2000 texts possible. It would require an entire other issue to list those names.
To each and all of you, a deeply felt and shared congratulations!
Hold the dream close to your heart and keep it true!
You can make a difference for good in the world. Believe it.
Thierry
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What's happening to Project Gutenberg?
Over the past couple of weeks, since the Project Gutenberg needs you
posting, there seems to have been much disquiet about whether Project
Gutenberg will survive and exactly what is happening. Below, we have a
couple of messages from both Michael Hart and Greg Newby, which
hopefully, will put your minds at rest. We also have a few ideas below
that about what you can do to help.
PG has run for 32 years with no cash, much of the time with WORSE than
no cash, I paid to keep it running, and I have no intention of changing.
I would pay to work for PG, and that's been the case all along. . . .
So the ONLY think we NEED cash for is to keep our legal registrations
going. . .which costs some $5-$10K per year. . .which we can do, even
if I have to pay for it.
Michael Hart
PG will not go away, ever!
Even if there is no money.
Even if Michael or I gets run over by a bus tomorrow (though
you could sweat a bit if we both get run over. That's why we
live 3 timezones apart! No, just kidding...it's because
Greg likes dog mushing, and Michael likes Chicago-style pizza)
Even if PGLAF (who holds all the bank accounts) gets sued
out of existence by a monster corporation.
Even if iBiblio crashes and burns.
Even if the Internet Archive crashes and burns, or they both do!
Even if all the publishers start selling our eBooks and not crediting us!
Even if the IRS yanks our 501(c)(3) status.
There is only one thing that can make PG go away, which is if
all of our volunteers stop contributing their time, energy
and love of literature.
(Even then, the past content will stay.)
Greg Newby
OK, suggestions for how people such as you and I can help.
A comment was made on a DP forum last week that people felt that they
personally could not make a difference.
Well, I put it to you that this is not quite true. Back in 1971, one
man started to put one document on the internet, has this made a
difference? Well, you're reading this!
Of course it does, so let's think in terms of money not books.
One dollar*
That's all you need, go and find one, take a look, have a feel. Not
much is it? A bit like one book, significant for itself, but not much
to look at. Now say you donate your dollar to PG. Hmm, not much
difference to the overall scheme of things.
Now say we all donate one dollar. What have you got now?
Well, the subscriber numbers for the newsletter are around the 5,000
mark. So if we all donate one dollar that keeps PG running for at
least six months!
We will also, hopefully, be starting up a PG/DP shop soon, so get saving for those Xmas prezzies now!
Alice
*Please substitute the appropriate monetary unit, my favourite has to
be the Thai baht! What a great name!
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'Best Of Project Gutenberg'
Announcing the release of the August 2003 'Best of Project Gutenberg'
CD. On this marvellous tome you will find 692 files of the absolute
best that PG has to offer. I think if you had this little lot as a
library you would be very proud. There's Beowolf, the Life and
Adventures of Davy Crockett, Pi to a million digits (this is
apparently, one of the most popular downloads), The Frogs by
Aristophanes, Artistole's Treatise on Government, there are books by
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Hamlet - First Quarto
Hamlet - when your education has never included Shakespeare, you tend
to wonder why so many children complain that Shakespeare is boring,
and so many adults ignore him. Approaching this review with zero
knowledge possibly puts me at an advantage as I can come to the text
fresh, it also means that I possibily won't understand a thing. Well,
I work for PG, understanding is not a qualification for employment.
So, what do I know. Erm, ..., can't think of a thing. Asks significant
other, 'He's the Danish prince, talks to skulls a lot', ah yes,
Yorick, alas. I remember hearing about this now. So, exactly what is this
text?
Hamlet - First Quarto* was originally published in 1603 as an
unauthorised version. An authorised and differing version appeared in
1604. When a complete folio version of Hamlet was published in 1623,
the publishers declared this 1603 quarto to be 'stolen' and
'deformed'. It is radically different from the estabilished version. I
include at this point a quote from Kathleen O. Irace,
"For many years, scholars believed that Q1 [and the other 'bad
quartos'] was the work of rogue actors who pirated Shakespeare's Hamlet
for a rival company, perhaps selling their script to a pirate printer
or publisher. But analysis of probable reporters ... shows that as many
as twelve actors might have helped in reconstructing the plays --
working from full-length texts like the script behind Folio Hamlet in
at least four of the six plays. Rather than pirate actors foolishly
jeopardising their positions in the most influential theatre company of
the time, the reporters and adapters could instead have been full
members of Shakespeare's company. Like others who have grown to
appreciate the unique features of Q1 Hamlet, I believe it was printed
from a script reconstructed from memories of performances linked to F
[the 'good' folio version] and adapted at the same time -- by members
of Shakespeare's own company on tour. Though we may never recover hard
evidence to support this view, it takes into account both the pattern
of fluctuating correspondence between Q1 and F, and the special
features of the first quarto that continue to fascinate scholars,
actors, directors, and playgoers."
Versions of this text travelled into Europe, this from Jon Ingram,
"It might also be interesting to note that some version of the Q1
text travelled beyond England, as it is closely related to a German
play called 'Der bestrafte Brudermord' ('Fratricide Punished'). In
particular, this German version keeps the name 'Corambus' for the
lieutenant, and is closer in plot to Q1 than to the longer and later Q2
and F texts."
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places gains a small place in the history of DP.
