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Jan 2001 Trent's Trust & Other Stories, by Bret Harte [#16][ttaosxxx.xxx]2459
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Jan 2001 Stories by English Authors in Italy, Scribners, Ed[sbeaixxx.xxx]2457
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Dec 2000 The Common Law, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. [#3][cmnlwxxx.xxx]2449
Dec 2000 The Colored Cadet at West Point, by Henry Flipper [ccawpxxx.xxx]2448
Dec 2000 Eminent Victorians, by Lytton Strachey [mnvctxxx.xxx]2447
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Dec 2000 Letters on England, by Voltaire [Voltaire #1][ltengxxx.xxx]2445
Dec 2000 Oxford [City & University], by Andrew Lang[AL #25][oxfrdxxx.xxx]2444
Dec 2000 The Story of the Mormons by William Alexander Linn[tsotmxxx.xxx]2443
Dec 2000 History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson[Pres][hioajxxx.xxx]2442
Dec 2000 The Burgess Animal Book for Children, by Burgess 2[babfcxxx.xxx]2441
Dec 2000 The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Bates[notraxxx.xxx]2440
Dec 2000 History of England, James II Vol. 2, Macaulay[#9][2hoejxxx.xxx]2439
Dec 2000 Daphne, An Autumn Pastoral, by Margaret Sherwood [daphnxxx.xxx]2438
Dec 2000 They and I, by Jerome K. Jerome[Jerome Jerome #23][theyixxx.xxx]2437
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Dec 2000 Is Shakespeare Dead? by Mark Twain [MT#16][shkddxxx.xxx]2431
Dec 2000 Romantic Ballads, by George Borrow [Borrow#7][rmbddxxx.xxx]2430
Dec 2000 Lost Face, by Jack London [London 90-96][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
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Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 10 [BL#24][b024wxxx.xxx]7595
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 9 [BL#23][b023wxxx.xxx]7594
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 8 [BL#22][b022wxxx.xxx]7593
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Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 6 [BL#20][b020wxxx.xxx]7591
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 5 [BL#19][b019wxxx.xxx]7590
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 4 [BL#18][b018wxxx.xxx]7589
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 3 [BL#17][b017wxxx.xxx]7588
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 2 [BL#16][b016wxxx.xxx]7587
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 1 [BL#15][b015wxxx.xxx]7586
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Oct 2004 Poems of Purpose, Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#10][ppurxxxx.xxx]6618
[XHTML in ppur10h.htm/.zip, text in ppur10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 Poems of Sentiment, Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#9][psenxxxx.xxx]6617
[XHTML in psen10h.htm/.zip, text in psen10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 December Love, by Robert Hichens [Hichens#6][dcmbrxxx.xxx]6616
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends, Complete, by Skinner,v10 [CS10][cs10wxxx.xxx]6615
[Title: Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land][Author: Charles M. Skinner]
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Treasure, by Skinner, v9 [CS09][cs09wxxx.xxx]6614
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Pacific, by Skinner, v8 [CS08][cs08wxxx.xxx]6613
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Rockies, by Skinner, v7 [CS07][cs07wxxx.xxx]6612
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Great Lakes, Skinner, v6 [CS06][cs06wxxx.xxx]6611
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: The South, Skinner, v5 [CS05][cs05wxxx.xxx]6610
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Puritans, by Skinner, v4 [CS04][cs04wxxx.xxx]6609
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Delaware, by Skinner, v3 [CS03][cs03wxxx.xxx]6608
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Manhattoes, Skinner, v2 [CS02][cs02wxxx.xxx]6607
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Hudson, by Skinner, v1 [CS01][cs01wxxx.xxx]6606
Oct 2004 Unconscious Memory, by Samuel Butler [Butler#15][umemxxxx.xxx]6605
[XHTML in umem10h.htm/.zip, text in umem10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 Camp of Big Bear, by Gowanlock & Delaney [cbgbrxxx.xxx]6604
[Full title: Two months in the camp of Big Bear]
[Full author: Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney]
Oct 2004 Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed., by S. A. Reilly [rlglhxxx.xxx]6603C
[Subtitle: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776]
[See also #1694]
Oct 2004 The Mysteries of Paris V2, by Eugene Sue [Sue#14][?mpr2xxx.xxx]6602
Oct 2004 Verses and Rhymes by the way, by Nora Pembroke [vrhbwxxx.xxx]6601
(This may be a pseudonym for Margaret Dixon McDougall?)
Sep 2004 The Moccasin Maker, by E. Pauline Johnson [EPJ#4][mcssmxxx.xxx]6600
Sep 2004 Norah's Tour of Ireland, Margaret Dixon McDougall [nrhrlxxx.xxx]6599
[Full title: The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland]
Sep 2004 American Woman's Home, by C.Beecher & H.B.Stowe#3 [mrwmhxxx.xxx]6598
[Full authors: Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe]
Sep 2004 Perpetual Light, by William Rose Benet [prpltxxx.xxx]6597
Sep 2004 Queen Charlotte Islands, by Newton H. Chittenden [qnchlxxx.xxx]6596
[Full title: Official report of the exploration of the Queen Charlotte
Islands]
Sep 2004 Advice to a Mother, by Pye Henry Chavasse [dvmthxxx.xxx]6595
[Full title: Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children]
Sep 2004 Schwatka's Search, by William H. Gilder [schwtxxx.xxx]6594
Sep 2004 The History of Tom Jones, a foundling, H. Fielding[?tomjxxx.xxx]6593
[Author's Full Name: Henry Fielding]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7tomj10.txt and 7tomj10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8tomj10.txt and 8tomj10.zip]
Sep 2004 Si'Wren of the Patriarchs, by Roland Cheney [siwrexxx.xxx]6592C
Sep 2004 Highland Ballad, by Christopher Leadem [highlxxx.xxx]6591C
[Plain text in highl10.txt/.zip, HTML in highl10h.htm/.zip]
(Note: the .zips include a JPEG of the book cover)
Sep 2004 Quotations From Gilbert Parker, by Widger [DW#21][dwqgpxxx.xxx]6590
[Title: Quotations from the PG Collected Works of Gilbert Parker]
[Author: David Widger]
Sep 2004 History of Modern Europe 1792-1878, by C. A. Fyffe[?hsmdxxx.xxx]6589
Sep 2004 Types of Children's Literature, Various [?tchlxxx.xxx]6588
[Edited by Walter Barnes]
Sep 2004 King Arthur's Socks, by Floyd Dell [kgrtsxxx.xxx]6587
[Full title: King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays]
Sep 2004 The Cruise of the Kawa, by Walter E. Traprock [crskwxxx.xxx]6586
Sep 2004 Works, V2, by Lucian of Samosata [#2][lcns2xxx.xxx]6585
Sep 2004 Princess Polly's Gay Winter, by Amy Brooks [AB#2][ppgwnxxx.xxx]6584
Sep 2004 Serious Hours of a Young Lady, Charles Sainte-Foi [srhrlxxx.xxx]6583
Sep 2004 In the Court of King Arthur, by Samuel Lowe [crtrtxxx.xxx]6582
Sep 2004 Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians, J.B. Mackensie[sxntnxxx.xxx]6581
[Full author: James Bovell Mackenzie]
Sep 2004 Charter, by Hudson's Bay Company [chhdsxxx.xxx]6580
[Full title: Charter and supplemental charter of the Hudson's Bay Company]
Sep 2004 Men, Women, and God, by A. Herbert Gray [mnwmgxxx.xxx]6579
Sep 2004 The Man on the Box, by Harold MacGrath[MacGrath#4][mnntbxxx.xxx]6578
Sep 2004 Junior Classics, V6, Edited by William Patten [#4][jrcl6xxx.xxx]6577
Contents
The Race for the Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge
Nelly's Hospital, by Louisa M. Alcott
A Fox and a Raven, by Rebecca H. Davis
The Private Theatricals, by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
A Case of Coincidence, by Rose Terry Cooke
The Flight of the Dolls, by Lucretia P. Hale
Solomon John Goes for Apples, by Lucretia P. Hale
Wild Robin, by Sophie May
Deacon Thomas Wales' Will, by Mary E. W. Freeman
Dill, by Mary E. W. Freeman
Brownie and the Cook, by Mrs. Dinah M. Craik
Brownie and the Cherry Tree, by Mrs. Dinah M. Craik
The Ouphe of the Wood, by Jean Ingelow
The Prince's Dream, by Jean Ingelow
A Lost Wand, by Jean Ingelow
Snap-Dragons--A Tale of Christmas Eve, by Juliana H. Ewing
Uncle Jack's Story, by Mrs. E. M. Field
Bryda's Dreadful Scrape, by Mrs. E. M. Field
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner, by Charles Dickens
Embellishment, by Jacob Abbott
The Great Stone Face, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin
The Two Gifts, by Lillian M. Gask
The Bar of Gold, by Lillian M. Gask
Uncle David's Nonsensical Story, by Catherine Sinclair
The Grand Feast, by Catherine Sinclair
The Story of Fairyfoot, by Frances Browne
Alice In Wonderland
Down the Rabbit-Hole, by Lewis Carroll
The Pool of Tears, by Lewis Carroll
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale, by Lewis Carroll
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, by Lewis Carroll
Advice from a Caterpillar, by Lewis Carroll
Pig and Pepper, by Lewis Carroll
A Mad Tea-Party, by Lewis Carroll
The Queen's Croquet Ground, by Lewis Carroll
The Mock Turtle's Story, by Lewis Carroll
The Lobster-Quadrille, by Lewis Carroll
Who Stole the Tarts?, by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Evidence, by Lewis Carroll
Sep 2004 Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, Laura Lee Hope[#15][btmbrxxx.xxx]6576
Sep 2004 The Purple Parasol, by George Barr McCutcheon[#18][prpslxxx.xxx]6575
Sep 2004 Watchers of the Sky, by Alfred Noyes [wtcskxxx.xxx]6574
Sep 2004 The Boy Ranchers on the Trail, by Willard F. Baker[brnchxxx.xxx]6573
Sep 2004 Haste and Waste, by Oliver Optic [Optic#2][hstwsxxx.xxx]6572
Sep 2004 The Queen Pedauque, by Anatole France [France#10][?qpdqxxx.xxx]6571
Sep 2004 Lectures and Essays, by Goldwin Smith [lctgsxxx.xxx]6570
Sep 2004 Bessie Bradford's Prize, by Joanna H. Mathews [bsbpzxxx.xxx]6569
Sep 2004 Sociology and Modern Social Problems, C.A. Ellwood[sclgmxxx.xxx]6568
[Full author: Charles A. Ellwood]
Sep 2004 The Adventure of Living, by John St. Loe Strachey [dvnlvxxx.xxx]6567
Sep 2004 Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Jane Porter [Porter#2][thddsxxx.xxx]6566
Sep 2004 Chaucer's Official Life, by James Root Hulbert [chcflxxx.xxx]6565
Sep 2004 The Love-Tiff, by Moliere [#12][?lvtfxxx.xxx]6564
Sep 2004 The Blunderer, by Moliere [#11][?blndxxx.xxx]6563
Sep 2004 The Pretentious Young Ladies, by Moliere [#10][?prtlxxx.xxx]6562
Sep 2004 Our Friend John Burroughs, by Clara Barrus [frjbrxxx.xxx]6561
Sep 2004 Deductive Logic, by St. George Stock [?ddlgxxx.xxx]6560
Sep 2004 Assyrian Historiography, Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead [?sshgxxx.xxx]6559
Sep 2004 La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret, by Emile Zola [?mourxxx.xxx]6558
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mour10.txt and 7mour10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mour10.txt and 8mour10.zip]
[Language: French]
Sep 2004 Audio: Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allen Poe[usherxxx.xxx]6557C
