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FLASHBACK!!!
1868 New eBooks So Far in 2003
It took us 28 years for the first 1868!
That's the 27 WEEKS of 2003 as Compared to 28 YEARS!!!
Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #1868
Sep 1999 The Old Peabody Pew by Kate Douglas Wiggin[KDW#13][oldpwxxx.xxx] 1902
Sep 1999 Secret of the Woods, by William J. Long [sctwdxxx.xxx] 1901
Sep 1999 Typee, by Herman Melville [Herman Melville #2][typeexxx.xxx] 1900
Sep 1999 The Village Rector, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac#79][vrctrxxx.xxx] 1899
.(Note: the filename vrctrxxx.xxx is also used for a totally different
.(eBook, #1329 in etext98)
Sep 1999 Albert Savarus, by Honore de Balzac[de Balzac #78][svrusxxx.xxx] 1898
Sep 1999 The Seventh Man, by Max Brand [Max Brand #1][7thmnxxx.xxx] 1897
Sep 1999 Under the Red Robe, by Stanley Weyman [Weyman #1][rdrobxxx.xxx] 1896
Sep 1999 Armadale, by Wilkie Collins [Wilkie Collins #20][armdlxxx.xxx] 1895
Sep 1999 Visit to Iceland, by Madame Ida Pfeiffer [IP #1] [vstilxxx.xxx] 1894
Sep 1999 Song & Legend From the Middle Ages, by McClintocks[slfmaxxx.xxx] 1893
Sep 1999 Extracts From Adam's Diary, by Mark Twain [MT#15][xadamxxx.xxx] 1892
Sep 1999 A Plea for Old Cap Collier by Irvin S. Cobb[Cobb4][pfoccxxx.xxx] 1891
Sep 1999 Speaking of Operations, by Irvin S. Cobb [Cobb #3][spoprxxx.xxx] 1890
Sep 1999 Bird Neighbors, by Neltje Blanchan [bdnbrxxx.xxx] 1889
Sep 1999 The Bittermeads Mystery, by E. R. Punshon [btrmmxxx.xxx] 1888
Sep 1999 The Life of the Spider, by J. Henri Fabre [lfspdxxx.xxx] 1887
Sep 1999 Bunyan Characters (2nd Series), by Alex. Whyte #2 [2bnchxxx.xxx] 1886
Sep 1999 Bunyan Characters (1st Series), by Alex. Whyte #1 [1bnchxxx.xxx] 1885
Sep 1999 The Exiles, by Honore de Balzac [H de Balzac #77][xilesxxx.xxx] 1884
Sep 1999 The Wife, et al, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #14][twifexxx.xxx] 1883
Also contains:
Difficult People, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #13]
The Grasshopper, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #12]
A Dreary Story, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #11]
The Privy Councillor, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #10]
The Man in Case, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #9]
Gooseberries, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #8]
About Love, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #7]
The Lottery Ticket, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #6]
Sep 1999 The Young Forester, by Zane Grey [Zane Grey #9][yn4stxxx.xxx] 1882
Sep 1999 The Call of the Canyon, by Zane Grey[Zane Grey #8][tcotcxxx.xxx] 1881
Sep 1999 The Pathfinder, by James Fenimore Cooper[Cooper#2][pthfnxxx.xxx] 1880
Sep 1999 Royalty Restored, by J. Fitzgerald Molloy [rruc2xxx.xxx] 1879
[Title: Royalty Restored, or London under Charles II]
Sep 1999 A Millionaire of Yesterday, E. Phillips Oppenheim [mlystxxx.xxx] 1878
Sep 1999 A Mountain Woman, by Elia W. Peattie [Peattie #3][mtwmnxxx.xxx] 1877
Sep 1999 The Shape of Fear, by Elia W. Peattie [Peattie #2][tshfrxxx.xxx] 1876
Sep 1999 Painted Windows by Elia W. Peattie [Peattie #1][pwndsxxx.xxx] 1875
Aug 1999 The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit [E. Nesbit #7][rlwycxxx.xxx] 1874
Aug 1999 Gambara, by Honore de Balzac[Honore de Balzac #76][gmbraxxx.xxx] 1873
Aug 1999 The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne [Milne #1][rdhsmxxx.xxx] 1872
Aug 1999 The Deputy of Arcis, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac75][arcisxxx.xxx] 1871
Aug 1999 Reginald in Russia, etc., by Saki (H.H.Munro) [#4][rgrusxxx.xxx] 1870
Aug 1999 The Man in Lower Ten, by Mary Roberts Rinehart[#9][tmiltxxx.xxx] 1869
Aug 1999 Penelope's Postscripts, by Kate Douglas Wiggin #12[pnlpsxxx.xxx] 1868
Aug 1999 The Diary of a Goose Girl, by Wiggin [Wiggin #11][gsgrlxxx.xxx] 1867
[Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin]
Aug 1999 North America, Vol. 2, by Anthony Trollope [AT #4][2noamxxx.xxx] 1866
Aug 1999 North America, Vol. 1, by Anthony Trollope [AT #3][1noamxxx.xxx] 1865
Aug 1999 Hero Tales From American History, Lodge/Roosevelt [htfahxxx.xxx] 1864
Aug 1999 From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray [WMT #6][crhcrxxx.xxx] 1863
Aug 1999 Tartarin of Tarascon, by Alphonse Daudet [trtrnxxx.xxx] 1862
Aug 1999 An Old Town By The Sea by Thomas Bailey Aldrich #6[ldtwnxxx.xxx] 1861
Aug 1999 Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley[Chas Kingsley #8][wsthoxxx.xxx] 1860
Aug 1999 The Works of Max Beerbohm, by Max Beerbohm[Max #6][twombxxx.xxx] 1859
Aug 1999 Plain Tales from the Hills, by Rudyard Kipling[#6][ptfthxxx.xxx] 1858
Aug 1999 Initials Only, by Anna Katharine Green [Green #3][ionlyxxx.xxx] 1857
Aug 1999 Cousin Pons, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #74][cspnsxxx.xxx] 1856
Aug 1999 Ban and Arriere Ban, by Andrew Lang[Andr. Lang#15][bnabnxxx.xxx] 1855
Aug 1999 Catherine de Medici, by Honore de Balzac/Balzac#73[ctdmdxxx.xxx] 1854
Aug 1999 The Ninth Vibration, et. al., by L. Adams Beck #8 [9thvbxxx.xxx] 1853
Contains:
The Interpreter [LAB #7]
The Incomparable Lady [LAB #6]
The Hatred of the Queen [LAB #5]
The Fire of Beauty [LAB #4]
The Building of the Taj Majal [LAB #3]
How Great is the Glory of Kwannon! [LAB #2]
The Round-Faced Beauty [LAB #1]
Aug 1999 Lucile, by Owen Meredith [lucilxxx.xxx] 1852
Aug 1999 The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green #2[wintaxxx.xxx] 1851
Aug 1999 Old Christmas, by Washington Irving [Irving #5][oxmasxxx.xxx] 1850
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Today Is Day #189 of 2003
This Completes Week #27
181 Days/26 Weeks To Go [We get 53 Wednesdays this year]
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At 8628 eBooks in ~32 Years and 00.25 Months We Averaged
299 Per Year [About how many we do per month these days!]
25 Per Month
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At 1885 eBooks Done In 2003 We Averaged
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70 Per Week
302 Per Month
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"The Future Of Project Gutenberg After Our 10,000th eBook"
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Here it is in numbers:
December 10, 1990 10 Ten
December 10, 1993 100 One Hundred
December 10, 2003* 10,000 Ten Thousand
December 10, 2013* 1,000,000 One Million
December 10, 2023* 100,000,000 One Hundred Million
*estimated
The 100,000,000 for December 10, 2023 could be any mixtures made
up of the following examples, or even include more options:
1,000,000 eBooks, each in 100 languages
2,000,000 eBooks, each in 50 languages
4,000,000 eBooks, each in 25 languages
5,000,000 eBooks, each in 20 languages
I would like to see the core of our collection translated into 5
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LAPTOPS OUTSELL DESKTOPS FOR FIRST TIME
Sales of laptop computers accounted for more than 54% of the total retail
computer sales in May, with laptop outpacing desktop sales for the first
time ever, according to NPD Group. In comparison, laptops represented less
than 25% of total sales as recently as January 2000. May also marked the
first time that sales of LCD screens surpassed traditional CRT monitors.
Analysts contribute the shift to consumers' desire for laptops'
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http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030702/D7S1HP5G1.html
MICROSOFT'S E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
In an effort to boost adoption of its Microsoft Reader software, the
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Microsoft Reader has received 6 million downloads since its debut in August
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Over the five-month promotion period, Microsoft Reader users will be able
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a Pocket PC, a Tablet PC, a laptop or a desktop. (CNet News.com 2 Jul 2003)
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LINUX: THE MAGICIAN AND THE MAGIC
Talking with the San Jose Mercury News, Linux creator Linus Torvalds gave
this explanation of the evolution of the Linux operating system since it
origination (when he spent six months personally writing the original
code): "It all boils down to hundreds of different groups. A group can be a
huge company that has an agenda. Or it can mean one person at a university
working on a research project. They have their own thing they want to fix.
All of these people make their modifications, and not all of them are
accepted. I see it as a kind of ecosystem. You have survival of the
fittest. Some changes work better. Sometimes it is for purely technical
reasons. It's just the right thing to do. Sometimes it is for personality
reasons. Some people who push their changes are more likely to get things
done because they are nicer about it. It's not really centralized. I am at
the center, but I don't direct any teams. All these people are trying to
pull me in different directions. Some groups pull together in the same
direction. It's a very dynamic situation." (San Jose Mercury News 4 Jul 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6237239.htm
OUT-OF-STATE TELECOMMUTER IS OUT OF LUCK
A telecommuter living in Florida and doing work for a company in New York
has been told by the highest court in New York that she's ineligible for
New York State unemployment benefits. The court ruled unanimously that the
eligibility for benefits depends not on where the employer is but on where
the worker is. Since about 28 million Americans telecommute, this decision
is likely to have implications for workers throughout the country. (AP/San
Jose Mercury News 3 Jul 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6226207.htm
[Interesting That This Never Seems To Happen To Embezzlers, Enron, etc.]
NETWORK EXTORTION
Oleg Zezev, a Kazakh man who hacked into the computer of the Bloomberg
media company in attempt to extort $200,000 from billionaire media mogul
(and now New York City major) Michael Bloomberg has been sentenced by a
Manhattan court to four years in prison and fined $950,000, or almost five
times the amount he hoped to extort. Judge Kimba Wood told Zezev: "Your
crime was a very serious one because of its threat to international
commerce and the integrity of data that the financial community relies upon
to do its business." (Australian IT News 3 Jul 2003)
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6692859%5E15331%5E%5Enbv%5E1
5306-15318,00.html
COURT SAYS THUMBNAIL IMAGE LINKING IS FAIR USE
A federal appeals court ruled that a search engine's display of miniature
images of copyrighted works is allowed under fair use, upholding a similar
ruling in February 2002. The plaintiff in the case, photographer Leslie
Kelly, had sued image search engine firm Arriba Soft over thumbnail images
of her works that were accessible via Arriba's Ditto.com search engine.