At this point, I feel it is necessary to turn to those beloved
statistics that Michael likes. DP has existed for approximately, 3
years. It posted it's 1,000th text in February this year, less than
six months later it has posted 2,000. Moore's law? I think DP just
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Quarto - due to paper size, quarto indicates that the paper was folded
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Mar 2001 A Plea for Captain John Brown, by Thoreau [HDT #4][apcjbxxx.xxx] 2567
Mar 2001 How to Fail in Literature, by Andrew Lang[Lang#26][fllitxxx.xxx] 2566
Mar 2001 The Story of the Glittering Plain, by Wm. Morris 4[gltplxxx.xxx] 2565
Mar 2001 Wanderings Among South Sea Savages by H. W. Walker[wasssxxx.xxx] 2564
Mar 2001 Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry by Lamothe-Langon[?dbryxxx.xxx] 2563
Mar 2001 The Clouds, by Aristophanes [Aristophanes #1][cloudxxx.xxx] 2562
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Mar 2001 The Three Partners, by Bret Harte [Bret Harte #26][tpartxxx.xxx] 2560
Mar 2001 Man of Property, by John Galsworthy[Forsyte#1JG#4][mnprpxxx.xxx] 2559
Mar 2001 Poems, by George P. Morris [mrrspxxx.xxx] 2558
Mar 2001 Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton W. Burgess[TB#4][ldmwwxxx.xxx] 2557
Mar 2001 Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation, by Bret Harte [BH#25][jhmlnxxx.xxx] 2556
Mar 2001 Under the Redwoods, by Bret Harte[Bret Harte [#24][unrdwxxx.xxx] 2555
Mar 2001 Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky [FD #4][?crmpxxx.xxx] 2554
Mar 2001 Jeanne d'Arc, Her Life and Death, by Mrs. Oliphant[?jnrcxxx.xxx] 2553
Mar 2001 Thankful's Inheritance, by Joseph C. Lincoln[JL#5][thkinxxx.xxx] 2552
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lists the Alabama culprits as John Does 1-25), but plans to contact law
enforcement officials once it can finger individuals. (AP 27 Aug 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030827/D7T6H6483.html
[At Least The Broadcast Media ID'd Him As An 18 Year Old Boy]
TEENAGER IDENTIFIED AS 'BLASTER' VANDAL
An 18-year-old man has been identified as one author of the Blaster and
LovSan computer worms that have slowed corporate networks throughout the
world. The FBI says he will be arrested today. Another individual
apparently alerted authorities after seeing the man testing the code. All
the Blaster virus variants took advantage of a flaw in that part of Windows
software that's used to share data files across computer networks. Infected
computers were programmed to automatically launch an attack on a Web site
operated by Microsoft, windowsupdate.com, where Microsoft customers will
find software patches to ward off attacks by computer vandals.
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 29 Aug 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6647981.htm
WEBCASTERS SUE RIAA
Webcaster Alliance, an organization of 400 music broadcasters, has filed a
federal lawsuit charging that the major music labels and the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA) are monopolists who violated federal
antitrust laws when they went about setting music royalty rates for the
Internet. The webcasters seek an injunction to prevent the major labels
from enforcing their intellectual property rights and collecting royalty
payments. The RIAA calls the suit a publicity stunt without merit." (AP/USA
Today 28 Aug 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-08-28-riaa-webcast_x.htm
OPERA, MOZILLA DEBUT NEW BROWSER BETAS
Two of the remaining rivals to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser
each released new beta versions, touting improved speed and performance.
The Mozilla beta, based on an open-source version of the Netscape browser,
offers better Internet Relay Chat and XML support, a spell-checker for
e-mail, faster loading and improved standards support. Opera's beta version
features faster loading, improvements in the version designed for handheld
browsing, and support for Arabic and Hebrew. According to OneStat.com, more
than 95% of today's Web surfers use Microsoft IE, compared with about 1.6%
that choose Mozilla and just 0.6% choosing Opera. (CNet News.com 28 Aug 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5069448.html?tag=fd_top
[Of Course Linus Torvalds Just Recommends Not Keeping Data So Private]
["Only wimps use backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff
on FTP, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" -- Linus Torvalds]
BATTLING THE THREAT OF DATA EXTINCTION
Because most digital files are dependent on the operating systems in which
they're stored and the software applications used to create and access
them, would-be archivists are faced with the task of retaining and
maintaining the digital hardware necessary to read digital files as well as
the files themselves. "With each passing day, the reservoir of digital
documents grows," says Eastman Kodak manager Andrew Lawrence. "Often, there
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suggests the best approach to digital preservation is a dual track. For
short-term needs, users can maintain structured electronic archives in
their native formats. But for longer-term purposes, Lawrence suggests
creating a referenced archive of permanent document images in analog
format, such as microfilm, that could provide a technology-proof
repository. Glenn Widener, director of Internet technology at Swiftview,
has a different solution. He recommends using the Printer Control Language
(PCL) format, invented by Hewlett-Packard for its LaserJet family of
printers, as an easy way to preserve documents. "Many PCL viewers can view
15 to 20 years back. There will always be commercial tools readily
available to read it." Meanwhile, Dan Schonfeld, director of products for
Artesia, says his company's digital asset management software enables users
to archive viewers, readers and players along with files. "Because we can
store any type of media, we can actually store applications as well as the
media files themselves." (TechNewsWorld 28 Aug 2003)
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TEEN ARRESTED FOR BLASTER VIRUS
Federal authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Minnesota boy for his
part in the recent "Blaster" virus attack. Jeffrey Lee Parson admitted
that he modified parts of the Blaster virus and distributed it under
several other names, including "Blaster.B." Computers infected with
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Parson operated, and Parson told the FBI that his variant of the virus
allowed him to reconnect with infected computers later. Parson's
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causing damages far in excess of the $5,000 threshold for most hacker
cases. Worldwide, an estimated 500,000 computers were infected by all
versions of the Blaster virus, making it one of the worst attacks all year.
Wall Street Journal, 29 August 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB106212549173210600,00.html
RIAA REVEALS TRACKING METHODS
Included in court documents filed by the Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) are details about some of the group's tactics and
methods for determining which file swappers are trading copyrighted
files. The group has subpoenaed the ISP of a woman suspected of trading
copyrighted works, to obtain her identity. The woman, who remains
unidentified, is challenging the RIAA's subpoena. Her attorney has
said that all the files on her computer were copies of legally
purchased songs. In its filings, however, the RIAA indicates that
so-called "hashes," or digital fingerprints, indicate that at least
some of the files on the woman's computer came from Napster as long
ago as May 2000. The RIAA flatly stated that the woman's recordings
were not from her own CDs and that she is "not an innocent or
accidental infringer." The RIAA's court filings also reveal that the
group examines metadata tags, which are buried inside many MP3 files,
as a tool for determining the source of the files.