Sep 2004 Audio: The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair [jungl3xx.xxx]6556C
Sep 2004 Audio: De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde [dprof3xx.xxx]6555C
Sep 2004 Audio: Penrod, by Booth Tarkington [pnrodxxx.xxx]6554C
Sep 2004 Audio: Interlopers at the Knap, by Thomas Hardy [westl3xx.xxx]6553C
[From Wessex Tales]
Sep 2004 Audo: His Own People, by Booth Tarkington [ownpl3xx.xxx]6552C
Sep 2004 Audio: Crome Yellow, by Aldous Huxley [crmyl3xx.xxx]6551C
Sep 2004 Audio: The House of Mapuhi, by Jack London [mapuh3xx.xxx]6550C
[Live audio performance, from London's South Sea Tales]
Sep 2004 Wallensteins Tod, by Friedrich Schiller [?wlltxxx.xxx]6549
[Author AKA: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wllt10.txt and 7wllt10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8wllt10.txt and 8wllt10.zip]
[Language: German]
Sep 2004 Audio: Captain Blood, by Rafael Sabatini [cpbld3xx.xxx]6548C
Sep 2004 Audio: The Conquest of Canaan, Booth Tarkington [ccnan3xx.xxx]6547C
Sep 2004 Audio: Beethoven in his Own Words, Kerst&Krehbiel [lvbmaxxx.xxx]6546C
[Full title: Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words]
[Authors' Full Names: edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel]
Sep 2004 Audio: Frederick Douglass on Reconstruction [dugl2xxx.xxx]6545C
[From The Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass]
Sep 2004 Audio: Aaron's Rod, by D. H. Lawrence [aarndxx3.xxx]6544C
Sep 2004 Audio: Droll Stories, by Honore de Balzac [drollxxx.mp3]6543C
Sep 2004 Audio: Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [frankxxx.mp3]6542C
Sep 2004 Audio: South Sea Tales, by Jack London [soset3xx.xxx]6541C
Sep 2004 Audio: The South Pole Vols 1 and 2, Roald Amundsen[tsp123xx.xxx]6540C
Sep 2004 Audio: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by Victor Hugo[hback3xx.xxx]6539C
[Also known as: Notre-Dame de Paris]
Sep 2004 Audio: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne [200003xx.xxx]6538C
Sep 2004 Audio: Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey [prpsg3xx.xxx]6537C
Sep 2004 Audio: Notes From The Underground, F. Dostoyevsky [notun3xx.xxx]6536C
[Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky]
Sep 2004 Audio: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagas.[abomb3xx.xxx]6535C
[Full title: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
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Sep 2004 Sagradas Escrituras Version Antigua, by R. Stendal[sagesxxx.xxx]6528C
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EUROPEAN UNION TO RATE VIDEO GAMES FOR SEX AND VIOLENCE
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'SHAKE-UP' CLOSES 3,300 INTERNET CAFES IN CHINA
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45,000 establishments, of which 3,300 were never reopened. The fire was
apparently caused by two teenagers angry that they were denied access to
the cafe, but the disaster was used by police officials as a reason to shut
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[Author's Full Name: Edward Bulwer-Lytton]
Please Note The Above Are From Series 7500, The Below Are From Series 6600!!!
Oct 2004 Poems of Purpose, Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#10][ppurxxxx.xxx]6618
[XHTML in ppur10h.htm/.zip, text in ppur10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 Poems of Sentiment, Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#9][psenxxxx.xxx]6617
[XHTML in psen10h.htm/.zip, text in psen10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 December Love, by Robert Hichens [Hichens#6][dcmbrxxx.xxx]6616
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends, Complete, by Skinner,v10 [CS10][cs10wxxx.xxx]6615
[Title: Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land][Author: Charles M. Skinner]
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Treasure, by Skinner, v9 [CS09][cs09wxxx.xxx]6614
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Pacific, by Skinner, v8 [CS08][cs08wxxx.xxx]6613
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Rockies, by Skinner, v7 [CS07][cs07wxxx.xxx]6612
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Great Lakes, Skinner, v6 [CS06][cs06wxxx.xxx]6611
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: The South, Skinner, v5 [CS05][cs05wxxx.xxx]6610
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Puritans, by Skinner, v4 [CS04][cs04wxxx.xxx]6609
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Delaware, by Skinner, v3 [CS03][cs03wxxx.xxx]6608
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Manhattoes, Skinner, v2 [CS02][cs02wxxx.xxx]6607
Oct 2004 Myths And Legends: Hudson, by Skinner, v1 [CS01][cs01wxxx.xxx]6606
Oct 2004 Unconscious Memory, by Samuel Butler [Butler#15][umemxxxx.xxx]6605
[XHTML in umem10h.htm/.zip, text in umem10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 Camp of Big Bear, by Gowanlock & Delaney [cbgbrxxx.xxx]6604
[Full title: Two months in the camp of Big Bear]
[Full author: Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney]
Oct 2004 Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed., by S. A. Reilly [rlglhxxx.xxx]6603C
[Subtitle: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776]
[See also #1694]
Oct 2004 The Mysteries of Paris V2, by Eugene Sue [Sue#14][?mpr2xxx.xxx]6602
Oct 2004 Verses and Rhymes by the way, by Nora Pembroke [vrhbwxxx.xxx]6601
(This may be a pseudonym for Margaret Dixon McDougall?)
Sep 2004 The Moccasin Maker, by E. Pauline Johnson [EPJ#4][mcssmxxx.xxx]6600
Sep 2004 Norah's Tour of Ireland, Margaret Dixon McDougall [nrhrlxxx.xxx]6599
[Full title: The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland]
Sep 2004 American Woman's Home, by C.Beecher & H.B.Stowe#3 [mrwmhxxx.xxx]6598
[Full authors: Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe]
Sep 2004 Perpetual Light, by William Rose Benet [prpltxxx.xxx]6597
Sep 2004 Queen Charlotte Islands, by Newton H. Chittenden [qnchlxxx.xxx]6596
[Full title: Official report of the exploration of the Queen Charlotte
Islands]
Sep 2004 Advice to a Mother, by Pye Henry Chavasse [dvmthxxx.xxx]6595
[Full title: Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children]
Sep 2004 Schwatka's Search, by William H. Gilder [schwtxxx.xxx]6594
Sep 2004 The History of Tom Jones, a foundling, H. Fielding[?tomjxxx.xxx]6593
[Author's Full Name: Henry Fielding]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7tomj10.txt and 7tomj10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8tomj10.txt and 8tomj10.zip]
Sep 2004 Si'Wren of the Patriarchs, by Roland Cheney [siwrexxx.xxx]6592C
Sep 2004 Highland Ballad, by Christopher Leadem [highlxxx.xxx]6591C
[Plain text in highl10.txt/.zip, HTML in highl10h.htm/.zip]
(Note: the .zips include a JPEG of the book cover)
Sep 2004 Quotations From Gilbert Parker, by Widger [DW#21][dwqgpxxx.xxx]6590
[Title: Quotations from the PG Collected Works of Gilbert Parker]
[Author: David Widger]
Sep 2004 History of Modern Europe 1792-1878, by C. A. Fyffe[?hsmdxxx.xxx]6589
Sep 2004 Types of Children's Literature, Various [?tchlxxx.xxx]6588
[Edited by Walter Barnes]
Sep 2004 King Arthur's Socks, by Floyd Dell [kgrtsxxx.xxx]6587
[Full title: King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays]
Sep 2004 The Cruise of the Kawa, by Walter E. Traprock [crskwxxx.xxx]6586
Sep 2004 Works, V2, by Lucian of Samosata [#2][lcns2xxx.xxx]6585
Sep 2004 Princess Polly's Gay Winter, by Amy Brooks [AB#2][ppgwnxxx.xxx]6584
Sep 2004 Serious Hours of a Young Lady, Charles Sainte-Foi [srhrlxxx.xxx]6583
Sep 2004 In the Court of King Arthur, by Samuel Lowe [crtrtxxx.xxx]6582
Sep 2004 Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians, J.B. Mackensie[sxntnxxx.xxx]6581
[Full author: James Bovell Mackenzie]
Sep 2004 Charter, by Hudson's Bay Company [chhdsxxx.xxx]6580
[Full title: Charter and supplemental charter of the Hudson's Bay Company]
Sep 2004 Men, Women, and God, by A. Herbert Gray [mnwmgxxx.xxx]6579
Sep 2004 The Man on the Box, by Harold MacGrath[MacGrath#4][mnntbxxx.xxx]6578
Sep 2004 Junior Classics, V6, Edited by William Patten [#4][jrcl6xxx.xxx]6577
Contents
The Race for the Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge
Nelly's Hospital, by Louisa M. Alcott
A Fox and a Raven, by Rebecca H. Davis
The Private Theatricals, by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
A Case of Coincidence, by Rose Terry Cooke
The Flight of the Dolls, by Lucretia P. Hale
Solomon John Goes for Apples, by Lucretia P. Hale
Wild Robin, by Sophie May
Deacon Thomas Wales' Will, by Mary E. W. Freeman
Dill, by Mary E. W. Freeman
Brownie and the Cook, by Mrs. Dinah M. Craik
Brownie and the Cherry Tree, by Mrs. Dinah M. Craik
The Ouphe of the Wood, by Jean Ingelow
The Prince's Dream, by Jean Ingelow
A Lost Wand, by Jean Ingelow
Snap-Dragons--A Tale of Christmas Eve, by Juliana H. Ewing
Uncle Jack's Story, by Mrs. E. M. Field
Bryda's Dreadful Scrape, by Mrs. E. M. Field
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner, by Charles Dickens
Embellishment, by Jacob Abbott
The Great Stone Face, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin
The Two Gifts, by Lillian M. Gask
The Bar of Gold, by Lillian M. Gask
Uncle David's Nonsensical Story, by Catherine Sinclair
The Grand Feast, by Catherine Sinclair
The Story of Fairyfoot, by Frances Browne
Alice In Wonderland
Down the Rabbit-Hole, by Lewis Carroll
The Pool of Tears, by Lewis Carroll
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale, by Lewis Carroll
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, by Lewis Carroll
Advice from a Caterpillar, by Lewis Carroll
Pig and Pepper, by Lewis Carroll
A Mad Tea-Party, by Lewis Carroll
The Queen's Croquet Ground, by Lewis Carroll
The Mock Turtle's Story, by Lewis Carroll
The Lobster-Quadrille, by Lewis Carroll
Who Stole the Tarts?, by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Evidence, by Lewis Carroll
Sep 2004 Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, Laura Lee Hope[#15][btmbrxxx.xxx]6576
Sep 2004 The Purple Parasol, by George Barr McCutcheon[#18][prpslxxx.xxx]6575
Sep 2004 Watchers of the Sky, by Alfred Noyes [wtcskxxx.xxx]6574
Sep 2004 The Boy Ranchers on the Trail, by Willard F. Baker[brnchxxx.xxx]6573
Sep 2004 Haste and Waste, by Oliver Optic [Optic#2][hstwsxxx.xxx]6572
Sep 2004 The Queen Pedauque, by Anatole France [France#10][?qpdqxxx.xxx]6571
Sep 2004 Lectures and Essays, by Goldwin Smith [lctgsxxx.xxx]6570
Sep 2004 Bessie Bradford's Prize, by Joanna H. Mathews [bsbpzxxx.xxx]6569
Sep 2004 Sociology and Modern Social Problems, C.A. Ellwood[sclgmxxx.xxx]6568
[Full author: Charles A. Ellwood]
Sep 2004 The Adventure of Living, by John St. Loe Strachey [dvnlvxxx.xxx]6567
Sep 2004 Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Jane Porter [Porter#2][thddsxxx.xxx]6566
Sep 2004 Chaucer's Official Life, by James Root Hulbert [chcflxxx.xxx]6565
Sep 2004 The Love-Tiff, by Moliere [#12][?lvtfxxx.xxx]6564
Sep 2004 The Blunderer, by Moliere [#11][?blndxxx.xxx]6563
Sep 2004 The Pretentious Young Ladies, by Moliere [#10][?prtlxxx.xxx]6562
