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from scratch. . .must be a few of the April Fool's demons
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Jan 2002 Last Chronicle of Barset, Anthony Trollope [#9][lacobxxx.xxx]3045
May 2001 V1 Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by Trevelyan[1lllmxxx.xxx]2647
May 2001 History of England, James II> V. 5, Macaulay[#12][5hoejxxx.xxx]2614
May 2001 History of England, James II> V. 4, Macaulay[#11][4hoejxxx.xxx]2613
Apr 2001 Psmith, Journalist, by P. G. Wodehouse[Wodehouse4][psmthxxx.xxx]2607
Jun 2000 A Damsel in Distress, by P.G. Wodehouse [PGW #3] [dmsndxxx.xxx]2233
Dec 1999 Piccadilly Jim, by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse [#1][pccjmxxx.xxx]2005
Mar 1997 The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie[masacxxx.xxx] 863
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V5 [5dfrexxx.xxx] 735
[Full Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]
[Author: Edward Gibbon]
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Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V2 [2dfrexxx.xxx] 732
Feb 1994 Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy [Hardy#1][crowdxxa.xxx] 107
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Jan 2004 Life of John Coleridge Patteson, by C. Yonge [#26][ljcptxxx.xxx]4952
[Author's Full Name: Charlotte M. Yonge]
Jan 2004 String Quarted No. 17, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[#3][wm458xxx.xxx]4951
[Full title: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat Major (The Hunt), K.458]
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Jan 2004 String Quartet No. 2, Ludwig van Beethoven[LVB #4][lv182xxx.xxx]4950
[Full title: String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, op. 18, no. 2]
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Jan 2004 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, J.S. Bach [JSB #1][jbbb2xxx.xxx]4949
[Full title: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047]
[This is a musical score in Finale .MUS format] [ etext04: jbbb210.zip]
Jan 2004 Love, The Fiddler, by Lloyd Osbourne [Osbourne #4][lvtfdxxx.xxx]4948
[Co-Authored three other Project Gutenberg eBooks with Robert Louis Stevenson]
Jan 2004 Sisters, by Kathleen Norris [Norris#9][sstrnxxx.xxx]4947
Jan 2004 Madame Midas, by Fergus Hume [Hume#4][mdmmdxxx.xxx]4946
Jan 2004 Jane Allen: Junior, by Edith Bancroft [jnljrxxx.xxx]4945
Jan 2004 Scenes and Characters, Charlotte M. Yonge[Yonge#25][scchxxx.xxx]4944
Jan 2004 The River War, by Winston S. Churchill [PMWS#1][?rivrxxx.xxx]4943
[Subtitle: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan]
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[8-bit version with accented characters in 8rivr10.txt and 8rivr10.zip]
Jan 2004 Evolution of Expression V1, Charles Wesley Emerson[vlxprxxx.xxx]4942
Jan 2004 The House Boat Boys, by St. George Rathborne [hsbtbxxx.xxx]4941
Jan 2004 Grace Harlowe's Senior Year, Jessie Graham Flower [grhsyxxx.xxx]4940
[Full title: Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School]
Jan 2004 Chopin: The Man and His Music, by James Huneker [chmmmxxx.xxx]4939
Jan 2004 US Presidential Inagural Addresses, by Various [inaguxxx.xxx]4938
[Subtitle: From 1789 to the Present]
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Jan 2004 Hudibras, by Samuel Butler [Butler#11][hdbrsxxx.xxx]4937
Jan 2004 Li Romanz de l'estoire dou Graal, Robert de Boron [?graaxxx.xxx]4936
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7graa10.txt and 7graa10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8graa10.txt and 8graa10.zip]
[Language: French]
Jan 2004 Pathologie Verbale, ou L_sions de certains mots da[?pverxxx.xxx]4935
[Full Title: Pathologie Verbale, ou L_sions de certains mots dans le cours
de l'usage]
[Author's Full Name: Emile Littre]
[Author AKA: +mile Littr_]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pver10.txt and 7pver10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8pver10.txt and 8pver10.zip]
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Jan 2004 The Natural History of Wiltshire, John Aubrey [#2][nhwilxxx.xxx]4934
Jan 2004 L'Escalier d'Or, by Edmond Jaloux [?ledoxxx.xxx]4933
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Jan 2004 A Knight of the White Cross, G.A. Henty [Henty#7][kniwcxxx.xxx]4932
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes]
Jan 2004 Won by the Sword, by G.A. Henty [Henty#6][wbtsdxxx.xxx]4931
[Subtitle: A Story of the Thirty Years' War]
Jan 2004 Paste Jewels, by John Kendrick Bangs [Bangs#7][psjwxxx.xxx]4930
Jan 2004 Paste Jewels, by John Kendrick Bangs [Bangs#7][pswxxxx.xxx]4930
Jan 2004 The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig [#7][tfajcxxx.xxx]4929
[Author's Full Name: David Graham Phillips]
Jan 2004 Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch [#4][bllfnxxx.xxx]4928
[Contains: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, & Legends of Charlemagne]
Jan 2004 Legends of Charlemagne, by Thomas Bulfinch [#3][lgndsxxx.xxx]4927
Jan 2004 The Age of Chivalry, Thomas Bulfinch [Bulfinch#2][thgfcxxx.xxx]4926
Jan 2004 The Age of Fable, by Thomas Bulfinch [Bulfinch#1][thgffxxx.xxx]4925
Jan 2004 Dry-Farming, by John A. Widtsoe [dryfrxxx.xxx]4924
[Subtitle: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under Low Rainfall]
Jan 2004 King Midas: A Romance, by Upton Sinclair [U.S.#9][?midaxxx.xxx]4923
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mida10.txt and 7mida10.zip]
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Jan 2004 Bar-20 Days, by Clarence E. Mulford [Mulford#2][br20dxxx.xxx]4922
Jan 2004 Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes, Various [ycrhyxxx.xxx]4921
Jan 2004 The Blind Spot, by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint[bspotxxx.xxx]4920
Jan 2004 Letters of Horace Walpole, V4,Horace Walpole[HP#5][lthw4xxx.xxx]4919
[The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 4]
Jan 2004 The Lilac Sunbonnet, by S.R. Crockett [Crockett#2][lilacxxx.xxx]4918
[Subtitle: A Love Story]
Jan 2004 The Kellys and the O'Kellys, Anthony Trollope[#31][kellyxxx.xxx]4917
Jan 2004 Undertow, Kathleen Norris [Norris #8][untowxxx.xxx]4916
Jan 2004 The Heart of Rachael, Kathleen Norris [Norris #7][heracxxx.xxx]4915
Jan 2004 The Motor Girls, by Margaret Penrose [Penrose#2][tmtglxxx.xxx]4914
Jan 2004 Chess and Checkers, by Edward Lasker [lchchxxx.xxx]4913
[Full title: Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership]
Jan 2004 Wacousta, by John Richardson [Richardson#4][wcstcxxx.xxx]4912
Jan 2004 Wacousta (Volume III), by John Richardson [JR#3][wcst3xxx.xxx]4911
Jan 2004 The Magic Pudding, Norman Lindsay [mpuddxxx.xxx]4910
[Subtitle: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends
Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff]
Jan 2004 Olaf van Geldern, Pencho Slaveykov [Slaveykov #1][olavgxxx.xxx]4909
[In Bulgarian, Windows 1251 encoding. See eBook #3433 for #2]
Jan 2004 Five of Maxwell's Papers, James Clerk Maxwell [#1][jmax1xxx.xxx]4908
[Note: the .zip includes a photo of Maxwell]
Jan 2004 Moths of the Limberlost, Gene Stratton-Porter [#9][mothlxxx.xxx]4907
Jan 2004 The Lucky Man, by M. Baron, Frank J. Morlock trans[luckyxxx.xxx]4906C
[Author's name: Michel Baron; Frank J. Morlock translator]
Jan 2004 Galusha the Magnificent, Joseph C. Lincoln [#10][galusxxx.xxx]4905
Jan 2004 Quotations From George Meredith, by D.Widger [#18][dwqmrxxx.xxx]4904
[Quotations from the PG Collected Works of George Meredith, by David Widger]
Jan 2004 Hilda Wade, Grant Allen [Allen #5][hildaxxx.xxx]4903
Jan 2004 Chess History and Reminiscences, H. E. Bird [chshrxxx.xxx]4902
[Author's full name: Henry Edward Bird]
Jan 2004 The Only True Mother Goose Melodies, by Anonymous [goosexxx.xxx]4901
Jan 2004 The Lucky Man, by M. Baron, Frank J. Morlock trans[luckyxxx.xxx]4906C
[Author's name: Michel Baron; Frank J. Morlock translator]
Jan 2004 Entire 1584-86 United Netherlands, by Motley[#47][jm47vxxx.xxx]4847
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#46][jm46vxxx.xxx]4846
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#45][jm45vxxx.xxx]4845
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585-86 by Motley[#44][jm44vxxx.xxx]4844
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#43][jm43vxxx.xxx]4843
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#42][jm42vxxx.xxx]4842
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#41][jm41vxxx.xxx]4841
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#40][jm40vxxx.xxx]4840
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#39][jm39vxxx.xxx]4839
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1584-85 by Motley[#38][jm38vxxx.xxx]4838
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1584 by Motley[#37][jm37vxxx.xxx]4837
[Full Title: History of the United Netherlands From the Death of William
the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce]
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
Jan 2004 Entire 1574-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#35][jm35vxxx.xxx]4835
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1582-84 by Motley[#34][jm34vxxx.xxx]4834
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1580-82 by Motley[#33][jm33vxxx.xxx]4833
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1579-80 by Motley[#32][jm32vxxx.xxx]4832
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#31][jm31vxxx.xxx]4831
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#30][jm30vxxx.xxx]4830
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577-78 by Motley[#29][jm29vxxx.xxx]4829
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577 by Motley[#28][jm28vxxx.xxx]4828
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577 by Motley[#27][jm27vxxx.xxx]4827
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576-77 by Motley[#26][jm26vxxx.xxx]4826
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576 by Motley[#25][jm25vxxx.xxx]4825
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1574-76 by Motley[#24][jm24vxxx.xxx]4824
Jan 2004 Entire 1566-74 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#23][jm23vxxx.xxx]4823
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573-74 by Motley[#22][jm22vxxx.xxx]4822
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573 by Motley[#21][jm21vxxx.xxx]4821
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572-73 by Motley[#20][jm20vxxx.xxx]4820
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572 by Motley[#19][jm19vxxx.xxx]4819
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1570-72 by Motley[#18][jm18vxxx.xxx]4818
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1569-70 by Motley[#17][jm17vxxx.xxx]4817
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568 by Motley[#16][jm16vxxx.xxx]4816
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568 by Motley[#15][jm15vxxx.xxx]4815
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567 by Motley[#14][jm14vxxx.xxx]4814
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567 by Motley[#13][jm13vxxx.xxx]4813
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566 by Motley[#12][jm12vxxx.xxx]4812
Jan 2004 Entire 1555-66 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#11][jm11vxxx.xxx]4811
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566 by Motley[#10][jm10vxxx.xxx]4810
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1564-65 by Motley [#9][jm09vxxx.xxx]4809
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1563-64 by Motley [#8][jm08vxxx.xxx]4808
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1561-62 by Motley [#7][jm07vxxx.xxx]4807
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1560-61 by Motley [#6][jm06vxxx.xxx]4806
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1559-60 by Motley [#5][jm05vxxx.xxx]4805
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-59 by Motley [#4][jm04vxxx.xxx]4804
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555 by Motley [#3][jm03vxxx.xxx]4803
Jan 2004 Dutch Republic, Introduction II. by Motley [#2][jm02vxxx.xxx]4802
Jan 2004 Dutch Republic, Introduction I. by Motley [#1][jm01vxxx.xxx]4801
[Full Title: The Rise of the Dutch Republic]
[Author's full name: John Lothrop Motley]
Dec 2003 The Complete Works, Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. 1-3 [xxxxxxxx.xxx]4800*
Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol.III[xxxxxxxx.xxx]4799*
Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. II[shly2xxx.xxx]4798
[Full title: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II]
[Full author: Percy Bysshe Shelley]
Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. I [shly1xxx.xxx]4797
[Full title: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I]
[Full author: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edited by Thomas Hutchinson, M. A.]
Dec 2003 Jack Tier, by James Fenimore Cooper [JFC #10][?tierxxx.xxx]4796
[Full Title: Jack Tier or The Florida Reef]
[7 bit non-accented files in 7tier10.txt and 7tier10.zip]
[8 bit accented files in 8tier10.txt and 8tier10.zip]
Dec 2003 The Circassian Slave,Lieutenant Maturin Murray[#2][tcstsxxx.xxx]4795
[Full Title: The Circassian Slave; or, The Sultan's Favorite]
[Subtitle: A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus]
Dec 2003 Dawn, Mrs. Harriet A. Adams [xdawnxxx.xxx]4794
[8 bit accented files are in 8dawn10.txt and 8dawn10.zip]
[7 bit non-accented files are in 7dawn10.txt and 7dawn10.zip]
Dec 2003 The Fiend's Delight, Dod Grile [thfndxxx.xxx]4793
Dec 2003 In Freedom's Cause, G. A. Henty [Henty #5][infrcxxx.xxx]4792
Dec 2003 Voyage au Centre de la Terre, Jules Verne [#22][?vcenxxx.xxx]4791
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Dec 2003 Half a Rogue, by Harold MacGrath [MacGrath#3][hlfrgxxx.xxx]4790
Dec 2003 Black Caesar's Clan, by Albert Payson Terhune [#4][blcsrxxx.xxx]4789
Dec 2003 Mademoiselle Fifi, by Guy de Maupassant [#21][?fifixxx.xxx]4788
[Contains two short stories: Mademoiselle Fifi and Boule de Suif]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7fifi10.txt and 7fifi10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8fifi10.txt and 8fifi10.zip]
Dec 2003 The Story Of Julia Page, by Kathleen Norris [KN#7][stjlpxxx.xxx]4787
Dec 2003 Zone Policeman 88, by Harry A. Franck [znplcxxx.xxx]4786
Dec 2003 Pecheur d'Islande, by Pierre Loti [Loti#8][?pchsxxx.xxx]4785
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pchs10.txt and .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8pchs10.txt and .zip)
Dec 2003 Brother and Sister, by Josephine Lawrence [brsstxxx.xxx]4784
Dec 2003 Riley Farm-Rhymes, by James Whitcomb Riley [JWR#3][rlfrrxxx.xxx]4783
Dec 2003 When We Dead Awaken, by Henrik Ibsen [wwddwxxx.xxx]4782
Dec 2003 Hohenzollerns in America, by Stephen Leacock[SL#8][hhnzlxxx.xxx]4781
[Full title: The Hohenzollerns in America]
Dec 2003 Terrorists and Freedom Fighters, Sam Vaknin [#7][rroulxxx.xxx]4780C
Dec 2003 Russian Roulette, Sam Vaknin [Vaknin #6][terffxxx.xxx]4779C
[Full title: Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era]
(NOTE: PG's first etext written in HEBREW!!!:)
Dec 2003 Sipurim (Stories), Shmuel Vaknin [Vaknin #5][sipurxxx.xxx]4778C
[Shmuel Vaknin is also known as Sam Vaknin]
(This etext is a collection of stories in Hebrew. It is distributed
only as a .zip since it contains multiple files in multiple formats.)