Yesterday's decision, however, failed to confirm the legality of displaying
full-size images in search results -- a practice known as in-line linking
or framing -- and that case is now ordered to go to trial. "As to the first
action (on thumbnails), the district court correctly found that Arriba's
use was fair. However, as to the second action, we conclude that the
district court should not have reached the issue because neither party
moved for summary judgment as to the full-size images," according to the
opinion. The framing technique is used by a number of visual search
engines, including Google, Lycos and AltaVista. Nevertheless, the ruling
was viewed as a victory by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which had
filed a brief in favor of Arriba. "Web site owners can rest a bit easier
about linking to copyrighted materials online," said an EFF staff attorney.
"By revising its ruling, the court removed a copyright iceberg from the
main shipping lanes of the World Wide Web." (CNet News.com 7 Jul 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1023629.html?tag=lh
COMING TO A COMPUTER SCREEN NEAR YOU -- TV COMMERCIALS
Advertisers are putting their TV spots online, spurred by a combination of
better technology, the spread of broadband and the failure of other online
advertising formats. And while ad agencies are enthusiastic about the
trend, analysts note that advertisers risk sparking a backlash among Web
surfers already irritated by intrusive pop-up ads. "In the television world
we've seen consumers become more and more frustrated with commercials. If
you're going to start providing that kind of advertising technology on the
Web, it's going to result in the same response from consumers," says a
Yankee Group analyst. Currently, "rich media" ads make up a small portion
of the $6-billion online advertising market, but the category grew last
year to 5% from 2% in 2001 and further growth is expected this year. "It's
minute compared to television. But, given the trends we're seeing, it won't
be minute two or three years from now." (Wall Street Journal 8 Jul 2003)
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EFF BACKS FILE SWAPPERS, ATTACKS RIAA
Responding to the recent announcement from the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) about plans for lawsuits against
individuals, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched a
campaign to mobilize the estimated 60 million Americans who use
file-sharing services. The goal of the "Let the Music Play" campaign is
to make changes in current copyright law to legalize file sharing while
guaranteeing that artists will be compensated for their work. According
to Shari Steele of the EFF, "copyright law is out of step with the
views of the American public and the reality of music distribution
online." The EFF has suggested instituting licensing fees, paid by
manufacturers of MP3s and CD-ROMs. The fees would be doled out to
artists based on usage. The RIAA dismissed the idea as one that would
favor retransmission services and stifle innovation.
Internet News, 1 July 2003
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/2230301
RIAA WARNING BOOSTS SWAPPING
Representatives of Grokster and Morpheus said file-trading activity on
their services has increased by about 10 percent in recent days, not
long after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
announced it would begin locating and prosecuting individual file
sharers. Some speculated the increase is a response to what many file
traders consider unreasonable action by the recording industry, while
others thought the rise suggests that many users see the RIAA's threat
as the "last call" to get music for free. Michael Weiss of Streamcast,
the company that developed Morpheus, said, "Any time you get media
attention, you get people interested to try it out." A spokesperson from
the RIAA declined to discuss the recent increase in file-trading activity.
Washington Post, 6 July 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7359-2003Jul3.html
KAZAA'S ANTITRUST SUIT THROWN OUT
A federal judge has thrown out a suit brought by Sharman Networks,
which distributes the Kazaa file-trading software, against recording
and film companies for what it said were antitrust violations. Sharman
argued that the entertainment industry was using its position to
prevent authorized copies from being traded on Kazaa. Judge Stephen V.
Wilson threw out the suit, however, saying that even if record and film
companies were guilty of using collective power unfairly, Sharman would
not be hurt because it is not in competition with them. Wilson had
previously ruled that developers of file-sharing technologies are not
responsible for illegal uses of those networks.
Wall Street Journal, 6 July 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105752430215663300,00.html
MICROSOFT CHANGES LICENSING TERMS
To comply with parts of the government's antitrust settlement against
Microsoft, the company has changed the terms under which other
companies can license technology that allows Windows applications to
communicate with servers. Formerly, companies that wanted to license
the technology were required to sign a nondisclosure agreement even to
read the licensing terms, and licensees were prohibited from suing
Microsoft. Another aspect of the old terms discouraged prospective
licensees involved with Linux. These restrictions have been dropped in
what a Microsoft spokesman described as a "unique and unprecedented"
licensing program. Despite the new licensing terms, a recent court
filing indicates that some states remain concerned about some of
Microsoft's actions. Those issues will be discussed at a judicial
hearing later this month.
New York Times, 4 July 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/04/technology/04SOFT.html
PLANNED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM RAISES EYEBROWS
A new surveillance system being developed by the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency has some scientists and civil libertarians
concerned about potential civilian uses of the system. The Combat Zones
That See project is intended to use software to analyze images from
many thousands of cameras in an urban setting to identify cars, license
plates, and even passengers. The goal is to protect U.S. forces in
urban settings by spotting license plates on watch lists or discerning
suspicious behavior. Despite assurances from the Pentagon that the
technology is intended only for military uses, some observers have
expressed concern that it could be used by civilian law enforcement
agencies in a manner that intrudes on personal privacy. John Pike of
GlobalSecurity.org said, "Government would have a reasonably good idea
of where everyone is most of the time."
Washington Post, 2 July 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61389-2003Jul2.html
[Of Course, It's Not What We Usually Call Spam. . . .]
COURT RULES AGAINST INTEL IN E-MAIL TRESPASS CASE
The California Supreme Court ruled that a former Intel employee did not
violate trespassing laws when he sent e-mail messages to current Intel
employees. From 1996 to 1998, Kenneth Hamidi, a former Intel engineer
who was fired after a workers' compensation dispute, sent six e-mail
messages to Intel employees, directing them to a Web site he created
that criticized Intel. In 1998, Intel received an injunction that
barred Hamidi from sending messages to Intel employees. The California
court overturned the lower court's injunction and rejected Intel's
argument that the messages represented illegal trespassing to its
computer systems. The trespass argument has been used by Internet
service providers and companies to stop spam. Jeffrey D. Neuburger, a
New York-based technology lawyer, said, "Everyone is trying to figure
out ways to solve the spam problem, and this ruling doesn't help."
Although the case attracted attention regarding free-speech and
employee rights, the California court ruled only on the trespass issue.
New York Times, 1 July 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/01/technology/01SPAM.html
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That's the 26 WEEKS of 2003 as Compared to 28 YEARS!!!
Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #1668
Apr 1999 Story Of Waitstill Baxter, by Kate D. Wiggin [#10][tsowbxxx.xxx]1701
Apr 1999 Life of Charlotte Bronte, V2, by E. C. Gaskell[#2][2locbxxx.xxx]1700
Apr 1999 The Vanished Messenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim #4[vmsgrxxx.xxx]1699
Apr 1999 The Survivors of the Chancellor, by Jules Verne #9[tsotcxxa.xxx]1698
(Note: This is from a different source than our previous edition.)
Apr 1999 Madam How and Lady Why, by Charles Kingsley[CK #7][hwwhyxxx.xxx]1697
Apr 1999 The Club of Queer Trades, by G. K. Chesterton/GKC8[tcoqtxxx.xxx]1696
Apr 1999 The Man Who Was Thursday, by G. K. Chesterton/GKC7[tmwhtxxx.xxx]1695
Apr 1999 Our Legal Heritage, by S. A. Reilly [rlglhxxx.xxx]1694C
Apr 1999 Dangerous Days, by Mary Roberts Rinehart [MRR #8] [ddaysxxx.xxx]1693
Mar 1999 1492, by Mary Johnston [For Columbus Day, 1998] [c1492xxx.xxx]1692
(This eBook was being posted on October 12, 1998, Columbus Day, US
(We were several months ahead of schedule, so it appeared as March.)
Mar 1999 I Have A Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. [dreamxxx.xxx]1691
(We originally did this on Martin Luther King Day, a few years ago, but
(waited until all the court cases were completed before posting. [Note
inside eBook.] Since then, the courts have reversed themselves, this is
the ONLY work that has been withdrawn from Project Gutenberg in 32 years]
Mar 1999 Marie, by H. Rider Haggard [H. Rider Haggard #4][mariexxx.xxx]1690
.(Note: the filename mariexxx.xxx is also used for a totally different
.(eBook, #3451 in etext02)
Mar 1999 The Pivot of Civilization, By Margaret Sanger [pvcvlxxx.xxx]1689
Mar 1999 The People of the Abyss, by Jack London[London#70][tpotaxxx.xxx]1688
Mar 1999 Parmenides, by Plato [More Socrates] Plato #24][prmdsxxx.xxx]1687
Mar 1999 The Secret of the Night, by Gaston Leroux [GL #3][tsotnxxx.xxx]1686
Mar 1999 Mystery of the Yellow Room, by Gaston Leroux[GL#2][ylormxxx.xxx]1685
(Contains ASCII diagrams, best with non-proportional fonts.)