New York Times, 28 August 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Downloading-Music.html
[Interesting This Never Happened Until Copyrights Were Extended]
FRESHMAN ORIENTATION COVERS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Across the country as students show up on college campuses, an
increasingly common component of orientation is a lesson on copyrights,
possible infringements using technology, and the potential
repercussions. The Recording Industry Association of America is
continuing to serve ISPs--including many colleges--with subpoenas to
identify suspected copyright violators, and the group has said it will
begin filing lawsuits against the most egregious abusers. Educating
students about the realities of intellectual property is the approach
many university officials have taken to limit their institutions'
potential liability, as well as to control bandwidth-usage problems
created by file trading. Some students remain unconvinced, however.
Samuel Hicks, who is entering American University this fall, was not
persuaded by the presentation he attended. "This isn't going to stop
me from downloading anything," he said. "[The recording industry would]
have to do a lot of work to catch me."
Washington Post, 28 August 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56352-2003Aug27.html
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Part 3
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed 27 Aug 2003: 9,149 (incl. 267 Aus.).
Last week the Total Count was 9,079, including 263 at PG of Australia.
This week we added 71 new (incl. 4 at PG of Australia); however, we had to
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Sep 2005 Audio: Franz Kafka, The Trial [ktriaxxx.mp3] 8813C
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The following is being re-indexed to include the volume number:
Nov 2000 History of the Catholic Church, V 1, J. MacCaffrey[hcathxxx.xxx] 2396
The following is being re-indexed to include Translator's name:
Oct 2000 Tartarin de Tarascon, by Alphonse Daudet [trtraxxx.xxx] 2375
[Tr.: and prepared by Oliver C. Colt]
(See also #1862, a different translation)
The following is being re-indexed to correct the authors name
("Katharine", not "Katherine"):
Nov 2004 The Mill Mystery, by Anna Katharine Green [#10][mlmstxxx.xxx] 6805
Feb 2004 Agatha Webb, by Anna Katharine Green [Green#9][gthwbxxx.xxx] 5162
Feb 2004 Dark Hollow, by Anna Katharine Green [Green#8][drkhlxxx.xxx] 5121
Dec 2003 The Mayor's Wife, by Anna Katharine Green[Green#7][mrswfxxx.xxx] 4767
May 2003 The Leavenworth Case, by Anna Katharine Green [#6][lvnwrxxx.xxx] 4047
Oct 2000 The Filigree Ball, by Anna Katharine Green [AKG#4][flgblxxx.xxx] 2371
We have posted an improved 11th edition of:
Sep 2001 Phantom 'Rickshaw & Other Ghost Stories by Kipling[phricxxx.xxx] 2806
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Nov 2005 The Village Uncle, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#37][haw37xxx.xxx] 9210
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Haunted Mind, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#36][haw36xxx.xxx] 9209
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Fancy's Showbox, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#35][haw35xxx.xxx] 9208
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Vision of the Fountain, by N. Hawthorne [#34][haw34xxx.xxx] 9207
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Toll Gatherers Day, by N. Hawthorne [#33][haw33xxx.xxx] 9206
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Sights From a Steeple, by N. Hawthorn [#32][haw32xxx.xxx] 9205
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 The Prophetic Pictures, by N. Hawthorne [#31][haw31xxx.xxx] 9204
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 A Rill From The Town Pump, by N. Hawthorne [#30][haw30xxx.xxx] 9203
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Little Annie's Ramble, by N. Hawthorne [#29][haw29xxx.xxx] 9202
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Nov 2005 Sunday at Home, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#28][haw28xxx.xxx] 9201
[From the collection of stories, "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Sep 2005 Zenobia, by William Ware [?zenbxxx.xxx] 8938
[Also posted HTML - 8zenb10h.zip and 8zenb10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Tales and Novels, Vol. VII, by Maria Edgeworth[#9][?tal7xxx.xxx] 8937
[Subtitle: Patronage]
Sep 2005 Holidays in Eastern France, M. Betham-Edwards [#2][?hefrxxx.xxx] 8936
[Full author: Matilda Betham-Edwards]
Sep 2005 Dream Tales and Prose Poems, by Ivan Turgenev [#8][?drpmxxx.xxx] 8935
[Tr.: Constance Garnett]
Sep 2005 The Forest Lovers, by Maurice Hewlett [#5][?frstxxx.xxx] 8934
Sep 2005 Popular Tales from the Norse, by G. W. Dasent [?norsxxx.xxx] 8933
[Full author: Sir George Webbe Dasent]
Sep 2005 Lessons in Life, by Timothy Titcomb [lslifxxx.xxx] 8932
Sep 2005 The Gem Collector, by P. G. Wodehouse [#33][?tgemxxx.xxx] 8931
Sep 2005 Counter-Attack and Other Poems, Siegfried Sassoon [?pwarxxx.xxx] 8930
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, by George MacDonald [7aca2xxx.xxx] 8929
[Also posted HTML - 7aca210h.zip and 7aca210h.htm]
Sep 2005 Simon Bolivar, the Liberator,Guillermo A. Sherwell[?blvrxxx.xxx] 8928
Sep 2005 Auf dem Staatshof, by Theodor Storm [?sthfxxx.xxx] 8927
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7sthf10.txt and 7sthf10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8sthf10.txt and 8sthf10.zip]
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 In St. Juergen, by Theodor Storm [?stjrxxx.xxx] 8926
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Der Spiegel Des Cyprianus, by Theodor Storm [?spglxxx.xxx] 8925
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Home Again, by George MacDonald [#35][?homexxx.xxx] 8924
Sep 2005 Die Regentrude, by Theodor Storm [?rgtdxxx.xxx] 8923