Dec 2003 Strong as Death, Guy de Maupassant[Maupassant #20][sdeatxxx.xxx]4777
Dec 2003 Political Ideals, Bertrand Russell [Russell #3][pideaxxx.xxx]4776
Dec 2003 Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Andrew Lang[Lang #35][thbmxxx.xxx]4775
[Full title: Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose]
Dec 2003 The Merry Devil, William Shakespeare [WS #53][mdevixxx.xxx]4774
Dec 2003 Letters of Horace Walpole v3, Horace Walpole [#4][lthw3xxx.xxx]4773
[Full title: The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 3]
Dec 2003 Jeannot et Colin, Voltaire [Voltaire #11][jetcXxxx.xxx]4772
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in jetc710.txt & .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in jetc810.txt & .zip)
Dec 2003 Le Blanc et le Noir, Voltaire [Voltaire #10][betn8xxx.xxx]4771
[Author's Given Name: Jean-Marie Arouet]
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in betn710.txt & .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in betn810.txt & .zip)
Dec 2003 Work: A Story of Experience, Louisa M. Alcott[#11][wasoexxx.xxx]4770
(Files available in text & text zipped; also HTML zipped only, since there is
more than one HTML file)
Dec 2003 Young Folks' History of England, by C.M.Yonge[#25][yfkhgxxx.xxx]4769
Dec 2003 Let's collect rocks & shells, by Shell Oil Company[lcrshxxx.xxx]4768
Dec 2003 The Mayor's Wife, by Anna Katherine Green[Green#7][mrswfxxx.xxx]4767
Dec 2003 Windows, 5th Series Play by Galsworthy [JG#40][windoxxx.xxx]4766
[Author's full name: John Galsworthy]
Dec 2003 Loyalties, 5th Series Play by Galsworthy [JG#39][loyalxxx.xxx]4765
Dec 2003 A Family Man, 5th Series Play by Galsworthy[JG#38][familxxx.xxx]4764
[Author's full name: John Galsworthy]
Dec 2003 The Game of Logic, Lewis Carroll [Carroll #6][thgmfxxx.xxx]4763
Dec 2003 Civil Government of Virginia, William F. Fox [civvaxxx.xxx]4762
Dec 2003 The Cossacks, Leo Tolstoy [Tolstoy #15][cosskxxx.xxx]4761
Dec 2003 Tillie: A Mennonite Maid,Helen Reimensnyder Martin[tillixxx.xxx]4760
Dec 2003 The Romance of Rubber, John Martin (Ed.) [rubbrxxx.xxx]4759
Dec 2003 Late Lyrics and Earlier, Thomas Hardy [Hardy #25][ltlrxxxx.xxx]4758
Dec 2003 The Long Ago, Jacob William Wright [lnagoxxx.xxx]4757
Dec 2003 The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, Wallace Irwin [tlshdxxx.xxx]4756
Dec 2003 California and the Californians, D. S. Jordan [#2][clfrnxxx.xxx]4755
[Author's full name: David Starr Jordan]
Dec 2003 The Philosophy of Despair, David Starr Jordan [#1][phdesxxx.xxx]4754
Dec 2003 The Forfeiture, Riviere Dufresny, Morlock tr [#2][forfexxx.xxx]4753C
[The Forfeiture by Riviere Dufresny, translated by Frank J. Morlock]
Dec 2003 Spirit of Contradiction, Dufresny, Morlock tr [#1][spconxxx.xxx]4752C
[The Spirit of Contradiction by Riviere Dufresny, translated
by Frank J. Morlock]
Dec 2003 String Quartet No.2 in D, K.155, W. A. Mozart [#2][wm155xxx.xxx]4751
[In Finale .MUS format for sheet music and performance]
(Zipped file only, in etext03: wm15510.zip)
Dec 2003 String quartet No.1 in G, K.80, W. A. Mozart [#1][wmk80xxx.xxx]4750
[In Finale .MUS format for sheet music and performance]
(Zipped file only, in etext03: wmk8010.zip)
Dec 2003 Opus 18 No. 1, Ludwig van Beethoven [LVB #3][lv181xxx.xxx]4749
[In Finale .MUS format for sheet music and performance]
(Zipped file only, in etext03: lv18l10.zip)
Dec 2003 Baree, Son of Kazan, James Oliver Curwood [#9][bareexxx.xxx]4748
Dec 2003 The River's End, James Oliver Curwood [Curwood #8][trivexxx.xxx]4747
Dec 2003 Kennedy Square, by F. Hopkinson Smith [Smith#6][kndsqxxx.xxx]4746
Dec 2003 At the Villa Rose, by A.E.W. Mason [vllrsxxx.xxx]4745
Dec 2003 Ten Nights in a Bar Room, by T. S. Arthur [tnnghxxx.xxx]4744
Dec 2003 The Country Beyond, by James Oliver Curwood[JOC#8][cntbdxxx.xxx]4743
Dec 2003 E-books and e-publishing, Sam Vaknin [Vaknin #4][ebpubxxx.xxx]4742C
Dec 2003 Silence en otage, by Huguette Bertrand [#12][silenxxx.xxx]4741C
(Available in HTML format only.)
Dec 2003 Dans le fondu des mots, by Huguette Bertrand [#11][fonduxxx.xxx]4740C
(Available in HTML format only.)
Dec 2003 Fly Leaves, C. S. Calverley [Calverley #2][fllvxxx.xxx]4739
Dec 2003 Three Sermons/Prayers, Jonathan Swift [Swift #7][trsmxxx.xxx]4738
Dec 2003 A Tale of a Tub, Jonathan Swift [Swift #6][tltbxxx.xxx]4737
(Text and HTML versions posted.)
Dec 2003 Hadda Padda, by Godmunder Kamban [hddpdxxx.xxx]4736
Dec 2003 The Shepherd of the Hills, Harold Bell Wright [#2][shphlxxx.xxx]4735
Dec 2003 Grim Smile of the Five Towns,by Arnold Bennett[#4][gmsftxxx.xxx]4734
[Full title: The Grim Smile of the Five Towns]
Dec 2003 When Egypt Went Broke, by Holman Day [wngptxxx.xxx]4733
Dec 2003 Prolegomena, Julius Wellhausen [prolexxx.xxx]4732
[Full title: Prolegomena to the History of Israel]
Dec 2003 Seven Little Australians, Ethel Turner [slausxxx.xxx]4731
Dec 2003 The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, C.J. Dennis [tsblkxxx.xxx]4730
Dec 2003 Observations by Mr. Dooley, Finley Peter Dunne [omdooxxx.xxx]4729
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, All, O.W. Holmes[OWH#14][oh14vxxx.xxx]4728
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v3, O.W. Holmes [OWH#13][oh13vxxx.xxx]4727
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v2, O.W. Holmes [OWH#12][oh12vxxx.xxx]4726
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v1, O.W. Holmes [OWH#11][oh11vxxx.xxx]4725
[Full Title: A Memoir of John Lothrop Motley]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
Dec 2003 Against Sceptics and Atheists, George Berkeley[#3][scthtxxx.xxx]4724
[Full title: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, in Opposition
to Sceptics and Atheists]
Dec 2003 Principles of Human Knowledge, George Berkeley[#2][prhknxxx.xxx]4723
[Full title: A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge]
Dec 2003 Towards a New Theory of Vision,George Berkeley[#1][trvsnxxx.xxx]4722
[Full title: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision]
Dec 2003 Darkness and Daylight, by Mary J. Holmes[Holmes#2][drkdlxxx.xxx]4721
Dec 2003 Wacousta (Volume II), by John Richardson [JR#2][wcst2xxx.xxx]4720
Dec 2003 Wacousta (Volume I), by John Richardson [JR#1][wcst1xxx.xxx]4719
Dec 2003 Histoire des Voyages de Scarmentado, Voltaire [#9][hstrdxxx.xxx]4718
[Subtitle: Romans vol. 6 ("Romans" is French for "Novels")]
[Author's Given Name: Jean-Marie Arouet]
(This book is in 8 bit accented French only)
Dec 2003 Autour de la Lune, by Jules Verne [Verne #21][trdllxxx.xxx]4717
(This book is in 8 bit accented French only)
Dec 2003 A Day In Old Athens, William Stearns Davis[WSD #1][xadioxxx.xxx]4716
[7 bit texts are in 7adio10.txt and 7adio10.zip]
[8 bit texts are in 8adio10.txt and 8adio10.zip]
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Sep 2003 The Entire PG Works of George Meredith [GM#106][gn06vxxx.xxx]4500
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Jan 2004 Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig by Phillips[tfajcxxx.xxx]4929
[Full: The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig by David Graham Phillips]
Jan 2004 Bullfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bullfinch [#4][bllfnxxx.xxx]4928
[Contains: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, & Legends of Charlemange]
Jan 2004 Legends of Charlemange, by Thomas Bullfinch [#3][lgndsxxx.xxx]4927
Jan 2004 The Age of Chivalry, Thomas Bullfinch[Bullfinch#2][thgfcxxx.xxx]4926
Jan 2004 The Age of Fable, by Thomas Bullfinch[Bullfinch#1][thgffxxx.xxx]4925
Jan 2004 Dry-Farming, by John A. Widtsoe [dryfrxxx.xxx]4924
[Subtitle: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under Low Rainfall]
Jan 2004 King Midas: A Romance, by Upton Sinclair [U.S.#9][?midaxxx.xxx]4923
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mida10.txt and 7mida10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mida10.txt and 8mida10.zip]
Jan 2004 Art of Money Getting, by P.T. Barnum [amgetxxx.xxx]4922
Jan 2004 Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes, Various [ycrhyxxx.xxx]4921
Jan 2004 The Blind Spot, by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint[bspotxxx.xxx]4920
Jan 2004 Letters of Horace Walpole, V4,Horace Walpole[HP#5][lthw4xxx.xxx]4919
[Full Title: The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 4]
Jan 2004 The Lilac Sunbonnet, by S.R. Crockett [Crockett#2][lilacxxx.xxx]4918
Jan 2004 The Kellys and the O'Kellys, Anthony Trollope[#31][kellyxxx.xxx]4917
Jan 2004 Undertow, Kathleen Norris [Norris #8][untowxxx.xxx]4916
Jan 2004 The Heart of Rachael, Kathleen Norris [Norris #7][heracxxx.xxx]4915
Jan 2004 The Motor Girls, by Margaret Penrose [Penrose#2][tmtglxxx.xxx]4914
Jan 2004 Chess and Checkers, by Edward Lasker [lchchxxx.xxx]4913
[Full title: Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership]
Jan 2004 Wacousta, by John Richardson [Richardson#4][wcstcxxx.xxx]4912
Jan 2004 Wacousta (Volume III), by John Richardson [JR#3][wcst3xxx.xxx]4911
Jan 2004 The Magic Pudding, Norman Lindsay [mpuddxxx.xxx]4910
[Subtitle: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends
Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff]
Jan 2004 Olaf van Geldern, Pencho Slaveykov [Slaveykov #1][olavgxxx.xxx]4909
[In Bulgarian, Windows 1251 encoding. See eBook #3433 for #2]
Jan 2004 Five of Maxwell's Papers, James Clerk Maxwell [#1][jmax1xxx.xxx]4908
[Note: the .zip includes a photo of Maxwell]
Jan 2004 Moths of the Limberlost, Gene Stratton-Porter [#9][mothlxxx.xxx]4907
*RESERVED* 4906
Jan 2004 Galusha the Magnificent, Joseph C. Lincoln [#10][galusxxx.xxx]4905
Jan 2004 Quotations From George Meredith, by D.Widger [#18][dwqmrxxx.xxx]4904
[Quotations from the PG Collected Works of George Meredith, by David Widger]
Jan 2004 Hilda Wade, Grant Allen [Allen #5][hildaxxx.xxx]4903
Jan 2004 Chess History and Reminiscences, H. E. Bird [chshrxxx.xxx]4902
[Author's full name: Henry Edward Bird]
Jan 2004 The Only True Mother Goose Melodies, by Anonymous [goosexxx.xxx]4901
Jan 2004 Entire 1574-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#35][jm35vxxx.xxx]4835
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1582-84 by Motley[#34][jm34vxxx.xxx]4834
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1580-82 by Motley[#33][jm33vxxx.xxx]4833
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1579-80 by Motley[#32][jm32vxxx.xxx]4832
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#31][jm31vxxx.xxx]4831
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#30][jm30vxxx.xxx]4830
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577-78 by Motley[#29][jm29vxxx.xxx]4829
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577 by Motley[#28][jm28vxxx.xxx]4828
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Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576-77 by Motley[#26][jm26vxxx.xxx]4826
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576 by Motley[#25][jm25vxxx.xxx]4825
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1574-76 by Motley[#24][jm24vxxx.xxx]4824
[Full Title: The Rise of the Dutch Republic]
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
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Dec 2003 The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Vol. II[shly2xxx.xxx]4798
[Full title: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II]
[Full author: Percy Bysshe Shelley]
Volume 1 Was Announced LasT Week 4797
Dec 2003 Jack Tier, by James Fenimore Cooper [JFC #10][?tierxxx.xxx]4796
[Full Title: Jack Tier or The Florida Reef]
[7 bit non-accented files in 7tier10.txt and 7tier10.zip]
[8 bit accented files in 8tier10.txt and 8tier10.zip]
Dec 2003 The Circassian Slave,Lieutenant Maturin Murray[#2][tcstsxxx.xxx]4795
[Full Title: The Circassian Slave; or, The Sultan's Favorite]
[Subtitle: A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus]
Dec 2003 Dawn, Mrs. Harriet A. Adams [xdawnxxx.xxx]4794
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Dec 2003 The Fiend's Delight, Dod Grile [thfndxxx.xxx]4793
Dec 2003 In Freedom's Cause, G. A. Henty [Henty #5][infrcxxx.xxx]4792
Dec 2003 Voyage au Centre de la Terre, Jules Verne [#22][?vcenxxx.xxx]4791
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The Attorney General's Office Works "Swiftly."
By Mark Wilkinson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American intelligence officer admitted on
Tuesday to having spied for Cuba for 17 years, bringing to a close
what U.S. prosecutors dubbed a "classic espionage case."
......
"This should send a loud and clear message to anyone committing acts
of espionage in this country that we will deal with them swiftly and
that the price for compromising our country's security will be high,"
Roscoe Howard, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told
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WELCOME TO THE 'THUMB TRIBE'
Young people under the age of 25 who are avid users of handheld
technologies such as mobile phones, GameBoys and PDAs, are exhibiting a
physical mutation, according to research conducted by the Cybernetic
Culture Research Unit at Warwick University in England. The study, carried
out in nine cities around the world, indicates that the thumbs of younger
people have taken over as the hand's strongest and most dexterous digit.
Indeed, in Japan, where the trend is most noticeable, the under-25s refer
to themselves as "oya yubi sedai" -- the thumb generation, or thumb tribe.
The study's author, Dr. Sadie Plant, says: "The fact that our thumbs
operate differently from our fingers is one of the main things that defines
us as humans. Discovering that the generation has taken to using thumbs in
a completely different way and are instinctively using it where the rest of
us use our index fingers is particularly interesting." She cites examples
of younger people using their thumbs exclusively and ambidextrously to type
messages on a phone keypad, barely looking at the keys while doing so.
"They used the absolute minimal movement -- simply exerting pressure with
the thumb rather than tapping at the phone. There are many ways to input
information into these devices, but for some reason kids under 25 most
often choose to use their thumbs over any other digit. There is no question
that choice is having a clear effect on their physicality: thumbs are the
new fingers." (The Observer 24 Mar 2002)
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,673103,00.html
WORTH THINKING ABOUT: THE RISE OF THE VIRTUAL STATE
UCLA professor Richard Rosecrance says a new kind of nation is
emerging on the world scene:
"Developing countries, which still produce goods derived from land,
continue to covet territory. But where the products of land no longer
determine market and power relationships, a new form of state is being
born: the virtual nation, a nation based on mobile capital, labor, and
information. The virtual state is a political unit that has downsized its
territorially based production capability and is the logical consequence of
emancipation from land. Virtual states and their associates would rather
plumb the world market than acquire territory.
"In its pure form -- an ideal model toward which many states are
tending -- the virtual state carries with it the possibility of an entirely
new system of world politics. In the past, when military conflict and the
desire for territory determined relations between nations, the main flow
between countries consisted of armies. Future flows will be largely
economic as capital, technology, manpower, and information move rapidly
among states. In the long term, national access to international factors of
production can replace the need to control additional land."
LINUX PROMOTER VIEWED AS 'SKUNK IN THE ROOM' BY FEARFUL PC MAKERS
The chief technology officer of Red Hat, a company that sells a version of
the Linux operating system, told a federal court hearing the Microsoft
antitrust case that executives of manufacturers such as Compaq, IBM, and
Dell were so fearful of retaliation from Microsoft that they treated him as
though "a skunk had come into the room" when he approached them about
putting Linux software on their PCs. "As the representative of the only
competitor in the domain in which Microsoft remains all powerful, I have
often felt, more than the Maytag repairman, that I have the loneliest job
in town." Although Microsoft licenses a version of its Office software that
runs on the Apple operating systems, a Microsoft spokesman said that his
company sees "no great demand" for Office on Linux, and that the
engineering cost of making a Linux version of Office would not provide a
sufficient return on investment to justify the expense. (Washington Post 25
Mar 2002) http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11835-2002Mar24.html
COMING TO YOUR IN-BOX: "YOU'VE GOT A SUBPOENA"
A federal appellate court has ruled that a Las Vegas casino suing an
unlocatable Internet gambling group can use e-mail to send sufficient
notification of the legal action it is taking. Law professor Ann McGinley of
UNLV says the decision sets a precedent that will "make it easier for
lawyers to find elusive defendants. I think we are moving in the direction
of service by e-mail." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 22 Mar 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2913542.htm
GOOGLE PULLS, THEN RESTORES, LINK TO ANTI-SCIENTOLOGY SITE
Caught between the Church of Scientology (which says it was protecting its
own copyrighted material) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (which says
it was protecting free speech), the Google search service first removed,
then replaced, reference to a site critical of Scientology. The Church of
Scientology has accused the site Xenu.net of "wholesale, verbatim copyright
infringement" for posting large quantities of copyrighted material; Xenu and
the Electronic Frontier Foundation have charged that the Church was using
copyright laws to stifle criticism. (Reuters/San Jose Mercury News 21 Mar
2002) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2910195.htm
HOLLINGS OFFERS BILL TO STOP ILLEGAL MUSIC AND VIDEO SHARING
Senator Ernest Hollings (D., SC) has introduced legislation that would
require computermakers and Hollywood producers to agree on a technical
standard that can be used to prevent computers and other devices from
playing copyrighted digitql files without permission. Media companies (such
as Disney) favor the legislation, which protects their intellectual
property, but computer and equipment companies (such as Intel) oppose it
because it would restrict the functionality of new products. A Hollings aide
says that the legislation respects traditional "fair use" rights for
personal use. (Reuters/USA Today 22 Mar 2002)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/22/digital-piracy.htm
A GOOSE AND GANDER STORY: AOL TIME WARNER WORKERS HATE AOL MAIL SYSTEM
When AOL and Time Warner merged, executives of the new company required the
divisions of the old Time Warner to adopt AOL mail system for internal use
throughout the new company. But now that policy has been reversed, because
managers and employees complained bitterly that AOL's consumer-oriented
system is unfit for serious business use, maintaining that the software
crashes, messages can't handle large attachments, communications sent to
large groups of people are mis-identified as spam and thrown away, and so
forth. Staffers in Time's Washington bureau apparently began to mock the AOL
mail system by singing out, "So easy to use, no wonder it's number one." So
employees began relying less on e-mail and more on other forms of
communication. One staffer said, "If all goes well, we'll never have to use
e-mail and we'll start talking to each other again." (Wall Street Journal 22
Mar 2002) http://www.online.wsj.com/ (sub req'd)
MICROSOFT EYES CHINA AS NEXT BATTLEGROUND WITH AOL
Microsoft is considering offering Internet access in China in an expansion
strategy that would pit it directly against AOL, which is already moving
ahead with a $200-million China Internet service joint venture with Legend
Holdings. The move would further escalate the cutthroat competition between
the two companies -- Microsoft is currently conducting an aggressive
campaign to persuade AOL users to switch to MSN, offering a $50 cash
inducement to new subscribers. The software maker is also eyeing Internet
access service partnerships in India and there's been increased speculation
that Microsoft will make a further push into Europe's ISP market soon in an
effort to garner more paying customers. (Reuters 21 Mar 2002)
http://www1.excite.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,220547|technology
|03-21-2002::06:59|reuters,00.html
DIGITAL TECH CORPS ACT WOULD CREATE IT WORKER EXCHANGE
Legislation set for consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives in
early April seeks to create an information technology exchange program
between the federal government and businesses. The Digital Tech Corps Act
would help alleviate a shortage of government tech workers by rotating
private-sector employees with IT-skills into jobs at federal agencies for
temporary assignments lasting up to two years. Government agencies in turn
would lend members of their IT staffs to businesses for similar time
periods. The proposed bill comes as several federal agencies, including the
Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Interior Department, are
under heavy criticism for having outdated and inadequate computer systems.