Sep 2004 Our Friend John Burroughs, by Clara Barrus [frjbrxxx.xxx]6561
Sep 2004 Deductive Logic, by St. George Stock [?ddlgxxx.xxx]6560
Sep 2004 Assyrian Historiography, Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead [?sshgxxx.xxx]6559
Sep 2004 La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret, by Emile Zola [?mourxxx.xxx]6558
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mour10.txt and 7mour10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mour10.txt and 8mour10.zip]
[Language: French]
Sep 2004 Audio: Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allen Poe[usherxxx.xxx]6557C
Sep 2004 Audio: The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair [jungl3xx.xxx]6556C
Sep 2004 Audio: De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde [dprof3xx.xxx]6555C
Sep 2004 Audio: Penrod, by Booth Tarkington [pnrodxxx.xxx]6554C
Sep 2004 Audio: Interlopers at the Knap, by Thomas Hardy [westl3xx.xxx]6553C
[From Wessex Tales]
Sep 2004 Audo: His Own People, by Booth Tarkington [ownpl3xx.xxx]6552C
Sep 2004 Audio: Crome Yellow, by Aldous Huxley [crmyl3xx.xxx]6551C
Sep 2004 Audio: The House of Mapuhi, by Jack London [mapuh3xx.xxx]6550C
[Live audio performance, from London's South Sea Tales]
Sep 2004 Wallensteins Tod, by Friedrich Schiller [?wlltxxx.xxx]6549
[Author AKA: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller] [Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wllt10.txt and 7wllt10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8wllt10.txt and 8wllt10.zip]
Sep 2004 Audio: Captain Blood, by Rafael Sabatini [cpbld3xx.xxx]6548C
Sep 2004 Audio: The Conquest of Canaan, Booth Tarkington [ccnan3xx.xxx]6547C
Sep 2004 Audio: Beethoven in his Own Words, Kerst&Krehbiel [lvbmaxxx.xxx]6546C
[Full title: Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words]
[Authors' Full Names: edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel]
Sep 2004 Audio: Frederick Douglass on Reconstruction [dugl2xxx.xxx]6545C
[From The Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass]
Sep 2004 Audio: Aaron's Rod, by D. H. Lawrence [aarndxx3.xxx]6544C
Sep 2004 Audio: Droll Stories, by Honore de Balzac [drollxxx.mp3]6543C
Sep 2004 Audio: Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [frankxxx.mp3]6542C
Sep 2004 Audio: South Sea Tales, by Jack London [soset3xx.xxx]6541C
Sep 2004 Audio: The South Pole Vols 1 and 2, Roald Amundsen[tsp123xx.xxx]6540C
Sep 2004 Audio: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by Victor Hugo[hback3xx.xxx]6539C
[Also known as: Notre-Dame de Paris]
Sep 2004 Audio: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne [200003xx.xxx]6538C
Sep 2004 Audio: Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey [prpsg3xx.xxx]6537C
Sep 2004 Audio: Notes From The Underground, F. Dostoyevsky [notun3xx.xxx]6536C
[Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky]
Sep 2004 Audio: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagas.[abomb3xx.xxx]6535C
[Full title: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
Sep 2004 Audio: Dracula, by Bram Stoker [dracu3xx.xxx]6534C
Sep 2004 Audio: A Connecticut Yankee, by Mark Twain [yanke3xx.xxx]6533C
Sep 2004 Audio: Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs [tarzn3xx.xxx]6532C
Sep 2004 All Four Gospels for Readers, by Lightheart [gfullxxx.xxx]6531C
Sep 2004 The Gospel of Mark for Readers, by Lightheart [gmarkxxx.xxx]6530C
Sep 2004 The Gospel of Luke for Readers, by Lightheart [glukexxx.xxx]6529C
(See also etext #'s 5656 and 6356)
Sep 2004 Sagradas Escrituras Version Antigua, by R. Stendal[sagesxxx.xxx]6528C
[Author's Full Name: Russell Martin Stendal]
[Language: Spanish]
[Plain text in sages10.txt/.zip, RTF in sages10r.zip]
Sep 2004 Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage [dguidxxx.xxx]6527C
[Authors: John Goerzen and Ossama Othman]
[Plain text in dguid10.txt/.zip; PDF in dguid10pdf.zip]
[HTML in dguid10h.zip; HTML with frames in dguid10hf.zip]
[TeX in dguid10t.zip; PostScript in dguid10p.zip]
Sep 2004 Any Coincidence Is, by Daniel Callahan [anycixxx.xxx]6526C
[Subtitle: or, The Day Julia & Cecil the Cat Faced a Fate Worse Than Death]
Sep 2004 Die Piccolomini, by Friedrich Schiller [?pcclxxx.xxx]6525
[Author AKA: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller] [Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pccl10.txt and 7pccl10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8pccl10.txt and 8pccl10.zip]
Sep 2004 Stray Birds, by Rabindranath Tagore [strybxxx.xxx]6524
[Note: Translated from Bengali to English by the author]
[Plain text in stryb10.txt/.zip; HTML in stryb10h.htm/.zip]
(Note: the .zips include images.)
Sep 2004 The Post Office, by Rabindranath Tagore [poffixxx.xxx]6523
[Note: Translated from Bengali to English by Devabrata Mukherjee]
Sep 2004 Fruit-Gathering, by Rabindranath Tagore [fruitxxx.xxx]6522
Sep 2004 The King of the Dark Chamber,by R. Tagore (trans.)[kdkchxxx.xxx]6521
[Author's Full Name: Rabindranath Tagore (trans.)]
Sep 2004 The Crescent Moon, by Rabindranath Tagore (trans.)[cmoonxxx.xxx]6520
Sep 2004 Songs of Kabir, by Rabindranath Tagore (trans.) [kabirxxx.xxx]6519
Sep 2004 Wallensteins Lager, by Friedrich Schiller [?wlllxxx.xxx]6518
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller][Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wlll10.txt and 7wlll10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8wlll10.txt and 8wlll10.zip]
Sep 2004 The Grey Lady, by Henry Seton Merriman [Merriman#3][grldxxx.xxx]6517
[XHTML in grld10h.htm/.zip, text in grld10.txt/.zip]
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels & Epist., by Wake, Entire[FB#10][fb10wxxx.xxx]6516
[The Suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the Original New Testament of Jesus]
[Author: Archbishop Wake]
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Hermas, by Wake, V9 [FB#09][fb09wxxx.xxx]6515
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Ignatius, by Wake, V8 [FB#08][fb08wxxx.xxx]6514
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Barnabas, by Wake, V7 [FB#07][fb07wxxx.xxx]6513
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Clement, by Wake, V6 [FB#06][fb06wxxx.xxx]6512
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, St. Paul, by Wake, V5 [FB#05][fb05wxxx.xxx]6511
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Nicodemus, by Wake, V4 [FB#04][fb04wxxx.xxx]6510
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Infancy, by Wake, V3 [FB#03][fb03wxxx.xxx]6509
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Protevang, by Wake, V2 [FB#02][fb02wxxx.xxx]6508
[Title: The Gospel Called The Protevanglion]
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Mary, by Wake, V1 [FB#01][fb01wxxx.xxx]6507
Sep 2004 Old Mission Stories of California, by C.F. Carter [omscaxxx.xxx]6506
[Author's Full Name: Charles Franklin Carter]
Sep 2004 Turandot, Prinzessin von China, by F. Schiller [?trdtxxx.xxx]6505
[Subtitle: Ein tragikomisches Maerchen nach Gozzi] [Language: German]
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller][AKA: Friedrich Schiller]
Sep 2004 Der Parasit, oder die Kunst, Friedrich Schiller [?prstxxx.xxx]6504
[Full Title: Der Parasit, oder die Kunst, sein Glueck zu machen.]
[Subtitle: Ein Lustspiel nach dem Franzoesischen [des Picard]]
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller] [Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7prst10.txt and 7prst10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8prst10.txt and 8prst10.zip]
Sep 2004 Der Neffe als Onkel, by Friedrich Schiller [?neffxxx.xxx]6503
[Subtitle: Lustspiel in drei Aufzuegen. Aus dem Franzoesischen des Picard.]
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller] [Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7neff10.txt and 7neff10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8neff10.txt and 8neff10.zip]
Sep 2004 The Acadian Exiles, by Arthur G. Doughty [CCa#9][cca09xxx.xxx]6502
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline]
[This is #9 in our series Chronicles of Canada, edited by George M. Wrong
[and H. H. Langton]
Sep 2004 Supplement au Voyage de Bougainville,by D. Diderot[?spvbxxx.xxx]6501
[Author's Full Name: Denis Diderot][Language: French]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7spvb10.txt and 7spvb10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8spvb10.txt and 8spvb10.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8spvb10u.txt and 8spvb10u.zip]
Sep 2004 The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography [cabin10.xxx]6500
Sep 2004 Die Verschwoerung des Fiesco zu Genua, F. Schiller[?fscoxxx.xxx]6499
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller; AKA Friedrich Schiller]
[Subtitle: Ein republikanisches Trauerspiel]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7fsco10.txt and 7fsco10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8fsco10.txt and 8fsco10.zip]
[Language: German]
Sep 2004 Kabale und Liebe, by F. Schiller [?kbllxxx.xxx]6498
[Subtitle: Ein buergerliches Trauerspiel] [Language: German]
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller; AKA Friedrich Schiller]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7kbll10.txt and 7kbll10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8kbll10.txt and 8kbll10.zip]
Sep 2004 L'assommoir, by Emile Zola [?lssmxxx.xxx]6497
[Language: French]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7lssm10.txt and 7lssm10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8lssm10.txt and 8lssm10.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8lssm10u.txt and 8lssm10u.zip]
Sep 2004 Die Braut von Messina, by F. Schiller [?brtmxxx.xxx]6496
[Subtitle: die feindlichen Brnder - Ein Trauerspiel mit Ch÷ren]
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller; AKA Friedrich Schiller]
[Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7brtm10.txt and 7brtm10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8brtm10.txt and 8brtm10.zip]
Sep 2004 Great Fortunes from Railroads, by Gustavus Myers [gffrrxxx.xxx]6495
Sep 2004 Mr. World and Miss Church-Member, by W. S. Harris [mwmcmxxx.xxx]6494
Sep 2004 Mediaeval Lore, by Robert Steele [mdvllxxx.xxx]6493
[Full title: Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus]
Sep 2004 Biographies of Working Men, by Grant Allen [GA#9][bgwkmxxx.xxx]6492
Sep 2004 The Head of the House of Coombe, by F Burnett[#15][hdhcmxxx.xxx]6491
[Full author: Frances Hodgson Burnett]
Sep 2004 The Betrothed, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#28][tbtrtxxx.xxx]6490
Sep 2004 A Book of Golden Deeds, by Charlotte M. Yonge[#41][bkgddxxx.xxx]6489
[HTML also posted - .htm and .zip]
Sep 2004 Going Some, by Rex Beach [Beach#11][gngsmxxx.xxx]6488
Sep 2004 The New Boy at Hilltop, by Ralph Henry Barbour [nbhltxxx.xxx]6487
Sep 2004 Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation, by Anon [8vnmmxxx.xxx]6486
Sep 2004 Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker, by S. Weir Mitchell [#2][hghwnxxx.xxx]6485
Sep 2004 Cheri, by Colette [8chrixxx.xxx]6484
[Language: French. Posted as 8-bit ISO-8859-1 only.]