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Viola Tricolor, by Theodor Storm [?vltrxxx.xxx] 8922
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Waldwinkel, by Theodor Storm [?wwklxxx.xxx] 8921
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 The Light of Asia, by Sir Edwin Arnold [lasiaxxx.xxx] 8920
Sep 2005 Pole Poppenspaeler, by Theodor Storm [?plppxxx.xxx] 8919
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1,Boswell, ed. Birkbeck Hill[?jhn1xxx.xxx] 8918
[Full Title: The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1 of 6]
Sep 2005 Von Kinder und Katzen, by Theodor Storm [?kndrxxx.xxx] 8917
[Full title: Von Kinder und Katzen, und wie sie die Nine begruben]
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Bulemanns Haus, by Theodor Storm [?blmnxxx.xxx] 8916
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Hinzelmeier, by Theodor Storm [?hzlmxxx.xxx] 8915
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 England, My England, by D.H. Lawrence [#6][?mengxxx.xxx] 8914
Sep 2005 Portent & Other Stories, by George MacDonald [#36][?tposxxx.xxx] 8913
Sep 2005 Lyrical Ballads, 1800, Vol. 2, by Wordsworth [#5][7bal2xxx.xxx] 8912
[Full title: Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, 1800, Vol. 2]
[Full Author: William Wordsworth]
Sep 2005 Explorations in Australia, by John McDouall Stuart[eaustxxx.xxx] 8911
Sep 2005 System of Nature, Vol. 2, by Baron D'Holbach[BD#3][?son2xxx.xxx] 8910
Sep 2005 System of Nature, Vol. 1, by Baron D'Holbach[BD#2][?son1xxx.xxx] 8909
Sep 2005 The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious, W. Killen[?igepxxx.xxx] 8908
[Author's Full Name: W. D. (William Dool) Killen]
[Subtitle: A Reply to the Right Rev. Dr. Lightfoot]
Sep 2005 Pot-bouille, by Emile Zola [?ptblxxx.xxx] 8907
[Language: French]
Sep 2005 Mary Slessor of Calabar, by W. P. Livingstone [?slssxxx.xxx] 8906
[Full title: Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary]
Sep 2005 Lyrical Ballads, 1800, Vol. 1, by Wordsworth [#3][?bal1xxx.xxx] 8905
[Full title: Lyrical Ballads With Other Poems, 1800, Vol. 1]
[Full Author: William Wordsworth]
Sep 2005 How To Do It, by Edward Everett Hale [?hditxxx.xxx] 8904
[Also posted HTML - 8hdit10h.zip and 8hdit10h.htm]
[7-bit version - 7hdit10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version UNICODE - 8hdit10u.txt/.zip]
Sep 2005 The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 [?02a8xxx.xxx] 8903
[Author's Full Name: Various]
Sep 2005 The Flight of the Shadow, by George MacDonald[#34][flshdxxx.xxx] 8902
Sep 2005 Letters and Journals, Vol. 1, by Lord Byron [?blj1xxx.xxx] 8901
[Full title: The Works Of Lord Byron, Letters and Journals, Vol. 1]
[Full author: Lord Byron, Edited by Rowland E. Prothero]
[Also posted: HTML in 8blj110h.htm; illustrated HTML in 8blj110h.zip]
Sep 2005 The London and Country Brewer, by Anonymous [?brewxxx.xxx] 8900
Sep 2005 Three Weeks, by Elinor Glyn [#2][?3wksxxx.xxx] 8899
Sep 2005 Castles and Cave Dwellings,Sabine Baring-Gould[#2][?cavexxx.xxx] 8898
[Full title: Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe]
Sep 2005 Nina Balatka, by Anthony Trollope [nnbltxxx.xxx] 8897
[Also posted: HTML in nnblt10h.htm/.zip]
[Note: Includes new Introduction written specially for Project Gutenberg
by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.]
Sep 2005 Outline of Universal History,by George Park Fisher[?uhstxxx.xxx] 8896
Sep 2005 Auf Der Universitat Lore, by Theodor Storm [?unvrxxx.xxx] 8895
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Latin Literature, by J. W. Mackail [?llitxxx.xxx] 8894
Sep 2005 Selections From Poe, by J. Montgomery Gambrill [?spoexxx.xxx] 8893
[7-bit version in 7spoe10.txt/.zip; 8-bit UTF-8 version in 8spoe10u.txt/.zip]
Sep 2005 Adela Cathcart, Vol. 1, by George MacDonald [#33][?aca1xxx.xxx] 8892
Sep 2005 With the Procession, by Henry B. Fuller [#4][?wproxxx.xxx] 8891
Sep 2005 Mary Jane: Her Book, by Clara Ingram Judson [mjanexxx.xxx] 8890
Sep 2005 Aquis Submersus, by Theodor Storm [?aqsbxxx.xxx] 8889
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish,byJames Fenimore Cooper [?weptxxx.xxx] 8888
[HTML version with accented characters in 8wept10h.htm and 8wept10h.zip]
Sep 2005 Marjorie's New Friend, by Carolyn Wells [?mjnfxxx.xxx] 8887
Sep 2005 A Rough Shaking, by George MacDonald [#33][?rshkxxx.xxx] 8886
Sep 2005 The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II, by Aphra Behn [?aph2xxx.xxx] 8885
[Subtitle: Abdelazer, or, The Moor's Revenge; The Young King, or, The
[Editor: Montague Summers]
Sep 2005 Syria and the Holy Land, by John Burckhardt [#2][?sriaxxx.xxx] 8884
[Full title: Travels in Syria and the Holy Land]
Sep 2005 Ma captivite en Abyssinie, by Dr. Henri Blanc [?mcptxxx.xxx] 8876
[Language: French]
Sep 2005 Complete Prose Works, by Walt Whitman [?cmprxxx.xxx] 8813
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Aug 2003 Oscar Wilde from Purgatory,by Hester Travers Smith[030118xx.xxx] 0267A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301181.txt or ZIP]
Aug 2003 Between the Acts, by Virginia Woolf [030117xx.xxx] 0266A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301171.txt or ZIP]
Aug 2003 Selected Short Stories, by Sinclair Lewis [030116xx.xxx] 0265A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301161.txt or ZIP]
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Dec 2000 The Diary of a Man of Fifty by H. James [James#21][dmnftxxx.xxx] 2426
Dec 2000 A Bundle of Letters, by Henry James [James#20][bndltxxx.xxx] 2425
Dec 2000 Black Bartlemy's Treasure, by Jeffrey Farnol [bbtrexxx.xxx] 2424
Dec 2000 Anecdotes of Johnson, by Hesther Lynch Piozzi [andsjxxx.xxx] 2423
Dec 2000 Introduction to The Compleat Angler Andrew Lang 23[alcmaxxx.xxx] 2422
Dec 2000 The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay [Gay1][bgoprxxx.xxx] 2421
Dec 2000 Unterhaltungen deutscher AusgewandertenGoethe [30][?untrxxx.xxx] 2420
Dec 2000 La Dame aux Camelias, by Alexandre Dumas [8damexxx.xxx] 2419