A study released last year by the Government Reform Committee found that
more than 40% of major federal IT purchases end in failure. "We need
individuals who can work daily on reviewing the status of IT modernizations
or cross-agency initiatives," says bill co-sponsor Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.).
"Unfortunately, the government cannot attract mid-level IT managers who can
perform these functions." (CNet News.com 20 Mar 2002)
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-865166.html
APPLE SPEEDS UP PRODUCTION OF iMACs
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs announced a $100 price increase in iMac
computers and promised to double iMac shipments to 5,000 a day. Third-party
retailers have been complaining that they have been kept waiting on the
delivery of iMacs while some stores owned by Apple are getting a steady
supply, but an Apple marketing manager said: "There's this misperception
that in some way we are hogging all the units. We sold less than 10% of the
iMacs through our Apple retail stores." (San Jose Mercury News 20 Mar 2002)
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MIT COMES TO WASHINGTON'S DEFENSE
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has entered into
an alliance with the Pentagon to develop high-tech armor for
soldiers that would incorporate nanotechnology. The United States
government will put $50 million into the Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnology at MIT, while the school will put 35 of its
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quickly change should the Defense Department find any dramatically
valuable military technology.
(Financial Times, 25 March 2002)
HOLLINGS PROPOSES COPYRIGHT DEFENSE
Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Commerce
Committee, on Thursday introduced the Consumer Broadband and
Digital Television Promotion Act. The law would require that new
technologies, including hardware and software, include features
to prevent the illegal reproduction of copyrighted works, putting
the onus of curtailing copyright problems on the makers of
electronic equipment and applications. Opponents of this and
similar measures contend that they place too much control in the
hands of copyright owners, stripping consumers of traditional
[*legal*] rights of use. (Washington Post, 22 March 2002)
SUN TO BEGIN CHARGING FOR STAROFFICE
Starting this May, Sun Microsystems will begin charging users for
the StarOffice office productivity suite. The software had been
available for free download for the last two years, but users had
indicated that they would be willing to pay for the product if
there were support provided. Sun will continue to offer free
downloads of the OpenOffice.org version of the product, which is
similar to StarOffice. Sun Vice President Mike Rogers said that
by offering the business suite for sale as well as the free
open-source version, the company hopes to serve both ends of the
market. (Computerworld.com, 19 March 2002)
MERRIAM-WEBSTER WILL OFFER PAID ALTERNATIVE
Adding itself to the growing list of companies that offer premium
content online for a fee, Merriam-Webster introduced a subscription
service to complement its free online service, which remains.
Subscribers have access to the complete, unabridged dictionary,
including more than 470,000 entries, as well as features including
etymology searches, word games, and a monthly newsletter. The free
version contains fewer than half of the word listings as the paid
site. (Cnet, 18 March 2002)
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loopholes, and have now been joined in their objections by 25 other states
in a surprise filing that argues that previous legislation grants them
authority to continue a case, even when the federal government proposes to
settle. Microsoft continues to have high hopes it will prevail in getting
the case dismissed altogether: "Our argument is based on jurisdiction and
federalism," says Microsoft's incoming general counsel, Brad Smith. "We are
saying that the nine states should not have the authority to impose a
sanction that would have a countrywide effect. It would be like saying that
Greece, Denmark and Ireland had the right to make law that would affect the
whole European Union." (Financial Times 17 Mar 2002)
http://news.ft.com/news/industries/infotechnology
[Actually, Germany made a copyright laws the affected the whole EU,
and took a million books out of the public domain back under copyright,
and even pressured the US into adding 20 more years of copyright]
[What Did I Say About Things Becoming "Pay-Per-Whatever"?]
WEB INCHES ALONG FROM FOR-FREE TO FOR-FEE
Although the vast majority of content on the Web is still free, an
increasing number of sites are requiring visitors to pay subscriber fees
for at least some of the content they're providing. NASCAR races are no
longer offered free on the Web, and recently ABC News has ended its free
video; now CNN has decided to phase out free video clips on its news,
sports, and financial sites. The general manager of CNN rival Foxsports.com
is sympathetic with CNN's decision: "I don't think the future is too far
off where most sites will turn off a lot of the freeness. The big companies
that support Web sites are going to take a very hard look -- can we afford
to continue losing $100 million to $150 million a year on this thing?" (USA
Today 18 Mar 2002)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/18/paycontent.htm
and
FCC NIXES MORE CABLE BROADBAND REGULATION
The Federal Communications Commission ruled that Internet access via
high-speed, interactive cable modems should be classified as an
"information service" rather than a "telecommunications service," a
decision that liberates cable companies from the more stringent common
carrier regulations that govern most telecom companies. The agency also
ruled that cable modems did not qualify as a "cable service," which
prevents local governments from creating and selling separate franchises
for cable ISPs or levying higher fees on cable companies that market
broadband services. Consumer groups protested the decision, saying that it
could lead to cable company control over pricing and over the content their
customers can receive via broadband. (Financial Times 14 Mar 2002)
http://news.ft.com/news/industries/internet&e-commerce
ICANN REJECTS BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS
ICANN, the international nonprofit group that sets policy for the
Internet's "domain-naming" (i.e., addressing) system, has decided against
electing its board members by general elections, at least for the time
being. In an ICANN meeting in Ghana, board chairman Vinton Cerf said, "It
is obvious to all of us after carefully examining the issues that we're not
doing elections now" -- and ICANN chief executive Stuart Lynn said the
reason for the decision was that most board members feared general
elections could be marred by fraud and dominated by special interests.
Board member Karl Auerbach dissented vehemently from the group's decision:
"ICANN made a great leap backwards. It repudiated the compact on which it
was formed -- an agreement that ICANN would, being a public and tax-exempt
entity, allow the public to meaningfully participate." The acronym ICANN
stands for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. (AP/San
Jose Mercury News 14 Mar 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2861182.htm
[From previous articles it would appear ICANN might be in exactly the
categories it says should be kept out of possible board elections.]
[Hmmm. . .I wrote that earlier, but it appears I wasn't alone. . . .]
ICANN SUED BY ONE OF ITS BOARD MEMBERS
ICANN dissident board member Karl Auerbach is suing to gain access to the
group's travel records, payroll figures, and other information he says he
needs "to exercise independent judgment and fulfill my duties as director."
ICANN staff have refused to provide him that kind of information unless he
first signs a confidentiality agreement, but he has attacked them for being
secretive and unaccountable to millions of Internet members. In his
lawsuit, Auerbach is being represented by the civil-libertarian Electronic
Frontier Foundation. (Reuters/USA Today 18 Mar 2002)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/18/icann-sued.htm
NANOTECHNOLOGY USED FOR FUTURISTIC COMBAT UNIFORMS
Supported by a five-year $50-million grant from the U.S. Army, the
MIT-affiliated Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies is developing new
combat uniforms with embedded particle-size materials and devices
("nanotechnology") that could detect biological or chemical threats, detect
bleeding, and apply pressure. Using nanotechnology, shoes could be designed
to give soldiers enough extra energy to allow them to jump over 20-foot
walls, and their combat fatigues could contain light-deflecting material
that would make combatants blend in with their environments to become
almost invisible. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 13 Mar 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2854064.htm
[Invisibility Suits Are On Their Way. . . .]
[Not To Mention Invisible Newsrooms On The Evening News]
VIRTUAL NEWS SETS
More than 40 U.S. television stations and many production studios are now
using virtual newsrooms that give the impression that newscasters are
broadcasting from gigantic, futuristic sets when the truth is that they are
actually in cramped, narrow rooms. How is it done? Just about everything in
the room is painted a certain shade of blue, and when the TV camera records
that particular color it substitutes digital imagery to make people and any
objects not in that color appear superimposed on the digital set. So when
you see a news anchor standing in front of a huge wall of video monitors,
you're just seeing "smoke and mirrors" (or maybe just mirrors -- unless the
anchor's excitement set his pants on fire). (New York Times 14 Mar 2002)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/14/technology/circuits/14HOWW.html
CARLY CLAIMS VICTORY, HEWLETT SAYS IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER
Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says she's been assured by HP's proxy
solicitor that the votes are running in favor of the proposed merger with
Compaq, but it will still take several weeks to determine the official
result of what appears to be the closest corporate election in years.
Meanwhile, HP director Walter Hewlett is refusing to concede victory,
saying the vote is still too close to call. Hewlett maintains that HP is
paying too much for Compaq and that the deal will mire HP in the low-margin
PC business. In anticipation of merger approval, Fiorina and Compaq CEO
Michael Capellas are drawing up plans to integrate the two companies and
say that together they can dramatically improve their end-to-end packages
for corporate customers, improve their PC divisions, and generate $2.5
billion a year in cost savings. (AP 20 Mar 2002)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020320/D7IC421G0.html
COMPUTER COMPANIES SEEK SOLUTION ON PC RECYCLING COSTS
Consumer electronics manufacturers have taken a step closer toward
developing a plan to incorporate the costs of recycling obsolete equipment
into the pricetags of new PCs, peripherals and TVs. The National
Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI) is backed by a group of
high-tech companies, government agencies, and others, and is calling for a
"front-end financed system" to support the collection, reuse and recycling
of electronic devices. NEPSI is still deliberating an appropriate cost
structure for the program, and notes that current product recycling
programs run by individual companies such as HP, Sony and Best Buy charge
about $30 or less to dispose of older machines. (CNet News.com 19 Mar 2002)
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-864038.html
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FCC DECLARES CABLE INTERNET AN INFORMATION SERVICE
A decision Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission
classifies high-speed Internet access as an "information" rather
than a "telecommunications" service. The ruling, which came in a
3-1 vote, means that cable companies offering high-speed access
can sell their services without first opening their networks to
competitors. Opponents of the ruling, including rival ISPs and
telephone companies that offer DSL service, say the deregulatory
approach will limit competition in the market rather than
increasing it, and will reduce customer choice and access to
competitive services. Public comments are being accepted on the
ruling for 60 to 90 days.
(ITworld.com, 14 March 20)
LAWMAKERS CRITICIZE NET GOVERNANCE RESTRUCTURING PLAN
Some influential members of Congress are criticizing ICANN's
decision to abandon the establishment of permanent elected board
members and to create a committee that will explore how to
restructure ICANN. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman
W. J. Tauzin (R-La.) and ranking Democrat John Dingell (D-Mich.)
have told U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans in a letter that
"the [Commerce] Department should not allow ICANN management to
retreat on any future prospects for open, democratic, private
sector-led management of certain limited technical Internet
functions." Several U.S. representatives have also signed the
letter. ICANN President Stuart Lynn defended the board decision
in a conference call with reporters, saying that radical new
proposals always draw fearful responses and that "ICANN is not
a global democracy."
(Newsbytes, 14 March 2002)
THE WHOLE CRITTER CATALOG
The creators of the All Species Inventory project have set a
25-year deadline to catalog all living species on the planet
using the latest technology, thus closing a serious gap in human
knowledge, according to project co-founder Stewart Brand. The
project has an ambitious goal: to provide a Web page for every
species. Project directors envision tools such as pattern
recognition software, the Internet, global positioning systems,
and DNA analysis speeding up the identification and classification
of species. There are currently only about 10,000 taxonomists
active around the world, so directors are hoping that All Species
will swell their ranks with amateur naturalists by making
classification technology available to them. Others say the
technological aspects of All Species could help retool the
field's old-fashioned image, which has led to a cooling of
public and private support.
(Wired News, 13 March 2002)
SUPPORT FOR ID CARDS WANING
National support for ubiquitous ID cards is beginning to taper
off after initial demand following the Sept. 11 attacks. In a
recent survey, Gartner found that just 26 percent of Americans
now support the idea and 41 percent oppose it. The week after
Sept. 11, the Pew Research Center found 70 percent backed a
national ID to help identify terrorists, a sentiment bolstered
by the fact that 11 of the hijackers used false IDs. The Gartner
poll found subtle differences in the way people perceived national
IDs, depending on what they would be used for. For airport
security, the IDs are largely supported, but not for use in
conjunction with health care or financial services. Most
respondents said that private industry should administer the
system if it is implemented. Critics of a national ID scheme
say the knee-jerk reaction to the terrorist attacks is giving
way to a more reasonable, calculated mentality that recognizes
the inherent flaws in any system. Privacy advocates had said
a national ID was one step closer to a police state where
government would be able to monitor citizens' movements and
activities. (Wired News, 13 March 2002)
MORE WEB SITES CHARGING ACCESS FEES
The number of Web sites charging visitors for access to their
content is increasing, particularly as Web advertising sales
remain sluggish and venture capitalists are still reluctant to
invest. Although some online content is still free, it is being
used as an enticement to customers so that they will pay for access
to more extensive features. American Greetings has garnered almost
1 million subscribers since it implemented access fees for its
popular card sites. However, AmericanGreetings.com President
Michael Fink said the sites' traffic has decreased about 30
percent as customers defect to Yahoo! and Hallmark.com for free
cards. Still, Yahoo! is also moving to subscription services and
expects 50 percent of its revenue to come from subscribers in 2004.
(Associated Press, 17 March 2002)
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Dec 2003 The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, C.J. Dennis [tsblkxxx.xxx]4730
Dec 2003 Observations by Mr. Dooley, Finley Peter Dunne [omdooxxx.xxx]4729
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, All, O.W. Holmes[OWH#14][oh14vxxx.xxx]4728
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v3, O.W. Holmes [OWH#13][oh13vxxx.xxx]4727
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v2, O.W. Holmes [OWH#12][oh12vxxx.xxx]4726
Dec 2003 Memoir of John L. Motley, v1, O.W. Holmes [OWH#11][oh11vxxx.xxx]4725
[Full Title: A Memoir of John Lothrop Motley]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
Dec 2003 Against Sceptics and Atheists, George Berkeley[#3][scthtxxx.xxx]4724
[Full title: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, in Opposition
to Sceptics and Atheists]
Dec 2003 Principles of Human Knowledge, George Berkeley[#2][prhknxxx.xxx]4723
[Full title: A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge]
Dec 2003 Towards a New Theory of Vision,George Berkeley[#1][trvsnxxx.xxx]4722
[Full title: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision]
Dec 2003 Darkness and Daylight, by Mary J. Holmes[Holmes#2][drkdlxxx.xxx]4721
Dec 2003 Wacousta (Volume II), by John Richardson [JR#2][wcst2xxx.xxx]4720
Dec 2003 Wacousta (Volume I), by John Richardson [JR#1][wcst1xxx.xxx]4719
Dec 2003 Histoire des Voyages de Scarmentado, Voltaire [#9][hstrdxxx.xxx]4718
[Subtitle: Romans vol. 6 ("Romans" is French for "Novels")]
[Author's Given Name: Jean-Marie Arouet]
(This book is in 8 bit accented French only)
Dec 2003 Autour de la Lune, by Jules Verne [Verne #21][trdllxxx.xxx]4717
(This book is in 8 bit accented French only)
Dec 2003 A Day In Old Athens, William Stearns Davis[WSD #1][xadioxxx.xxx]4716
[7 bit texts are in 7adio10.txt and 7adio10.zip]
[8 bit texts are in 8adio10.txt and 8adio10.zip]
[Previously Reserved]
Sep 2003 The Entire PG Works of George Meredith [GM#106][gn06vxxx.xxx]4500
(Caution: this file is 14.5MB!)