Sep 2004 Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649, David Masson[?mlt3xxx.xxx]6483
Sep 2004 The Coverley Papers, by Various [cvrppxxx.xxx]6482
Sep 2004 Personal Experience of a Physician, by John Ellis [prncpxxx.xxx]6481
Sep 2004 On the Study of Words, by Richard C Trench [?stwrxxx.xxx]6480
Sep 2004 Lady Mary and her Nurse, by Catherine Parr Traill [ldmrnxxx.xxx]6479
Sep 2004 Himalayan Journals (Complete), by J. D. Hooker [hmjncxxx.xxx]6478
Sep 2004 Himalayan Journals V2., by J. D. Hooker [hmjn2xxx.xxx]6477
Sep 2004 Himalayan Journals, V1, by J. D. Hooker [hmjn1xxx.xxx]6476
Sep 2004 Facts and Arguments for Darwin, by Fritz Muller [fcrgdxxx.xxx]6475
Sep 2004 The Iron Woman, by Margaret Deland [Deland#4][rnwmnxxx.xxx]6474
Sep 2004 Practical Argumentation, by George K. Pattee [prcgmxxx.xxx]6473
Sep 2004 On the Pampas, by G. A. Henty [Henty#10][ntpmpxxx.xxx]6472
Sep 2004 Children of the New Forest, by Capt. Marryat[CM#2][chnfsxxx.xxx]6471
Sep 2004 Le Ventre de Paris, by Emile Zola [?vntrxxx.xxx]6470
[Language: French]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7vntr10.txt and 7vntr10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8vntr10.txt and 8vntr10.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8vntr10u.txt and 8vntr10u.zip]
Sep 2004 Queen Victoria, by Grace Greenwood [?qvctxxx.xxx]6469
Sep 2004 On a Torn-Away World, by Roy Rockwood [Rockwood#2][trwwlxxx.xxx]6468
Sep 2004 Letters to His Children, by Theodore Roosevelt[#4][ltchlxxx.xxx]6467
Sep 2004 Intellectual Development/Canadian People, Bourinot[tlctdxxx.xxx]6466
[Full title: The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People]
[Full author: John George Bourinot]
Sep 2004 Short Cruises, by W.W. Jacobs [Jacobs#2][shrcsxxx.xxx]6465
Sep 2004 Shop Management, by Frederick Winslow Taylor [#2][shpmgxxx.xxx]6464
Sep 2004 Handbook of Ethical Theory,George Stuart Fullerton[hbthtxxx.xxx]6463
Sep 2004 Mortuary Customs of N.American Indians,C.H. Yarrow[mtrcsxxx.xxx]6462
[Full title: An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American
[Indians]
Sep 2004 Facing the World, by Horatio Alger [Alger#24][fctwnxxx.xxx]6461
Sep 2004 Problems in American Democracy, by T. Williamson [prblmxxx.xxx]6460
[Author's Full Name: Thames Ross Williamson]
Sep 2004 The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings,Margaret Burnham[gaogwxxx.xxx]6459
Sep 2004 Air Service Boys in the Big Battle, by C. Beach [asbbbxxx.xxx]6458
[Author's Full Name: Charles Amory Beach]
[Subtitle: Or, Silencing the Big Guns]
Jul 2004 The Diary and Letters of Madam D'Arblay Volume 3 [dimd3xxx.xxx]6457
Sep 2004 Public Opinion, by Walter Lippmann [pbpnnxxx.xxx]6456
Sep 2004 Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London [#51][ltlbhxxx.xxx]6455
[Also posted HTML - zip only]
Sep 2004 George Leatrim, by Susanna Moodie [Moodie#2][grltmxxx.xxx]6454
Sep 2004 The Potiphar Papers, by George William Curtis [?ptphxxx.xxx]6453
Sep 2004 Right Royal, by John Masefield [Masefield#2][rgrylxxx.xxx]6452
Sep 2004 Rover Boys on the Great Lakes,by A.M. Winfield[#7][rbgrlxxx.xxx]6451
[Full author: Arthur M. Winfield, pen-name of Edward Stratemeyer]
Sep 2004 The Prairie, by J Fenimore Cooper [Cooper#10][thprrxxx.xxx]6450
Sep 2004 Homes of Great Reformers, by Elbert Hubbard [EH#3][hmgrfxxx.xxx]6449
[Full title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers]
Sep 2004 Mysteries of Paris, V3, by Eugene Sue [Sue#13][?mpr3xxx.xxx]6448
Sep 2004 Proserpine and Midas, by Mary Shelley [#3][prsmdxxx.xxx]6447
[HTML also posted]
Sep 2004 Greifenstein, by F. Marion Crawford [Crawford#5][grfstxxx.xxx]6446
Sep 2004 Letters from America, by Rupert Brooke [Brooke#2][ltfmrxxx.xxx]6445
Sep 2004 The Boys of Bellwood School, by Frank Webster [#3][blwdsxxx.xxx]6444
Sep 2004 The Wagner Story Book, by Henry Frost [wgstbxxx.xxx]6443
Sep 2004 Bitter-Sweet, by J. G. Holland [btrswxxx.xxx]6442
Sep 2004 Uncle Robert's Geography, by Parker & Helm [ncrggxxx.xxx]6441
[Full title: Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)]
[Full author: Francis W. Parker and Nellie Lathrop Helm]
Sep 2004 Elsie Dinsmore, by Martha Finley [lsdnsxxx.xxx]6440
Sep 2004 Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch, by Annie Roe Carr [#2][nsrsrxxx.xxx]6439
Sep 2004 Fables for the Frivolous, by Guy Whitmore Carryl [fbfrvxxx.xxx]6438
[Also posted HTML: zip only]
Sep 2004 The Splendid Spur, by Arthur T. Quiller Couch [spsprxxx.xxx]6437
Sep 2004 Castle Nowhere, by Constance Fenimore Woolson [csnwhxxx.xxx]6436
Sep 2004 The Principles of Scientific Management,F.W.Taylor[pscmgxxx.xxx]6435
[Full author: Fredrick Winslow Taylor]
Sep 2004 Brief History of the United States, by Barnes & Co[bhstrxxx.xxx]6434
Sep 2004 On the Trail of Pontiac, by Edward Stratemeyer[#8][ntrptxxx.xxx]6433
Sep 2004 Betty Wales, Sophomore, by Margaret Warde [btwspxxx.xxx]6432
Sep 2004 The Law of the Land, by Emerson Hough [Hough#2][lwlndxxx.xxx]6431
Sep 2004 The Evolution of Man, V.1., by Ernst Haeckel [vlmn1xxx.xxx]6430
Sep 2004 Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by Mrs. S.T. Rorer [ckggsxxx.xxx]6429
Sep 2004 The Surgeon's Daughter, by Sir Walter Scott [#27][srgdtxxx.xxx]6428
Sep 2004 Story of Rome From the Earliest, by Arthur Gilman [tsrfexxx.xxx]6427
[Full Title: The Story of Rome From the Earliest Times to the End of the
[Republic]
Sep 2004 Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point,Hancock [dckprxxx.xxx]6426
[Subtitle: Two Chums in the Cadet Gray]
[Author's Full Name: H. Irving Hancock]
Sep 2004 Flowing Gold, by Rex Beach [flwngxxx.xxx]6425
Sep 2004 A Modern Utopia, by H. G. Wells [Wells#24][mdntpxxx.xxx]6424
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Sep 2004 History of American Literature,Reuben Post Halleck[mrcltxxx.xxx]6423
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[Full title: The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton]
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[Language: German]
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Sep 2004 Copyright Renewals 1960, US Copyright Office [#9][r1960xxx.xxx]6420
Sep 2004 Copyright Renewals 1959, US Copyright Office [#8][r1959xxx.xxx]6419
Sep 2004 Five Little Peppers and their Friends,M Sidney[#3][flpfrxxx.xxx]6418
[Full author: Margaret Sidney]
Sep 2004 Modern Europe V.1., by Carlton J. H. Hayes [?hsr1xxx.xxx]6417
[Full title: A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.]
Sep 2004 Entertainments for Home, Church and School, Seeger[nthcsxxx.xxx]6416
[Full author: Frederica Seeger]
Sep 2004 This Freedom, by A. S. M. Hutchinson[Hutchinson#2][tfrdmxxx.xxx]6415
Sep 2004 Lectures and Essays, by T.H. Huxley [Huxley#31][thxlsxxx.xxx]6414
Sep 2004 From October to Brest-Litovsk, by Leon Trotzky [fctblxxx.xxx]6413
Sep 2004 Nature's Serial Story, by E. P. Roe [Roe#14][ntsrsxxx.xxx]6412
Sep 2004 Round the World, by Andrew Carnegie [?rwrlxxx.xxx]6411
Sep 2004 Once Aboard The Lugger, by A.S.M. Hutchinson [nclggxxx.xxx]6410
[Full author: Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson]
Sep 2004 How to Speak and Write Correctly, by Joseph Devlin[hwswcxxx.xxx]6409
Sep 2004 Letters of Anton Chekhov, by Anton Chekhov [AC#29][ltchkxxx.xxx]6408
Sep 2004 The Abbot, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#26][abbotxxx.xxx]6407
Sep 2004 The Monastery, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#25][mnsryxxx.xxx]6406
Sep 2004 John Keble's Parishes, Charlotte M Yonge[Yonge#38][jkbpxxxx.xxx]6405
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[Author AKA: William Hale White]
Sep 2004 Petty Troubles of Married Life 2,H de Balzac[#101][pett2xxx.xxx]6403
[Full title: Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part]
[Full author: Honore de Balzac]
Sep 2004 Isabel Lady Burton, V2, by W. H. Wilkins [rmlb2xxx.xxx]6402
[Full title: The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II]
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Sep 2004 Harlequin and Columbine, by Booth Tarkington [#15][hrqclxxx.xxx]6401
Aug 2004 Simple Italian Cookery, by Antonia Isola [smtlcxxx.xxx]6385
Aug 2004 That Printer of Udell's, by Harold Bell Wright[#4][prtllxxx.xxx]6384
Aug 2004 The PG Works Of Gilbert Parker, Complete [GP127][gp127xxx.xxx]6300
[Author: Gilbert Parker][Contains: EBooks #6174-6299][11.7mb in .txt format]
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Aug 2004 Carnac's Folly, by G. Parker, v1 [GP123][gp123xxx.xxx]6296
Aug 2004 No Defense, by Parker, Complete [GP122][gp122xxx.xxx]6295
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[Subtitle: Ein tragikomisches Maerchen nach Gozzi] [Language: German]
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Sep 2004 Der Parasit, oder die Kunst, sein Glueck zu machen[?prstxxx.xxx]6504
[Full Title: Der Parasit, oder die Kunst, sein Glueck zu machen.]