Dec 2000 Oldport Days, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson [#2][oldptxxx.xxx] 2418
Dec 2000 Okewood of the Secret Service, Valentine Williams [valenxxx.xxx] 2417
Dec 2000 The House of Pride &c., by Jack London [London#89][hsprdxxx.xxx] 2416
Dec 2000 The Mutiny of the Elsinore, by Jack London[JL #88][elsnrxxx.xxx] 2415
Nov 2000 Cliges: A Romance, by Chretien de Troyes [cligexxx.xxx] 2414
Nov 2000 Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert [Flaubert#4][mbovaxxx.xxx] 2413
Nov 2000 The Categories, by Aristotle [aristxxx.xxx] 2412
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, Goethe [Goethe30][?wmw3xxx.xxx] 2411
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, Goethe [Goethe29][?wmw2xxx.xxx] 2410
Nov 2000 Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, Goethe [Goethe28][?wmw1xxx.xxx] 2409
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe [Goethe27][?ljw2xxx.xxx] 2408
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe [Goethe26][?ljw1xxx.xxx] 2407
Nov 2000 Die Geschwister, by Goethe [Goethe25][?geswxxx.xxx] 2406
Nov 2000 Italienische Reise, by Goethe vol. 2 [Goethe24][?itr2xxx.xxx] 2405
Nov 2000 Italienische Reise, by Goethe vol. 1 [Goethe23][?itr1xxx.xxx] 2404
Nov 2000 Die Wahlverwandtschaften, by Goethe [Goethe22][?wahlxxx.xxx] 2403
Nov 2000 Briefe aus der Schweiz, by Goethe [Goethe21][?schwxxx.xxx] 2402
Nov 2000 The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot [marboxxx.xxx] 2401
Nov 2000 Vikram and the Vampire, by Sir Richard F. Burton [vikrvxxx.xxx] 2400
Nov 2000 Imaginary Portraits, by Walter Pater [W. Pater #2][iprtrxxx.xxx] 2399
Nov 2000 Story of My Life, by Helen Keller [kellexxx.xxx] 2397
Nov 2000 History of the Catholic Church, by J. MacCaffrey [hcathxxx.xxx] 2396
Nov 2000 The Golden Fleece, by Padraic Colum [fleecxxx.xxx] 2395
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Nov 2000 The Grand Canyon of Arizona, by George W. James [gcoazxxx.xxx] 2394
Nov 2000 His Dog, by Albert Payson Terhune [hsdogxxx.xxx] 2393
Nov 2000 Further Adventures of Lad, Albert Payson Terhune [faladxxx.xxx] 2392
Nov 2000 Bruce, by Albert Payson Terhune [brucexxx.xxx] 2391
Nov 2000 The Conquest of the Old Southwest, by Henderson [cnqswxxx.xxx] 2390
Nov 2000 Bardelys the Magnificent, by Rafael Sabatini [bardexxx.xxx] 2389
Nov 2000 The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Sir Edwin Arnold [bgitaxxx.xxx] 2388
Nov 2000 The Voice, by Margaret Deland [voicexxx.xxx] 2387
Nov 2000 Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography, Thayer [teddyxxx.xxx] 2386
Nov 2000 Gala-Days, by Gail Hamilton (Abigail Dodge) [galadxxx.xxx] 2385
Nov 2000 The Deliverance, by Ellen Glasgow [delivxxx.xxx] 2384
Nov 2000 Canterbury Tales and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer[cbtlsxxx.xxx] 2383
Nov 2000 Proposed Territory of Arizona, Sylvester Mowry [tarizxxx.xxx] 2382
Nov 2000 Actions and Reactions, by Rudyard Kipling [RK#13][actrexxx.xxx] 2381
Nov 2000 Das Maerchen von dem Myrtenfraeulein, C. Brentano [?myrtxxx.xxx] 2380
Nov 2000 Chastelard, by Algernon Charles Swinburne [chastxxx.xxx] 2379
Oct 2000 Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology, Mackail [?efgmxxx.xxx] 2378
Oct 2000 The Son of the Wolf, by Jack London [London ###] [snwlfxxx.xxx] 2377
Oct 2000 Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington [slvryxxx.xxx] 2376
Oct 2000 Tartarin de Tarascon, by Alphonse Daudet [trtraxxx.xxx] 2375
(See also #1862, a different translation)
Oct 2000 Dora Thorne, by Charlotte M. Braeme [doratxxx.xxx] 2374
Oct 2000 The Path of the Law, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.[#2][pthlwxxx.xxx] 2373
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[Are You Wondering Why Your First Answers From Google And Yahoo
Often Have *NOTHING* To Do With The Inquiry You Just Entered???]
ADVERTISERS BID UP KEYWORDS ON PAID-SEARCH SITES
Bidding activity on the two most popular paid-search services -- Google's
AdWords program and Overture (soon to be acquired by Yahoo) -- has boosted
the cost of keywords that trigger ad placement along with search results.
"There are a lot of newbies coming on board, some of whom are seriously
inflating the bid market," says Dana Todd, a partner at SiteLab
International. According to Overture ad marketing director Craig Wax, it's
not uncommon for small businesses to have active bids on anywhere from 50
to 500 keywords, while some large companies maintain bids on more than
5,000. If prices continue rise, some search-engine experts say the love
affair with keyword advertising will soon fizzle. "Right now, it's hot. But
eventually, it's going to get too expensive for people," says Grantastic
Designs marketing director Shari Thurow, who notes that keywords that sold
for as little as $1 per click two years ago are now selling for $10 and up.
She suggests a return to so-called "organic listings" -- industry-speak for
search results that aren't paid for. Of course, even organic listings
aren't exactly free -- in order to assure a top-level ranking, Web site
owners commonly spend thousands of dollars to "search engine optimization"
services, which examine code, site structure, linking, content and other
design aspects to improve the chances of a prominent position in the results.
(Wired.com 22 Aug 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60121,00.html
[The Plot Sickens]
ONLINE PUBLISHERS EYE CONTEXT-BASED ADS
Taking a cue from the search engine market, big online publishers are
signing up for so-called contextual advertising -- short text ads placed
alongside published articles with a similar theme, such as an antivirus ad
linked to a piece on the latest computer virus outbreak. So far, the
Washington Post Co., Knight Ridder, MSNBC.com and MarketWatch.com are
testing the waters, and other publishers, such as the New York Times'
digital unit and the Wall Street Journal Online are in active negotiations.