Mar 1999 The Egoist, by George Meredith[George Meredith #6][egostxxx.xxx]1684
Mar 1999 Honorine, by Honore de Balzac[Honore de Balzac#59][hnrnexxx.xxx]1683
Mar 1999 Menexenus, by Plato [Yet More Socrates] [Plato#23][mnxnsxxx.xxx]1682
Mar 1999 Eryxias, not by Plato [More Socrates] [Plato#22][ryxisxxx.xxx]1681
Mar 1999 At the Sign of the Cat & Racket, by Balzac[Hdb#58][ctrktxxx.xxx]1680
Mar 1999 Hiram The Young Farmer, by Burbank L. Todd [hrmyfxxx.xxx]1679
Mar 1999 An Historical Mystery, by Honore de Balzac[HdB#57][hmystxxx.xxx]1678
Mar 1999 Alcibiades II, not Plato [More Socrates][Plato#21][2lcbdxxx.xxx]1677
Mar 1999 Alcibiades I, by Plato? [More Socrates] [Plato#20][1lcbdxxx.xxx]1676
Mar 1999 New Forces in Old China, by Arthur Judson Brown [ldchnxxx.xxx]1675
.(Note: the filename ldchnxxx.xxx is also used for a totally different
.(eBook, #3313 in etext02)
Mar 1999 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth [Slavery] [sjrnrxxx.xxx]1674
Mar 1999 Lesser Hippias, by [?]Plato[More Socrates]Plato19][lhppsxxx.xxx]1673
Mar 1999 Gorgias, by Plato [A Socratic Dialog] [Plato #18][grgisxxx.xxx]1672
Mar 1999 When a Man Marries, by Mary Roberts Rinehart [#7][whammxxx.xxx]1671
Mar 1999 Martin Luther's Small Catechism, Trns. by R. Smith[smlctxxx.xxx]1670
Mar 1999 The Human Drift, by Jack London[Jack London#62-69][hmndrxxx.xxx]1669
Mar 1999 Death of the Laird's Jock, by Walter Scott [WS #8][tpschxxx.xxx]1668
Also Contains: The Tapestried Chamber, by Walter Scott [WS #7]
(Note: two tales from The Keepsake Stories]
Mar 1999 My Aunt Margaret's Mirror, by Walter Scott [WS #6][mamsmxxx.xxx]1667
(Note: from The Keepsake Stories)
Mar 1999 The Golden Asse, by Lucius Apuleius "Africanus" [gldnsxxx.xxx]1666
Mar 1999 Derrick Vaughan--Novelist, by Edna Lyall [dvnvlxxx.xxx]1665
Mar 1999 Songs for Parents, by John Farrar [sfparxxx.xxx]1664
Mar 1999 Webster's March 7th Speech/Secession, by HD Foster[wsm7sxxx.xxx]1663
Mar 1999 The 1997 CIA World Factbook[CIA Factbook #7][No#6][world97x.xxx]1662
Mar 1999 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Doyle [#15][advshxxx.xxx]1661
[Contains A Variety Of Stories]
Mar 1999 Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, by Balzac[HdB #56][sfaclxxx.xxx]1660
Mar 1999 The Girl with the Golden Eyes, by Balzac [HdB #55][gwtgixxx.xxx]1659
Mar 1999 Phaedo, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 3"]#17[phadoxxx.xxx]1658
Mar 1999 Crito, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 2"]#16[critoxxx.xxx]1657
Feb 1999 Apology, by Plato[AKA"The Death of Socrates 1"]#15[pplgyxxx.xxx]1656
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***Headline News***
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From Newsscan
CONSUMER-LINUX
Does the Linux operating system have a future? Eight major consumer
electronics companies think so: Hitachi, Mitsubishi, NEC, Philips, Samsung,
Sharp, Sony and Toshiba have forged a new alliance called CE Linux Forum,
or CLEF, and IBM has expressed interest in joining the group as well. The
goals of the alliance include numerous extensions for Linux to make it a
more effective platform for consumer devices. (Information Week 1 Jul 2003)
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10817852
LISTEN.COM REPORTS 100% INCREASE IN CD BURNING
Listen.com says the number of CDs burned by subscribers to its Rhapsody
online music service has nearly doubled since it dropped its price from 99
cents to 79 cents per song. RealNetworks acquired Listen.com in April for
$36 million and reduced the per-track fee in late May, sparking a
significant increase in the number of subscribers and corresponding growth
in music downloads. Rhapsody is considered to be one of the easiest-to-use
music subscription services. (Reuters 1 Jul 2003)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=5&u=/nm/20030701
/tc_nm/media_rhapsody_dc
PENTAGON EYES URBAN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing an urban
surveillance system dubbed "Combat Zones That See" (CTS), which is designed
to track and analyze the movement of every vehicle in a city. The
centerpiece of the system is proposed software that would be capable of
identifying vehicles by size, color, shape and license tag, and would issue
instant alerts when a vehicle on a watchlist was detected. The CTS
technology could also be used to comb through months of data to locate and
compare vehicles spotted near terrorist attack sites. Although the military
has emphasized that it plans to use CTS in hostile foreign cities, critics
are concerned that such technology could be deployed domestically for
nonmilitary use. "One can easily foresee pressure to adopt a similar
approach to crime-ridden areas of American cities or to the Bowl or any
other site where crowds gather," says Steven Aftergood of the Federation of
American Scientists. (AP 2 Jul 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030702/D7S173M00.html
INTEL LOSES IN COURT CASE: SPAMMING ISN'T TRESPASS
In a case that rose to the California Supreme Court for review, Intel
argued that Kenneth Hamidi, a disgruntled ex-employee who had sent large
numbers of e-mail messages to current Intel employees was misappropriating
Intel's computer resources and thereby guilty of "trespass to chattels,"
which allows someone to sue for the inappropriate use of personal property.
But the court rejected Intel's position, and ruled in a 4-3 decision that
the doctrine of trespass to chattels did not apply, because the
ex-employee's e-mail messages did not damage the company's computers and
did not impose a significant cost on the company. The decision is seen as a
set-back in the fight against unsolicited commercial e-mail, or "spam,"
which Internet service providers have said was a burden on their computers.
William M. McSwain, one of Hamidi's attorneys, said of the ruling: "Spam
needs a legislative approach. And Congress and half the state legislatures
are hard at work finding one. What spam doesn't need is to have the courts
create a new tort doctrine in a way that has unintended consequences." The
court, said McSwain, reaffirmed the principle "that an unsolicited message,
sent by a business or an individual, is not presumptively a trespass simply
because the recipient doesn't want to receive the message."
(New York Times 1 Jul 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/07/01/technology/01SPAM.html
JAPANESE MAGAZINE GROUP TARGETS 'DIGITAL SHOPLIFTING'
Japanese bookstores are readying a public relations assault on so-called
"digital shoplifting" by cell phone users who snap photos of magazine ads
showing a new hairstyle or flashy clothing and send them to their friends
for instant feedback. The Japanese Magazine Publishers Association has
branded the practice "information theft" and says its members are being
cheated out of valuable sales. In response, the group has teamed up with
Japan's phone companies to launch a national campaign warning shoppers to
mind their "magazine manners." (BBC 30 Jun 2003)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3031716.stm
BILL WOULD MANDATE NOTIFICATION OF PERSONAL DATA HACKS
Legislation introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) would require
businesses and government agencies to notify consumers when hackers break
into corporate computer systems and steal their personal data, such as
social security numbers and credit card information. The stipulations of
the bill are in direct conflict with efforts by the Bush administration to
keep such details hidden from the public, in the hope that hacking victims
will notify the FBI and other government agencies when such incidents
occur. The FBI director and some top U.S. prosecutors told technology
executives recently that they will increasingly work to keep the secret the
names of companies that fall victim to major hacking attacks. Consumer
groups praised Feinstein's proposed legislation: "It's a really important
step forward," said Chris Hoofnagle, deputy counsel at the Electronic Privacy
Information Center. "Individuals do not have this right to notice now."
(AP/CNN.com 30 Jun 2003)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/06/30/hacker.bill.ap/index.html
IS YOUR PRIVACY INVADED BY THE 'BLACK BOX' IN YOUR CAR?
A recent survey found that most people are unaware that many later-model
automobiles are equipped with "black box" recording devices (called "data
event recorders") which are capable not only of triggering the release of
accident airbags but also of recording driving data (such as speed of the
car) in the last few seconds before a crash. Such information is
increasingly being used as evidence in criminal and civil cases related to
the accident, as part of "normal reconstruction" of what happened. But
civil libertarians are balking. Defense attorney Bob Weiner calls the black
boxes "a tremendous invasion of privacy," and David Sobel, general counsel
for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, say: "The real issue is one
of notice, and the problem arises from the fact that information is being
collected about people's driving behavior without them knowing. If drivers
knew about the device, they could at least then begin asking questions."
(USA Today 29 Jun 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-06-27-black-boxes_x.htm
GOOGLE TOOLBAR EXTENDS FEATURES
Search engine Google is extending the features of its tool bar to include
automatic blocking of pop-up ads, automatic filling out of Internet forms,
and help for users wanting to maintain personal diaries or "blogs" (Web
logs). The toolbars may be used for online searching without requiring the
user to go to the Google Web site. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 27 Jun 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6184497.htm
IRAQI INTERNET USERS 'WANT EVERYING FAST'
During the three decades of Saddam Hussein's rule, Iraqis were denied the
use of free e-mail and live chat, but now things are quite different. Iraqi
citizen Firas Behnam explains: "This is a new sense of freedom for us. We
are not in a very secure society yet, but at least we can say whatever we
like." And Web site administrator Yaser Hassan says: "Some Web sites are
still closed, but if you let us know, we will reopen them. The users here
want everything fast. They complain loudly when they see 'access denied,'
even though they did not complain for 30 years."
(San Jose Mercury News 26 Jun 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6166288.htm
SOME LIBRARIES OPT FOR NO FILTERS, NO FEDERAL FUNDING
Many San Francisco Bay Area libraries remain opposed to installing
Internet filters, despite Monday's Supreme Court ruling that ties some
federal funding to installing filters. Some librarians questions the
efficacy of filters, noting that often they do not successfully block
X-rated content but can block access to age-appropriate medical and
sexual information. The portion of funding that some libraries receive
from the federal government is relatively small, and many libraries
wish to avoid the cost and hassle of installing filters and to continue
to offer patrons access to all information. Susan Gallinger, director
of the Livermore Public Library, said, "We just don't feel we as
librarians need to be in the position of telling people what they
should read, see, or hear." Bay Area libraries are pursuing different
approaches to protecting children from inappropriate content, from
installing filters that block pornographic Web sites in the children's
reading section but not in the adult area to issuing "smart cards" to
children with Internet access authorized by their parents.
San Jose Mercury News, 24 June 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/6158188.htm
FILTER REQUIREMENT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT BLOCKED-SITE LISTS
Now that public libraries must install Internet filters or risk losing
federal funds, companies that make filters may be forced to soften
their position of not revealing what sites they block, according to
Judith Krug, director of the American Library Association's (ALA)
Office for Intellectual Freedom. Krug said the ALA will encourage its
members to choose only those filters whose makers agree to disclose
their lists of blocked sites. Net Nanny, which does allow users to view
and update its list of blocked sites, hopes to take advantage of the
situation Krug described and have its software installed in many
libraries. David Burt of N2H2, which keeps its list secret, said his
company has invested millions of dollars in developing its list and
believes keeping it private will not be a consideration for libraries
newly installing filters. Of the institutions that have already
installed N2H2 filters, Burt said, none has requested to see the list.
Wall Street Journal, 24 June 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105649238011074300,00.html
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CHIP SALES CONTINUE TO RISE
A new report from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) shows
continued growth in the sales of computer chips. Sales in May of this
year were two percent higher than in April and 10 percent higher than
in May of last year. Chip sales rose in most parts of the world,
including Japan (26 percent year over year), the Asia-Pacific region
(11.7 percent), and Europe (9.3 percent). Sales in the Americas,
however, declined 6.7 percent, a drop blamed on continued outsourcing
of electronic equipment production to Asia. The SIA recently predicted
growth in chip sales of 10.1 percent for 2003, followed by increases of
16.8 percent, 5.8 percent, and 7 percent for the next three years. Strength
in the chip market is attributed to factors including increased stability
after the war in Iraq ended and the apparent end of the outbreak of SARS.
CNET, 30 June 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-1022134.html
FEDERAL DO-NOT-CALL LIST OPEN FOR BUSINESS
The federal do-not-call list went into operation this week, taking
phone numbers from citizens who want not to be called by telemarketers.
Similar to do-not-call lists in many states, the federal list will be
made available to telemarketers, for a fee. Companies found to have
called numbers on the list face fines of up to $11,000 per call.
Exceptions are made for politicians, nonprofit groups, those conducting
surveys, and companies with whom the person being called has an
existing business relationship. The phone numbers on some of the state
do-not-call lists automatically transferred to the federal list. People
in states whose lists do not transfer will have to add their numbers
separately to the federal list. The list is administered by both the
Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, a
combination that covers some wide loopholes in early plans for the list.
Wall Street Journal, 27 June 2003 (sub. req'd)
MICHIGAN PURSUES DO-NOT-SPAM LIST
The Michigan Senate has passed an antispam bill that would create a
do-not-e-mail list, similar to do-not-call lists and lists--maintained
by some marketing organizations--of individuals who do not want to
receive promotional mailings. Marketers would be required to consult
the list and remove the names that appear on the list from any mass
e-mailing. Under the proposed Michigan law, violators could face
criminal penalties, including imprisonment, as well as civil penalties
of as much as $250,000 per day that spam is sent. Observers noted that
an opt-out list of e-mail addresses would be an extremely tempting
target for spammers outside the jurisdiction of Michigan. To address
that concern, one company said it has developed a one-way encryption
system that allows marketers to check their lists against the opt-out
list but not to discern the addresses in an unencrypted form.