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Sep 2004 Der Neffe als Onkel, by Friedrich Schiller [?neffxxx.xxx]6503
[Subtitle: Lustspiel in drei Aufzuegen. Aus dem Franzoesischen des Picard.]
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Sep 2004 Supplement au Voyage de Bougainville,by D. Diderot[?spvbxxx.xxx]6501
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Sep 2004 The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography [cabin10.xxx]6500
Sep 2004 Die Verschwoerung des Fiesco zu Genua, F. Schiller[?fscoxxx.xxx]6499
[Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller; AKA Friedrich Schiller]
[Subtitle: Ein republikanisches Trauerspiel]
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Sep 2004 Kabale und Liebe, by F. Schiller [?kbllxxx.xxx]6498
[Subtitle: Ein buergerliches Trauerspiel] [Language: German]
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CHINESE AUTHOR ARRESTED AFTER INTERNET CRACKDOWN
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oversight protections. The law requires that each federal court establish a
Web site where its decisions and other actions are publicly accessible, and
directs federal regulatory agencies to publish on the Web everything they
publish in the Federal Register. (PC World 17 Dec 2002)
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108058,00.asp
RUSSIAN FIRM CLEARED IN U.S. COPYRIGHT CASE
ElcomSoft Co. Ltd., based in Moscow, has been found not guilty of criminal
charges that it violated the 1998 U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act by
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treated to is a lesson in productivity. The telemarketing firm that's
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nationwide do-not-call list. Maybe that will help.(New York Times 18 Dec 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/technology/18TELE.html
WEB ACTIVISTS GO AFTER RALSKY AND POINDEXTER
Web activists have uncovered the home address and phone numbers for
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and have posted the information on more than 100 Web sites. The action has
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Information Awareness program, which will compile credit card, medical,
travel, school and other records in an effort to spot terrorists.
(BBC News 16 Dec 2002)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2580089.stm
MICROSOFT WARNS OF 'CRITICAL' SECURITY FLAWS IN WINDOWS
Microsoft revealed "critical" flaws in its Windows operating system that
conceivably could allow hackers to alter data stored in computers, load and
run malicious programs, or reformat hard drives. Microsoft is urging
Windows users to download a new version of Microsoft Virtual Machine, which
is the part of Windows that runs Java applications. "An attacker could, in
the most serious of these vulnerabilities, gain complete control of a
user's system and take any action" he or she chooses, said John Montgomery,
head of Microsoft's developer platform and evangelism group. Security
features in Outlook Express 6 and Outlook 2002 are safe from the
HTML-mail-based attacks by default and Outlook 98 and 2000 users are also
protected if users have installed the Microsoft security updates for them.
The good news is, a hacker would have to be quite sophisticated to carry
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"This is not an easy attack at all. You've got to be pretty slick, pretty
creative." (Wall Street Journal 13 Dec 2002)
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of intellectual property that is available for public use and to make
uses of such property easy and inexpensive. To that end, the group this
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CALIFORNIA LAWS REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF SECURITY LAPSES
A new law in California will require companies to notify customers if a
lapse in computer security has allowed unauthorized access of the
users' identities and personal information. In all, the California
legislature approved more than a dozen measures this session dealing
with identity theft. A draft is being circulated of another bill,
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businesses to disclose information about all lapses in security to
police. Many security experts say that early detection and notification
are vital in dealing with identity theft, giving consumers ample time
to address the problem if they know their personal information has been
exposed. California has taken a very proactive stance on disclosure of
security breaches, even when companies are unsure if personal
information was obtained. Some argue that the laws go too far. Mark
Rasch, former head of the Computer Crime Unit at the U.S. Department of
Justice, said the laws are onerous and "a potential public relations
nightmare" for companies that are forced to reveal security lapses.
ComputerWorld, 13 December 2002
http://www.idg.net/ic_989654_1794_9-10000.html
STANFORD TO MOVE AHEAD WITH STEM CELL RESEARCH
Stanford University medical professor Irving Weissman said that the
school intends to experiment with cell nuclear transfer technology.
Weissman said that the goal is to advance science and denied that the
project involves cloning embryos. The researchers plan to take DNA from
diseased adult human cells, transfer the DNA into eggs, then grow the
eggs for a few days to produce stem cells. Other researchers dismiss
this distinction, claiming that this type of nuclear transfer creates
an exact genetic replica of the adult cell donor. The stem cell work
will take place under the auspices of the new Institute for Cancer/Stem
Cell Biology and Medicine, of which Weissman is the director. The
university has said it plans to share resulting stem cell lines with
other researchers.
Wired News, 10 December 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,56802,00.html
[Bush tried to stop them by not allowing and federal funding,
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whether it is acquired through cable company or phone company. The problem
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of broadband adoption that is long and steady, rather than a big
revolutionary pop." Which means that most network users will still be using
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is hardly anything more ludicrous than the fax machine, but it is still
around." (New York Times 5 Dec 2002)
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year or two out of date, and may have gone up $1-2,000, of course. . . .]
FIRMS FINED FOR NOT FOLLOWING E-MAIL RETENTION SCHEDULE
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Aug 2004 The Wonder-Working Magician, by Calderon [#4][wwmgnxxx.xxx]6372
[Full author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca]
Aug 2004 The Purgatory of St. Patrick, by Calderon [#3][prgspxxx.xxx]6371
[Full author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca]
Aug 2004 The Story Of The Odyssey, by Alfred J. Church [sdssyxxx.xxx]6370
Aug 2004 Medieval Europe, by H. W. C. Davis [mdvlpxxx.xxx]6369
Aug 2004 Here, There And Everywhere, by Hamilton [#2][hrvryxxx.xxx]6368
[Full author: Lord Frederic Hamilton]
Aug 2004 Saint Francis of Assisi, by Candide Chalippe [frnssxxx.xxx]6367
[Full title: The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi]
Aug 2004 The Principles Of Aesthetics, by Dewitt H. Parker [pncstxxx.xxx]6366
Aug 2004 Richard Dare's Venture, by Edward Stratemeyer [#7][rcdvtxxx.xxx]6365
Aug 2004 Warlock o' Glenwarlock, by George MacDonald [#26][wrgwkxxx.xxx]6364
Aug 2004 Life Is A Dream, by Pedro Calderon de la Barca[#2][lfdrmxxa.xxx]6363
[Translator: Denis Florence MacCarthy]
(Note: this is a different translation from eBook 2587, which was
(translated by Edward Fitzgerald.)
Aug 2004 Three Soldiers, by John Dos Passos [thsldxxx.xxx]6362
Aug 2004 Making Good On Private Duty,Harriet Camp Lounsbery[gdpvdxxx.xxx]6361
Aug 2004 Half a Dozen Girls, by Anna Chapin Ray [Ray#2][hfdzgxxx.xxx]6360
Aug 2004 The English Mail-Coach & Joan of Arc,de Quincey #9[?mjncxxx.xxx]6359
[Full author: Thomas de Quincey]
Aug 2004 The History of England, by A. F. Pollard [hstngxxx.xxx]6358
Aug 2004 The Young Fur Traders, by R.M. Ballantyne [#2][?frtdxxx.xxx]6357
May 2004 The Gospel of Matthew for Readers, by Lightheart [gmattxxx.xxx]6356C
Aug 2004 Locusts and Wild Honey, by John Burroughs [#5][lwhonxxx.xxx]6355
[A.K.A. The Writings of John Burroughs Volume IV]
Aug 2004 Italian Hours, by Henry James [HJ#45][?ihouxxx.xxx]6354
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ihou10.txt and 7ihou10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ihou10.txt and 8ihou10.zip]
Aug 2004 The Prince of Graustark, by G. B. McCutcheon [#17][prgrkxxx.xxx]6353
Aug 2004 Dora Deane, by Mary J. Holmes [Holmes#4][dradnxxx.xxx]6352
Aug 2004 Red Fleece, by Will Levington Comfort [rdflcxxx.xxx]6351
Aug 2004 Via Crucis, by F. Marion Crawford [Crawford#4][vcrucxxx.xxx]6350
Aug 2004 Copyright Renewals 1954, US Copyright Office [#7][r1954xxx.xxx]6349
Aug 2004 Copyright Renewals 1953, US Copyright Office[#6][r1953xxx.xxx]6348
Aug 2004 Hobson's Choice, by Harold Brighouse [hbsncxxx.xxx]6347
Aug 2004 Cecilia Volume 1, by Frances Burney [Burney#4][ccla1xxx.xxx]6346
Aug 2004 Seven Maids of Far Cathay, by Bing Ding, Ed. [smcatxxx.xxx]6345
[Subtitle: Being English Notes From A Chinese Class Book]
Aug 2004 The 2002 CIA World Factbook [world02x.xxx]6344
(Note that edition numbers are not included in the filenames for this
(annual publication: world02.txt & world02.zip)
Aug 2004 Kritik der reinen Vernunft (2nd Edition), I. Kant [?ikc2xxx.xxx]6343
Aug 2004 Kritik der reinen Vernunft (1st Edition), I. Kant [?ikc1xxx.xxx]6342
[English title: Critique of Pure Reason] [Author's Full Name: Immanuel Kant]
[Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ikc110.txt and 7ikc110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ikc110.txt and 8ikc110.zip]
Aug 2004 Nachtstuecke, by E.T.A. Hoffmann [?nachxxx.xxx]6341
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7nach10.txt and 7nach10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8nach10.txt and 8nach10.zip]
[Language: German]
Aug 2004 Literary Lapses, by Stephen Leacock [Leacock#9][ltlpsxxx.xxx]6340
Aug 2004 The Boy Scounts on a Submarine,Captain John Blaine[bssubxxx.xxx]6339
[Note: Not the same as #6108]
Aug 2004 Boy Scounts in the Coal Caverns, by M. Fletcher [bscocxxx.xxx]6338