The way it works is this: advertisers enter bids for keywords or categories
on ad networks such as Google or Overture. The publishers cede control of
some of the space on their pages to the ad networks, which place ads next
to like-themed stories. The advertiser then pays a certain amount whenever
a reader clicks on its ad, and the money is split between the ad networks
and the publishers. Few sites will release figures on contextual-ad
revenue, but Overture CEO Ted Meisel optimistically predicts that
contextual ads "will rapidly become a billion-dollar market." Meanwhile,
some publishers are experiencing the pitfalls of off-the-wall placements.
An article in the New York Post last month titled "Headless Body Was Packed
to Go," about human remains found in a suitcase, was paired with ads for
luggage. A Google official says the company has since added filters to
ensure that it doesn't serve ads on pages that would be "inappropriate to
monetize," such as articles about murders or natural disasters. (Wall
Street Journal 22 Aug 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105975068486749200,00.html (sub req'd)
CHINA SEARCH ENGINE CHALLENGES GOOGLE'S TOP SPOT
Huicong International Software is launching a campaign to unseat search
engine giant Google from its dominant position in the market. "Huicong will
devote itself to the research and development of Chinese search engines to
realize the dream of China's own Google," says CEO Chen Pei. The Huicong
search tool covers 200 million Chinese-language Web pages, and incorporates
topic categorization, content analysis and China-region recognition. It
also is capable of suggesting correct spellings of misspelled "pinyin"
words -- a method of using Western letters for Chinese script. In addition,
the tool can search MP3 files, pictures and Flash animations.
(CNet News.com 22 Aug 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5067017.html?tag=fd_top
LISTENING IN THE DARK: 'JANE DOE' WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS
Lawyers for an anonymous Verizon Communications customer known as "Jane
Doe," who's accused of illegal music downloading from the Internet, have
filed a motion in federal court in Washington, D.C., to assert her privacy
and other constitutional rights. So far, the Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) has issued more than 1,000 subpoenas to Internet service
providers demanding the names and addresses of people it intends to sue for
illegal use of copyrighted music found online. An RIAA official said the
woman's arguments "have already been addressed by a federal judge -- and
they have been rejected. Courts have already ruled that you are not
anonymous when you publicly distribute music online."
(Reuters/USA Today 21 Aug 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-08-21-jane-doe_x.htm
[But Can She? . . . Remain Anonymous?]
BIOMETRIC SCANS FOR U.S. VISITORS
Biometric face and fingerprint scans for travelers will become routine
security measures for foreign visitors next year. By October 2004 the 27
countries whose citizens can travel to the U.S. without visas must begin
issuing passports with embedded computer chips with the traveler's facial
identification. Civil libertarian Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy
Information Center opposes the mandate: "Our government has forced on
European governments the obligation to adopt biometric identifiers though
most in the U.S. still oppose such systems." But Kelly Shannon of the State
Department argues that is not only "more secure for other countries, it's
more secure for us. The idea is that it is contingent on reciprocal
treatment for United States citizens." And Denis Shagnon of the
International Civil Aviation Organization adds: "What was required was
a globally interoperable biometric -- one biometric that could be used
worldwide and can be read worldwide." He regards the biometric techniques
as "very user-friendly" and "unobtrusive." (New York Times 24 Aug 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/national/24IDEN.html
[I Seem To Recall Something About This In The Economic Reports:
Upper Management Is Still Getting Richer, Even While Downsizing]
MIXED INFORMATION ON SILICON VALLEY ECONOMY
Despite the high-tech slowdown, Silicon Valley residents remain bullish on
the future -- and continue buying up homes in the $500K-plus range. "On one
side companies are still laying people off, on the other side you see new
homes that still have over 100 people on the waiting list," says one Valley
real estate agent. "I call it mixed information."
(San Jose Mercury News 24 Aug 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6606561.htm
[Can Anyone Find "Huw Robson?"]
NEW HP E-BOOK 'READY TO ROCK 'N' ROLL'
Hewlett-Packard researchers have developed a prototype electronic book that
can hold a whole library's worth of reading in a one-centimeter-thick
device about the size of a paperback. The e-book incorporates a series of
touch-sensitive strips that the user strokes to "turn" a page. By stroking
the strip at different speeds, the user can speed-read or browse more
casually. Electronic bookmarks and "fingers" can be inserted for marking a
place or flipping between chapters. The market for electronic books is
still in the embryonic stage, but Hewlett Packard scientist Huw Robson says
his company wants to be ready when it does take off: "Radical new display
technologies are on the horizon which will give a much more paper-like
feel. When this comes along we need to have researched all aspects of how
we will develop new displays so that we're ready to rock and roll."
(BBC News 24 Aug 2003)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3173835.stm
[I have a friend who got over 14,000 of these in one day. . . .]
[I'm getting a few hundred per day]
SOBIG IS FASTEST-SPREADING VIRUS EVER
The newest version of the Sobig virus is said to be the fastest-spreading
network virus ever, and MessageLabs (a company that filters e-mail for
corporate clients) intercepted more than a million copies of the "Sobig.F"
virus in a single day -- or one in every 17 e-mail messages the firm
scanned. The virus spreads through Windows PCs via e-mail and corporate
networks, and deposits a Trojan horse, or hacker back door, that can be
used to turn victims' PCs into relayers of spam e-mail. Yesterday, a worm
virus brought down the signaling systems of railroad company CSX Corp,
causing delays and canceled trains through the Eastern states. (Dow
Jones/AP/SJMN 21 Aug 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6578730.htm
[Humanmade Material Still Inferior To Those Found In Nature]
NATURAL SEA SPONGE FIBERS OUTSHINE MANMADE CABLE
Scientists say the thin glass fibers grown by the "Venus flower basket"
sea sponge are capable of better transmitting light than the
industrial-strength fiber-optic cables that carry most of today's
telecommunications. "You can actually tie a knot in these natural
biological fibers and they will not break -- it's really quite amazing,"
says Joanna Aizenberg, who led the research at Bell Labs. The flexible
fibers -- each about two to seven inches long and the thickness of a human
hair -- grow at the base of the sea sponge to help anchor it to the ocean
floor. In contrast, the glass fibers produced by current manufacturing
methods are heated to high temperatures and produce relatively brittle
cable. In addition, the sponge is able to add traces of sodium to the
fibers, enhancing their ability to conduct light -- something that cannot
be done to manmade fibers because of the heat involved in manufacturing.