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E-PUBLISHER WINS ROUND TWO IN COURT
E-publisher RosettaBooks won a second legal round against Random House when
a three-judge panel unanimously upheld an earlier ruling rejecting Random
House's request for a preliminary injunction against Rosetta. RosettaBooks
is selling electronic versions of Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" and seven
other old Random House titles. RosettaBooks had reached contractual
agreements with the authors or their representatives regarding the rights
to electronic publishing, but Random House has argued that electronic
rights are not implicit because e-books are simply another version of a
paper book. A RosettaBooks victory in the case would open the doors for
hundreds of old titles to become available in electronic versions.
(AP 11 Mar 2002) http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020311/D7I6HQ200.html
FTC CRACKS DOWN ON SPAM
A U.S. District Court, acting at the request of the Federal Trade
Commission, has closed down the U.S.-registered Web sites of three
U.K.-based companies of sending unsolicited commercial e-mail message (or
"spam") to sell about $1 million worth of phony Web addresses such as
".usa," ".sex," and ".store" for $59 each. The Web sites closed were called
www.dotusa.com, www.dotsex.com, and www.dotstore.com. The defendants say
they are denying the allegations and are appealing the ruling. An FTC
official says: "These scammers conned consumers in two ways. They sent
deceptive spam, and they sold worthless Web addresses from their Web sites.
By closing down this operation we're sending a strong signal: We will not
tolerate deceptive spam." (New York Times 12 Mar 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/technology/12SPAM.html
WILL AOL SWITCH TO NETSCAPE BROWSER?
When AOL acquired Netscape in 1999 it surprised everyone by continuing to
offer Microsoft's rival Internet Explorer browser to AOL users. But
CompuServe, which is part of AOL Time Warner, is now testing a new version
of Netscape, thereby signaling that AOL is planning to switch its 33
million users away from Internet Explorer. Giga Information Group industry
analyst Bob Enderle says, "They are planning to take a good chunk of market
share from Microsoft." A Microsoft spokesman was philosophical and
condescending: "The real losers will be AOL users who will now be using
inferior technology." (Bloomberg/Washington Post 11 Mar 2002)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10789-2002Mar11.html
SUN SUES MICROSOFT FOR DAMAGES OVER JAVA
Sun Microsystems has filed a new lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that
Microsoft's business practices damaged the market for Sun's Java
programming language. It also alleges that Microsoft kept more than 20
technologies secret, preventing Sun and other server makers from
incorporating the features needed to maker their servers work with
Microsoft's software. Sun's suit follows an earlier filing in 1997, which
focused on a contractual dispute over Microsoft's licensing of Java. The
two companies eventually settled out of court. This time around, however,
Sun is seeking, potentially, billions of dollars in damages in addition to
an injunction that would require Microsoft to distribute the latest version
of Java, to disclose technical information so that other companies can
write compatible software, and to cease bundling some Microsoft products.
The Sun suit follows similar suits recently filed by AOL Time Warner and Be
Inc. (Wall Street Journal 11 Mar 2002)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1015608994249257320.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
SLOUCHING TOWARD THE PAPERLESS SOCIETY
How far as we from becoming a paperless society? Still pretty far, but
financial institutions are certainly heading in that direction. Some
companies, such as Datek, now charge a fee for each trade confirmation on
paper; others, such as E*Trade, issue only electronic statements unless
customers specifically request paper ones. Still, many companies are
testing the temperature before getting in the water, and a Wells Fargo
executive says, "At this point we are still focused on allowing customers
to choose the option they are most comfortable with"; the company, along
with companies such as Bank of America and Vanguard Group are encouraging
paperless accounts but not making them mandatory. One problem is that some
institutions still make the process a hassle, and one mortgage company loan
processor says that at least four banks have told her that loan applicants
must have original statements going back two months: "Lots of people get
really angry, saying, 'Why can't I just fax you what's on the Web?'" (San
Jose Mercury News 12 Mar 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2847755.htm
[Not to mention the HUGE pressures toward etickets on airlines,
even before 911. . .even if you were willing to pay an extra $10.
The same is now happening with reference librarians, who only 5-10
years ago were quite unanimous in their refusal to do e-reference,
but now try to give you a URL in response to your question, without
even asking if you have access first. This during the very first
year in which 50% of U.S. households have Internet access.]
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than looking from the first two decades of my life.
My only real regrets, and I DO have them, of course, are the people
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[and a few things I did that I probably shouldn't have done.]
I can't go back an undo any of those things, and perhaps they made
me stronger in my regrets for doing them, but I still hope to get
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Oct 1993 A Connecticut Yankee, Mark Twain [Twain #4] [yankexxx.xxx] 86
[Full title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]
Also, a complete update of the entire Twain collection:
Apr 2002 Entire Gutenberg Twain Files, by Mark Twain[MT#61][mtentxxx.xxx]3200
We have released the following in an improved 11th edition, as
well as an HTML version:
Jul 2003 Ulysses, by James Joyce [Joyce #4][ulyssxxx.xxx]4300
[ulyss11.txt and ulyss11.zip, and ulyss11h.htm and ulyss11h.zip]
We have released improved 11th editions of the following:
Oct 2003 A Hazard of New Fortunes, All, by Howells [WH#54][wh6nfxxx.xxx]4600
Oct 2003 Checkmates for 3 pieces, by Fishburne [Chess #1][cm03pxxx.xxx]4542
[Author's Full Name: William Brett Fishburne]
May 2003 The Renaissance, By Walter Pater [#10][xrnsnxxx.xxx]4060
Feb 2003 Huntingtower, By John Buchan [hntngxxx.xxx]3782
Aug 2000 David Elginbrod, George MacDonald [MacDonald #7][8lgnbxxx.xxx]2291
Aug 2000 David Elginbrod, George MacDonald [MacDonald #7][7lgnbxxx.xxx]2291
The previous version contained hi-bit characters, this version has
plain ASCII in the 7-bit version, and Latin1 in the 8-bit version:
Sep 1999 The Pathfinder, James Fenimore Cooper [Cooper #2][pthfnxxx.xxx]1880
Jun 1997 Tik-Tok of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [Baum #12] [Oz #8][08wozxxx.xxx] 956
Jun 1997 The Patchwork Girl of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[Baum12][07wozxxx.xxx] 955
(Only the text and zip files were updated to edition 11.)
Mar 1997 Theory Of The Leisure Class, By Thorstein Veblen [totlcxxx.xxx] 833
We have released an improved 09th edition of:
Jan 1997 De La Terre a La Lune [in French] by Jules Verne#4[xlunexxx.xxx] 799
[This one was SO bad when we got it, we labeled it version 7, still working.]
The following was incorrectly posted as [Burgess #5]:
Nov 2003 Lightfoot the Deer,Thornton W. Burgess[Burgess #6][lfootxxx.xxx]4670
The following listing was incorrectly posted with "Frederic Chopin"
instead of "Frederick Chopin":
Nov 2003 Frederick Chopin Volume 1, by Frederick Niecks [fkchpxxx.xxx]4681
Filename correction:
Feb 2002 The Chinese Classics (Prolegomena), by James Legge[lputfxxx.xxx]3100
[This book is available in plain text as lggpr10.* or as unicode lggpr10u.*]
Should be:
Feb 2002 The Chinese Classics (Prolegomena), by James Legge[lggprxxx.xxx]3100
[This book is available in Unicode text as lggpr10u.* or as HTML lggpr10h.*]
We have posted an HTML version of the following:
Dec 1971 Declaration of Independence [whenxxxx.xxx] 1
(Version 12 of the text version has also been posted, just to correct
the formatting and add the new header; no changes made to the text.)
We have released an improved 11th edition of the following:
Oct 2003 A Hazard of New Fortunes, All, by Howells [WH#54][wh6nfxxx.xxx]4600
Jun 1997 The Patchwork Girl of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[Baum12][07wozxxx.xxx] 955
(Only the .txt and .zip files were updated to edition 11.)
--=={ 220 NEW eBOOKS }==--
03/06/02 = 42
02/27/02 = 47
02/20/02 = 57
02/13/02 = 64
Dec 2003 An African Millionaire, by Grant Allen [Allen#4][frcmlxxx.xxx]4715
Dec 2003 Mr. Achilles, by Jennette Lee [Lee#2][mrchlxxx.xxx]4714
Dec 2003 The Veiled Lady, by F. Hopkinson Smith [Smith#5][vldldxxx.xxx]4713
Dec 2003 The Landloper, by Holman Day [lndlpxxx.xxx]4712
Dec 2003 Tom Swift in the City of Gold, by Victor Appleton [11tomxxx.xxx]4711
Dec 2003 The Story Of Electricity, by John Munro [Munro#2][strlcxxx.xxx]4710
Dec 2003 Brewster's Millions, by George Barr McCutcheon [brwmlxxx.xxx]4709
Dec 2003 Les chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louys [xbltsxxx.xxx]4708
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7blts10.txt and .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8blts10.txt and .zip)
Dec 2003 Valley Of Silent Men, by James Oliver Curwo[JOC#8][vlslmxxx.xxx]4707
[Full title: The Valley Of Silent Men]
Dec 2003 Yama (The Pit), by Alexandra Kuprin [ymaptxxx.xxx]4706
Dec 2003 A Treatise of Human Nature V1&2, by David Hume[#3][trthnxxx.xxx]4705
Dec 2003 Nomads Of The North, by James Oliver Curwood [#7][nmdntxxx.xxx]4704
Dec 2003 Flower of the North, by James Oliver Curwood [#6][flwntxxx.xxx]4703
Dec 2003 The Flaming Forest, by James Oliver Curwood[JOC#5][flmftxxx.xxx]4702
Dec 2003 The Ethics of the Dust, by John Ruskin [Ruskin#3][thcdtxxx.xxx]4701
Nov 2003 Unforseen Return, J-F Regnard, Morlock trans. [#1][unforxxx.xxx]4700C
[The Unforseen Return by Jean-Francois Regnard, translated by Frank J. Morlock]
Nov 2003 We of the Never-Never, Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn [wenevxxx.xxx]4699
Nov 2003 Whitefoot the Wood Mouse, Thornton W. Burgess [#7][wwmouxxx.xxx]4698
Nov 2003 Peter Bell the Third, by Percy Bysshe Shelley [#3][ptbllxxx.xxx]4697
Nov 2003 The Witch of Atlas, by Percy Bysshe Shelley[PBS#2][wtctlxxx.xxx]4696
Nov 2003 Notes on the works of Shelley, Mary W. Shelley[#2][ntshlxxx.xxx]4695
[Full title: Notes to The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley]
Nov 2003 Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo, by William Le Queux [mdmmcxxx.xxx]4694
Nov 2003 Famous Affinities of History (All), Lyndon Orr[#5][ffntcxxx.xxx]4693
Nov 2003 Famous Affinities of History V4, by Lyndon Orr[#4][ffnt4xxx.xxx]4692
Nov 2003 Famous Affinities of History V3, by Lyndon Orr[#3][ffnt3xxx.xxx]4691
Nov 2003 Famous Affinities of History V2, by Lyndon Orr[#2][ffnt2xxx.xxx]4690
Nov 2003 Famous Affinities of History V1, by Lyndon Orr[#1][ffnt1xxx.xxx]4689
Nov 2003 Pages, by Stephane Mallarme [xpgsmxxx.xxx]4688
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pgsm10.txt and .zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8pgsm10.txt and .zip)
(NOTE: This is the Distributed Proofreaders' first text in French.)
Nov 2003 Saturday's Child, by Kathleen Norris [Norris#6][stchlxxx.xxx]4687
Nov 2002 Underground, Suelette Dreyfus [undgdxxx.xxx]4686C
Nov 2003 After the Rain, Sam Vaknin [Vaknin #3][narbqxxx.xxx]4685C
Nov 2003 The U.P. Trail, by Zane Grey [Grey#14][uptrlxxx.xxx]4684
[Tales of building the Union Pacific part of the transcontinental railroad]
Nov 2003 Socrates, by Voltaire, trans. Frank J. Morlock[#8][socraxxx.xxx]4683C
[Translated and adapted by Frank J. Morlock]
Nov 2003 Nonsense Novels, by Stephen Leacock [Leacock#7][nsnvlxxx.xxx]4682
Nov 2003 Frederick Chopin Volume 1, by Frederick Niecks [fkchpxxx.xxx]4681
[Full title: Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 1]
Nov 2003 Manuel Pereira, F. C. Adams [mnlprxxx.xxx]4680
Nov 2003 Lives of Poets: Addison etc by Samuel Johnson [#5][lvgayxxx.xxx]4679
Nov 2003 Lives of Poets: Gay etc by Samuel Johnson [#4][lvgayxxx.xxx]4678
Nov 2003 Our World, Francis Colburn Adams [owtsdxxx.xxx]4677
[Full title: Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter]
Nov 2003 Outpost, J.G. Austin [outpoxxx.xxx]4676
Nov 2003 The Sea-Witch, Maturin Murray [thswtxxx.xxx]4675
[Full title: The Sea-Witch, or, The African Quadroon, A Story of the
Slave Coast]
Nov 2003 Tennessee's Partner, Bret Harte [Harte #50][tennpxxx.xxx]4674
Nov 2003 Notes by the Way in A Sailor's Life, A. E. Knights[nwaslxxx.xxx]4673
[Author's full name: Arthur E. Knights]
Nov 2003 The Galleries of the Exposition, Eugen Neuhaus [galexxxx.xxx]4672
Nov 2003 The Story of the Pony Express, Glenn D. Bradley [ponyexxx.xxx]4671
Nov 2003 Lightfoot the Deer,Thornton W. Burgess[Burgess #6][lfootxxx.xxx]4670
Nov 2003 Town and Country, John S. Adams [tclhaxxx.xxx]4669
[Full title: Town and Country, or, Life at Home and Abroad]
Nov 2003 Siege of Washington, D.C., F. Colburn Adams [sgedcxxx.xxx]4668
Nov 2003 Seven Wives and Seven Prisons, L.A. Abbott [svnwvxxx.xxx]4667
[Full title: Seven Wives and Seven Prisons, or Experiences in the Life of
a Matrimonial Maniac. A True Story.]
