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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:58:15 -0500 (CDT)
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Jun 1997 The Tin Woodman of Oz, by Baum [LFB#16] [Oz#12] [12wozxxx.xxx] 960
Jun 1997 The Lost Princess of Oz, by Baum [LFB#15] [Oz#11] [11wozxxx.xxx] 959
Jun 1997 Rinkitink In Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#14] [Oz#10][10wozxxx.xxx] 958
Jun 1997 The Scarecrow of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[FB#13][Oz#9][09wozxxx.xxx] 957
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
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his War Tank, by Victor Appleton [21tomxxx.xxx] 954
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Big Tunnel, by Victor Appleton [19tomxxx.xxx] 953
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Air Glider, by Victor Appleton [12tomxxx.xxx] 952
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton [09tomxxx.xxx] 951
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Submarine Boat, by Victor Appleton[04tomxxx.xxx] 949
Jun 1997 Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza/Elwes Part 3 [#3] [3spnexxx.xxx] 948
Jun 1997 The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson, by Robert Southey[hnlsnxxx.xxx] 947
Jun 1997 Lady Susan, by Jane Austen [Jane Austen #6] [lsusnxxx.xxx] 946
Jun 1997 Dust, by Mr. And Mrs. Haldeman-Julius [dsthjxxx.xxx] 945
Jun 1997 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin [#1] [vbglexxx.xxx] 944
Jun 1997 Misalliance, by George Bernard Shaw [Shaw #1] [msalixxx.xxx] 943
Jun 1997 Green Mansions, by W. H. Hudson [W. H. Hudson #1] [gmansxxx.xxx] 942
Jun 1997 Just Folks, by Edgar A. Guest [Edgar A. Guest #2] [jfolkxxx.xxx] 941
Jun 1997 Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper #1 [mohicxxx.xxx] 940
Jun 1997 Life of Thomas Telford, by Samuel Smiles [SS #5] [tlfrdxxx.xxx] 939
Jun 1997 Good Indian, by B. M. Bower [B. M. Bower #2] [gndinxxx.xxx] 938
Jun 1997 Poems: Patriotic, Religious, etc, by Father Ryan [fryanxxx.xxx] 937
Jun 1997 The Village Watch-Tower, by Kate Douglas Wiggin #3[vilwtxxx.xxx] 936
Jun 1997 Self Help; Conduct & Perseverance by Samuel Smiles[selfhxxx.xxx] 935
Jun 1997 Songs of a Savoyard by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #5] [svyrdxxx.xxx] 934
Jun 1997 More Bab Ballads, by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #4] [3babbxxx.xxx] 933
Jun 1997 Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe [#1][usherxxx.xxx] 932
Jun 1997 The Bab Ballads, by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #3] [2babbxxx.xxx] 931
Jun 1997 The Cook's Decameron, by Mrs. W. G. Water [ckdecxxx.xxx] 930
Jun 1997 The Cyberpunk Fakebook, by St. Jude & R.U. Sirius [fakebxxx.xxx] 929C
Jul 1997 Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#17] [Oz#14] [12wozxxx.xxx] 961
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Subject: June Project Gutenberg Newsletter
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 18:03:12 -0500 (CDT)
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for Tuesday June 4, 1997
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May 1997 Alice In Wonderland, HTML Version of 30th Edition [alicexxh.xxx] 928
May 1997 The Lamplighter, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #29] [lmpltxxx.xxx] 927
May 1997 10,000 Dreams Interpreted, Gustavus Hindman Miller[drmntxxx.xxx] 926
May 1997 United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches [uspisxxx.xxx] 925