[Author's Full Name: Major Archibald Lee Fletcher]
[Subtitle: Or the Light in Tunnel Six]
Aug 2004 The Boy Allies Under Two Flags, Robert L. Drake [bautfxxx.xxx]6337
Aug 2004 The Misuse of Mind, by Karin Stephen [misumxxx.xxx]6336
(HTML also posted zipped file only in misum10h.zip)
Aug 2004 The Antiquity of Man, by Charles Lyell [Lyell#2][ntqtmxxx.xxx]6335
Aug 2004 Sara, a Princess, by Fannie E. Newberry [srprnxxx.xxx]6334
[Subtitle: The Story of a Noble Girl]
Aug 2004 Public Speaking, by Irvah Lester Winter [?pspkxxx.xxx]6333
[Subtitle: Principles and Practice]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pspk10.txt and 7pspk10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8pspk10.txt and 8pspk10.zip]
Aug 2004 Playful Poems, by Henry Morley [plpmxxx.xxx]6332
[XHTML in plpm10h.htm/.zip, text in plpm10.txt/.zip]
Aug 2004 The Pillars of the House, V1, C. M. Yonge [#38][plrh1xxx.xxx]6331
[HTML also posted, zip only]
Aug 2004 Amanda, by Anna Balmer Myers [mndmnxxx.xxx]6330
[HTML version also posted, as zip only]
Aug 2004 British Columbia Birds, by Francis Kermode [?cbcbxxx.xxx]6329
[Full title: Catalogue of British Columbia Birds]
Aug 2004 Junior Classics, V5, Edited by William Patten [#3][jrcl5xxx.xxx]6328
Contents
Arabian Nights
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Story of Aladdin; or the Wonderful Lamp
Sindbad the Sailor
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is Shipwrecked, by Daniel Defoe
Alone on a Desolate Island, by Daniel Defoe
The Building of the Boat, by Daniel Defoe
Finds the Print of a Man's Foot on the Sand, by Daniel Defoe
Friday Rescued from the Cannibals, by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe Rescued, by Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver is Shipwrecked and Swims for His Life, by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver at the Court of Lilliput, by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver Captures Fifty of the Enemy's Ships, by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver Leaves Lilliput, by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver in the Land of the Giants, by Jonathan Swift
Some of Gulliver's Adventures, by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver Escapes from the Eagle, by Jonathan Swift
The Plays Of Shakespeare
A Midsummer-Night's Dream, by E. Nesbit
The Tempest, by E. Nesbit
As You Like It, by E. Nesbit
The Merchant of Venice, by E. Nesbit
Pilgrim's Progress
Christian Starts on His Journey, by John Bunyan
The Interpreter Shows Christian Many Excellent Things, by John Bunyan
Christian's Fight With the Monster Apollyon, by John Bunyan
Christian and Hopeful are Captives in Doubting Castle, by John Bunyan
Christian and Hopeful Arrive at the Coelestial City, by John Bunyan
Ivanhoe And Guy Mannering, by Sir Walter Scott
Ivanhoe, by Sir Edward Sullivan
Guy Mannering, by Sir Edward Sullivan
The Startling Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
An Adventure With a Lion and a Crocodile, by R. E. Raspe
Crossing the Thames Without the Aid of Bridge, Boat or Balloon,
by R. E. Raspe
Two Strange Adventures in Russia, by R. E. Raspe
Shooting a Stag With Cherrystones, by R. E. Raspe
The Baron's Wonderful Dog, by R. E. Raspe
Aug 2004 Works, V4, by Lucian of Samosata [lcns4xxx.xxx]6327
Aug 2004 Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers, by Various [hhgstxxx.xxx]6326
Contents
Grey Dolphin, by Richard Harris Barham
Moses, The Sassy, by Artemus Ward
Mr. Columbus Coriander'S Gorilla
The Fate Of Young Chubb, by Max Adeler
Boots At The Holly-Tree Inn, by Charles Dickens
The Enthusiast In Anatomy, by John Oxenford
"The Light Princess", by George Macdonald
Legend Of The Little Weaver, by Samuel Lover
Aug 2004 A Fool and His Money, by G.B. McCutcheon [GBM#16][flmnyxxx.xxx]6325
Aug 2004 Story of a White Rocking Horse,Laura Lee Hope[#14][whrkhxxx.xxx]6324
Aug 2004 The Junior Classics, V4, Ed. by Willam Patten [#2][jrcl4xxx.xxx]6323
Aug 2004 Equinoctial Regions of America V1, A. von Humboldt[qnct1xxx.xxx]6322
[Full author: Alexander von Humboldt]
Aug 2004 The Naturalist in Nicaragua, by Thomas Belt [ntncgxxx.xxx]6321
Aug 2004 English literary criticism, Various, C.K. Vaughn [nglshxxx.xxx]6320
[Ed. by C.H. Herford]
Aug 2004 Bric-_-brac, by Alexandre Dumas [Dumas#31][?brcbxxx.xxx]6319
[Language: French]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7brcb10.txt and 7brcb10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8brcb10.txt and 8brcb10.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8brcb10u.txt and 8brcb10u.zip]
Aug 2004 L'Avare, by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin [Moli_re#9][?avarxxx.xxx]6318
[Author AKA: Moli_re] [Language: French]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7avar10.txt and 7avar10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8avar10.txt and 8avar10.zip]
Aug 2004 Sailing Alone Around The World, by Joshua Slocum [slglnxxx.xxx]6317
Aug 2004 Poems of American Patriotism, Ed. Brander Matthews[pmmrpxxx.xxx]6316
Aug 2004 The Awakening of Helena Richie, by M. Deland[MD#3][wknhrxxx.xxx]6315
[Full author: Margaret Deland]
Aug 2004 Biographical Essays, by Thomas de Quincey [TQ#8][bgrsyxxx.xxx]6314
Aug 2004 American Wit And Humor, Ed. by T. L. Masson [mrcwhxxx.xxx]6313
[Full title: Masterpieces Of American Wit And Humor]
[Full editor: Thomas L. Masson]
Contents:
Agnes Repplier - A Plea For Humor
Marietta Holley - An Unmarried Female
Fitzhugh Ludlow - Selections From A Brace Of Boys
Robert Jones Burdette - Rheumatism Movement Cure
Oliver Wendell Holmes - An Aphorism And A Lecture
Joshua S. Morris - The Harp Of A Thousand Strings
Seba Smith - My First Visit To Portland
William Cullen Bryant - The Mosquito
John Carver - Country Burial-Places
Danforth Marble - The Hoosier And The Salt-Pile
Anne Bache - The Quilting
Fitz-Greene Halleck - A Fragment
- Domestic Happiness
Charles F. Browne ("Artemus Ward") - One Of Mr. Ward's Business Letters
- On "Forts"
James Russell Lowell - Without And Within
Louisa May Alcott - Street Scenes In Washington
Albert Bigelow Paine - Mis' Smith
James Jeffrey Roohe - A Boston Lullaby
Charles Graham Halpine - Irish Astronomy
Samuel Minturn Peok - Bessie Brown, M. D.
Robert C. Sands - A Monody
Carolyn Wells - The Poster Girl
James Gardner Sanderson - The Conundrum Of The Golf Links
Harriet Beecher Stowe - The Minister's Wooing
William Dean Howells - Mrs. Johnson
Anonymous - The Trout, The Cat And The Fox The British Matron
Aug 2004 Representative Men, by Ralph Waldo Emerson [RWE#3][rpsvmxxx.xxx]6312
Aug 2004 A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century, E. P. Roe[#13][knnthxxx.xxx]6311
Aug 2004 The Pastor's Son, by William W. Walter [pstrsxxx.xxx]6310
Aug 2004 Ma Cousine Pot-Au-Feu, by Leon de Tinseau [?cnpfxxx.xxx]6309
Aug 2004 Hypatia, by Charles Kingsley [Kingsley#14][hyptaxxx.xxx]6308
Aug 2004 The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier, by L. L. Hope[13][bldtnxxx.xxx]6307
[Also HTML posted as Zip only bldtn10h.zip]
Aug 2004 Homes of Eminent Artists, by Elbert Hubbard [EH#2][hmmnnxxx.xxx]6306
[Full title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists]
Aug 2004 A Fool There Was, by Porter Emerson Browne [fltwsxxx.xxx]6305
Aug 2004 Without Prejudice, by Israel Zangwill [?prejxxx.xxx]6304
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7prej10.txt and 7prej10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8prej10.txt and 8prej10.zip]
Aug 2004 The Duel Between France and Germany,Charles Sumner[tdbfgxxx.xxx]6303
Aug 2004 The Junior Classics, Various [?jrc7xxx.xxx]6302
[Subtitle: Stories of Courage and Heroism] [Editor: William Patten]
[Introduction: Charles W. Eliot] [Reading Guide: William Allen Neilson]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7jrc710.txt and 7jrc710.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8jrc710.txt and 8jrc710.zip]
Contains:
How Phidias Helped the Image-Maker by Beatrice Harraden
The Fight at the Pass of Thermopyle by Charlotte M. Yonge
The Bravery of Regulus by Charlotte M. Yonge
The Rabbi Who Found the Diadem by Dr. A. S. Isaacs
How Livia Won the Brooch by Beatrice Harraden
Julius Caesar Crossing the Rubicon by Jacob Abbott
Fearless Saint Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris by Charlotte M. Yonge
The Boy Viking--Olaf II of Norway by E. S. Brooks
The Boy-Heroes of Crecy and Poitiers by Treadwell Walden
The Noble Burghers of Calais by Charlotte M. Yonge
The Story of Joan of Arc, the Maid Who Saved France by Anonymous
How Joan the Maid Took Largess from the English by Anonymous
Death of Joan the Maid by Anonymous
How Catherine Douglas Tried to Save King James of Scotland by
Charlotte M. Yonge
The Brave Queen of Hungary by Charlotte M. Yonge
The Story of Christopher Columbus for Little Children by Elizabeth
Harrison
A Sea-Fight in the Time of Queen Bess by Charles Kingsley
A Brave Scottish Chief by Anonymous
The Adventure of Grizel Cochrane by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Sunken Treasure by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Lost Exiles of Texas by Arthur Oilman
The Boy Conqueror--Charles XII of Sweden by E. S. Brooks
The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy as Told by Himself Peter
Williamson
The Prisoner Who Would Not Stay in Prison by Anonymous
A White Boy Among the Indians, as Told by Himself John Tanner
Evangeline of Acadia by Henry W. Longfellow
Jabez Rockwell's Powder-Horn by Ralph D. Paine
A Man Who Coveted Washington's Shoes by Frank R. Stockton
A Famous Fight Between an English and a French Frigate by
Rev. W. H. Fitchett
The Trick of an Indian Spy by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Man in the "Auger Hole" by Frank R. Stockton
The Remarkable Voyage of the _Bounty_ by Anonymous
The Two Boy Hostages at the Siege of Seringapatam by Anonymous
The Man Who Spoiled Napoleon's "Destiny" by Rev. W. H. Fitchett
A Fire-Fighter's Rescue from the Flames by Arthur Quiller-Couch
How Napoleon Rewarded His Men by Baron de Marbot
A Rescue from Shipwreck by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Rebecca the Drummer by Charles Barnard
The Messenger by M. E. M. Davis
Humphry Davy and the Safety-Lamp by George C. Towle
Kit Carson's Duel by Emerson Hough
The Story of Grace Darling by Anonymous
The Struggles of Charles Goodyear by George C. Towle
Old Johnny Appleseed by Elizabeth Harrison
The Little Post-Boy by Bayard Taylor