Nov 2003 Letters from an American Farmer, H. de Crevecoeur [lttafxxx.xxx]4666
[Authors's full name: Hector St. John Crevecoeur]
Nov 2003 Signora Fantastici, Madame de Stael, Morlock trans[sigfaxxx.xxx]4665C
[Translated by Frank J. Morlock]
Nov 2003 Light, Life, and Love, W. R. Inge [lllovxxx.xxx]4664
[2nd ed. Subtitle: Selections from the German Mystics of the Middle Ages]
Nov 2003 Malignant Self Love, Sam Vaknin [Vaknin #2][malslxxx.xxx]4663C
Nov 2003 Narcissism Book of Quotes, Sam Vaknin [Vaknin #1][narbqxxx.xxx]4662C
Nov 2003 Madame Aubin, Paul Verlaine (F. Morlock, trans.) [aubinxxx.xxx]4661C
[Translated and copyrighted by Frank J. Morlock]
Nov 2003 Timothy Crump's Ward, Horatio Alger [Alger #11][tmthyxxx.xxx]4660
[Full title: Timothy Crump's Ward: A Story of American Life]
Nov 2003 Lady Hester, Charlotte M. Yonge [Yonge #24][ldyhsxxx.xxx]4659
[Full title: Lady Hester or, Ursula's Narrative]
Nov 2003 Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah 2, R Burton[#17][pnpa1xxx.xxx]4658*
Nov 2003 Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah 1, R Burton[#17][pnpa1xxx.xxx]4657
[Full title and author name: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to
Al-Madinah and Meccah, Volumes 1 and 2, by Sir Richard Francis Burton]
Nov 2003 Checkmates for 4 pieces, by Fishburne [Chess #2][cm04pxxx.xxx]4656
[Author's Full Name: William Brett Fishburne]
(The file is available in FEN notation only cm04p10.fen and cm04p10.zip)
(This is an original work for Project Gutenberg)
Nov 2003 Seigneurs of Old Canada, by William Bennett Munro [cca05xxx.xxx]4655
[Full title: The Seigneurs of Old Canada:A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism]
(#5 in our series Chronicles of Canada, edited by George M. Wrong
and H. H. Langton)
Nov 2003 The Daemon of the World, by Percy Bysshe Shelley [dmntwxxx.xxx]4654
Nov 2003 God's Good Man, by Marie Corelli [Corelli#7][gdgdmxxx.xxx]4653
Nov 2003 Escape and Other Essays, by Arthur Benson [#7][eoessxxx.xxx]4652
[Author's Full Name: Arthur Christopher Benson]
Nov 2003 L'Ingenu, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 5 [Voltaire #7][lingexxx.xxx]4651
Nov 2003 Candide, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 4 [Voltaire #6][candixxx.xxx]4650
Nov 2003 Micromegas, by Voltaire, Romans v. 3 [Voltaire #5][mcrmgxxx.xxx]4649
Nov 2003 Memnon, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 2 [Voltaire #4][memnoxxx.xxx]4648
Nov 2003 Zadig, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 1 [Voltaire #3][zadigxxx.xxx]4647
[Author's Given Name: Jean-Marie Arouet]
("Romans" is French for "Novels")
(These eBooks are in French and are available only in 8-bit accented French)
Nov 2003 Silver Wedding Journey, All, by W D Howells[WH#56][wh4swxxx.xxx]4646
[Full Title: Their Silver Wedding Journey, by William Dean Howells]
Includes the following from Aug 2002:
Silver Wedding Journey V3, by W. D. Howells[WH#20][wh3swxxx.xxx]3373
Silver Wedding Journey V2, by W. D. Howells[WH#19][wh2swxxx.xxx]3372
Silver Wedding Journey V1, by W. D. Howells[WH#18][wh1swxxx.xxx]3371
Nov 2003 The Landlord at Lions Head, All, by Howells[WH#55][wh3lhxxx.xxx]4645
[Full Title: The Landlord at Lions Head, by William Dean Howells]
Includes the following from Aug 2002:
The Landlord at Lions Head V2, by Howells [WH#23][wh2lhxxx.xxx]3376
The Landlord at Lions Head V1, by Howells [WH#22][wh1lhxxx.xxx]3375
Nov 2003 The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Cuthbert Bede[verdaxxx.xxx]4644
(Cuthbert Bede is a Pseudonym of Edward Bradley)
(The .zip file contains 180 images from the book, referenced in the text)
Nov 2003 Vignettes Of San Francisco, Almira Bailey [vigsfxxx.xxx]4643
Nov 2003 The Vigilance Committee of '56, James O'Meara [vigcoxxx.xxx]4642
Nov 2003 Starr King in California, William Day Simonds [skcalxxx.xxx]4641
Nov 2003 San Francisco During April 1906, James B. Stetson[sfdedxxx.xxx]4640
[Full title: San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April, 1906]
Nov 2003 California Romantic and Resourceful, John F. Davis[7calrxxx.xxx]4639
Nov 2003 California Romantic and Resourceful, John F. Davis[8calrxxx.xxx]4639
[Subtitle: A plea for the Collection Preservation and Diffusion of
Information Relating to Pacific Coast History]
[The files are 7calr10.txt & .zip 8calr10.txt & .zip (7 and 8-bit versions)]
Nov 2003 California 1849-1913, L.H. Wooley [rsketxxx.xxx]4638
[Subtitle: The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years'
Residence in that State]
Nov 2003 Angel Island, Inez Haynes Gillmore [angisxxx.xxx]4637
Nov 2003 A Tramp Through The Bret Harte Country, TD Beasley[attbhxxx.Xxx]4636
[Author'S Full Name: Thomas Dykes Beasley]
Nov 2003 Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight,by V. Appleton[15tomxxx.xxx]4635
[Full author: Victor Appleton]
Nov 2003 Uncle William, by Jennette Lee [ncwllxxx.xxx]4634
Nov 2003 Steele of the Mounties,by James Oliver Curwood[#4][phlstxxx.xxx]4633
[Full title: Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police]
Nov 2003 The Good Time Coming, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#27][gdtmcxxx.xxx]4632
Nov 2003 The Hand But Not the Heart, by T.S. Arthur[TSA#26][hbnthxxx.xxx]4631
Nov 2003 The Home Mission, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#25][hmmsnxxx.xxx]4630
Nov 2003 Home Scenes, and Home Influence, T.S. Arthur [#24][hmsnhxxx.xxx]4629
Nov 2003 The Iron Rule, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#23][irnrlxxx.xxx]4628
Nov 2003 Lights and Shadows of Real Life, T.S. Arthur [#22][ltshlxxx.xxx]4627
[Full title: The Lights and Shadows of Real Life]
Nov 2003 Married Life, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#21][mrrlfxxx.xxx]4626
[Full title: Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine]
Nov 2003 Lizzy Glenn, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#20][lzzglxxx.xxx]4625
Nov 2003 Off-Hand Sketches, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#19][ffhskxxx.xxx]4624
Nov 2003 The Son of My Friend, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#18][snfrnxxx.xxx]4623
[Full title: New Temperance Tales. No. 1: The Son of My Friend]
Nov 2003 Confessions of a Housekeeper, by T.S. Arthur [#17][tcfhkxxx.xxx]4622
[Full title: Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper]
Nov 2003 The Two Wives, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#16][twwvsxxx.xxx]4621
Nov 2003 The Wedding Guest, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#15][xwddgxxx.xxx]4620
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wddg10.txt and 7wddg10.zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8wddg10.txt and 8wddg10.zip)
Nov 2003 Words of Cheer, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#14][wrdscxxx.xxx]4619
[Full title: Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing]
Nov 2003 Words for the Wise, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#13][wrdswxxx.xxx]4618
Nov 2003 Woman's Trials, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#12][wmnstxxx.xxx]4617
Nov 2003 Lessons in Life, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#11][lssnlxxx.xxx]4616
[Full title: Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them]
Nov 2003 The Upton Letters, by Arthur Benson [Benson #6][tulttxxx.xxx]4615
Nov 2003 From a College Window, by Arthur Benson[Benson #5][fcllwxxx.xxx]4614
[Author's Full Name: Arthur Christopher Benson]
Nov 2003 At Large, by Arthur Christopher Benson [Benson #4][atlarxxx.xxx]4613
Nov 2003 The Altar Fire, by Arthur Christopher Benson [#3][thltrxxx.xxx]4612
Nov 2003 Where No Fear Was,by Arthur Christopher Benson[#2][wnfwaxxx.xxx]4611
Nov 2003 Letters of Horace Walpole, V2, Horace Walpole[HP3][lthw2xxx.xxx]4610
Nov 2003 Letters of Horace Walpole, V1, Horace Walpole[HP2][lthw1xxx.xxx]4609
[The Letters of Horace Walpole, volumes 1 and 2]
Nov 2003 Tom Swift in Captivity, by Victor Appleton [13tomxxx.xxx]4608
Nov 2003 Love Me Little, Love Me Long,by Charles Reade[#10][lvlttxxx.xxx]4607
Nov 2003 It Is Never Too Late to Mend, by Charles Reade[#9][nvrlmxxx.xxx]4606
Nov 2003 Basil, by Wilkie Collins [Collins#28][bslwcxxx.xxx]4605
Nov 2003 The Clique of Gold, by Emile Gaboriau[Gaboriau#13][clqglxxx.xxx]4604
Nov 2003 In the Wilderness, by Robert Hichens [Hichens#5][ntwldxxx.xxx]4603
Nov 2003 Kingdom of God is within you, by Leo Tolstoy [#14][xtkhwxxx.xxx]4602
[Full title: The Kingdom of God is within you]
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7tkhw10.txt and 7tkhw10.zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8tkhw10.txt and 8tkhw10.zip)
Nov 2003 Papa Hamlet, Arno Holz and Johannes Schlaf [xpapaxxx.xxx]4601
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7papa10.txt and 7papa10.zip)
(8-bit version with accented characters in 8papa10.txt and 8papa10.zip)
(This etext is in German [Deutsch])
Oct 2003 A Hazard of New Fortunes, All, by Howells [WH#54][wh6nfxxx.xxx]4600
[Author's Full Name: William Dean Howells]
Includes the following from Aug 2002:
A Hazard of New Fortunes V5, by W. Howells [WH#17][wh5nfxxx.xxx]3370
A Hazard of New Fortunes V4, by W. Howells [WH#16][wh4nfxxx.xxx]3369
A Hazard of New Fortunes V3, by W. Howells [WH#15][wh3nfxxx.xxx]3368
A Hazard of New Fortunes V2, by W. Howells [WH#14][wh2nfxxx.xxx]3367
A Hazard of New Fortunes V1, by W. Howells [WH#13][wh1nfxxx.xxx]3366
Oct 2003 The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope[30][tsllhxxx.xxx]4599
Oct 2003 The Story of Creation, T. S. Ackland [tsctsxxx.xxx]4598
[Full title: The Story of Creation as told by Theology and by Science]
Oct 2003 Stories from Life, Orison Swett Marden [sflifxxx.xxx]4597
Oct 2003 Unknown to History, by Charlotte M. Yonge [#23][uhascxxx.xxx]4596
[Subtitle: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland]
*10
Oct 2003 Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures, by Arthur [#10][hrthsxxx.xxx]4595
[Author's full name: T. S. Arthur]
Oct 2003 Home Lights and Shadows,by T. S. Arthur[Arthur #9][hmlghxxx.xxx]4594
Oct 2003 Friends and Neighbors, ed T. S. Arthur [Arthur #8][fntwlxxx.xxx]4593
Oct 2003 Cast Adrift, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #7][cstdrxxx.xxx]4592
Oct 2003 After A Shadow and Other Stories, T.S. Arthur [#6][aasosxxx.xxx]4591
Oct 2003 After The Storm, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #5][ftrthxxx.xxx]4590
Oct 2003 All's For the Best, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #4][allsbxxx.xxx]4589
Oct 2003 The Allen House, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #3][tahtyxxx.xxx]4588
Oct 2003 Finger Posts on the Way of Life, by T.S.Arthur[#2][fngrpxxx.xxx]4587
Oct 2003 Danger, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #1][dngrrxxx.xxx]4586
Oct 2003 God's Country--And The Woman, James O. Curwood [3][gcatwxxx.xxx]4585
[Author's full name: James Oliver Curwood]
Oct 2003 Mont-Saint-Michel And Chartres, Henry Adams [HA 3][mntsmxxx.xxx]4584
Oct 2003 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, D. Hume[#2][dlgnrxxx.xxx]4583
[Full author: David Hume]
Oct 2003 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, William Morton Payne [xbjrnxxx.xxx]4582
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7bjrnxx.xxx and 7bjrnxx.xxx)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8bjrnxx.xxx and 8bjrnxx.xxx)
Oct 2003 Thrall Of Leif The Lucky, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz [ttlllxxx.xxx]4581
[Full title: The Thrall of Leif the Lucky]
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou All Chapters, Luo GuanZhong [#9][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4580
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 71-80, Luo GuanZhong [#8][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4579
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 61-70, Luo GuanZhong [#7][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4578
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 51-60, Luo GuanZhong [#6][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4577
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 41-50, Luo GuanZhong [#5][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4576
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 31-40, Luo GuanZhong [#4][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4575
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 21-30, Luo GuanZhong [#3][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4574
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 11-20, Luo GuanZhong [#2][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4573
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 1-10, Luo GuanZhong [#1][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4572
(The above 9 etexts are in Chinese. All files use Big5 encoding.)
Oct 2003 Master Sunshine, Mrs. C. F. Fraser [msunsxxx.xxx]4571
Oct 2003 Ascension du desir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#10][8ascexxx.xxx]4570C
Oct 2003 Ascension du desir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#10][7ascexxx.xxx]4570C
Oct 2003 Mots rouge espoir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#9][8respxxx.xxx]4569C
Oct 2003 Mots rouge espoir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#9][7respxxx.xxx]4569C
Oct 2003 Les Visages du temps, poesie, H. Bertrand [#8][8visgxxx.xxx]4568C
Oct 2003 Les Visages du temps, poesie, H. Bertrand [#8][7visgxxx.xxx]4568C
Oct 2003 Strates amoureuses, poesie, H. Bertrand [#7][8strtxxx.xxx]4567C
Oct 2003 Strates amoureuses, poesie, H. Bertrand [#7][7strtxxx.xxx]4567C
Oct 2003 Entre la chair et l'ame, poesie, H. Bertrand [#6][8echaxxx.xxx]4566C
Oct 2003 Entre la chair et l'ame, poesie, H. Bertrand [#6][7echaxxx.xxx]4566C
Oct 2003 Jusqu'a l'extreme regard, poesie, H. Bertrand [#5][8regrxxx.xxx]4565C
Oct 2003 Jusqu'a l'extreme regard, poesie, H. Bertrand [#5][7regrxxx.xxx]4565C
Oct 2003 Rouge memoire, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#4][8memoxxx.xxx]4564C
Oct 2003 Rouge memoire, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#4][7memoxxx.xxx]4564C
Oct 2003 La Mort amoureuse, poesie, H. Bertrand [#3][8mortxxx.xxx]4563C
Oct 2003 La Mort amoureuse, poesie, H. Bertrand [#3][7mortxxx.xxx]4563C
Oct 2003 Anatomie du Mouvement, poesie, H. Bertrand [#2][8anatxxx.xxx]4562C
Oct 2003 Anatomie du Mouvement, poesie, H. Bertrand [#2][7anatxxx.xxx]4562C
Oct 2003 Espace perdu, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#1][8espaxxx.xxx]4561C
Oct 2003 Espace perdu, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#1][7espaxxx.xxx]4561C
(Note: All of the above are by Huguette Bertrand. They are etexts of
books previously published in Canada. All texts are in French.)
Oct 2003 Verses, Susan Coolidge [verscxxx.xxx]4560
Oct 2003 Poil De Carotte, By Jules Renard [xplcrxxx.xxx]4559
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7plcrxx.txt and 7plcrxx.zip)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8plcrxx.txt and 8plcrxx.zip)
Oct 2003 Barry Lyndon, William Makepeace Thackeray [#27][brrylxxx.xxx]4558
Oct 2003 The Idea Of Progress, J.B. Bury [ideapxxx.xxx]4557
Oct 2003 A Woman Of Thirty, By Marjorie Allen Seiffert [wmnttxxx.xxx]4556
Oct 2003 Percy Bysshe Shelley,By John Addington Symonds[#3][pbshlxxx.xxx]4555
Oct 2003 Lover's Vows, Mrs. Inchbald [Inchbald #2][loverxxx.xxx]4554
(HTML version in lover10h.*)
Oct 2003 St. Elmo, Augusta J. Evans [Evans #2][stelmxxx.xxx]4553
Oct 2003 The Border Legion, Zane Grey [Grey #14][thbrdxxx.xxx]4552
Oct 2003 Europe Revised, Irvin S. Cobb [Cobb #5][erevixxx.xxx]4551
Oct 2003 Fighting France, By Edith Wharton [Wharton #16][fghtnxxx.xxx]4550
Oct 2003 Artemis To Actaeon And Other Verses, Wharton [#15][rtmstxxx.xxx]4549
[Author's Full Name: Edith Wharton]
Oct 2003 Cinq Semaines En Ballon, By Jules Verne[Verne #20][7cinqxxx.xxx]4548
(8cinq10.* is with accents, 7cinq10* is plain ASCII)
Oct 2003 The Story Of Sonny Sahib,Mrs. Everard Cotes[SJD#2][tssnnxxx.xxx]4547
[Author AKA: Sara Jeanette Duncan]
Sep 2003 The Amazing Marriage by Geo. Meredith, all [GM#94][gm94vxxx.xxx]4488
Sep 2003 The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith, v5[GM#93][gm93vxxx.xxx]4487
Sep 2003 The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith, v4[GM#92][gm92vxxx.xxx]4486
Sep 2003 The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith, v3[GM#91][gm91vxxx.xxx]4485
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ONLINE GROUP TO GIVE ADVICE REGARDING COPYRIGHTS
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IN LEAN TIMES, E-BOOKS FIND A FRIEND: LIBRARIES
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THE MARRIAGE OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SECURITY
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AOL ACCUSED OF CHARGING FOR UNWANTED GOODS
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of customers for merchandise, such as books and stereos, that they did not
order. The suit, which is seeking class-action status, claims that AOL
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merchandise at AOL's expense. Meanwhile, an AOL spokesman said the
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FIRST-WORLD TECHNOLOGY WASTE ENDS UP IN THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES
A report from five environmental groups claims that hazardous waste from
"recycled" electronics of the U.S. and Europe are being shipped off to such
poorer countries as China, India and Pakistan -- where toxic materials are
often disposed of under unregulated and unsafe conditions. Whereas the
European Union has been urging that a manufacturer should be required to
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the U.S. or Europe. One interesting aspect of the problem: part of the
inability of the U.S. to deal completely with its own electronics waste
disposal requirements is the ironic result of environmental regulations
that forced the closing of many U.S. smelters. (New York Times 25 Feb 2002)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/25/technology/25TOXI.html
PROPOSED LAWS WOULD DISTRIBUTE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING COSTS
Two bills being considered in the California legislature would pass on to
consumers and businesses the cost of recycling old computers, TVs and other
electronics components. One bill would require consumers to pay a disposal
fee in advance, to be given to governmental or other agencies who handle
recycled electronics; the other would require manufacturers to develop
recycling programs over the next decade. (San Jose Mercury News 21 Feb 2002)
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WEB RADIO SERVICES DEALT BLOW BY ARBITRATION PANEL
A government arbitration panel has recommended that online radio stations
should be required to pay about ten times what the stations themselves had
suggested. Musicmatch chief executive Dennis Mudd says that "over a million
people play our free service every month and it's going to be impossible to
even come close to breaking even with these new rates. Radio on the Web
should be able to serve the same function that radio over terrestrial
airwaves performs, and it's not going to be able to do that because of
these rules." The recommendations just add to the worries of the fledgling
Webcasting industry, which has had trouble getting the attention of
advertisers and is struggling to afford bandwidth costs. But Hilary B.