May 1997 To Be Read At Dusk, by Charles Dickens[Dickens#28][rddskxxx.xxx] 924
May 1997 Life of Francis Marion #3, by William Dobein James[jjmarxxx.xxx] 923
May 1997 Sunday Under Three Heads by Charles Dickens[CD#27][suthsxxx.xxx] 922
May 1997 De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde [Oscar Wilde #13] [dprofxxx.xxx] 921
May 1997 Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza/Elwes Part 2 [#2] [2spnexxx.xxx] 920
May 1997 Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza/Elwes Part 1 [#1] [1spnexxx.xxx] 919
May 1997 Sketches of Young Gentlemen, by Dickens [CD #26] [skygmxxx.xxx] 918
May 1997 Barnaby Rudge, 80's Riots, by Charles Dickens[#25][rudgexxx.xxx] 917
May 1997 Sketches of Young Couples, by Charles Dickens[#24][yngcpxxx.xxx] 916
May 1997 Library Work with Children, by Alice I. Hazeltine [lwwchxxx.xxx] 915
May 1997 The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens[#23][unctrxxx.xxx] 914
May 1997 A Hero of Our Time, by M. Y. Lermontov [aheroxxx.xxx] 913
May 1997 Mudfog and Other Sketches, by Charles Dickens[#22][mdfogxxx.xxx] 912
May 1997 Tales of the Fish Patrol, by Jack London[London#8][totfpxxx.xxx] 911
May 1997 White Fang, by Jack London [Jack London #7] [wtfngxxx.xxx] 910
May 1997 Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone, by John Filson [1boonxxx.xxx] 909
May 1997 Treatise on Parents and Children, G.B. Shaw[GBS#1][topacxxx.xxx] 908
May 1997 Flying Machine, by W.J. Jackman & Thos. H. Russell[flymcxxx.xxx] 907
May 1997 Abraham Lincoln, by James Russell Lowell[Lowell#2][1lncnxxx.xxx] 906
May 1997 Within the Law, by Marvin Dana from Bayard Veiller[wnlawxxx.xxx] 905
May 1997 Her Father's Daughter, by Gene Stratton-Porter[#7][hfdtrxxx.xxx] 904
May 1997 The White Company, by Arthur Conan Doyle[Doyle#12][whtcoxxx.xxx] 903
May 1997 The Happy Prince & Other Tales by Oscar Wilde[#12][hpaotxxx.xxx] 902
May 1997 The Jew of Malta, by Christopher Marlowe [CM #3] [jmltaxxx.xxx] 901
May 1997 Decline/Fall Of The Roman Empire, by Gibbon, Folio[dfr310xx.xxx] 900
May 1997 Wonderful Balloon Ascents, by F. (Fulgence) Marion[wonbaxxx.xxx] 899
May 1997 The Lesson of the Master, by Henry James[James#13][tlotmxxx.xxx] 898
May 1997 The Rose and the Ring, by Thackeray [Thackeray #2][rsrngxxx.xxx] 897
And a few more so far for the month of June.
Jun 1997 More Bab Ballads, by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #4] [3babbxxx.xxx] 933
Jun 1997 Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe [#1][usherxxx.xxx] 932
Jun 1997 The Bab Ballads, by W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert #3] [2babbxxx.xxx] 931
Jun 1997 The Cook's Decameron, by Mrs. W. G. Water [ckdecxxx.xxx] 930
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Mon Year Title and Author [# of PG books by the author] [filename.ext] ###
Dec 1996 Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte [#2 by Brontes][wuthrxxx.xxx] 768
Dec 1996 Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte [#1 by Brontes][agnsgxxx.xxx] 767
Dec 1996 David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens [Dickens#14][cprfdxxx.xxx] 766
Dec 1996 The Moon Pool by A. Merritt [mpoolxxx.xxx] 765
Dec 1996 Hans Brinker/Silver Skates/etc by Mary Mapes Dodge[hbossxxx.xxx] 764
Dec 1996 The Round-Up, by John Murray and Mills Miller [rndupxxx.xxx] 763
Dec 1996 British Airships, Past/Present/Future, Geo. Whale [bappfxxx.xxx] 762
Dec 1996 A. V. Laider, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #3] [laidrxxx.xxx] 761
Dec 1996 Enoch Soames, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #2] [enochxxx.xxx] 760