CNET, 25 June 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1021169.html
BILL WOULD DISALLOW COPYRIGHT FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would prevent
researchers from claiming copyright protections for published work that
received "substantial" federal funding. No definition is given for
"substantial" in the bill. Martin Olav Sabo (D-Minn.) introduced the
bill in an effort to guarantee public access to research for "all who
may benefit from it--especially when they've already paid for it with
their tax dollars." The Public Library of Science, an organization that
is planning to introduce two free, online scientific journals, supports
the proposed legislation. Opponents said the law is unnecessary because
a large portion of academic work is already available online. Peter D.
Farnham of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
said Sabo's bill would conflict with the Bayh-Dole Act, passed in
1980, which allows researchers to claim intellectual property rights on
their work, even if funded by federal money.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 June 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/06/2003062702n.htm
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9 years, doubling once every 18 months would be a total of 6 doublings:
Total Date Doublings
100 Dec 10, 1993 0
200 Jun 10, 1995 1
400 Dec 10, 1996 2
800 Jun 10, 1998 3
1600 Dec 10, 1999 4
3200 Jun 10, 2001 5
6400 Dec 10, 2002 6 We have just beaten this goal!
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May 2001 Du Cote de Chez Swann, Marcel Proust [Proust #1][?swanxxx.xxx] 2650
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Oct 1998 King Richard III, by William Shakespeare [2ws04xxx.xxx] 1503
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[XHTML in grprn10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 1997 The Mirror of the Sea, by Joseph Conrad[Conrad#16][tmotsxxx.xxx] 1058
[XHTML in tmots10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 'Twixt Land & Sea, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #15] [twxlsxxx.xxx] 1055
[XHTML in twxls10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 A Collection of Ballads, by Andrew Lang [Lang #6] [cbladxxx.xxx] 1054
[XHTML in cblad10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 Captain Stormfield's Visit, by Mark Twain [MT#11][cptsfxxx.xxx] 1044
[Title: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain]
[XHTML in cptsf10h.htm/.zip]
Jan 1994 Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne[Verne2][80dayxxx.xxx] 103
[HTML version in 80day10h.htm/.zip]
The following has been re-posted in an updated 11th Edition and new
format as indicated:
Dec 2000 The New Atlantis, by Sir Francis Bacon [nwatlxxx.xxx] 2434
[HTML version in nwatl11h.htm/.zip]
Feb 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francis Rabelais [ggpntxxx.xxx] 1200
[Illustrator: Gustave Dore]
[Illustrated HTML in ggpnt11h.zip (8 mb)]
(See also new HTML files of each individual book #'s 8166-8170,
averaging 2.5mb)
The following has been re-posted in an improved 12th Edition:
Apr 2001 Indian Summer of a Forsyte, by John Galsworthy[#5][isoafxxx.xxx] 2594
Contains:
Indian Summer of a Forsyte
In Chancery
[This is Volume 2 of the Forsyte Saga, also see: #2559 & #2596]
The following has been re-posted in an updated 11th Edition:
Aug 2003 The Forsyte Saga, complete, by Galsworthy [JG#38][fsagaxxx.xxx] 4397
[Author: John Galsworthy]
(This file is a compilation of #2596 Awakening & To Let, and #2594 Indian
Summer of a Forsyte, and #2559 Man of Property)
Aug 2000 Uncle Remus/Songs/Sayings, by Joel Chandler Harris[remusxxx.xxx] 2306
[Full Title: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings]
The following are being re-indexed to include subtitles:
May 2005 Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan,Lafcadio Hearn[#7][?glm2xxx.xxx] 8133
[Subtitle: Second Series]
May 2005 Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan,Lafcadio Hearn[#6][?glm1xxx.xxx] 8130
[Subtitle: First Series]
Dec 2004 Specimens of Greek Tragedy, by Goldwin Smith [?grtrxxx.xxx] 7073
[Subtitle: Specimens of Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus and Sophocles]
The following has been re-posted in a greatly improved 13th Edition:
Apr 1992 New eBook of Bible [KJV] [From many editions] [biblexxx.xxx] 30
The following has been re-posted in an improved 12th Edition:
Nov 2003 Narcissism Book of Quotes, by Sam Vaknin[Vaknin#1][narbqxxx.xxx]4662C
And the following has been re-posted in an updated 11th Edition:
Nov 2003 Malignant Self Love, by Sam Vaknin [Vaknin#2][malslxxx.xxx]4663C
[Subtitle: Narcissism Revisited]
Nov 1996 Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #13] [olivrxxx.xxx] 730
Jul 1994 Middlemarch, by George Eliot[#1] [per PBS series] [mdmarxxx.xxx] 145
And finally. . .
The following 11th Edition has been re-posted with minor corrections, but
the Edition number has not been changed:
February 2004 He Knew He Was Right, by Anthony Trollope [hknrtxxx.xxx] 5140
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Jun 2006 The History of Rome, v1, by Theodor Mommsen [hrom1xxx.xxx]10701
[Tr.: William Purdie Dickson]
[See Also #3060 for the original German]
Jun 2005 Biographia Epistolaris, Vol. 1, by Coleridge [#5][?bio1xxx.xxx] 8210
[Full author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge] [Ed.: Turnbull]
Jun 2005 Poems 1817, by John Keats [pkt17xxx.xxx] 8209
[Also posted: HTML version in pkt1710h.htm/.zip]
Jun 2005 Poems of Coleridge, ed Arthur Symons [#4][?pcolxxx.xxx] 8208
Jun 2005 Plays of Shakspere Unfolded, by Delia Bacon [#2][?shakxxx.xxx] 8207
[Full title: The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded]
[Preface by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Jun 2005 Pilgrims Of The Rhine, by Bulwer Lytton [EBL#189][b189wxxx.xxx] 8206
[Full Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton]
Jun 2005 Audio: On the Origin of Species, by C. Darwin[#25][otoosxxx.xxx] 8205C
[Author's Full Name: Charles Darwin]
[Computer-generated audio files in MP3 format]
[19 mp3 files: otoos013.mp3-otoos193.mp3; otoos3-readme.txt, otoos3-index.htm]
(Note: individual files only, no .zip)
Jun 2005 Audio: Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome [#28][3boatxxx.xxx] 8204C
[Computer-generated audio files in MP3 format]
[18 mp3 files: 3boat013.mp3-3boat183.mp3; 3boat3-index.htm, 3boat3-readme.txt]
(Note: individual files only, no .zip)
Jun 2005 A Modern Instance, by William Dean Howells [#66][?mdrnxxx.xxx] 8203
Jun 2005 Sermons on National Subjects, by Charles Kingsley [snsbxxxx.xxx] 8202
[Text in snsb10.txt/.zip, XHTML in snsb10h.htm/.zip]
Jun 2005 Mary Marston, by George MacDonald [#28][mmstnxxx.xxx] 8201
May 2005 Expositions Of Holy Scripture, Alexander Maclaren [?xplkxxx.xxx] 8200
[Subtitle: St. Luke]
May 2005 The Moon Metal, by Garrett P. Serviss [metalxxx.xxx] 8199
[Also posted: HTML version in metal10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 The Fourth Watch, by H. A. Cody [4wtchxxx.xxx] 8198
[HTML version in 4wtch10h.htm and 4wtch10h.zip]
May 2005 India's Love Lyrics, by Laurence Hope [inllyxxx.xxx] 8197
[Author AKA: Adela Florence Cory Nicolson]
[Author: Illustrated by Byam Shaw]
[Zip file contains 8 lovely illustrations]
May 2005 Under the Skylights, by Henry Blake Fuller [#3][utskyxxx.xxx] 8196
May 2005 Scientific American Sup. 4-09-1881, by Various [?sa01xxx.xxx] 8195
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement April 9, 1881]
[Also posted illustrated HTML, zipped only - 8sa0110h.zip]
May 2005 Yr Hwiangerddi, by Owen M. Edwards [hwngxxxx.xxx] 8194
[Language: Welsh]
[Text in hwng10.txt/.zip, XHTML in hwng10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 Sceptics of the Old Testament, by E. J. Dillon [?scepxxx.xxx] 8193
[Full title: The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur]
[Full author: Emile Joseph Dillon]
May 2005 The Bakchesarian Fountain, by Alexander Pushkin &c[bakchxxx.xxx] 8192
[Full title: The Bakchesarian Fountain and Other Poems]
[Full author: Alexander Pushkin and other authors]
[Also posted HTML - bakch10h.zip and bakch10h.htm]
May 2005 Our Master, by Bramwell Booth [rmstrxxx.xxx] 8191
[Subtitle: Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord]
[Also posted: HTML version in rmstr10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 A Wodehouse Miscellany, by P. G. Wodehouse [#30][?pgwmxxx.xxx] 8190
[Contains articles, poems and stories]
May 2005 The Bride, by Samuel Rowlands [tbridxxx.xxx] 8189
[Note: Intro. by Alfred Claghorn Potter]
May 2005 The Mysterious Key And What It Opened,by L. Alcott[myskyxxx.xxx] 8188
[Author: Louisa May Alcott][Author AKA: L. M. Alcott; A. M. Barnard]
[HTML version in mysky10h.htm and mysky10h.zip]
May 2005 The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore,by T. Moore[?cptmxxx.xxx] 8187
[Subtitle: Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes]
[Full Author: Thomas Moore]
[Note: With a biographical sketch by William M. Rossetti]
May 2005 Actes et Paroles, vol. I, by Victor Hugo [#8][?act1xxx.xxx] 8186
[Language: French]
May 2005 Fountains In The Sand, by Norman Douglas [#2][?fsndxxx.xxx] 8185
[Subtitle: Rambles Among The Oases Of Tunisia]
May 2005 The Ghost Kings, by H. Rider Haggard [#47][?ghkgxxx.xxx] 8184
May 2005 Time and the Gods, by E. J. M. D. Plunkett [#5][tagodxxx.xxx] 8183
[Full author: Lord Dunsany [Edward J. M. D. Plunkett]]
May 2005 The Ghost of Guir House, by Charles Willing Beale [gguirxxx.xxx] 8182
[Note: from Five Victorian Ghost Novels]
May 2005 Rise And Progress Of The Colonies, V2, A. Hewatt [hscg2xxx.xxx] 8181
[Full Title: An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Colonies
Of South Carolina And Georgia, Volume 2]
[Author: Alexander Hewatt]
May 2005 A Phantom Lover, by Vernon Lee [phnlvxxx.xxx] 8180
[Alternate Title: Oke of Okehurst] [Note: from Five Victorian Ghost Novels]
[Author Note: Vernon Lee is a pseudonym for Violet Paget]
May 2005 Rise And Progress Of The Colonies, V1, A. Hewatt [hscg1xxx.xxx] 8179
[Full Title: An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Colonies
Of South Carolina And Georgia, Volume 1]
[Author: Alexander Hewatt]
May 2005 The Politeness of Princes, by P. G. Wodehouse[#29][?schlxxx.xxx] 8178
May 2005 The Esperanto Teacher, by Helen Fryer [esptrxxx.xxx] 8177
[Subtitle: A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians]
[Also posted HTML - esptr10h.zip and esptr10h.htm]
May 2005 Death At The Excelsior, by P. G. Wodehouse [?dexcxxx.xxx] 8176
[Subtitle: And Other Stories]
May 2005 Keraban Le Tetu, Vol. II, by Jules Verne [#30][?tet2xxx.xxx] 8175
May 2005 Keraban Le Tetu, Vol. I, by Jules Verne [#29][?tet1xxx.xxx] 8174
[Language: French]
May 2005 Contes de la Montagne, by Erckmann-Chatrian [?mntgxxx.xxx] 8173
[Language: French]
May 2005 History of Astronomy, by George Forbes [?hsrsxxx.xxx] 8172
[Also posted HTML as 8hsrs10h.zip - zipped only]