Rosen of the Recording Industry Association of America is pleased with the
panel's recommendation because "artists and labels, who have supported
these new businesses from the start with their music, are one step closer
to getting paid." However, some critics of the panel's findings believe
that this may the beginning of the end of free radio on the Internet. (New
York Times 21 Feb 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/02/21/technology/ebusiness/21MUSI.html
NEW SERVICE DELIVERS PAPER MAIL ELECTRONICALLY
PaperlessPOBox offers a service that delivers 100% of your mail
electronically, whether it starts out that way or not. Customers who sign
up have their snail mail forwarded to an outside P.O. Box address, where it
is picked up by PaperlessPOBox, scanned, and transmitted to users' e-mail
accounts on the same day. The user receives exact replicas of whatever mail
was sent, including hand-written notes and photos. "Personal notes
translate very well," says PaperlessPOBox President David Nale. "We use
state-of-the-art scanners." The service is targeted toward business
travelers who have difficulty keeping up with overflowing mail boxes and
received a boost last fall during the anthrax scare when people were
fearful of contamination via paper mail. (Reuters 20 Feb 2002)
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Oct 2003 Stories from Life, Orison Swett Marden [sflifxxx.xxx]4597
[Marden Was misspelled as Harden]
We have released an improved 12th edition of:
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[Full title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]
Apr 2002 Entire Gutenberg Twain Files, by Mark Twain[MT#61][mtentxxx.xxx]3200
57 NEW U.S. POSTS
Nov 2003 L'Ingenu, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 5 [Voltaire #7][lingexxx.xxx]4651
Nov 2003 Candide, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 4 [Voltaire #6][candixxx.xxx]4650
Nov 2003 Micromegas, by Voltaire, Romans v. 3 [Voltaire #5][mcrmgxxx.xxx]4649
Nov 2003 Memnon, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 2 [Voltaire #4][memnoxxx.xxx]4648
Nov 2003 Zadig, by Voltaire, Romans vol. 1 [Voltaire #3][zadigxxx.xxx]4647
["Romans" is French for "Novels"]
[Author's Given Name: Jean-Marie Arouet]
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[Full Title: Their Silver Wedding Journey, by William Dean Howells]
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Aug 2002 Silver Wedding Journey V3, by W. D. Howells[WH#20][wh3swxxx.xxx]3373
Aug 2002 Silver Wedding Journey V2, by W. D. Howells[WH#19][wh2swxxx.xxx]3372
Aug 2002 Silver Wedding Journey V1, by W. D. Howells[WH#18][wh1swxxx.xxx]3371
Nov 2003 The Landlord at Lions Head, All, by Howells[WH#55][wh3lhxxx.xxx]4645
[Full Title: The Landlord at Lions Head, by William Dean Howells]
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Aug 2002 The Landlord at Lions Head V2, by Howells [WH#23][wh2lhxxx.xxx]3376
Aug 2002 The Landlord at Lions Head V1, by Howells [WH#22][wh1lhxxx.xxx]3375
Nov 2003 The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Cuthbert Bede[verdaxxx.xxx]4644
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[The .zip file contains 180 images from the book, referenced in the text]
Nov 2003 Vignettes Of San Francisco, Almira Bailey [vigsfxxx.xxx]4643
Nov 2003 The Vigilance Committee of '56, James O'Meara [vigcoxxx.xxx]4642
Nov 2003 Starr King in California, William Day Simonds [skcalxxx.xxx]4641
Nov 2003 San Francisco During April 1906, James B. Stetson[sfdedxxx.xxx]4640
[Full title: San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April, 1906]
Nov 2003 California Romantic and Resourceful, John F. Davis[7calrxxx.xxx]4639
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Information Relating to Pacific Coast History]
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[Subtitle: The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years'
Residence in that State]
Nov 2003 Angel Island, Inez Haynes Gillmore [angisxxx.xxx]4637
[Author's full name: Thomas Dykes Beasley]
Nov 2003 Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight,by V. Appleton[15tomxxx.xxx]4635
[Full author: Victor Appleton]
Nov 2003 Uncle William, by Jennette Lee [ncwllxxx.xxx]4634
Nov 2003 Steele of the Mounties,by James Oliver Curwood[#4][phlstxxx.xxx]4633
[Full title: Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police]
Nov 2003 The Good Time Coming, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#27][gdtmcxxx.xxx]4632
Nov 2003 The Hand But Not the Heart, by T.S. Arthur[TSA#26][hbnthxxx.xxx]4631
Nov 2003 The Home Mission, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#25][hmmsnxxx.xxx]4630
Nov 2003 Home Scenes, and Home Influence, T.S. Arthur [#24][hmsnhxxx.xxx]4629
Nov 2003 The Iron Rule, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#23][irnrlxxx.xxx]4628
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[Full title: The Lights and Shadows of Real Life]
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[Full title: Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine]
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Nov 2003 Off-Hand Sketches, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#19][ffhskxxx.xxx]4624
Nov 2003 The Son of My Friend, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#18][snfrnxxx.xxx]4623
[Full title: New Temperance Tales. No. 1: The Son of My Friend]
Nov 2003 Confessions of a Housekeeper, by T.S. Arthur [#17][tcfhkxxx.xxx]4622
[Full title: Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper]
Nov 2003 The Two Wives, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#16][twwvsxxx.xxx]4621
Nov 2003 The Wedding Guest, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#15][8wddgxxx.xxx]4620
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Nov 2003 Words of Cheer, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#14][wrdscxxx.xxx]4619
[Full title: Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing]
Nov 2003 Words for the Wise, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#13][wrdswxxx.xxx]4618
Nov 2003 Woman's Trials, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#12][wmnstxxx.xxx]4617
Nov 2003 Lessons in Life, by T.S. Arthur [Arthur#11][lssnlxxx.xxx]4616
[Full title: Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them]
Nov 2003 The Upton Letters, by Arthur Benson [Benson #6][tulttxxx.xxx]4615
Nov 2003 From a College Window, by Arthur Benson[Benson #5][fcllwxxx.xxx]4614
[Author's Full Name: Arthur Christopher Benson]
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Nov 2003 The Altar Fire, by Arthur Christopher Benson [#3][thltrxxx.xxx]4612
Nov 2003 Where No Fear Was,by Arthur Christopher Benson[#2][wnfwaxxx.xxx]4611
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Nov 2003 Letters of Horace Walpole, V1, Horace Walpole[HP2][lthw1xxx.xxx]4609
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Nov 2003 Tom Swift in Captivity, by Victor Appleton [13tomxxx.xxx]4608
Nov 2003 Love Me Little, Love Me Long,by Charles Reade[#10][lvlttxxx.xxx]4607
Nov 2003 It Is Never Too Late to Mend, by Charles Reade[#9][nvrlmxxx.xxx]4606
Nov 2003 Basil, by Wilkie Collins [Collins#28][bslwcxxx.xxx]4605
Nov 2003 The Clique of Gold, by Emile Gaboriau[Gaboriau#13][clqglxxx.xxx]4604
Nov 2003 In the Wilderness, by Robert Hichens [Hichens#5][ntwldxxx.xxx]4603
Nov 2003 Kingdom of God is within you, by Leo Tolstoy [#14][xtkhwxxx.xxx]4602
[Full title: The Kingdom of God is within you]
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Sep 2003 One of Our Conquerors by G. Meredith, all [GM#82][gm82vxxx.xxx]4476
Sep 2003 One of Our Conquerors by G. Meredith, v5 [GM#81][gm81vxxx.xxx]4475
Sep 2003 One of Our Conquerors by G. Meredith, v4 [GM#80][gm80vxxx.xxx]4474
Sep 2003 One of Our Conquerors by G. Meredith, v3 [GM#79][gm79vxxx.xxx]4473
Sep 2003 One of Our Conquerors by G. Meredith, v2 [GM#78][gm78vxxx.xxx]4472
Sep 2003 One of Our Conquerors by G. Meredith, v1 [GM#77][gm77vxxx.xxx]4471
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From Newsscan
COMCAST STOPS STORING INDIVIDUAL WEB-SURFING PATTERNS
In response to criticism from privacy advocates, Comcast has decided to
cease collecting data that would allow it to track the Web surfing habits of
individual subscribers. The company says it had never contemplated using the
information for anything other than to determine aggregate usage patterns so
it could improve the performance of its computers and networks. Comcast
executive Dave Watson says, "We don't want anyone to be concerned we'd take
that next step forward. We just want to take this issue off the table."
David Sobel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center says his group's
concern was not necessarily that Comcast itself would track individual
usage, but that law enforcement agencies might get the information by
subpoena. (New York Times 14 Feb 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/14PRIV.html
[On The Other Hand. . . .]
WASHINGTON POLICE EXPAND USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
Noting that people in the United Kingdom have "easily adapted" to pervasive
public surveillance and that "there has not been an outcry about privacy
there," Washington, D.C. police officials are busy expanding the public use
of surveillance cameras. A police department spokesman says, "In the context
of September 11, we have no choice but to accept the greater use of this
technology." MIT emeritus sociology professor Gary T. Marx concedes that
"almost all of the surveillance innovations are easily justifiable" but
worries that "the major concern is: where is it leading?" (Wall Street
Journal 13 Feb 2002) http://online.wsj.com/ (sub req'd)
APPEALS COURT STRIKES DOWN MEDIA CROSS-OWNERSHIP LIMITS
The U.S. Court of Appeals has ordered the Federal Communications Commission
to reconsider its media ownership restrictions, potentially sparking a new
round of media mergers. The long-awaited decision struck down regulations
that prevent companies from owning cable systems and broadcast stations in
the same market, and restrict any TV station owner from controlling more
than 35% of the national TV market. Last year, the same court rescinded FCC
rules barring cable companies from controlling more than 30% of the
nation's total pay-TV market. The changes mean that large cable companies,
such as AOL Time Warner, would be allowed to acquire broadcast networks
such as NBC -- a move AOL Chairman Steve Case has said he would consider.
The change will also make it easier for networks to expand their strategy
of acquiring as many of their highly profitable local affiliates as
possible. Paxson Communications Chairman Bud Paxson predicted the
elimination of the 35% cap will lead to "massive consolidation" as "smaller
stations sell out." In immediate terms, the ruling relieves Fox Television
and Viacom from having to unload excess TV stations they acquired from
Chris-Craft and CBS, respectively. Both companies had received temporary
waivers pending Tuesday's ruling. (Wall Street Journal 20 Feb 2002)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1014147981825666560.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
COURT TO REVIEW COPYRIGHT EXTENSION LAW
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review a challenge to a 1998 law
that extends by 20 years the lifetime of all existing copyrights and
increases the lifetime of future copyrights from 50 to 70 years after the
death of the creator. The legislation, called the Sonny Bono Copyright Term
Extension Act, was named after the late Sonny Bono, congressman and former
entertainer. Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig, an attorney
for one of the groups seeking to declare the legislation unconstitutional,
says the case is important "so that the next Walt Disney can do to Disney
what Disney did to Grimm's fairy tales" -- entirely transform material
taken from the public domain. But the court likely will focus not on the
substance of the law but on the issue of whether the law extends a
copyright's duration far longer than what was envisioned by the framers of
the Constitution. Wayne State University law professor Jessica Litman
argues: "It's important for the Supreme Court to reassert that there's no
copyright exception in the Constitution that Congress can do whatever it
pleases. Congress has limited powers." Lawyers for the government insist
that there are no legal precedents barring Congress from enacting the
legislation. (Washington Post 20 Feb 2002)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35750-2002Feb19.html
[BTW, this case was originally going to be called "Hart v Reno" but was
changed to Eldred v Reno when Lessig refused to include any of my own
comments, such as as the Disney references above. With the new atty gen,
it is now called "Eldred v Ashcroft." Perhaps they have a better chance
now that they have included a wider range of arguements, but Pres. Bush
has made it a project to make sure it loses. . . .]
NINE STATES WANT TO SEE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CODE
Nine states that were plaintiffs in the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit are
holding out for harsher penalties against that company, and they're asking
the judge to make Microsoft give them the actual Windows code so they can
make their case. They say that the legal questions in the case "cannot be
fairly resolved when the very subject matter in dispute is hidden from all
but Microsoft's own employees." Microsoft's position is that the state
attorneys general have aligned themselves with the company's competitors and
could therefore not be trusted to have access to Microsoft's valuable
intellectual property. (San Jose Mercury News 13 Feb 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2666382.htm
NINE STATES SUING MICROSOFT WILL GET COPIES OF WINDOWS CODE
The nine states suing Microsoft because their attorneys general want more
substantial sanctions imposed on the company for antitrust violations have
requested copies of the source code for Windows, and Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly has granted that request. "It seems to me that if your side
has access to it, then the other side, frankly, should have access to it."
The nine states want to impose a requirement that Windows operating system
be sold without the Internet Explorer software for browsing the Web, in
order to encourage competition; however, Microsoft has always insisted that
Internet Explorer is an integral part of the operating system. (New York
Times 19 Feb 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/02/19/technology/19SOFT.html
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LICENSING FEE TAKING A BITE OUT OF APPLE
MPEG LA, a company representing owners of patents related to
MPEG-4, wants to charge licensing fees to content providers that
distribute video in the MPEG-4 compression format. Apple Computer,
one such provider, opposes this policy and will not release its
QuickTime 6 and QuickTime Broadcaster products until the policy
can be amended. Lawrence Horn, vice president of MPEG LA, said
that his group would charge service or content providers about 2
cents per hour of paid-video streams, while an additional 25
cents will be levied for each software unit used to disseminate
and play the material. International Data (IDC) analyst Susan
Kevorkian believes that Apple's opposition to the licensing fee
should produce some significant results. "Short term, there will
be some revenue loss, but Apple has enough influence that
ultimately the licensing rules will be negotiated," she predicted.
(San Francisco Chronicle Online, 13 February 2002)
COMCAST TO STOP COLLECTING WEB-SURFING DATA
Comcast has decided to stop collecting data on its customers'
Web-surfing activities due to privacy complaints. The company
maintains it did nothing wrong and only used the information in
aggregate form to speed its network. By identifying the most
popular sites of its users, Comcast was able to cache those sites
for faster delivery later. Comcast, which acquired Excite@Home's
cable broadband network late last year, has 950,000 subscribers
for its high-speed Internet service. It has been porting its new
customers over to its own infrastructure. Privacy advocates and
many Comcast users had blasted the company for collecting the data,
but Proskauer Rose partner Christopher Wolf said those concerns
were most likely unfounded. (Philadelphia Inquirer, 14 February 2002)
[Possible Relation To Corporate Takeover Of World Water Supply]
AN ORDER TO DESTROY A CD-ROM RAISES CONCERNS
College and university librarians are disturbed by a federal
order to destroy a CD-ROM containing data deemed too sensitive
for public distribution. The CD-ROM, disseminated by the U.S.
Geological Survey, contains information about national water
supplies. The government ordered its destruction on the grounds
that America's enemies could exploit this information. Copies of
the CD-ROM were handed out to libraries participating in the
Federal Depository Library Program. Ruth Parlin, director of
Castleton State College's Calvin Coolidge Library, noted that
security-sensitive documents are usually not included in the
program, making this turn of events "problematic." Patrice
McDermott of the American Library Association said the
government's request ran contrary to the ALA's code of ethics,
which is against censorship. "This is part of a bigger issue of
restriction of access to government information on the Web and
elsewhere," she explained.
(Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 14 February 2002)
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Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V4, by W. Howells [WH#16][wh4nfxxx.xxx]3369
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V3, by W. Howells [WH#15][wh3nfxxx.xxx]3368
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V2, by W. Howells [WH#14][wh2nfxxx.xxx]3367
Aug 2002 A Hazard of New Fortunes V1, by W. Howells [WH#13][wh1nfxxx.xxx]3366
[Author's Full Name: William Dean Howells]
Oct 2003 The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope[30][tsllhxxx.xxx]4599
Oct 2003 The Story of Creation, T. S. Ackland [tsctsxxx.xxx]4598
[Full title: The Story of Creation as told by Theology and by Science]
Oct 2003 Stories from Life, Orison Swett Harden [sflifxxx.xxx]4597
Oct 2003 Unknown to History, by Charlotte M. Yonge [#23][uhascxxx.xxx]4596
[Subtitle: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland]
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Oct 2003 Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures, by Arthur [#10][hrthsxxx.xxx]4595
[Author's full name: T. S. Arthur]
Oct 2003 Home Lights and Shadows,by T. S. Arthur[Arthur #9][hmlghxxx.xxx]4594
Oct 2003 Friends and Neighbors, ed T. S. Arthur [Arthur #8][fntwlxxx.xxx]4593
Oct 2003 Cast Adrift, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #7][cstdrxxx.xxx]4592
Oct 2003 After A Shadow and Other Stories, T.S. Arthur [#6][aasosxxx.xxx]4591
Oct 2003 After The Storm, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #5][ftrthxxx.xxx]4590
Oct 2003 All's For the Best, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #4][allsbxxx.xxx]4589
Oct 2003 The Allen House, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #3][tahtyxxx.xxx]4588
Oct 2003 Finger Posts on the Way of Life, by T.S.Arthur[#2][fngrpxxx.xxx]4587
Oct 2003 Danger, by T. S. Arthur [Arthur #1][dngrrxxx.xxx]4586
Oct 2003 God's Country--And The Woman, James O. Curwood [3][gcatwxxx.xxx]4585
[Author's full name: James Oliver Curwood]
Oct 2003 Mont-Saint-Michel And Chartres, Henry Adams [HA 3][mntsmxxx.xxx]4584
Oct 2003 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, D. Hume[#2][dlgnrxxx.xxx]4583
[Full author: David Hume]
Oct 2003 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, William Morton Payne [xbjrnxxx.xxx]4582
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7bjrnxx.xxx and 7bjrnxx.xxx)
{8-bit version with accented characters in 8bjrnxx.xxx and 8bjrnxx.xxx)
Oct 2003 Thrall Of Leif The Lucky, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz [ttlllxxx.xxx]4581
[Full title: The Thrall of Leif the Lucky]
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou All Chapters, Luo GuanZhong [#9][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4580
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 71-80, Luo GuanZhong [#8][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4579
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 61-70, Luo GuanZhong [#7][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4578
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 51-60, Luo GuanZhong [#6][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4577
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 41-50, Luo GuanZhong [#5][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4576
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 31-40, Luo GuanZhong [#4][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4575
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 21-30, Luo GuanZhong [#3][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4574
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 11-20, Luo GuanZhong [#2][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4573
Oct 2003 Fen Zhuang Lou Chapters 1-10, Luo GuanZhong [#1][fzlg2xxx.xxx]4572
(The above 9 etexts are in Chinese. All files use Big5 encoding.)