"One of the challenges of technology is doping the glass structure with
additives that improve optical properties," says Aizenberg. "If we
understand exactly how we can deposit sodium in glass fibers at low
temperatures as nature does, we can control all the properties."
(AP 20 Aug2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030820/D7T1UEDO0.html
INTERNET-INSPIRED TERMS MAKE THE OXFORD CUT
The venerable Oxford Dictionary of English has added 3,000 more terms to
its collection of 350,000 words and phrases commonly used in the English
language and a sizeable number are traceable to the Internet. Included in
the latest group are "cyberslacker" -- an employee who surfs the Net for
personal use during work; "ego surfer" -- one who looks for references of
him- or herself online; "data smog" -- the impenetrable morass of facts
available online; and "shovelware" -- low-priced games or other software
programs bundled into higher-priced collections. Meanwhile, the word
"groom" has taken on a more sinister meaning when it refers to paedophiles'
online interactions with potential victims. (The Independent 21 Aug 2003)
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=435650
WIRELESS BROADBAND
The "digital divide" that once separated information-poor rural areas and
information-rich urban areas has now pretty much been erased, according to
the Center for Rural Policy and Development. A new report from that group
cites wireless Internet as one reason that people in rural areas now enjoy
about the same level of broadband access as all Americans. For example, the
Rural Minnesota Internet survey showed that 15% of rural Minnesota
households have high-speed connections, compared with 16% of all U.S.
homes. Dennis Miller, chief executive of Midwest Wireless in outstate
Minnesota, is exultant: "You can participate in the global economy, and you
don't have to drive into the Twin Cities." Barb Fasnach, information
technology coordinator for LCS Precision Molding in Waterville, MN,
completely agrees: "I think we would have stagnated and shrunken" without
Midwest's service. "It's, 'If you build it, we will exist.'... We have a
little advantage over the big companies because we're in rural Minnesota
and have a work force that wants to go to work. Our costs are less, and that's
one of the reasons we stay here. Broadband makes the footing more even."
(AP/USA Today 20 Aug 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-08-20-wifi-broadband_
NEW ZEALAND SPAMMER 'OUTED' -- SAYS HE'LL GIVE IT UP
Shane Atkinson, a New Zealand man who was recently identified in a local
newspaper as a major spammer, says he's giving up his business after being
inundated with threatening phone calls and having his personal information
posted on the Net. And while vigilantes may rejoice at such intimidation
methods, industry analysts says the potential for wrongful targeting is too
great and, in any event, there's always a steady supply of replacements.
"You'll put a dent in it but somebody else will be there to take his
place," says Gartner research director Maurene Caplan Grey. "The spam kings
know how to get around the system. The only ones you'll frighten are the
occasional spammers trying to make a few extra bucks this weekend."
[This Is Better Left To The Law Enforcement Professionals]
According to a recent estimate, about 200 spammers are responsible for 90%
of the spam-mail sent out globally. Meanwhile, it's not just the spammers
who profit from their activities; other beneficiaries include the providers
of e-mail addresses, suppliers of spamming software, offshore Internet
service providers and even legitimate spam-filtering software vendors.
(TechNewsWorld/E-Commerce Times 25 Aug 2003)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31421.html
MIT'S OPENCOURSEWARE EXPERIMENT
MIT caught distance educators by surprise in April 2001 when it announced
plans to post the content of some 2,000 classes on the Web, saying it hoped
to spur a worldwide movement among educators to share knowledge and improve
teaching methods. In a world where most institutions are seeking to squeeze
a few extra bucks from their Internet activities, here was a preeminent
university willing to give it all away for free. "It's a profoundly simple
idea that was not intuitive," says Anne Margulies, the former Harvard
assistant provost and executive director of information systems who now
heads up the MIT OpenCourseWare project. "At the time, the world was
clamping down on information, limiting it to those who could pay for it."
In September, MIT will officially launch OpenCourseWare with 500 courses,
but during the past year's beta phase, it's already learned a few lessons,
such as how do you discourage Third World scam artists from hawking MIT
[How?]
degrees as if they were Rolex knock-offs? Despite these problems, the test
was hailed a success, and OpenCourseWare is now set to expand its outreach
by offering translations of 25 courses into Spanish and Portuguese,
courtesy of Universia, a Madrid-based consortium of universities. Similar
offers from the Middle East, the Ukraine and Mongolia are under
consideration. The real test, however, will be whether the project will
sprout the online communities needed to support individual courses. "We'd
like to see self-managed OpenCourseWare communities," says Margulies. "Our
vision is to have this open source software on the site, as well as
information that helps people build a learning community, whether it's in
Namibia, Thailand, whatever." (Wired.com Sep 2003)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/mit.html
MORE THEORIES ABOUT SOBIG VANDAL'S MOTIVATION
Is money the real motivation for the spread of the Sobig virus? Sobig is
transmitted as an e-mail attachment and is the sixth variant of the
malicious code by an unknown attacker. Mikko H. Hypponen, director of
antivirus research at F-Secure corporation in Finland says: "I think the
motivation is clear: it's money. Behind Sobig we have a group of hackers
who have a budget and money." Computer security expert Russ Cooper suggests
that the vandal is acting out comic book fantasies: "You can liken this guy
to Lex Luthor and we're all Supermen. Luckily, we've been able to get the
kryptonite from around our necks each time so far." One popular theory is
that Sobig is the work of an e-mail spammer who is aggressively trying to
build a clandestine infrastructure for blitzing the Internet with junk
e-mail. Antivirus software researcher Joe Hartman of TrendMicro says, "If
machines remain infected they could be used in any kind of attack. The
question we ask ourselves is, What is he trying to achieve? We don't think
it's planned for a specific threat, rather its more likely a money-making
spam scheme." And Bruce Hughes of Trusecure points out: "There is some
evidence that he's been tied in with spammers." Sobig spreads further only
when a computer user selects the attached program that then secretly mails
itself to e-mail addresses stored in the user's computer. The Computer
Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University says, "Our current
advice is: Don't open an attachment unless you are expecting one."