[Also posted Unicode - 8hsrs10u.txt and 8hsrs10u.zip]
May 2005 Modern Italian Poets, by W. D. Howells [?mdipxxx.xxx] 8171
[Subtitle: Essays and Versions]
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book V [rab05xxx.xxx] 8170
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book IV [rab04xxx.xxx] 8169
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book III [rab03xxx.xxx] 8168
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book II [rab02xxx.xxx] 8167
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book I [rab01xxx.xxx] 8166
[Full Author: Francois Rabelais]
[Translated into English by Sir Thom. Urquhart of Cromarty and P. A. Motteux]
[Illustrated HTML, zipped only - rab0?10h.zip][Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
May 2005 The Geste of Duke Jocelyn, by Jeffery Farnol [#5][?jocexxx.xxx] 8165
May 2005 My Man Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse [#27][?jeevxxx.xxx] 8164
May 2005 Handbook of Universal Literature,A. C. Lynch Botta[?unltxxx.xxx] 8163
[Full author: Anne C. Lynch Botta]
May 2005 Modern Painting, by George Moore [?mdptxxx.xxx] 8162
May 2005 Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, by James MacPherson [?fgapxxx.xxx] 8161
[Subtitle: Collected in the Highlands of Scotland and Translated from
the Galic or Erse Language]
May 2005 Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth,G. Brandes[?rchyxxx.xxx] 8160
[Full Author: George Brandes]
[Also posted: accented HTML in 8rchy10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 Wanderings In South America, by Charles Waterton [?wnsaxxx.xxx] 8159
[Also posted: accented in HTML 8wnsa10h.htm, with images in 8wnsa10h.zip]
May 2005 Barlasch of the Guard, by H. S. Merriman [brlsxxxx.xxx] 8158
[Also posted: XHTML in brls10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 Esther Waters, by George Moore [?esthxxx.xxx] 8157
May 2005 Twilight And Dawn, by Caroline Pridham [?twltxxx.xxx] 8156
[Subtitle: Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation]
[Author AKA: Mrs. L. G. Wait]
May 2005 Colonel Thorndyke's Secret, by G. A. Henty [thornxxx.xxx] 8155
[Also posted HTML - thorn10h.zip and thorn10h.htm]
May 2005 Revolutionary Heroes, &c, by James Parton [?revhxxx.xxx] 8154
[Full Title: Revolutionary Heroes, And Other Historical Papers]
May 2005 Young Engineers in Arizona, H. Irving Hancock [#2][azengxxx.xxx] 8153
May 2005 Henrik Ibsen, by Edmund Gosse [?ibsnxxx.xxx] 8152
[HTML version in 8ibsn10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8ibsn10h.zip]
May 2005 Miss Merivale's Mistake, by Mrs. Henry Clarke [?mmvmxxx.xxx] 8151
May 2005 A Street of Paris, by Honore De Balzac [parisxxx.xxx] 8150
[Full title: A Street Of Paris And Its Inhabitant]
[Also posted in Illustrated HTML, zipped only - paris10h.zip]
May 2005 Jean Christophe: In Paris, by Romain Rolland [?jeanxxx.xxx] 8149
May 2005 Youth and Egolatry, by Pío Baroja [?yegoxxx.xxx] 8148
May 2005 The Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard Kipling [?kingxxx.xxx] 8147
[Also posted HTML - 8king10h.zip and 8king10h.htm]
May 2005 Victor Roy, A Masonic poem, Harriet Annie Wilkins [vcroyxxx.xxx] 8146
[Also posted HTML - vcroy10h.zip and vcroy10h.htm]
May 2005 Life And Times Of Washington, V2, by Schroeder, &c[?ltw2xxx.xxx] 8145
[Subtitle: Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched]
[Full Author: John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing]
May 2005 Acetylene, Principles, &c, by Leeds & Butterfield [?acetxxx.xxx] 8144
[Full Title: Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use]
[Subtitle: A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and
Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat,
and Power]
[Full Authors: F.H. Leeds and W.J. Atkinson Butterfield]
[Also posted: HTML with accented characters plus images in 8acet10h.zip only]
May 2005 The Shadow of the East, by E. M. Hull [#2][?shadxxx.xxx] 8143
May 2005 The Riot Act, by British Parliament [rtactxxx.xxx] 8142
[Also posted HTML - rtact10h.zip and rtact10h.htm]
May 2005 Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures,by Edgar Franklin[hawhaxxx.xxx] 8141
May 2005 Lectures Of Col. Ingersoll, V1, by R. G. Ingersoll[ingr1xxx.xxx] 8140
[Full title: Lectures Of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Vol. I]
[Full author: Col. Robert Green Ingersoll]
May 2005 Shakspere And Montaigne, by Jacob Feis [?shkmxxx.xxx] 8139
[Subtitle: An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency of 'Hamlet' from Allusions
in Contemporary Works]
(Note: "Shakspere", not "Shakespeare", is the spelling as used by the author.)
May 2005 War-time Silhouettes, by Stephen Hudson [?swarxxx.xxx] 8138
May 2005 Girls Aiding the Red Cross,by Gertrude W. Morrison[?gredxxx.xxx] 8137
[Full title: The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross]
[Also posted HTML - 8gred10h.zip and 8gred10h.htm]
May 2005 Henry Fielding: A Memoir, by G. M. Godden [?hfldxxx.xxx] 8136
[Also posted HTML - 8hfld10h.zip and 8hfld10h.htm]
May 2005 The Cathedral, by Hugh Walpole [?cthdxxx.xxx] 8135
[Also posted: HTML with accented characters in 8cthd10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 Together, by Robert Herrick (1868-1938) [tgthrxxx.xxx] 8134
[Author is not the 17th century British poet of the same name]
May 2005 Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan,Lafcadio Hearn[#7][?glm2xxx.xxx] 8133
May 2005 Life in the Clearings vs. the Bush,Mrs. Moodie[#3][lcgbsxxx.xxx] 8132
[Full author: Mrs. Susanna Moodie]
[Also posted HTML - lcgbs10h.zip and lcgbs10h.htm]
May 2005 The Misses Mallett, By E. H. Young [?Msmlxxx.xxx] 8131
[Subtitle: The Bridge Dividing] [Author Aka: Emily Hilda Young]
May 2005 Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan,Lafcadio Hearn[#6][?glm1xxx.xxx] 8130
May 2005 A Dreamer's Tales, by Edward J. M. D. Plunkett[#4][?dremxxx.xxx] 8129
[Full author: Lord Dunsany (Edward J. M. D. Plunkett)]
May 2005 In Ghostly Japan, by Lafcadio Hearn [#5][?igjpxxx.xxx] 8128
[The zipped file also contains several images]
May 2005 Two Nations, by Algernon Charles Swinburne [#7][?twonxxx.xxx] 8127
May 2005 Der Nachsommer, by Adalbert Stifter [#2][?nsomxxx.xxx] 8126
[Language: German]
May 2005 Impressions And Comments, by Havelock Ellis [?ellsxxx.xxx] 8125
May 2005 Woodrow Wilson As I Know Him, By Joseph P. Tumulty[?wwikxxx.xxx] 8124
May 2005 Virginians, By William Makepeace Thackeray[WMT#29][virgnxxx.xxx] 8123
May 2005 Legends Of The Northwest, By Hanford Lennox Gordon[?lgndxxx.xxx] 8122
May 2005 Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen [#13][?ghstxxx.xxx] 8121
May 2005 Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, by Teresa of Avila [?trsaxxx.xxx] 8120
[Also posted HTML - 8trsa10h.zip and 8trsa10h.htm]
May 2005 Sklepy cynamonowe, by Bruno Schulz [sklepxxx.xxx] 8119
[Language: Polish][Character Set Encoding: Codepage 1250]
May 2005 Redburn. His First Voyage, by Herman Melville [?redbxxx.xxx] 8118
[Also posted HTML with accents in 8redb10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 The Possessed, by Fyodor Dostoevsky [8devlxxh.xxx] 8117
[Subtitle: The Devils]
[HTML only in 8devl10h.htm/.htm]
May 2005 Communistic Societies/United States, By Nordhoff [?csusxxx.xxx] 8116
[Full Title: The Communistic Societies of the United States]
[Subtitle: From Personal Visit and Observation] [Author: Charles Nordhoff]
May 2005 Authors of Greece, by T. W. Lumb [?augrxxx.xxx] 8115
May 2005 Personal Recollections, by Charlotte Elizabeth [?persxxx.xxx] 8114
May 2005 Literary Love-Letters, by Robert Herrick [#3][?lovlxxx.xxx] 8113
[Full title: Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories]
May 2005 Houses of Aborigines, by Lewis H. Morgan [haborxxx.xxx] 8112
[Full title: Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines]
May 2005 After Long Years, Trans. S. A. Miller/A. M. Dunne [?alyrxxx.xxx] 8111
[Full Title: After Long Years and Other Stories]
[Full Author: Tr. from the German by Sophie A. Miller and Agnes M. Dunne]
May 2005 Lincoln Letters, by Abraham Lincoln [lnclnxxx.xxx] 8110
[lncln10.zip contains 7 graphic images]
May 2005 Early Bardic Literature, Ireland, Standish O'Grady[?eblixxx.xxx] 8109
May 2005 Literary and Social Essays, George William Curtis [?litsxxx.xxx] 8108
May 2005 Principal Navigations, V6, by Richard Hakluyt [#9][?hk06xxx.xxx] 8107
[Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and
Discoveries of The English Nation, v. 6]
[Subtitle: Madiera, The Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc.]
May 2005 First Voyage Round the World, by James Cook [#2][cfvrwxxx.xxx] 8106
[Full title: Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World
Made in H.M. Bark "Endeavor]
[Also in illustrated HTML, zipped only - cfvrw10h.zip
May 2005 Imaginations and Reveries,(A.E.) G. W. Russell[#3][imgrvxxx.xxx] 8105
[Full author: (A.E.) George William Russell]
May 2005 National Being,by (A.E.)George William Russell[#2][irpolxxx.xxx] 8104
[Subtitle: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity]
May 2005 Moral Philosophy, by Joseph Rickaby, S. J [?mrphxxx.xxx] 8103
May 2005 The Forme of Cury, by Samuel Pegge [?curyxxx.xxx] 8102
[Subtitle: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390]
[Language: Middle English and Latin]
May 2005 Bertram Cope's Year, by Henry Blake Fuller [?copexxx.xxx] 8101
May 2005 Reize naar Surinamen, by John Gabriel Stedman [#1][?rns1xxx.xxx] 8096
[Full title: Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana
(vol. I of IV)] [Language: Dutch]
[7-bit version in 7rns110.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8rns110.txt/.zip]
[Also posted: XML in 8rns110x.zip with a readme.txt file, zip only]
May 2005 Awful Disclosures, by Maria Monk [?adisxxx.xxx] 8095
[Full Title: Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never
before Published]
May 2005 Certain Noble Plays of Japan, by Ezra Pound [?cnpjxxx.xxx] 8094
[Subtitle: From the Manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa, Chosen and Finished
by Ezra Pound, with an Introduction by William Butler Yeats]
May 2005 The Canadian Elocutionist, by Anna Kelsey Howard [?cnelxxx.xxx] 8093
[Author AKA: Miss Anna Halleck Kelsey]
[Subtitle: Designed for the Use of Colleges, Schools and for
Self-Instruction, Together with a Copious Selection in Prose and Poetry
of Pieces Adapted for Reading, Recitation and Practice]
May 2005 Tremendous Trifles, by G.K. Chesterton [?trtrxxx.xxx] 8092
May 2005 Sketches and Studies, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#26][skstdxxx.xxx] 8091
[Contains: Life of Franklin Pierce; Chiefly about War Matters
Alice Doane's Appeal;The Ancestral Footstep]
May 2005 Our Old Home, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [#25][oldhmxxx.xxx] 8090
[Subtitle: A Series of English Sketches]
May 2005 American Notebooks, V2,by Nathaniel Hawthorne[#24][amnt2xxx.xxx] 8089
[Full title: Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2.]