How June Found Massa Linkum by Elizabeth S. Phelps
The Story of a Forest Fire by Raymond S. Spears
Aug 2004 The Eve of the French Revolution, Edward J. Lowell[?frrvxxx.xxx]6301
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7frrv10.txt and 7frrv10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8frrv10.txt and 8frrv10.zip]
Aug 2004 The Money Master, by G. Parker, Complete [GP107][gp107xxx.xxx]6280
[Author: Gilbert Parker][Contains: EBooks #6275-6279]
Aug 2004 The Money Master, by G. Parker, Epoch 5 [GP106][gp106xxx.xxx]6279
Aug 2004 The Money Master, by G. Parker, Epoch 4 [GP105][gp105xxx.xxx]6278
Aug 2004 The Money Master, by G. Parker, Epoch 3 [GP104][gp104xxx.xxx]6277
Aug 2004 The Money Master, by G. Parker, Epoch 2 [GP103][gp103xxx.xxx]6276
Aug 2004 The Money Master, by G. Parker, Epoch 1 [GP102][gp102xxx.xxx]6275
Aug 2004 Lover's Diary(Poetry), by Parker, Complete [GP101][gp101xxx.xxx]6274
[Title: A Lover's Diary]
[Author: Gilbert Parker][Contains: EBooks #6272-6273]
Aug 2004 A Lover's Diary(Poetry), by G. Parker, v2 [GP100][gp100xxx.xxx]6273
Aug 2004 A Lover's Diary(Poetry), by G. Parker, v1 [GP#99][gp99wxxx.xxx]6272
Aug 2004 Embers (Poetry), by G. Parker, Complete [GP#98][gp98wxxx.xxx]6271
[Author: Gilbert Parker][Contains: EBooks #6268-6270]
Aug 2004 Embers (Poetry), by G. Parker, v3 [GP#97][gp97wxxx.xxx]6270
Aug 2004 Embers (Poetry), by G. Parker, v2 [GP#96][gp96wxxx.xxx]6269
Aug 2004 Embers (Poetry), by G. Parker, v1 [GP#95][gp95wxxx.xxx]6268
Aug 2004 The Weavers, by Gilbert Parker, Complete [GP#94][gp94wxxx.xxx]6267
[Subtitle: A Tale of England And Egypt Of Fifty Years Ago]
[Contains: EBooks #6261-6266]
Aug 2004 The Weavers, by G. Parker, v6 [GP#93][gp93wxxx.xxx]6266
Aug 2004 The Weavers, by G. Parker, v5 [GP#92][gp92wxxx.xxx]6265
Aug 2004 The Weavers, by G. Parker, v4 [GP#91][gp91wxxx.xxx]6264
Aug 2004 The Weavers, by G. Parker, v3 [GP#90][gp90wxxx.xxx]6263
Aug 2004 The Weavers, by G. Parker, v2 [GP#89][gp89wxxx.xxx]6262
Aug 2004 The Weavers, by G. Parker, v1 [GP#88][gp88wxxx.xxx]6261
Aug 2004 Donovan Pasha &c, by Parker, Complete [GP#87][gp87wxxx.xxx]6260
[Title: Donovan Pasha And Some People of Egypt][Author: Gilbert Parker]
[Contains: EBooks #6256-6259]
Aug 2004 Donovan Pasha &c, by G. Parker, v4 [GP#86][gp86wxxx.xxx]6259
Aug 2004 Donovan Pasha &c, by G. Parker, v3 [GP#85][gp85wxxx.xxx]6258
Aug 2004 Donovan Pasha &c, by G. Parker, v2 [GP#84][gp84wxxx.xxx]6257
Aug 2004 Donovan Pasha &c, by G. Parker, v1 [GP#83][gp83wxxx.xxx]6256
Jul 2004 The Greek View of Life,Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson[tgeevxxx.xxx]6200
Jul 2004 The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, Samuel Butler #14[nbsbxxxx.xxx]6173
[XHTML in nbsb10h.htm/.zip, text in nbsb10.txt/.zip]
Jul 2004 God and my Neighbour, by Robert Blatchford [gdndmxxx.xxx]6172
Jul 2004 Memorials and Other Papers, by Thomas de Quincey [?memcxxx.xxx]6171
[Complete, contains Vols. I & II, eBook #'s 6169-6170]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7memc10.txt and 7memc10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8memc10.txt and 8memc10.zip]
Jul 2004 Memorials and Other Papers V2,by Thomas de Quincey[?mem2xxx.xxx]6170
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mem210.txt and 7mem210.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mem210.txt and 8mem210.zip]
Jul 2004 Memorials and Other Papers V1,by Thomas de Quincey[?memqxxx.xxx]6169
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7memq10.txt and 7memq10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8memq10.txt and 8memq10.zip]
Jul 2004 Fifty Famous People, by James Baldwin [fftyfxxx.xxx]6168
[Subtitle: A Book of Short Stories]
Jul 2004 Business Hints for Men and Women, by A. Calhoun [bh4mwxxx.xxx]6167
[Author's Full Name: Alfred Rochefort Calhoun]
Jul 2004 Charles Lamb: A Memoir, by Barry Cornwall [chrlsxxx.xxx]6166
Jul 2004 Cowboy Dave, by Frank V. Webster [cwbydxxx.xxx]6165
[Subtitle: Or The Round-Up at Rolling River]
Jul 2004 The Life of the Fields, by Richard Jefferies [thlffxxx.xxx]6164
Jul 2004 The Romance and Tragedy, William Ingraham Russell [?romtxxx.xxx]6163
[Subtitle: of a Widely Known Business Man of New York]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7romt10.txt and 7romt10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8romt10.txt and 8romt10.zip]
Jul 2004 Herbert Carter's Legacy, by Horatio Alger [HA#23][hrbclxxx.xxx]6162
Jul 2004 Copyright Renewals 1957,US Copyright Office [#5][r1957xxx.xxx]6161
Jul 2004 Fletcher of Madeley, by Brigadier Margaret Allen [fltchxxx.xxx]6160
[Plain text in fltch10.txt/.zip, HTML in fltch10h.htm/.zip]
Jul 2004 Vicky Van, by Carolyn Wells [Wells#7][vckvnxxx.xxx]6159
Jul 2004 The True Citizen, by Warkwick, Smith & Smith [trctzxxx.xxx]6158
[Full title: The True Citizen, How To Become One]
[Full author: W. F. Markwick, D. D. and W. A. Smith, A. B.]
Jul 2004 What Men Live By and Other Tales, Leo Tolstoy[#16][wmnlbxxx.xxx]6157
Contents:
What Men Live By
Three Questions
The Coffee-House of Surat
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Jul 2004 Athens: Rise and Fall, by Lytton, Complete [BL#14][b014wxxx.xxx]6156
[Title: Athens: Its Rise and Fall]
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #6151-6155]
Jul 2004 Athens: Rise and Fall, by Lytton, Book 5 [BL#13][b013wxxx.xxx]6155
Jul 2004 Athens: Rise and Fall, by Lytton, Book 4 [BL#12][b012wxxx.xxx]6154
Jul 2004 Athens: Rise and Fall, by Lytton, Book 3 [BL#11][b011wxxx.xxx]6153
Jul 2004 Athens: Rise and Fall, by Lytton, Book 2 [BL#10][b010wxxx.xxx]6152
Jul 2004 Athens: Rise and Fall, by Lytton, Book 1 [BL#9][b009wxxx.xxx]6151
Jul 2004 The Iliad, by Homer, Trans: Derby [Homer#7][iliadxxb.xxx]6150
[Full Translator: Edward, Earl of Derby]
Jul 2004 The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest,Cpt Wilbur Lawton[tbvtqxxx.xxx]6149
[Pseudonym of John Henry Goldfrap]
Jul 2004 Miscellaneous Papers, by Thomas De Quincey [#4][?qnccxxx.xxx]6148
Jul 2004 Miscellaneous Papers V2, by Thomas De Quincey [#3][?qnc2xxx.xxx]6147
Jul 2004 Miscellaneous Papers V1, by Thomas De Quincey [#2][?qnc1xxx.xxx]6146
[Full title: Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers]
Jul 2004 Tales Of The Punjab, by Flora Annie Steel [?pnjbxxx.xxx]6145
[Also posted in Unicode UTF-8 as 8pnjb10u]
Jul 2004 Commemorative Services, by Diocese Of Connecticut [cmmsvxxx.xxx]6144
[Full title: Report Of Commemorative Services With The Sermons And
[Addresses At The Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.]
Jul 2004 Essays On Work And Culture, Hamilton W. Mabie [#2][ssywcxxx.xxx]6143
[Full author: Hamilton Wright Mabie]
Jul 2004 A Girl of the People, by L. T. Meade [Meade#2][grlplxxx.xxx]6142
Jul 2004 Peck's Bad Boy With the Cowboys, Hon. Geo. W. Peck[pckbbxxx.xxx]6141
Jul 2004 Army Boys on German Soil, by Homer Randall [rmbgmxxx.xxx]6140
Jul 2004 Marvels of Modern Science, by Paul Severing [mrvmsxxx.xxx]6139
Jul 2004 Life and Habit, by Samuel Butler [Butler#13][lfhbxxx.xxx]6138
[XHTML in lfhb10h.htm/.zip, text in lfhb10.txt/.zip]
Jul 2004 The Home of the Blizzard, by Sir Douglas Mawson [blizzxxx.xxx]6137
[Subtitle: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition,
[1911-1914]
[Note: the .zip includes 35 images from the text]
Jul 2004 Bars and Shadows, by Ralph Chaplin [brssdxxx.xxx]6136
Jul 2004 When the Holy Ghost is Come, by Col. S. L. Brengle[whlghxxx.xxx]6135
Jul 2004 The Evolution of an Empire, by Mary Parmele [vlmprxxx.xxx]6134
Jul 2004 Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin,Gentleman[?arslxxx.xxx]6133
[Full Title: The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar]
[Author's Full Name: Maurice Leblanc]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7arsl10.txt/.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8arsl10.txt/.zip]
Jul 2004 A Man of Samples, by Wm. H. Maher [mnsmpxxx.xxx]6132
Jul 2004 Wonders of Creation, by Anonymous [wndntxxx.xxx]6131
[Plain text in wndnt10.txt/.zip, Unicode UTF-8 in wndnt10u.txt/.zip]
Jul 2004 The Iliad, by Homer, Trans: Pope [Homer#7][iliadxxa.xxx]6130
Jul 2004 Healthful Sports for Boys, by Alfred Rochefort [hfsfbxxx.xxx]6129
Jul 2004 His Sombre Rivals, by E. P. Roe [Roe#12][hsbrvxxx.xxx]6128
Jul 2004 The Great Stone of Sardis, by Frank R. Stockton[5][gstsrxxx.xxx]6127
Jul 2004 Quotations From Georg Ebers, by David Widger [#20][dwqgexxx.xxx]6126
[Quotations from the PG Collected Works of Georg Ebers]
Jul 2004 The Making of an American, by Jacob A. Riis [thmknxxx.xxx]6125
Jul 2004 Pamela, by Samuel Richardson [SR#1][pam1wxxx.xxx]6124
Jul 2004 Theological Essays and Other Papers v1,de Quincey [teop1xxx.xxx]6123
[Author's Full Name: Thomas de Quincey]
Jul 2004 Tobogganing On Parnassus, by Franklin P. Adams [tggopxxx.xxx]6122
Jul 2004 Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums, by Mark Overton [jckwnxxx.xxx]6121
Jul 2004 Soldiers Three, by Rudyard Kipling [Kipling#22][sldtrxxx.xxx]6120
Contents
The God From The Machine
Of Those Called
Private Learoyd'S Story
The Big Drunk Draf'
The Wreck Of The Visigoth
The Solid Muldoon
With The Main Guard
In The Matter Of A Private
Black Jack
Poor Dear Mamma
The World Without
The Tents Of Kedar
With Any Amazement
The Garden Of Eden
Fatima
The Valley Of The Shadow
The Swelling Of Jordan
Dray Wara Yow Dee
The Judgment Of Dungara
At Howli Thana
Gemini
At Twenty-Two
In Flood Time
The Sending Of Dana Da
On The City Wall
The Story Of The Gadsbys
In Black And White
Jul 2004 An Outback Marriage, by Andrew Barton Paterson [?aomrxxx.xxx]6119
[Subtitle: A Story of Australian Life]
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has been inaccessible for 16 years. By contrast, the original Domesday
Book, an inventory of England compiled in 1086 by Norman monks, is in fine
condition in a London Public Record Office. (BBC News 2 Dec 2002)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2534391.stm
TRANSISTORS MADE FROM PLASTIC
A Xerox research team has developed an experimental polymer usable for
making organic transistors on a plastic substrate. "Think about the value of
a laptop or cell phone display that you could drop without breaking," says
one team member. The making of printed plastic transistors in phones and
PDAs will be done on a new electronics manufacturing process on roll-to-roll
machinery of the kind now used in publishing. (New York Times 3 Dec 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/12/03/technology/03XERO.html
WHAT DOES STEVE CASE DO ALL DAY?