Oct 2003 Master Sunshine, Mrs. C. F. Fraser [msunsxxx.xxx]4571
Oct 2003 Ascension du desir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#10][8ascexxx.xxx] 4570C
Oct 2003 Ascension du desir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#10][7ascexxx.xxx] 4570C
Oct 2003 Mots rouge espoir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#9][8respxxx.xxx] 4569C
Oct 2003 Mots rouge espoir, poesie, H. Bertrand [#9][7respxxx.xxx] 4569C
Oct 2003 Les Visages du temps, poesie, H. Bertrand [#8][8visgxxx.xxx] 4568C
Oct 2003 Les Visages du temps, poesie, H. Bertrand [#8][7visgxxx.xxx] 4568C
Oct 2003 Strates amoureuses, poesie, H. Bertrand [#7][8strtxxx.xxx] 4567C
Oct 2003 Strates amoureuses, poesie, H. Bertrand [#7][7strtxxx.xxx] 4567C
Oct 2003 Entre la chair et l'ame, poesie, H. Bertrand [#6][8echaxxx.xxx] 4566C
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Oct 2003 Jusqu'a l'extreme regard, poesie, H. Bertrand[#5][8regrxxx.xxx] 4565C
Oct 2003 Jusqu'a l'extreme regard, poesie, H. Bertrand[#5][7regrxxx.xxx] 4565C
Oct 2003 Rouge memoire, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#4][8memoxxx.xxx] 4564C
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Oct 2003 La Mort amoureuse, poesie, H. Bertrand [#3][8mortxxx.xxx] 4563C
Oct 2003 La Mort amoureuse, poesie, H. Bertrand [#3][7mortxxx.xxx] 4563C
Oct 2003 Anatomie du Mouvement, poesie, H. Bertrand [#2][8anatxxx.xxx] 4562C
Oct 2003 Anatomie du Mouvement, poesie, H. Bertrand [#2][7anatxxx.xxx] 4562C
Oct 2003 Espace perdu, poesie, Huguette Bertrand [#1][8espaxxx.xxx] 4561C
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Oct 2003 Poil De Carotte, By Jules Renard [xplcrxxx.xxx]4559
(7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7plcrxx.txt and 7plcrxx.zip)
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Oct 2003 The Idea Of Progress, J.B. Bury [ideapxxx.xxx]4557
Oct 2003 A Woman Of Thirty, By Marjorie Allen Seiffert [wmnttxxx.xxx]4556
Oct 2003 Percy Bysshe Shelley,By John Addington Symonds[#3][pbshlxxx.xxx]4555
Oct 2003 Lover's Vows, Mrs. Inchbald [Inchbald #2][loverxxx.xxx]4554
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Oct 2003 The Border Legion, Zane Grey [Grey #14][thbrdxxx.xxx]4552
Oct 2003 Europe Revised, Irvin S. Cobb [Cobb #5][erevixxx.xxx]4551
Oct 2003 Fighting France, By Edith Wharton [Wharton #16][fghtnxxx.xxx]4550
Oct 2003 Artemis To Actaeon And Other Verses, Wharton [#15][rtmstxxx.xxx]4549
[Author's Full Name: Edith Wharton]
Oct 2003 Cinq Semaines En Ballon, By Jules Verne[Verne #20][7cinqxxx.xxx]4548
(8cinq10.* is with accents, 7cinq10* is plain ASCII)
Oct 2003 The Story Of Sonny Sahib,Mrs. Everard Cotes[SJD#2][tssnnxxx.xxx]4547
[Author AKA: Sara Jeanette Duncan]
Please note the above are from the 4500's and those below are from the 4400's
Sep 2003 Diana Of The Crossways By Meredith, All [GM#76][gm76vxxx.xxx]4470
Sep 2003 Diana Of The Crossways By Meredith, V5 [GM#75][gm75vxxx.xxx]4469
Sep 2003 Diana Of The Crossways By Meredith, V4 [GM#74][gm74vxxx.xxx]4468
Sep 2003 Diana Of The Crossways By Meredith, V3 [GM#73][gm73vxxx.xxx]4467
Sep 2003 Diana Of The Crossways By Meredith, V2 [GM#72][gm72vxxx.xxx]4466
Sep 2003 Diana Of The Crossways By Meredith, V1 [GM#71][gm71vxxx.xxx]4465
Sep 2003 The Tragic Comedians By G. Meredith, All [GM#70][gm70vxxx.xxx]4464
Sep 2003 The Tragic Comedians By G. Meredith, V3 [GM#69][gm69vxxx.xxx]4463
Sep 2003 The Tragic Comedians By G. Meredith, V2 [GM#68][gm68vxxx.xxx]4462
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COMCAST RECORDS SURFING MOVEMENTS OF ITS SUBSCRIBERS
Comcast, the nation's third-largest cable company and a provider of
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recording the Web surfing movements of its subscribers in order to improve
its technology and services. Admitting that it began the monitoring without
notifying its customers, the company said it believes its actions are
permitted by the language in their service agreements with subscribers, and
insists that "Comcast absolutely does not share personal information about
customers, and we have the utmost respect for our customers' privacy."
Privacy advocates are upset about the Comcast action, and Internet security
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(AP/San Jose Mercury News 12 Feb 2001)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2661735.htm
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YOU CAN SURF, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE
As the number of network-connected devices grows at home, in the
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popular of these technologies, allowing users to tell when
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(New York Times, 7 February 2002)
"DIGITAL DIVIDE" PLAN IN PERIL
Two grant programs aimed at helping poor citizens take advantage
of technology would be discontinued under President Bush's 2003
budget proposal. The Technologies Opportunities Program funds
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Washington, D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood. "The people who are the
most isolated from technology are the urban poor elderly," said
David Domenici, executive director of the See Forever Foundation.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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priorities in the wake of the national crisis, according to NTIA
deputy director Michael Gallagher. Meanwhile, the Department of
Education's Community Technology Centers program is also facing
dissolution because the administration has labeled it one of
many "small category programs that have limited effect,"
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Jan 2001 Beyond, by John Galsworthy [John Galsworthy #3][byondxxx.xxx]24=
53
Sep 2000 The Freelands, by John Galsworthy [Galsworthy #2][frndsxxx.xxx]23=
09
May 2000 The Dark Flower, by John Galsworthy [dkflrxxx.xxx]21=
92
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V1 [1musgxxx.xxx]10=
67
Jul 1996 Gulliver of Mars, by Edwin L. Arnold [gulvmxxx.xxx] 6=
04
--=3D=3D{ 182+?? NEW U.S. POSTS }=3D=3D--
Oct 2003 The PG Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals [cwgenxxx.xxx]45=
46
Contains:
May 2001 Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Volume 2 [2shrmxxx.xxx]26=
17
May 2001 Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Volume 1 [1shrmxxx.xxx]26=
16
Jun 2001 Personal Memoirs V2, General Philip Henry Sheridan[2shdnxxx.xxx]26=
52
Jun 2001 Personal Memoirs V1, General Philip Henry Sheridan[1shdnxxx.xxx]26=
51
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V2[2musgxxx.xxx]10=
68
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V1[1musgxxx.xxx]10=
67
[A trailing "C" after the eBook number indicates a copyrighted eBook]
Oct 2003 An American Papyrus: 25 Poems, by Steven Sills [papyrxxx.xxx]45=
45C
[Copyright (C) 2002 by Steven Sills]
Oct 2003 The Cell of Self-Knowledge, by Henry Pepwell [cllskxxx.xxx]45=
44
[Full: The Cell of Self-Knowledge: Seven Early English Mystical Treatises]
Oct 2003 The Querist, by George Berkley [qurstxxx.xxx]45=
43
Oct 2003 Checkmates For 3 Pieces, By Fishburne [Chess #1][cm03Pxxx.xxx]45=
42
[Author's Full Name: William Brett Fishburne]
(The file is available in Fen Notation only cm03P10.fen and cm03P10.zip)
(This is an original work for Project Gutenberg))
Oct 2003 The Crown Of Life, By George Gissing [Gissing#21][crwnlxxx.xxx]45=
41
Oct 2003 In His Steps, By Charles M. Sheldon [nhstpxxx.xxx]45=
40
Oct 2003 Back To God's Country, By James Oliver Curwood[#2][btgdcxxx.xxx]45=
39
[Full Title: Back To God's Country And Other Stories]
Contains:
Back To God's Country
The Yellow-Back
The Fiddling Man
L'ange
The Case Of Beauvais
The Other Man's Wife
The Strength Of Men
The Match
The Honor Of Her People
Bucky Severn
His First Penitent
Peter God
The Mouse
Oct 2003 Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe, By C. M. Yonge[#22][ltlwgxxx.xxx]45=
38
[Full Author: Charlotte M. Yonge]
Oct 2003 Sylvia's Lovers (All), By Elizabeth Gaskell [#18][slvlvxxx.xxx]45=
37
Oct 2003 Sylvia's Lovers Vol. Iii,By Elizabeth Gaskell[#17][slvl3Xxx.xxx]45=
36
Oct 2003 Sylvia's Lovers Vol. Ii, By Elizabeth Gaskell[#16][slvl2Xxx.xxx]45=
35
Oct 2003 Sylvia's Lovers Vol. I, By Elizabeth Gaskell [#15][slvl1Xxx.xxx]45=
34
Oct 2003 Hermit And The Wild Woman, By Edith Wharton[Ew#14][hrmwwxxx.xxx]45=
33
[Full Title: The Hermit And The Wild Woman]
Oct 2003 Tom Swift And His Photo Telephone, Victor Appleton[17Tomxxx.xxx]45=
32
Oct 2003 The Secret Passage, By Fergus Hume [Hume#3][sctpsxxx.xxx]45=
31
Oct 2003 Precipitations, By Evelyn Scott [frcptxxx.xxx]45=
30
Oct 2003 Biographies Of Working Men, By Grant Allen [Ga#3][bgwmnxxx.xxx]45=
29
Oct 2003 The Heart's Highway, By Mary E. Wilkins[Wilkins#4][hrhgwxxx.xxx]45=
28
Oct 2003 The Story Of The Soil, By Cyril G. Hopkins [Cgh#2][strslxxx.xxx]45=
27
Oct 2003 Born In Exile, By George Gissing [Gissing#20][brnxlxxx.xxx]45=
26
Oct 2003 The Farm That Won't Wear Out, By Cyril G. Hopkins [frmwtxxx.xxx]45=
25
Oct 2003 Familiar Letters On Chemistry, By Justus Liebig [chmltxxx.xxx]45=
24
Oct 2003 On Conducting, By Richard Wagner [ncndtxxx.xxx]45=
23
[Full Title: On Conducting (Ueber Das Dirigiren)]
[Full Author: Richard Wagner (Translated By Edward Dannreuther)]
Oct 2003 Fight For The Republic In China, B.L. Putnam Weale[fgrpcxxx.xxx]45=
22
[Full Title: The Fight For The Republic In China]
Oct 2003 Overland Expedition Of The Messrs. Jardine [xpjrdxxx.xxx]45=
21
[Full Title: The Overland Expedition Of The Messrs. Jardine from
Rockhampton To Cape York, Northern Queensland]
[Full Author: Messrs. Jardine [Byerley Ed.]]
Oct 2003 Aaron's Rod, By D. H. Lawrence [Lawrence#4][aarndxxx.xxx]45=
20
Oct 2003 The Descent Of Man & Other Stories,Wharton[Ew #13][tdmosxxx.xxx]45=
19
[Author's Full Name: Edith Wharton]
Contains:
The Descent Of Man
The Other Two
Expiation
The Lady's Maid's Bell
The Mission Of Jane
The Reckoning
The Letter
The Dilettante
The Quicksand
A Venetian Night's Entertainment
Oct 2003 Madame De Treymes, By Edith Wharton [Wharton #12][mdmdtxxx.xxx]45=
18
Oct 2003 Ethan Frome, By Edith Wharton [Wharton #11][thnfrxxx.xxx]45=
17
Oct 2003 Peter, By F. Hopkinson Smith [Fhs #3][panwhxxx.xxx]45=
16
[Subtitle: A Novel Of Which He Is Not The Hero]
Oct 2003 The Golden Snare, By James Oliver Curwood [thgldxxx.xxx]45=
15
Oct 2003 Tales Of Men And Ghosts, By Edith Wharton [Ew#11][tlmghxxx.xxx]45=
14
Oct 2003 The Rainbow And The Rose, By E. Nesbit [Nesbit#11][rnbtrxxx.xxx]45=
13
Oct 2003 Gardening Without Irrigation, By Steve Solomon[#2][grdwrxxx.xxx]45=
12
[Full Title: Gardening Without Irrigation: Or Without Much, anyway]
Oct 2003 The Life Of The Bee, By Maurice Maeterlinck [Mm#3][lfftbxxx.xxx]45=
11
Oct 2003 Watersprings, By Arthur Christopher Benson [wtsprxxx.xxx]45=
10
Oct 2003 Three Acres And Liberty, By Bolton Hall [trcrsxxx.xxx]45=
09
Oct 2003 South Wind, By Norman Douglas [stwndxxx.xxx]45=
08
Oct 2003 As A Man Thinketh, By James Allen [mntkhxxx.xxx]45=
07
Oct 2003 Lost In The Fog, By James De Mille [lstfgxxx.xxx]45=
06
Oct 2003 Die Drei Nuesse, By Clemens Brentano [#6][8nussxxx.xxx]45=
05
Oct 2003 Die Drei Nuesse, By Clemens Brentano [#6][7nussxxx.xxx]45=
05
Oct 2003 Aus Der Chronika, By Clemens Brentano [#5][7shlrxxx.xxx]45=
04
Oct 2003 Aus Der Chronika, By Clemens Brentano [#5][8shlrxxx.xxx]45=
04
[Full Title: Aus Der Chronika Eines Fahrenden Schnlers (Zweite Fassung)]
Oct 2003 Kasperl Und Dem Schonen Annerl, By C. Brentano[#4][7ksprxxx.xxx]45=
03
Oct 2003 Kasperl Und Dem Schonen Annerl, By C. Brentano[#4][8ksprxxx.xxx]45=
03
[Full Title: Geschichte Vom Braven Kasperl Und Dem Sch=F7Nen Annerl]
Oct 2003 Die Mehreren Wehmuller, By Clemens Brentano [#3][7wehmxxx.xxx]45=
02
Oct 2003 Die Mehreren Wehmuller, By Clemens Brentano [#3][8wehmxxx.xxx]45=
02
[Full Title: Die Mehreren Wehmnller, By Clemens Brentano]
Oct 2003 Gockel, Hinkel Und Gackeleia, Clemens Brentano[#2][7gcklxxx.xxx]45=
01
Oct 2003 Gockel, Hinkel Und Gackeleia, Clemens Brentano[#2][8gcklxxx.xxx]45=
01
Note: those above are 4500's while those below are from the 4400's
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, all [GM#66][gm66vxxx.xxx]44=
60
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, v7 [GM#65][gm65vxxx.xxx]44=
59
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, v6 [GM#64][gm64vxxx.xxx]44=
58
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, v5 [GM#63][gm63vxxx.xxx]44=
57
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, v4 [GM#62][gm62vxxx.xxx]44=
56
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, v3 [GM#61][gm61vxxx.xxx]44=
55
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, v2 [GM#60][gm60vxxx.xxx]44=
54
Sep 2003 Beauchamp's Career by George Meredith, v1 [GM#59][gm59vxxx.xxx]44=
53
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, all[GM#58][gm58vxxx.xxx]44=
52
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v8 [GM#57][gm57vxxx.xxx]44=
51
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v7 [GM#56][gm56vxxx.xxx]44=
50
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v6 [GM#55][gm55vxxx.xxx]44=
49
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v5 [GM#54][gm54vxxx.xxx]44=
48
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v4 [GM#53][gm53vxxx.xxx]44=
47
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v3 [GM#52][gm52vxxx.xxx]44=
46
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v2 [GM#51][gm51vxxx.xxx]44=
45
Sep 2003 Adventures Harry Richmond, by Meredith, v1 [GM#50][gm50vxxx.xxx]44=