May 2005 American Notebooks, V1,by Nathaniel Hawthorne[#23][amnt1xxx.xxx] 8088
[Full title: Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1]
May 2005 A Fountain Sealed, by Anne Douglas Sedgwick [?founxxx.xxx] 8087
May 2005 Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, by C. Doctorow [domkgxxx.xxx] 8086C
[Author: Cory Doctorow]
[Also posted XML - domkg10h.zip and domkg10h.htm]
May 2005 Die Goettliche Komoedie, by Dante Alighieri [?komdxxx.xxx] 8085
[Language: German]
May 2005 Hunting with the Bow and Arrow, by Saxton Pope [?hbowxxx.xxx] 8084
[Also posted illustratedHTML, zipped only - 8hbow10h.zip]
May 2005 The Allis Family, by American Sunday School Union [allisxxx.xxx] 8083
[Full title: The Allis Family; or, Scenes of Western Life]
May 2005 Canyons of the Colorado, by J. W. Powell [?clcnxxx.xxx] 8082
[Also posted in illustrated HTML, zipped only - 8clcn10h.zip]
May 2005 Louisa Pallant, by Henry James [#52][pallnxxx.xxx] 8081
May 2005 A Passionate Pilgrim, by Henry James [#51][passpxxx.xxx] 8080
May 2005 Pamela Giraud, by Honore de Balzac [#106][pamelxxx.xxx] 8079
May 2005 The Old Homestead, by Ann S. Stephens [oldhmxxx.xxx] 8078
May 2005 The Mind in the Making, by James Harvey Robinson [?mindxxx.xxx] 8077
May 2005 The History of David Grieve, by Mrs. Humphry Ward [grievxxx.xxx] 8076
May 2005 Junior Classics, V8, by Edited by W. Patten [#5][jrcl8xxx.xxx] 8075
[Full title: The Junior Classics Volume 8]
[Full author: Selected and arranged by William Patten]
May 2005 La Cite Antique, by Fustel de Coulanges [?citexxx.xxx] 8074
[Language: French]
May 2005 A Fool For Love, by Francis Lynde [flflvxxx.xxx] 8073
May 2005 National Epics, by Kate Milner Rabb [?ntlexxx.xxx] 8072
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ntle10.txt and 7ntle10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ntle10.txt and 8ntle10.zip]
May 2005 Expositions of Holy Scripture, Alex. Maclaren [#7][?smrkxxx.xxx] 8071
[St. Mark]
[Full author: Alexander Maclaren]
May 2005 Expositions of Holy Scripture, Alex. Maclaren [#6][stjonxxx.xxx] 8070
[Subtitle: St. John Chapters I to XIV]
[Full author: Alexander Maclaren]
May 2005 Expositions of Holy Scripture, Alex. Maclaren [#5][isjerxxx.xxx] 8069
[Subtitle: Isaiah and Jeremiah]
[Full author: Alexander Maclaren]
May 2005 Expositions of Holy Scripture, Alex. Maclaren [#4][djjrsxxx.xxx] 8068
[Subtitle: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel,
Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII]
[Full author: Alexander Maclaren]
May 2005 The, Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island, Herbert Carter[bssisxxx.xxx] 8067
[Subtitle: or Marooned Among The Game-fish Poachers]
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Revelation Book 66[#86][bib66xxx.xxx] 8066
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Jude Book 65[#85][bib65xxx.xxx] 8065
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 3 John Book 64[#84][bib64xxx.xxx] 8064
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 John Book 63[#83][bib63xxx.xxx] 8063
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 John Book 62[#82][bib62xxx.xxx] 8062
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Peter Book 61[#81][bib61xxx.xxx] 8061
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Peter Book 60[#80][bib60xxx.xxx] 8060
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, James Book 59[#79][bib59xxx.xxx] 8059
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Hebrews Book 58[#78][bib58xxx.xxx] 8058
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Philemon Book 57[#77][bib57xxx.xxx] 8057
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Titus Book 56[#76][bib56xxx.xxx] 8056
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Timothy Book 55[#75][bib55xxx.xxx] 8055
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Timothy Book 54[#74][bib54xxx.xxx] 8054
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 2 Thessalonians Book 53[#73][bib53xxx.xxx] 8053
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 1 Thessalonians Book 52[#72][bib52xxx.xxx] 8052
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Colossians Book 51[#71][bib51xxx.xxx] 8051
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Philippians Book 50[#70][bib50xxx.xxx] 8050
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ephesians Book 49[#69][bib49xxx.xxx] 8049
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Galatians Book 48[#68][bib48xxx.xxx] 8048
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 2 Corinthians Book 47[#67][bib47xxx.xxx] 8047
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 1 Corinthians Book 46[#66][bib46xxx.xxx] 8046
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Romans Book 45[#65][bib45xxx.xxx] 8045
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Acts Book 44[#64][bib44xxx.xxx] 8044
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, John Book 43[#63][bib43xxx.xxx] 8043
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Luke Book 42[#62][bib42xxx.xxx] 8042
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Mark Book 41[#61][bib41xxx.xxx] 8041
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Matthew Book 40[#60][bib40xxx.xxx] 8040
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Malachi Book 39[#59][bib39xxx.xxx] 8039
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Zechariah Book 38[#58][bib38xxx.xxx] 8038
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Haggai Book 37[#57][bib37xxx.xxx] 8037
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Zephaniah Book 36[#56][bib36xxx.xxx] 8036
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Habakkuk Book 35[#55][bib35xxx.xxx] 8035
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Nahum Book 34[#54][bib34xxx.xxx] 8034
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Micah Book 33[#53][bib33xxx.xxx] 8033
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Jonah Book 32[#52][bib32xxx.xxx] 8032
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Obadiah Book 31[#51][bib31xxx.xxx] 8031
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Amos Book 30[#50][bib30xxx.xxx] 8030
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Joel Book 29[#49][bib29xxx.xxx] 8029
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Hosea Book 28[#48][bib28xxx.xxx] 8028
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Daniel Book 27[#47][bib27xxx.xxx] 8027
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ezekiel Book 26[#46][bib26xxx.xxx] 8026
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Lamentations Book 25[#45][bib25xxx.xxx] 8025
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Jeremiah Book 24[#44][bib24xxx.xxx] 8024
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Isaiah Book 23[#43][bib23xxx.xxx] 8023
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, Song of Solomon Book 22[#42][bib22xxx.xxx] 8022
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ecclesiastes Book 21[#41][bib21xxx.xxx] 8021
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Proverbs Book 20[#40][bib20xxx.xxx] 8020
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Psalms Book 19[#39][bib19xxx.xxx] 8019
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Job Book 18[#38][bib18xxx.xxx] 8018
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Esther Book 17[#37][bib17xxx.xxx] 8017
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Nehemiah Book 16[#36][bib16xxx.xxx] 8016
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ezra Book 15[#35][bib15xxx.xxx] 8015
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Chronicles Book 14[#34][bib14xxx.xxx] 8014
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Chronicles Book 13[#33][bib13xxx.xxx] 8013
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Kings Book 12[#32][bib12xxx.xxx] 8012
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Kings Book 11[#31][bib11xxx.xxx] 8011
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Samuel Book 10[#30][bib10xxx.xxx] 8010
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Samuel Book 9[#29][bib09xxx.xxx] 8009
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ruth Book 8[#28][bib08xxx.xxx] 8008
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Judges Book 7[#27][bib07xxx.xxx] 8007
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Joshua Book 6[#26][bib06xxx.xxx] 8006
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Deuteronomy Book 5[#25][bib05xxx.xxx] 8005
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Numbers Book 4[#24][bib04xxx.xxx] 8004
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Leviticus Book 3[#23][bib03xxx.xxx] 8003
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Exodus Book 2[#22][bib02xxx.xxx] 8002
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Genesis Book 1[#21][bib01xxx.xxx] 8001
Apr 2005 The Slave Trade, Domestic And Foreign, By H. Carey[slvtrxxx.xxx] 8000
[Subtitle: Why It Exists, And How It May Be Extinguished]
[Author's Full Name: Henry Charles Carey]
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Complete [#20][bib00xxx.xxx] 7999
[bib0010h.htm is a small active index to all the new KJV files: #8001-8066]
[bib0010h.zip includes all 66 individual htm files, plus an index & readme]
Apr 2005 The Frogs, by Aristophanes [#6][?frogxxx.xxx] 7998
Apr 2005 Moorish Literature, by Various Authors [?moorxxx.xxx] 7977
[Introduction by Rene Basset]
Apr 2005 Der Traum ein Leben, by Franz Grillparzer [#3][?trlbxxx.xxx] 7996
[Language: German]
Apr 2005 Reconciliation of Races/Religions,Thomas K. Cheyne[?recnxxx.xxx] 7995
[Full title: The Reconciliation of Races and Religions]
[Full author: Thomas Kelly Cheyne]
[Also in UTF-8 - 8recn10u.txt and 8recn10u.zip]
Apr 2005 The Crayon Papers, by Washington Irving [?crypxxx.xxx] 7994
[Author AKA: Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7cryp10.txt and 7cryp10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8cryp10.txt and 8cryp10.zip]
Apr 2005 Oliver Goldsmith, by Washington Irving [?ogldxxx.xxx] 7993
[Subtitle: A Biography]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ogld10.txt and 7ogld10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ogld10.txt and 8ogld10.zip]
Apr 2005 Better Homes in America, by Mrs W.B. Meloney [btrhaxxx.xxx] 7992
[Subtitle: Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922]
Apr 2005 The Storm, by Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky [?strmxxx.xxx] 7991
[Tr: Constance Garnett]
Apr 2005 Conspiracy of Catiline, by Sallust [#2][?ccatxxx.xxx] 7990
[Full title: Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jurgurthine War]
Apr 2005 God Success,John Graham (David Graham Phillips[#7][?gtgdxxx.xxx] 7989
[Full title: The Great God Success]
Apr 2005 A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago, B. Hecht[?toacxxx.xxx] 7988
[Author's Full Name: Ben Hecht]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7toac10.txt and 7toac10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8toac10.txt and 8toac10.zip]