Steve Case's "advisory-only" position at AOL Time Warner continues to be
scrutinized, and industry analysts continue to suggest that the embattled
chairman (and former head of AOL before its merger with Time Warner) is a
superfluous figure. Paul Kim of Kaufman Brothers says, "There is increased
scrutiny of what Steve Case's role is, and there are more questions about
what his function is in the corporation." And John Tinker of Blaylock &
AOL." But many observers insist that Case is resilient and should not be
never as good or as bad as the press, or the street, says you are... In my
experience, this isn't the time to play defense, it's also the time to play
offense." (New York Times 2 Dec 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/12/02/technology/02CASE.html
ADVERTISING DROP WILL DELAY AOL'S FINANCIAL REBOUND
America Online's attempt to attain financial health will be delayed until
2004 as the result of an expected 40-50% drop in advertising revenues next
year, and the company is predicting an overall 15-25% fall in profitability
during that period. AOL Time Warner chairman Steve Case (the former AOL
chairman who has been much-criticized for his role in engineering the merger
direction builds on AOL's past. This marks not just an important new
beginning for AOL but a new beginning for AOL Time Warner. It is a new day."
(Washington Post 4 Dec 2002)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5748-2002Dec3.html
A study by Harvard Law School researchers finds that China is the country
with the world's most oppressive censorship of what its citizens can view on
the Internet. Chinese authorities block access to 19,000 sites, and also
delete individual links or Web pages of which they do not approve. Most of
the disapproved sites are political in nature. When it comes to blocking
pornography, China (at least for now) cedes the first-place prize to Saudi
to Saudi Arabia's blocking of 86%. (New York Times 4 Dec 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/12/04/international/asia/04CHIN.html
FEE-BASED MUSIC SERVICES LANGUISH
While free music file-swapping services such as Kazaa continue to flourish
(with Kazaa now attracting almost 14 million U.S. visitors a month),
fee-based services such as MusicNet have not succeed in finding a solid
customer base of more than 100,000 subscribers. Are people just not willing
to pay for music online? Or is the problem something else? Some industry
watchers think the more important problem for fee-based music services is
that they don't offer enough music selections. (For example, MusicNet was
recently offering only two of the top 10 of the most popular songs in the
country.) But industry executives are confident in their belief that it's
just a matter of time before they can prove that music consumers, just like
consumers of bottled water, will pay for something they can get for free
provided the marketing and distribution are right. (San Jose Mercury News 2
Dec 2002)
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professors, by name, of political bias. Luann Wright, a designer of
science curriculums, started the course two years after her son took a
writing course at the University of California at San Diego that she
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although few have taken advantage of the opportunity.
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PANELISTS DISCUSS SOFTWARE AS CENSOR
A conference at Columbia University on free expression and the arts
focused on new limits on artistic freedom in a technology-heavy
culture. Artists in this environment face copyright issues, whether in
trying to obtain materials or in having their own rights (including
free speech) infringed, and the possibility of censorship of their work
by software filters. The National Arts Journalism Program sponsored the
conference. Participants debated the pros and cons of such things as
the extension of copyright law another 20 years and attempts by the
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site, www.icdlbooks.org, officially debuted Wednesday, offering 200 titles
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have contributed a few newer works as well. Currently, users must have a
broadband Internet connection to access the site, but the site will be
available for dialup modem users by next summer. (AP 20 Nov 2002)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021121/D7NE3TI00.html
[Finally, a speed limit on bandwidth hogs, who slow things down for all]
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bandwidth that their subscribers can use each month in an effort to put the
brakes on rampant file-swapping. "Every major broadband provider is
seriously weighing pros and cons of bandwidth consumption caps," says
Michael Harris, president of research firm Kinetic Strategies. Leading the
way is Bell Canada, whose DSL service has already instituted caps on
bandwidth use, charging subscribers about 80 cents for each extra 100
requires ISPs to set up a traffic-monitoring system for each account and it
forces the subscriber to self-ration bandwidth -- a foreign concept to
people accustomed to an all-you-can-eat approach to Internet use. Critics
note that unwanted content, such as pop-up ads and pornographic spam, could
waste subscribers' bandwidth, but Bell Canada says its policy has been a
success so far. The company offers tiered levels of service allowing 2GB,
10GB and 20GB of monthly traffic, and the percentage of customers exceeding
their allotment in any given month is small -- between 6% and 8%. Cable
companies are eyeing the Bell Canada experiment with interest, as their
subscribers in particular are adversely affected by "bandwidth hogs."
Meanwhile, the president of file-swapping company Grokster dismisses the
efforts, saying, "They only thing they're going to accomplish is to make
their customers angry." (CNet News.com 26 Nov 2002)
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975320.html?tag=fd_nbs_emed
ANTIVIRUS TOOL THROTTLES DOWN ON INFECTION RATE
Matthew Williamson, a researcher at the Hewlett-Packard labs in the UK, has
developed a new approach to battling computer viruses. It slows down the
infection rate significantly by limiting the number of connections at any
one time by an infected computer. "The major problem with computer viruses
is that because they spread so quickly and our response is so slow, they
cause so much damage," says Williamson. "We are tackling the fundamental
nature of a virus^E When your machine gets an e-mail virus, it sends lots
and lots of e-mail messages at a much higher rate than you would normally
send them. So if I put a limit on the rate of e-mail messages that you can
send in every 10 minutes, then a virus trying to send 100 or 200 messages
will very quickly get delayed." Williamson found that using the "throttle"
technique has a negligible impact on the day-to-day performance of his
computer. (BBC News 26 Nov 2002)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2511961.stm
COMPUTERS RANK TOPS AMONG DIGITAL APPLIANCES
Half of the respondents in a recent Harris Interactive survey said their
computer was the most important electronic device in their household,
beating out CD players, cell phones and DVD players (the study did not ask
[Of course, most of their televisions would not be in "digital" categories]
people about their television use, however). The 2002 International Digital
Lifestyle poll targeted people in Europe and the U.S. who own a computer
and at least one other digital device -- a prime target for consumer
electronics manufacturers. "We're seeing a lifestyle shift from almost
exclusive television use to a higher percentage of people's lives spent on
a computer," says Dell marketing director Mike Oldani (the Harris study was
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listening to music; people in the 35 to 49 range cited job-related tasks;
and the over-50 group enjoyed e-mail the most. (CNet News.com 24 Nov 2002)
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-971060.html?tag=fd_top
TECH FIRMS, HOLLYWOOD HEADED TO NEGOTIATING TABLE
About 20 lobbyists representing technology and entertainment companies are
headed for a closed-door meeting today to try to hammer out some of their
differences in the long-running squabble over digital copyright. Companies
Verizon, the Business Software Alliance, AOL Time Warner, the Motion
Picture Association of America and the Fox Entertainment Group. "We're
pleased that so many people who are important players in this debate are
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copyright," says Alan Davidson, deputy director of the Center for Democracy
and Technology, which is sponsoring the series of meetings. "We don't know
what the outcome will be, but we're hopeful that we can make progress in
representing what has been an underrepresented voice -- consumers."
Political tension between the two groups has increased significantly in the
last year, which has resulted in an impasse. (CNet News.com 21 Nov 2002)
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-966833.html?tag=fd_nbs_emed
[I wonder if anyone is really there for the "underrepresented voice --
consumers?"]
WEB SITES LEAK AFTER-HOLIDAY SALE PRICES
Users of several shopping Web sites, including FatWallet.com and
DealofDay.com, were treated to a sneak peek of post-Thanksgiving sale
prices for items ranging from Kodak digital cameras to the "8 Mile" movie
soundtrack -- prices retailers had no intention of revealing until after
the holiday. Now, shoppers in the market for an HP printer may as well wait
until the price drops to $200 after Thanksgiving -- 33% off the current
price on the OfficeMax Web site. And Best Buy's price on a digital camera
will drop to $99.99 from its current $149.99 listing. "Someone, somewhere
is getting information they shouldn't be," says an OfficeMax spokesman.
Target, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and others have demanded that the Web
sites take the information down. Most have complied, but in many cases
readers have already copied the data and posted it elsewhere on the Web.
Retailers are stumped over how the information got out, but promise to take
action as soon as we discover how the information got on the site and who
posted it," says a spokesman for OfficeMax. (Wall Street Journal 21 Nov 2002)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1037818929298686028.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
MICROSOFT IS NO. 1 IN ONLINE BRANDS
Microsoft ranks as the leading online brand, just slightly ahead of AOL
Time Warner, according to a Digital Media Universe survey conducted by
Nielsen/NetRatings. Yahoo, the U.S. government and Google occupy the
remaining slots in the Top Five brands. In order to calculate the rankings,
DMU tracking "combines Web-based traffic with Internet applications and
browser channel audience data, including measurement of AOL proprietary
channels, instant messaging applications, media players, ISP applications
(non-browsing), wireless content systems, Web phones, news and information
toolbars, connected games, weather applications, auction assistants and
shopping assistants." Rounding out the Top Ten online brands were Terra
Lycos, About-Primedia, RealNetworks, Amazon and eBay.(EuropeMedia 22 Nov 2002)
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=13818
1. Microsoft
2. AOL Time Warner
3. Yahoo
4. U.S. Government
5. Google
6. Terra-Lycos
7. About-Primedia
8. RealNetworks
9. Amazon
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SWAPPING MUSIC ONLINE CAN'T BE STOPPED, SAY RESEARCHERS
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workshop on Digital Rights Management dismissed record industry
attempts to stop swapping of music files over online networks as
unworkable. The authors wrote that the continuing proliferation of
file-swapping systems and improvements in their organization will
eventually make them impossible to shut down. The spread of CD and DVD
burners and the growth of consumer broadband, inexpensive data storage,
and instant messaging further erode attempts to control consumer use of
music files. The authors advised music companies to compete on the same
terms, by making music easy and inexpensive to buy.
BBC, 22 November 2002
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2502399.stm
GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN PUBSCIENCE
The United States Department of Energy shut down PubScience, an
Internet site that catalogued government and academic science research,
in response to corporate complaints that it competed with commercial
services. Searching on PubScience was free, with the service linking
either to free full texts or to payment systems for information that
was for sale. Two commercial equivalents also offer free searching,
with academic literature available for a fee. Researchers worry that
commercial companies will control access to and charge fees for
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Washington Post, 21 November 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17568-2002Nov20.html
JUDGE WARNS OF EXPANSION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Speaking at a lecture organized by the American Enterprise Institute
and the Brookings Institution, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner
warned of an "enormous expansion" of intellectual-property law. Posner
criticized a 1998 law extending the duration of U.S. copyrights and
attacked the Patent and Trademark Office for granting what he called
"very questionable" business method patents. Posner is known for
applying economic analysis to the law and for mediating settlement
talks in the Microsoft antitrust case.
CNET, 20 November 2002
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