Dec 1996 James Pethel, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #1] [pethlxxx.xxx] 759
Dec 1996 LandSat Picture of Washington, DC, USA [Zip File] [wdclsxxx.zip] 758
Dec 1996 50 Bab Ballads, by William. S. Gilbert [50babxxx.xxx] 757
Dec 1996 Arizona Sketches, by Joseph A. Munk [azsksxxx.xxx] 756
Dec 1996 Lady's Life in Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird[llirmxxx.xxx] 755
Dec 1996 The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik van Loon [hmankxxx.xxx] 754
Dec 1996 Arizona Nights, by Stewart Edward White [aznitxxx.xxx] 753
Dec 1996 A Young Girl's Diary, and Letter of Sigmund Freud [ygdsfxxx.xxx] 752
Dec 1996 Autocrat of Breakfast Table, Oliver Wendell Holmes[aofbtxxx.xxx] 751
Dec 1996 The High History of the Holy Graal, Author Unknown[hhohgxxx.xxx] 750
Dec 1996 Barlaam and Ioasaph, by St. John of Damascus [bioasxxx.xxx] 749
Dec 1996 The Brother of Daphne, by Dornford Yates [bdaphxxx.xxx] 748
Dec 1996 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, Gould/Pyle [aacomxxx.xxx] 747
Dec 1996 Burning Daylight, by Jack London [Jack London #5] [bdlitxxx.xxx] 746
Dec 1996 One Divided by Pi, To A Million Digits [math #17] [onepixxx.xxx] 745
Dec 1996 The Golden Mean, To A Million Digits [math #16] [gmeanxxx.xxx] 744
Dec 1996 Thoughts on Man, His Nature, etc, by Wm Godwin [tmnwgxxx.xxx] 743
Dec 1996 Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane [ehnabxxx.xxx] 742
Dec 1996 Thomas Hart Benton's Remarks to the Senate THB#1] [thbrsxxx.xxx] 741
Dec 1996 John C. Calhoun's Remarks in the Senate[Calhoun1#][jccrsxxx.xxx] 740
Dec 1996 Henry Clay's Remarks in House and Senate [Clay #1][hcrhsxxx.xxx] 739
Dec 1996 The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot by Andrew Lang#5[pldlpxxx.xxx] 738
Dec 1996 The Bobbsey Twins at School, by Laura Lee Hope #2?[tbtasxxx.xxx] 737
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Dec 1996 The High History of the Holy Graal, Author Unknown[hhohgxxx.xxx] 750
Dec 1996 Barlaam and Ioasaph, by St. John of Damascus [bioasxxx.xxx] 749
Dec 1996 The Brother of Daphne, by Dornford Yates [bdaphxxx.xxx] 748
Dec 1996 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, Gould/Pyle [aacomxxx.xxx] 747
Dec 1996 Burning Daylight, by Jack London [Jack London #5] [bdlitxxx.xxx] 746
Dec 1996 One Divided by Pi, To A Million Digits [math #17] [onepixxx.xxx] 745
Dec 1996 The Golden Mean, To A Million Digits [math #16] [gmeanxxx.xxx] 744
Dec 1996 Thoughts on Man, His Nature, etc, by Wm Godwin [tmnwgxxx.xxx] 743
Dec 1996 Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane [ehnabxxx.xxx] 742
Dec 1996 Thomas Hart Benton's Remarks to the Senate THB#1] [thbrsxxx.xxx] 741
Dec 1996 John C. Calhoun's Remarks in the Senate[Calhoun1#][jccrsxxx.xxx] 740
Dec 1996 Henry Clay's Remarks in House and Senate [Clay #1][hcrhsxxx.xxx] 739
Dec 1996 The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot by Andrew Lang#5[pldlpxxx.xxx] 738
Dec 1996 The Bobbsey Twins at School, by Laura Lee Hope #2?[tbtasxxx.xxx] 737
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My apologies, many of our links, drive, and computers have been down, all
week long.
My apologies, also, for the fact that the CBC told me my interview would
be on the air on Thanksgiving [Canadien OR American]. . .but they JUST called
and told me it would be on the CBC and PRI tonite at 7:00 PM. . .we get PRI
on PBS. . .Tuesday. . .December 3, 1996.
[Canadian Broadcasting Company/Corporation]
[Public Radio International]
[Public Broadcasting Service/System]
We shall see/hear.