Apr 2005 The Fair Maid of Perth, by Sir Walter Scott [mprthxxx.xxx] 7987
[Subtitle: St. Valentine's Day]
[HTML version in mprth10h.htm and mprth10h.zip]
Apr 2005 Second Series Plays, by Anton Chekhov [#30][?pla2xxx.xxx] 7986
[Full title: Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series]
Contents:
On the High Road
The Proposal
The Wedding
The Bear
A Tragedian In Spite of Himself
The Anniversary
The Three Sisters
The Cherry Orchard
Apr 2005 Zur Freundlichen Erinnerung, by Oscar Maria Graf [?zfrexxx.xxx] 7985
[Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7zfre10.txt and 7zfre10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8zfre10.txt and 8zfre10.zip]
Apr 2005 The Old Santa Fe Trail, By Colonel Henry Inman [?osftxxx.xxx] 7984
[Subtitle: The Story of a Great Highway]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7osft10.txt and 7osft10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8osft10.txt and 8osft10.zip]
Apr 2005 The Vitamine Manual, by Walter H. Eddy [?vtmnxxx.xxx] 7983
Apr 2005 A Traveller in Little Things, by W. H. Hudson[#11][?travxxx.xxx] 7982
Apr 2005 Synthetic Tannins, by Georg Grasser [?sytnxxx.xxx] 7981
Apr 2005 The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns, by Henry C. Adams[?sewrxxx.xxx] 7980
Apr 2005 Jean-Christophe, Vol. I, by Romain Rolland [?jcr1xxx.xxx] 7979
[Subtitle: Dawn, Morning, Youth, Revolt]
[Tr.: Gilbert Cannan]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7jcr110.txt and 7jcr110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8jcr110.txt and 8jcr110.zip]
Apr 2005 Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or [lgtrdxxx.xxx] 7978
[Full Title: Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations,
and History of the Tuscarora Indians]
[Author's Full Name: Elias Johnson]
Apr 2005 Purgatory, by Mary Anne Madden Sadlier [?purgxxx.xxx] 7977
[Subtitle: Doctrinal, Historical, and Poetical]
[Author AKA: Mrs. James Sadlier; Mrs. J. Sadlier]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7purg10.txt and 7purg10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8purg10.txt and 8purg10.zip]
Apr 2005 Mr. Dooley's Philosophy, by Finley Peter Dunne [?mrdpxxx.xxx] 7976
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mrdp10.txt and 7mrdp10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mrdp10.txt and 8mrdp10.zip]
Apr 2005 Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 [?mjrhxxx.xxx] 7975
[Full title: Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott of Abbotsford, D.C.L.,
Q.C.: Late Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, With Selections from
His Correspondence]
[Author's Full Name: Robert Ornsby]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mjrh10.txt and 7mjrh10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mjrh10.txt and 8mjrh10.zip]
Apr 2005 The Pilot, by J. Fenimore Cooper [#15][?piltxxx.xxx] 7974
Apr 2005 Napoleon in Russia, by Achilles Rose [?naprxxx.xxx] 7973
[Full title: Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 - Medico-Historical]
Apr 2005 Homer and His Age, by Andrew Lang [#36][?homrxxx.xxx] 7972
Apr 2005 The Fugitive, by Rabindranath Tagore [tfgtvxxx.xxx] 7971
Apr 2005 Life of Luther, by Julius Koestlin [?luthxxx.xxx] 7970
Apr 2005 Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting, Harold P. Manly[?oxacxxx.xxx] 7969
[Also posted: illustrated HTML, zipped only - 8oxac10h.zip]
Apr 2005 Lying Prophets, by Eden Phillpotts [#2][?lproxxx.xxx] 7968
Apr 2005 Jean-Christophe Journey's End, by Romain Rolland [?jendxxx.xxx] 7967
Apr 2005 Child in Folk-Thought, by Alexander F. Chamberlain[?chldxxx.xxx] 7966
[Full title: The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought]
Apr 2005 Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2 [mhbh2xxx.xxx] 7965
[Full Title: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2]
[Author's Full Name: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa] [Tr.: Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
Apr 2005 Mystery of Cloomber, by Arthur Conan Doyle[ACD#33][cloomxxx.xxx] 7964
Apr 2005 The Eskdale Herd-boy, by Mrs Blackford [eskhbxxx.xxx] 7963
[Subtitle: A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People]
[Author AKA: Martha Blackford]
Apr 2005 Over The Top, by Arthur Guy Empey [ovtopxxx.xxx] 7962
[Also posted HTML - ovtop10h.zip and ovtop10h.htm]
Apr 2005 In and Out of Three Normady Inns, Anna Bowman Dodd[?3nnsxxx.xxx] 7961
[Plain text in 73nns10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 83nns10.txt/.zip]
Apr 2005 Early European History, By Hutton Webster [?euhsxxx.xxx] 7960
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7euhs10.txt and 7euhs10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8euhs10.txt and 8euhs10.zip]
Apr 2005 The Reign Of Tiberius, By Tacitus [?Rtibxxx.Xxx] 7959
[Full Title: The Reign Of Tiberius, Out Of The First Six Annals Of Tacitus]
[Subtitle: With His Account Of Germany, And Life Of Agricola]
[Ed.: Arthur Galton] [Tr.: Thomas Gordon]
[7-Bit Version With Non-Accented Characters In 7Rtib10.Txt And 7Rtib10.Zip]
[8-Bit Version With Accented Characters In 8Rtib10.Txt And 8Rtib10.Zip]
Apr 2005 The Napoleon of the People, by Honore de Balzac [nppplxxx.xxx] 7958
Apr 2005 Out of the Fog, by C. K. Ober [outfgxxx.xxx] 7957
[Also posted HTML - outfg10h.zip and outfg10h.htm]
Apr 2005 Married, by August Strindberg [#6][?marrxxx.xxx] 7956
Apr 2005 Historical Miniatures, by August Strindberg [#5][?hsmnxxx.xxx] 7955
Apr 2005 Twenty-Five Village Sermons, by Charles Kingsley [vsrmxxx.xxx] 7954
[Text in vsrm10.txt/.zip, XHTML in vsrm10h.htm/.zip]
Apr 2005 Behind the Bungalow, by EHA [bbngxxx.xxx] 7953
[Author AKA: Edward Hamilton Aitken]
[Text in bbng10.txt/.zip, XHTML in bbng10h.htm/.zip]
Apr 2005 The Pleasures of Life, by Sir John Lubbock [?pllfxxx.xxx] 7952
[Plain text in 7pllf10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8pllf10.txt/.zip]
Apr 2005 American Antiquities, J.J. Smith, Series 2 [AA#24][aa24wxxx.xxx] 7924
[Full Title: American Historical Antiquities]
[Full Author: John Jay Smith][Includes #7911-7922][22 mb]
[Illustrated HTML, zipped only - aa24w10h.zip]
Apr 2005 American Antiquities, J.J. Smith, Series 1 [AA#23][aa23wxxx.xxx] 7923
[Full Title: American Historical Antiquities]
[Full Author: John Jay Smith][Includes #7901-7910][22 mb]
[Illustrated HTML, zipped only - aa23w10h.zip]
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed 02 Jul 2003: 8,411 (incl. 242 Aus.).
Last week the Total Count was 8,352, including 241 at PG of Australia.
This week we added 59 new (incl. 2 at PG of Australia).
RESERVED count: 39
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well as a new eBook number.
--Please note the following changes, corrections and improvements:
As David Price, in Merry Old England (sometimes wet, sometimes not),
pointed out to your GUTINDEXer: "Schroeder is listed but Lossing is
missing." To correct that oversite, the following is being re-indexed
to add supplemental author info:
May 2005 Life And Times Of Washington, V2, by Schroeder, &c[?ltw2xxx.xxx] 8145
[Subtitle: Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched]
[Full Author: John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing]
(My apologies, but David's words just had a nice lilt to them, and I had
an overwhelming compulsion to include them here. I can't promise it
won't happen again.)
The following is being re-indexed to correct the title and contents
info, also re-posted in a new format as indicated:
Oct 1997 Poems, by Oscar Wilde [#16][pmwldxxx.xxx] 1057
Also Contains: Ballad of Reading Gaol
[XHTML in pmwld10h.htm/.zip]
The following has been re-posted to include footnotes; there is no
change to the Edition number:
February 2004 The Treasure, by Selma Lagerlof [thtrsxxx.xxx] 5161
The following have been re-posted in new formats as indicated:
Dec 2000 La Dame aux Camelias, by Alexandre Dumas,Fils [8damexxx.xxx] 2419
[HTML in 8dame10h.htm/.htm]
[Language: French]
Nov 1998 A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare [2ws17xxx.xxx] 1514
[HTML in 2ws1710h.htm/.zip] (Also minor corrections to .txt)
Oct 1998 King Richard III, by William Shakespeare [2ws04xxx.xxx] 1503
[Full title: The Tragedy of King Richard III]
[HTML in 2ws0410h.htm/.zip] (Also minor corrections to .txt)
Oct 1997 A Horse's Tale, by Mark Twain [Clemens] [MT#12][hrstlxxx.xxx] 1086
[XHTML in hrstl10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 1997 The Arrow of Gold, by Joseph Conrad [argldxxx.xxx] 1083
[XHTML in argld10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 1997 The Strength of the Strong, by Jack London [#12][sstrgxxx.xxx] 1075
Also Contains:
Samuel, by Jack London [Jack London #18]
The Sea-Farmer, by Jack London [Jack London #17]
The Dream of Debs, by Jack London [London #16]
The Enemy of All the World, by Jack London [#15]
The Unparalleled Invasion, by Jack London [#14]
South of the Slot, by Jack London [London #13]
[XHTML in sstrg10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 1997 The Sea Wolf, by Jack London [Jack London #11] [cwolfxxx.xxx] 1074
[XHTML in cwolf10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 1997 William the Conqueror, by E.A. Freeman [wlmcnxxx.xxx] 1066
[XHTML in wlmcn10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 1997 Grass of Parnassus, by Andrew Lang [Lang #7] [grprnxxx.xxx] 1060
[XHTML in grprn10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 1997 The Mirror of the Sea, by Joseph Conrad[Conrad#16][tmotsxxx.xxx] 1058
[XHTML in tmots10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 'Twixt Land & Sea, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #15] [twxlsxxx.xxx] 1055
[XHTML in twxls10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 A Collection of Ballads, by Andrew Lang [Lang #6] [cbladxxx.xxx] 1054
[XHTML in cblad10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 Captain Stormfield's Visit, by Mark Twain [MT#11][cptsfxxx.xxx] 1044
[Title: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain]
[XHTML in cptsf10h.htm/.zip]
The following is being re-indexed to add supplemental info to clarify
actual contents:
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Complete [#20][bib00xxx.xxx] 7999
[bib0010h.htm is a small active index to all the new KJV files: #8001-8066]
[bib0010h.zip includes all 66 individual htm files, plus an index & readme]
The following has been re-posted in a greatly improved 13th Edition:
Apr 1992 New eBook of Bible [KJV] [From many editions] [biblexxx.xxx] 30
The following has been re-posted in an improved 12th Edition:
Nov 2003 Narcissism Book of Quotes, by Sam Vaknin[Vaknin#1][narbqxxx.xxx]4662C
And the following has been re-posted in an updated 11th Edition:
Nov 2003 Malignant Self Love, by Sam Vaknin [Vaknin#2][malslxxx.xxx]4663C
[Subtitle: Narcissism Revisited]
Nov 1996 Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #13] [olivrxxx.xxx] 730
Jul 1994 Middlemarch, by George Eliot[#1] [per PBS series] [mdmarxxx.xxx] 145
And finally. . .