(New York Times 26 Aug 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/technology/26VIRU.html
ORGANIZED CRIME BEHIND SOBIG MESS?
Antivirus specialist Peter Simpson warns that the Sobig.F virus is the
latest in a series of attempts on the part of organized crime to shift some
of their illicit activities online. "Sobig smashed all the records in terms
of pure numbers, but that's not nearly the whole story. This is the sixth
in a series of controlled experiments. This isn't about some kiddy writing
viruses in his bedroom -- this is really a very sophisticated example of
organized crime," says Simpson, a manager at Clearswift's ThreatLab.
Simpson explained that the purpose of a virus such as Sobig isn't to cause
damage, but to gain control of the machine in order to access information
such as financial details for the purpose of fraud. It also comes in handy
for disguising the source of spam by hijacking the victim's machine and
identity. "The real question here has to be about the motives of the virus
writer. This isn't just about writing a virus that will spread rapidly and
break records; the motives here are very different and are clearly
criminal. It's all about the hidden agenda." (ZDNet/Silicon.com 25 Aug 2003)
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5067494.html
[Speaking Of Hidden Agendas, The Hidden Agenda In This Case Could Be To
Increase The Penalties For The Script Kiddies Mentioned Above. . .While
Pretending Not To Care About Them. . .Much As The RIAA SAYS It Is *NOT*
Going After The Small Time MP3 Burner, But The Warrants Are Still There]
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[Court Rules In Favor Of Grokseter and Streamcast, Decision Appealed]
[Kazaa Ruling Still Pending In Same Court, Appeal Certain If Same Ruling]
ENTERTAINMENT GROUPS APPEAL FILE-SHARING RULING
Three media groups have filed an appeal to a federal court ruling in
April that freed Grokster and Streamcast from responsibility for the
copyright violations of their users. The ruling does not apply to
Sharman Networks, distributor of the Kazaa file-sharing software. The
Recording Industry Association of America, along with the Motion
Picture Association of America and the National Music Publishers
Association, argue in their appeal that Judge Stephen Wilson's
decision disregarded a previous appeals court opinion regarding
Napster, which held the maker of the file-sharing software responsible.
Michael Page, an attorney for Grokster, said Wilson did follow the
tenets of the Napster decision and ruled properly. A similar case
against Sharman Networks is still pending in Wilson's court.
CNET, 19 August 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-5065729.html
[History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely. . .
once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban]
CALIFORNIA GETS CLOSE TO TOUGH PRIVACY LAW
Fearing an even tougher ballot initiative, the California Assembly has
passed a privacy bill that would place severe limits on what
information financial institutions would be allowed to share. The bill
is expected to pass easily through the state Senate, and Governor Gray
Davis has said he will sign the bill. The bill had previously been
rejected by committees, but lawmakers appeared nervous that an
initiative from consumer groups would be placed on a March ballot and
would likely pass. That initiative would have required institutions to
request permission from consumers before sharing any information with
any company. Steve Blackledge of the California Public Interest
Research Group said the "ball is now in the bankers' and insurers'
court" on whether they will challenge the law in court.
San Jose Mercury News, 19 August 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6568074.htm
CALIFORNIA WOMAN FILES MOTION AGAINST RIAA
A legal motion filed in Washington, D.C., federal court by a "Jane Doe"
Internet service subscriber challenges the recording industry's file
trading subpoenas as unconstitutional and a violation of the
plaintiff's right to privacy. The suit is the first by an individual
whose personal information has been subpoenaed by the Recording
Industry Association of America. The RIAA has subpoenaed the identities
of more than 1,000 computer users who have allegedly been offering
copyrighted songs on file-trading networks, with the goal of filing
copyright lawsuits against the individuals. Because the subpoena was
issued to the plaintiff's Internet service provider, the plaintiff
must petition the court for the right to challenge the subpoena.
CNET, 21 August 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5066754.html
SOBIG CALLED FASTEST-SPREADING WORM
The Sobig.F worm has claimed the dubious distinction of being the
fastest spreading virus to date. The virus flooded e-mail servers and
inboxes, slowing corporate and university network access and causing
some e-mail systems to be taken offline. The assault seems to have
eased since August 21, when the malicious e-mail reportedly accounted
for about 70 percent of e-mail around the world. Security analysts
claim the virus hit the Internet so hard because it uses Trojan-horse
applications distributed by earlier variants of the Sobig worm.
Infected computers became hidden proxy servers, allowing the Sobig-F
worm to employ spamming techniques. Sobig-F is designed to stop on
September 10, leading analysts to suspect another variant will appear
soon thereafter.
Internet News, 21 August 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3066881
[When I Went To Hand In My Application To Yale In Person,
They Went Out Of Their Way To Make Sure I Did NOT Know...
I Asked The Dean If This Were Intentional. When I Got An
Answer Of "Yes," I Filed My Application In Circular Manner]
CORNELL TESTS WIRELESS CAMPUS TOURS
To make touring the Cornell University campus easier, Cornell is
experimenting with a research project underwritten by Intel that
involves context-aware computers. Visitors carry a Palm organizer
equipped with a global positioning system and the Campus Aware tour
guide program. Students in the university's Human-Computer Interaction
Group load text-based information into each Palm and tag the unit to
the latitude and longitude of campus landmarks. When those stored
components match the components calculated by the GPS unit, the Palm
beeps and displays notes of the official history along with comments
added by previous visitors to that spot. The current user is invited to
add a remark as well. The new notes are synchronized each night with
those on other Campus Aware units. Recent Cornell graduates Kiyo Kubo
and Nick Farina, who developed the Campus Aware project, have started a
company called Spotlight Mobile to program off-the-shelf hardware for
palmtop tours.
New York Times, 21 August 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/technology/circuits/21gpss.html
FACIAL RECOGNITION PULLED FROM TAMPA STREETS
Police in Tampa, Florida, are removing facial recognition software
linked to street surveillance cameras in the Ybor City entertainment
district after a two-year deployment failed to produce any arrests. The
test program was paid for by Identix, the producer of the software. The
decision to end the test was based on lack of results, said a police
spokesman, not because of privacy issues. The surveillance cameras,
which were installed in Ybor City in 1997, will remain.
Wired News, 21 August 2003
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