44
[Full Title/Author: The Adventures Of Harry Richmond, by George Meredith]
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, All [Gm#49][gm49vxxx.xxx]44=
43
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V8 [Gm#48][gm48vxxx.xxx]44=
42
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V7 [Gm#47][gm47vxxx.xxx]44=
41
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V6 [Gm#46][gm46vxxx.xxx]44=
40
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V5 [Gm#45][gm45vxxx.xxx]44=
39
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V4 [Gm#44][gm44vxxx.xxx]44=
38
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V3 [Gm#43][gm43vxxx.xxx]44=
37
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V2 [Gm#42][gm42vxxx.xxx]44=
36
Sep 2003 Vittoria By George Meredith, V1 [Gm#41][gm41vxxx.xxx]44=
35
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, All [Gm#40][gm40vxxx.xxx]44=
34
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, V7 [Gm#39][gm39vxxx.xxx]44=
33
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, V6 [Gm#38][gm38vxxx.xxx]44=
32
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, V5 [Gm#37][gm37vxxx.xxx]44=
31
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, V4 [Gm#36][gm36vxxx.xxx]44=
30
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, V3 [Gm#35][gm35vxxx.xxx]44=
29
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, V2 [Gm#34][gm34vxxx.xxx]44=
28
Sep 2003 Evan Harrington By George Meredith, V1 [Gm#33][gm33vxxx.xxx]44=
27
Sep 2003 Rhoda Fleming By George Meredith, All [Gm#32][gm32vxxx.xxx]44=
26
Sep 2003 Rhoda Fleming By George Meredith, V5 [Gm#31][gm31vxxx.xxx]44=
25
Sep 2003 Rhoda Fleming By George Meredith, V4 [Gm#30][gm30vxxx.xxx]44=
24
Sep 2003 Rhoda Fleming By George Meredith, V3 [Gm#29][gm29vxxx.xxx]44=
23
Sep 2003 Rhoda Fleming By George Meredith, V2 [Gm#28][gm28vxxx.xxx]44=
22
Sep 2003 Rhoda Fleming By George Meredith, V1 [Gm#27][gm27vxxx.xxx]44=
21
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, All [Gm#26][gm26vxxx.xxx]44=
20
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, V7 [Gm#25][gm25vxxx.xxx]44=
19
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, V6 [Gm#24][gm24vxxx.xxx]44=
18
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, V5 [Gm#23][gm23vxxx.xxx]44=
17
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, V4 [Gm#22][gm22vxxx.xxx]44=
16
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, V3 [Gm#21][gm21vxxx.xxx]44=
15
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, V2 [Gm#20][gm20vxxx.xxx]44=
14
Sep 2003 Sandra Belloni By George Meredith, V1 [Gm#19][gm19vxxx.xxx]44=
13
100
Aug 2003 Hira Singh, By Talbot Mundy [hrsngxxx.xxx]44=
00
Aug 2003 Few Figs From Thistles,Edna St. Vincent Millay[#4][fgthsxxx.xxx]43=
99
[Full Title: A Few Figs From Thistles]
Aug 2003 The Tides Of Barnegat, By F. Hopkinson Smith [#3][tdbntxxx.xxx]43=
98
Aug 2003 The Forsyte Saga, Complete, By Galsworthy [Jg#38][fsagaxxx.xxx]43=
97
(This file is a compilation of:
Apr 2001 Awakening & To Let, John Galsworthy[Forsyte#3Jg#6][toletxxx.xxx]25=
96
Apr 2001 Indian Summer Of A Forsyte, By John Galsworthy[#5][isoafxxx.xxx]25=
94
Which Contains:
Indian Summer Of A Forsyte
In Chancery
Mar 2001 Man Of Property, By John Galsworthy[Forsyte#1Jg#4][mnprpxxx.xxx]25=
59
Aug 2003 The Woman Who Did, By Grant Allen [Allen#2][wmwddxxx.xxx]43=
96
Aug 2003 In Wicklow And West Kerry, By John M. Synge[Jms#8][wklwkxxx.xxx]43=
95
Aug 2003 A Romance Of Two Worlds, By Marie Corelli [Mc#6][twwrlxxx.xxx]43=
94
Aug 2003 Wakulla, By Kirk Munroe [wkullxxx.xxx]43=
93
Aug 2003 Martie The Unconquered, By Kathleen Norris [Kn#5][mrtnqxxx.xxx]43=
92
Aug 2003 The Principles Of Philosophy, Rene Descartes[Rd#2][pnpphxxx.xxx]43=
91
[Full Title: Selections From The Principles Of Philosophy]
Aug 2003 A History Of Greek Art, By F. B. Tarbell [hgrkrxxx.xxx]43=
90
Aug 2003 Roughing It In The Bush, By Susanna Moodie [rghnbxxx.xxx]43=
89
Aug 2003 The Jesuit Missions, Thomas Guthrie Marquis[Cca#4][cca04xxx.xxx]43=
88
[Subtitle: A Chronicle Of The Cross In The Wilderness]
[#4 in the series Chronicles Of Canada, Edited By Wrong And Langton]
Aug 2003 Present At A Hanging Et Al, By Bierce [Bierce #8][prhgxxxx.xxx]43=
87
[Full Title: Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories By Ambrose Bierce=
]
[prhg10.txt and .zip, prhg10h.htm and .zip]
Aug 2003 Life Of Chopin, By Franz Liszt [lfcpnxxx.xxx]43=
86
Aug 2003 As A Matter Of Course, By Annie Payson Call[Apc#4][mttcrxxx.xxx]43=
85
Aug 2003 The Lost Word, By Henry Van Dyke [Van Dyke#8][lstwdxxx.xxx]43=
84
Aug 2003 Maria Chapdelaine, By Louis Hemon [mrcpdxxx.xxx]43=
83
Aug 2003 The Pit, By Frank Norris [Norris#5][thpitxxx.xxx]43=
82
Aug 2003 The Aran Islands, By John M. Synge [Synge#8][trnslxxx.xxx]43=
81
Aug 2003 Under Fire, By Henri Barbusse [ndrfrxxx.xxx]43=
80
Aug 2003 The Fortunate Youth, By William J. Locke [Locke#3][frythxxx.xxx]43=
79
Aug 2003 In Homespun, By E. Nesbit [Nesbit#10][nhmspxxx.xxx]43=
78
Aug 2003 Mrs. Wiggs Of The Cabbage Patch, By Alice C. Hegan[wggcpxxx.xxx]43=
77
Aug 2003 Sowing Seeds In Danny, Nellie L. Mcclung [sseedxxx.xxx]43=
76
Aug 2003 Jenseits Der Schriftkultur Vol 5, Mahia Nadin [#6][xjen5xxx.xxx]43=
75C
Aug 2003 Jenseits Der Schriftkultur Vol 4, Mahia Nadin [#5][xjen4xxx.xxx]43=
74C
Aug 2003 Jenseits Der Schriftkultur Vol 3, Mahia Nadin [#4][xjen3xxx.xxx]43=
73C
Aug 2003 Jenseits Der Schriftkultur Vol 2, Mahia Nadin [#3][xjen2xxx.xxx]43=
72C
Aug 2003 Jenseits Der Schriftkultur Vol 1, Mahia Nadin [#2][xjen1xxx.xxx]43=
71C
[These are copyrighted etexts, in German.]
[7-Bit version with non-accented characters in 7jenx10.txt and 7jenx10.zip]
[8-Bit version with accented characters in 8jenx10.txt and 8jenx10.zip]
Aug 2003 The Deeds Of God, Guibert Of Nogent, Trans. Levine[xdeedxxx.xxx]43=
70C
[Full Title: "The Deeds Of God Through The Franks," By Guibert of Nogent
(Translated From Latin To English By Robert Levine, 1997)]
[7-Bit version with non-accented characters in 7deed10.txt and 7deed10.zip]
[8-Bit version with accented characters in 8deed10.txt and 8deed10.zip]
Aug 2003 The Verse Of Alfred Lichtenstein [A.L. #2][alvrsxxx.xxx]43=
69
Aug 2003 Flappers And Philosophers, F. Scott Fitzgerald[#2][xflppxxx.xxx]43=
68
[7-Bit version with non-accented characters in 7flpp10.txt and 7flpp10.zip]
[8-Bit version with accented characters in 8flpp10.txt and 8flpp10.zip]
[Html Version In Flpp10H.Txt And Flpph10.Zip]
Aug 2003 Personal Memoirs Of General U. S. Grant, Complete [3musgxxx.xxx]43=
67
(Note: #4367 Is A Compilation Of The Following Two Previous published file=
s:
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs Of U. S. Grant [Us President] V2 [2musgxxx.xxx]=
1068
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs Of U. S. Grant [Us President] V1
[1musgxxx.xxx]1067}
Aug 2003 Can Such Things Be?, Ambrose Bierce [Bierce ##7][canbexxx.xxx]43=
66
(Standard ASCII is in canbe10.txt, canbe10.zip, HTML is in canbe10.htm)
Aug 2002 Supplementary Copyright Info, Us Copr Ofc[USCO #4][clstaxxx.xxx]43=
65
Contents:
Circular 3: Copyright Notice
Circular 15: Renewal Of Copyright
Circular 15T: Extension Of Copyright Terms
Circular 22: Highlights Of Copyright Amendments
Contained In The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA)
WIPO Copyright Treaty
Aug 2003 The Lances Of Lynwood, By Charlotte M. Yonge [#21][lynwdxxx.xxx]43=
64
Aug 2003 Beyond Good And Evil, By Friedrich Nietzsche [bygdvxxx.xxx]43=
63
Aug 2003 Memoirs Of Gen Philip H. Sheridan, Entire [Shd#3] [3shdnxxx.xxx]43=
62
Note: #4362 includes these two previously published files:
Jun 2001 Personal Memoirs V2, General Philip Henry Sheridan[2shdnxxx.xxx]26=
52
Jun 2001 Personal Memoirs V1, General Philip Henry Sheridan[1shdnxxx.xxx]26=
51
Aug 2003 Memoirs Of Gen William T. Sherman, Entire [Shr#3][3shrmxxx.xxx]43=
61
Note: #4361 includes these two previously published files:
May 2001 Memoirs Of General William T. Sherman, Volume 2 [2shrmxxx.xxx]26=
17
May 2001 Memoirs Of General William T. Sherman, Volume 1 [1shrmxxx.xxx]26=
16
Aug 2003 Vendetta, By Marie Corelli [Marie Corelli #5][vndttxxx.xxx]43=
60
Aug 2003 Lombard Street, By Walter Bagehot [Bagehot #2][lsadmxxx.xxx]43=
59
[Subtitle: A Description Of The Money Market]
Aug 2003 The Sea Fairies, By L. Frank Baum[Lfb #20][Tnb #1][thsfrxxx.xxx]43=
58
Aug 2003 American Fairy Tales, By L. Frank Baum [Lfb #19][mrcnfxxx.xxx]43=
57
Aug 2003 Sky Island, By L. Frank Baum [Lfb #18][Tnb #2][skyslxxx.xxx]43=
56
Aug 2003 David Crockett, By John S. C. Abbott [Abbott #2][dchlaxxx.xxx]43=
55
[Subtitle: His Life And Adventures]
Aug 2003 By The Ionian Sea, By George Gissing [Gissing #19][bythnxxx.xxx]43=
54
Aug 2003 Five Thousand An Hour, By George Randolph Chester [fthhjxxx.xxx]43=
53
[Subtitle: How Johnny Gamble Won The Heiress]
Aug 2003 Laughter, By Henri Bergson [laemcxxx.xxx]43=
52
[Subtitle: An Essay On The Meaning Of The Comic]
Aug 2003 The English Constitution, By Walter Bagehot [thnglxxx.xxx]43=
51
Aug 2003 Physics And Politics, By Walter Bagehot [phyplxxx.xxx]43=
50
Aug 2003 Wisdom And Destiny, By Maurice Maeterlinck [Mm#2][wdsmdxxx.xxx]43=
49
Aug 2003 Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby, By Kathleen Norris [#4][pdmgkxxx.xxx]43=
48
[Full Title: Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby And Other Stories]
Aug 2003 My Young Alcides, By Charlotte M. Yonge [Yonge#20][mnglcxxx.xxx]43=
47
Aug 2003 Cross & Self-Fertilisation, By Charles Darwin[#21][csfvkxxx.xxx]43=
46
[Full: The Effects Of Cross & Self-Fertilisation In The Vegetable Kingdom]
Aug 2003 Sparrows, By Horace W.C. Newte [sprwsxxx.xxx]43=
45
Aug 2003 Marie, By Alexander Pushkin [mrsrlxxx.xxx]43=
44
Aug 2003 How And When To Be Your Own Doctor,Moser & Solomon[bwndrxxx.xxx]43=
43
[Full Author: Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon]
[Posted both as text and Html versions. Html Is Bwndr10H.Zip]
Aug 2003 Organic Gardener's Composting, By Steve Solomon [rggcmxxx.xxx]43=
42
Aug 2003 Mutual Aid, By P. Kropotkin [mtladxxx.xxx]43=
41
Aug 2003 The British Barbarians, By Grant Allen [brbrbxxx.xxx]43=
40
Aug 2003 Nerves And Common Sense, By Annie Payson Call [#3][nrvcsxxx.xxx]43=
39
Aug 2003 The Freedom Of Life, By Annie Payson Call [Call#2][frdlfxxx.xxx]43=
38
Aug 2003 Power Through Repose, By Annie Payson Call[Call#1][prrpsxxx.xxx]43=
37
Aug 2003 Nature And Progress Of Rent, By Thomas Malthus[#4][nprntxxx.xxx]43=
36
Aug 2003 Importation Of Foreign Corn, By Thomas Malthus[#3][mpfcrxxx.xxx]43=
35
Aug 2003 Effects Of The Corn Laws, By Thomas Malthus [Tm#2][fxcrlxxx.xxx]43=
34
Aug 2003 Studies From Court And Cloister, J.M. Stone [stdsfxxx.xxx]43=
33
Aug 2003 The Ghetto And Other Poems, By Lola Ridge[Ridge#2][ghttoxxx.xxx]43=
32
Aug 2003 Sun-Up And Other Poems, By Lola Ridge [Ridge#1][snppmxxx.xxx]43=
31
Aug 2003 Expeditions Into South Australia, Charles Sturt[3][xpsscxxx.xxx]43=
30
Aug 2003 Expeditions Into South Australia, Charles Sturt[2][xpss2xxx.xxx]43=
29
Aug 2003 Expeditions Into South Australia, Charles Sturt[1][xpss1xxx.xxx]43=
28
[Full: Two Expeditions Into The Interior Of Southern Australia Vol 1 2, bot=
h]
Aug 2003 The Valley Of Decision, By Edith Wharton [Ew#10][vldcnxxx.xxx]43=
27
Aug 2003 The Expansion Of Europe, By Ramsay Muir [xpnrpxxx.xxx]43=
26
Aug 2003 The New Book Of Martyrs, By Georges Dunhamel [nbmrtxxx.xxx]43=
25
Aug 2003 Fifty Famous Fables, By Lida Brown Mcmurry [fffblxxx.xxx]43=
24
Aug 2003 The Heart-Cry Of Jesus, By Byron J. Rees [hcrjsxxx.xxx]43=
23
Aug 2003 My Three Days In Gilead, By Elmer U. Hoenshel [tdgldxxx.xxx]43=
22
Aug 2003 Margot Asquith, An Autobiography: Volumes I & Ii [mrgsqxxx.xxx]43=
21
Aug 2003 The Principles Of Morals, By David Hume [nqpmrxxx.xxx]43=
20
[Full Title: An Enquiry Concerning The Principles Of Morals]
Aug 2003 The Gospels In Four Part Harmony, J. Clontz [gfourxxx.xxx]43=
19C
[gfour10.txt gfour10.zip gfour10h.htm gfour10h.zip gfour10r.rtf gfour10r.zi=
p]
Aug 2003 Educators & Librarians, US Copy. Office [Usco #3][rcwelxxx.xxx]43=
18
[Full Title: Reproduction Of Copyrighted Works By Educators and Librarians=
,
US Copyright Office]
Aug 2003 Prophetia Ionae(Jonah), Latin Vulgate Bible[Latin][prphtxxx.xxx]43=
17
Aug 2003 The Romance Of The Colorado River, F. Dellenbaugh [romcoxxx.xxx]43=
16
[Author's Name: Frederick S. Dellenbaugh][Illustrations are in the .zip fil=
e]
Aug 2003 The Life Of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright [xlsrbxx.xxx]43=
15
[7-Bit Version With Non-Accented Characters In 7lsrb10.txt and 7lsrb10.zip]
[8-Bit Version With Accented Characters In 8lsrb10.txt And 8lsrb10.zip]
Aug 2003 Appendicitis, By John H. Tilden, M.D. [atehdxxx.xxx]43=
14
Aug 2003 The Odd Women, By George Gissing [Gissing #18][toddwxxx.xxx]43=
13
Aug 2003 A Life's Morning, By George Gissing [Gissing #17][alifexxx.xxx]43=
12
Aug 2003 The Emancipated, By George Gissing [Gissing #16][thmncxxx.xxx]43=
11
Aug 2003 Will Warburton, By George Gissing [Gissing #15][wllwrxxx.xxx]43=
10
Aug 2003 Demos, By George Gissing [Gissing #14][demosxxx.xxx]43=
09
Aug 2003 The Town Traveller, By George Gissing[Gissing #13][tttllxxx.xxx]43=
08
Aug 2003 In The Year Of Jubilee, By George Gissing [#12][iyjeexxx.xxx]43=
07
Aug 2003 Veranilda, By George Gissing [Gissing #11][vrnldxxx.xxx]43=
06
Aug 2003 The Unclassed, By George Gissing [Gissing #10][thnclxxx.xxx]43=
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Aug 2003 Our Friend The Charlatan, George Gissing [#9][rfrndxxx.xxx]43=
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