The following 11th Edition has been re-posted with minor corrections, but
the Edition number has not been changed:
February 2004 He Knew He Was Right, by Anthony Trollope [hknrtxxx.xxx] 5140
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Jun 2005 Biographia Epistolaris, Vol. 1, by Coleridge [#5][?bio1xxx.xxx] 8210
[Full author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge] [Ed.: Turnbull]
Jun 2005 Poems 1817, by John Keats [pkt17xxx.xxx] 8209
[Also posted: HTML version in pkt1710h.htm/.zip]
Jun 2005 Poems of Coleridge, ed Arthur Symons [#4][?pcolxxx.xxx] 8208
Jun 2005 Plays of Shakspere Unfolded, by Delia Bacon [#2][?shakxxx.xxx] 8207
[Full title: The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded]
[Preface by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Jun 2005 Pilgrims Of The Rhine, by Bulwer Lytton [EBL#189][b189wxxx.xxx] 8206
[Full Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton]
Jun 2005 Audio: On the Origin of Species, by C. Darwin[#25][otoosxxx.xxx] 8205C
[Author's Full Name: Charles Darwin]
[Computer-generated audio files in MP3 format]
[19 mp3 files: otoos013.mp3-otoos193.mp3; otoos3-readme.txt, otoos3-index.htm]
(Note: individual files only, no .zip)
Jun 2005 Audio: Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome [#28][3boatxxx.xxx] 8204C
[Computer-generated audio files in MP3 format]
[18 mp3 files: 3boat013.mp3-3boat183.mp3; 3boat3-index.htm, 3boat3-readme.txt]
(Note: individual files only, no .zip)
Jun 2005 A Modern Instance, by William Dean Howells [#66][?mdrnxxx.xxx] 8203
Jun 2005 Sermons on National Subjects, by Charles Kingsley [snsbxxxx.xxx] 8202
[Text in snsb10.txt/.zip, XHTML in snsb10h.htm/.zip]
Jun 2005 Mary Marston, by George MacDonald [#28][mmstnxxx.xxx] 8201
May 2005 Expositions Of Holy Scripture, Alexander Maclaren [?xplkxxx.xxx] 8200
[Subtitle: St. Luke]
May 2005 The Moon Metal, by Garrett P. Serviss [metalxxx.xxx] 8199
[Also posted: HTML version in metal10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 The Fourth Watch, by H. A. Cody [4wtchxxx.xxx] 8198
[HTML version in 4wtch10h.htm and 4wtch10h.zip]
May 2005 India's Love Lyrics, by Laurence Hope [inllyxxx.xxx] 8197
[Author AKA: Adela Florence Cory Nicolson]
[Author: Illustrated by Byam Shaw]
[Zip file contains 8 lovely illustrations]
May 2005 Under the Skylights, by Henry Blake Fuller [#3][utskyxxx.xxx] 8196
May 2005 Scientific American Sup. 4-09-1881, by Various [?sa01xxx.xxx] 8195
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement April 9, 1881]
[Also posted illustrated HTML, zipped only - 8sa0110h.zip]
May 2005 Yr Hwiangerddi, by Owen M. Edwards [hwngxxxx.xxx] 8194
[Language: Welsh]
[Text in hwng10.txt/.zip, XHTML in hwng10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 Sceptics of the Old Testament, by E. J. Dillon [?scepxxx.xxx] 8193
[Full title: The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur]
[Full author: Emile Joseph Dillon]
May 2005 The Bakchesarian Fountain, by Alexander Pushkin &c[bakchxxx.xxx] 8192
[Full title: The Bakchesarian Fountain and Other Poems]
[Full author: Alexander Pushkin and other authors]
[Also posted HTML - bakch10h.zip and bakch10h.htm]
May 2005 Our Master, by Bramwell Booth [rmstrxxx.xxx] 8191
[Subtitle: Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord]
[Also posted: HTML version in rmstr10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 A Wodehouse Miscellany, by P. G. Wodehouse [#30][?pgwmxxx.xxx] 8190
[Contains articles, poems and stories]
May 2005 The Bride, by Samuel Rowlands [tbridxxx.xxx] 8189
[Note: Intro. by Alfred Claghorn Potter]
May 2005 The Mysterious Key And What It Opened,by L. Alcott[myskyxxx.xxx] 8188
[Author: Louisa May Alcott][Author AKA: L. M. Alcott; A. M. Barnard]
[HTML version in mysky10h.htm and mysky10h.zip]
May 2005 The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore,by T. Moore[?cptmxxx.xxx] 8187
[Subtitle: Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes]
[Full Author: Thomas Moore]
[Note: With a biographical sketch by William M. Rossetti]
May 2005 Actes et Paroles, vol. I, by Victor Hugo [#8][?act1xxx.xxx] 8186
[Language: French]
May 2005 Fountains In The Sand, by Norman Douglas [#2][?fsndxxx.xxx] 8185
[Subtitle: Rambles Among The Oases Of Tunisia]
May 2005 The Ghost Kings, by H. Rider Haggard [#47][?ghkgxxx.xxx] 8184
May 2005 Time and the Gods, by E. J. M. D. Plunkett [#5][tagodxxx.xxx] 8183
[Full author: Lord Dunsany [Edward J. M. D. Plunkett]]
May 2005 The Ghost of Guir House, by Charles Willing Beale [gguirxxx.xxx] 8182
[Note: from Five Victorian Ghost Novels]
May 2005 Rise And Progress Of The Colonies, V2, A. Hewatt [hscg2xxx.xxx] 8181
[Full Title: An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Colonies
Of South Carolina And Georgia, Volume 2]
[Author: Alexander Hewatt]
May 2005 A Phantom Lover, by Vernon Lee [phnlvxxx.xxx] 8180
[Alternate Title: Oke of Okehurst] [Note: from Five Victorian Ghost Novels]
[Author Note: Vernon Lee is a pseudonym for Violet Paget]
May 2005 Rise And Progress Of The Colonies, V1, A. Hewatt [hscg1xxx.xxx] 8179
[Full Title: An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Colonies
Of South Carolina And Georgia, Volume 1]
[Author: Alexander Hewatt]
May 2005 The Politeness of Princes, by P. G. Wodehouse[#29][?schlxxx.xxx] 8178
May 2005 The Esperanto Teacher, by Helen Fryer [esptrxxx.xxx] 8177
[Subtitle: A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians]
[Also posted HTML - esptr10h.zip and esptr10h.htm]
May 2005 Death At The Excelsior, by P. G. Wodehouse [?dexcxxx.xxx] 8176
[Subtitle: And Other Stories]
May 2005 Keraban Le Tetu, Vol. II, by Jules Verne [#30][?tet2xxx.xxx] 8175
May 2005 Keraban Le Tetu, Vol. I, by Jules Verne [#29][?tet1xxx.xxx] 8174
[Language: French]
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Revelation Book 66[#86][bib66xxx.xxx] 8066
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Jude Book 65[#85][bib65xxx.xxx] 8065
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 3 John Book 64[#84][bib64xxx.xxx] 8064
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 John Book 63[#83][bib63xxx.xxx] 8063
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 John Book 62[#82][bib62xxx.xxx] 8062
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Peter Book 61[#81][bib61xxx.xxx] 8061
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Peter Book 60[#80][bib60xxx.xxx] 8060
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, James Book 59[#79][bib59xxx.xxx] 8059
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Hebrews Book 58[#78][bib58xxx.xxx] 8058
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Philemon Book 57[#77][bib57xxx.xxx] 8057
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Titus Book 56[#76][bib56xxx.xxx] 8056
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Timothy Book 55[#75][bib55xxx.xxx] 8055
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Timothy Book 54[#74][bib54xxx.xxx] 8054
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 2 Thessalonians Book 53[#73][bib53xxx.xxx] 8053
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 1 Thessalonians Book 52[#72][bib52xxx.xxx] 8052
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Colossians Book 51[#71][bib51xxx.xxx] 8051
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Philippians Book 50[#70][bib50xxx.xxx] 8050
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ephesians Book 49[#69][bib49xxx.xxx] 8049
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Galatians Book 48[#68][bib48xxx.xxx] 8048
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 2 Corinthians Book 47[#67][bib47xxx.xxx] 8047
Apr 2005 The Bible, K James, 1 Corinthians Book 46[#66][bib46xxx.xxx] 8046
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Feb 1999 The Mystery of Orcival, by Emile Gaboriau [EG #3][orcvlxxx.xxx]1651
Feb 1999 The Light of Egypt, Volume II, by Wagner/Burgoyne [2tloexxx.xxx]1650
Feb 1999 Ferragus, by Honore de Balzac[Honore de Balzac#54][frrgsxxx.xxx]1649
Feb 1999 The Trees of Pride, by G. K. Chesterton [G.K.C.#6][trprdxxx.xxx]1648
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Feb 1999 Roads of Destiny, by O Henry [O Henry #4][rdstnxxx.xxx]1646
Feb 1999 Rhymes a la Mode, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #13][rmalmxxx.xxx]1645
Feb 1999 The Adventures of Gerard, by Arthur Conan Doyle/14[agrrdxxx.xxx]1644
Feb 1999 Meno, by Plato, Trans by Benjamin Jowett[Plato#14][1menoxxx.xxx]1643
Feb 1999 Euthyphro, by Plato, Trans by B. Jowett [Plato#13][uthphxxx.xxx]1642
Feb 1999 The Lesser Bourgeoisie, by Honore de Balzac[dB#53][lsbrgxxx.xxx]1641
Feb 1999 Lilith, by George MacDonald [GM #5][lilthxxx.xxx]1640
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Feb 1999 The New Revelation, by Arthur Conan Doyle[Doyle13][nrvlnxxx.xxx]1638
Feb 1999 Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc, by Kingsley[#7][saslexxx.xxx]1637
Feb 1999 Phaedrus, by Plato, Trans by Ben. Jowett[Plato#12][phdrsxxx.xxx]1636
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Feb 1999 A Monk of Fife, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #12][mnkffxxx.xxx]1631
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Feb 1999 After Dark, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #15][ftrdkxxx.xxx]1626
Feb 1999 The Frozen Deep, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #14][frzdpxxx.xxx]1625
Feb 1999 The Two Destinies, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #13][2dstnxxx.xxx]1624
Feb 1999 The New Magdalen, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #12][nmgdlxxx.xxx]1623
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[Tr.: William Purdie Dickson]
[See Also #3060 for the original German]
May 2005 Contes de la Montagne, by Erckmann-Chatrian [?mntgxxx.xxx]8173
[Language: French]
May 2005 History of Astronomy, by George Forbes [?hsrsxxx.xxx]8172
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May 2005 Modern Italian Poets, by W. D. Howells [?mdipxxx.xxx]8171
[Subtitle: Essays and Versions]
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book V [rab05xxx.xxx]8170
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book IV [rab04xxx.xxx]8169
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book III [rab03xxx.xxx]8168
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book II [rab02xxx.xxx]8167
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book I [rab01xxx.xxx]8166
[Full Author: Francois Rabelais]
[Translated into English by Sir Thom. Urquhart of Cromarty and P. A. Motteux]
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May 2005 My Man Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse [#27][?jeevxxx.xxx]8164
May 2005 Handbook of Universal Literature,A. C. Lynch Botta[?unltxxx.xxx]8163
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May 2005 Modern Painting, by George Moore [?mdptxxx.xxx]8162
May 2005 Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, by James MacPherson [?fgapxxx.xxx]8161
[Subtitle: Collected in the Highlands of Scotland and Translated from
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May 2005 Twilight And Dawn, by Caroline Pridham [?twltxxx.xxx]8156
[Subtitle: Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation]
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Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Romans Book 45[#65][bib45xxx.xxx]8045
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