Wired also called today, they now say we are in the February Wired which
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Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V6 [6dfrexxx.xxx] 736
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V5 [5dfrexxx.xxx] 735
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V4 [4dfrexxx.xxx] 734
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V3 [3dfrexxx.xxx] 733
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V2 [2dfrexxx.xxx] 732
Nov 1996 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon V1 [1dfrexxx.xxx] 731
Nov 1996 Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #13] [olivrxxx.xxx] 730
Nov 1996 Hackers/Computer Revolution Heroes, by Steven Levy[hckrsxxx.xxx] 729C
Nov 1996 Emile Zola, by William Dean Howells [howells #5] [ezolaxxx.xxx] 728
Nov 1996 The Star-Spangled Banner, by John Carpenter [stsbpxxx.xxx] 727
Nov 1996 Psychological Counter-Current by Howells [WDH #4] [pccmfxxx.xxx] 726
Nov 1996 Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles #2 [moiaixxx.xxx] 725
Nov 1996 The Man of Letters as a Man of Business [Howells3][tmlmbxxx.xxx] 724
Nov 1996 Henry James, Jr., by William Dean Howells [WDH#2] [jimjrxxx.xxx] 723
Nov 1996 James Otis The Pre-Revolutionist, by J.C. Ridpath [jotisxxx.xxx] 722
Nov 1996 The Birds' Christmas Carol, Kate Douglas Wiggin #2[tbsccxxx.xxx] 721
Nov 1996 Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #12] [lmyerxxx.xxx] 720
Nov 1996 Plays of Wm.E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson [RLS #34][tpohsxxx.xxx] 719
Nov 1996 Tono Bungay, by H. G. Wells [H. G. Wells #6] [tonobxxx.xxx] 718
Nov 1996 Chita: A Memory of Last Island, by Lafcadio Hearn [chitaxxx.xxx] 717
Nov 1996 The Cruise of the Jasper B., by Don Marquis [#3] [jsprbxxx.xxx] 716
Nov 1996 Moon Endureth [Tales/Fancies], by John Buchan [#5][ndrthxxx.xxx] 715
Nov 1996 Bobbsey Twins in the Country, by Laura Lee Hope #1[tbticxxx.xxx] 714
Nov 1996 Memoirs of Popular Delusions V2, by Charles MacKay[2ppdlxxx.xxx] 713
Nov 1996 Thomas Jefferson, by Edward S. Ellis [tjeffxxx.xxx] 712
Nov 1996 Allan Quatermain, by H. Rider Haggard [HRH #1] [allnqxxx.xxx] 711
Nov 1996 Love of Life and other stories by Jack London [#4][llifexxx.xxx] 710
Nov 1996 The Princess and Curdie, by George MacDonald[GM#4][prcurxxx.xxx] 709
Nov 1996 The Princess and the Goblin, by George MacDonald 3[prgobxxx.xxx] 708
Nov 1996 Raffles, Further Adventures, by E.W. Hornung [#2] [raflsxxx.xxx] 707
Nov 1996 The Amateur Cracksman, by E.W. Hornung [Raffles#1][amatcxxx.xxx] 706
Nov 1996 The Roadmender, by Margt [Michael Fairless] Barber[rmendxxx.xxx] 705
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Oct 1995 Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham [humbnxxx.xxx] 351
Oct 1995 Fanny Herself, by Edna Ferber [Author of "Giant"] [fnherxxx.xxx] 350
Oct 1995 The Harvester, by Gene Stratton Porter [Porter #4][tharvxxx.xxx] 349
Oct 1995 Collection of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica [homerxxx.xxx] 348
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Oct 1995 The Troll Garden, et al, by Willa Cather [#5] [trollxxx.xxx] 346
Oct 1995 Dracula, by Bram Stoker [Halloween Request #5] [dracuxxx.xxx] 345
Oct 1995 Merry Men, by Robert Louis Stevenson [RLS #8] [mrmenxxx.xxx] 344
PG NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1996
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Books Index update from #681 to #704.
Due to the fact that some are much larger than normal, we have also made
up a few that are smaller than normal to even things out a little.
Coming: The Fall of the Roman Empire, by Gibbon and
Interview with Bruce Sterling on his new book, Holy Fire.
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Oct 1996 The Mansion, By Henry van Dyke [A Short Story] [tmansxxx.xxx] 704
Oct 1996 The Lucasta Poems, by Christopher Marlowe [lcstaxxx.xxx] 703
Oct 1996 Somebody's Little Girl, by Martha Young [slgrlxxx.xxx] 702
Oct 1996 The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin [tkogrxxx.xxx] 701
[These four are short stories and poems]
Oct 1996 The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens [CD#12][curioxxx.xxx] 700
Oct 1996 A Child's History of England, Charles Dickens CD11[achoexxx.xxx] 699
Oct 1996 Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin, R. L. Stevenson[RLS#33][fleemxxx.xxx] 698
Oct 1996 The Light Princess, by George MacDonald [GM#2] [ltprnxxx.xxx] 697
Oct 1996 The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole [HP#1] [cotrtxxx.xxx] 696
Oct 1996 Glaucus/The Wonders of the Shore by Chas Kingsley [glcusxxx.xxx] 695
Oct 1996 Stories from Everybody's Magazine, 1910 [10evmxxx.xxx] 694
Oct 1996 The Autobiography of a Quack, by S. Weir Mitchell [auqakxxx.xxx] 693
Oct 1996 Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol X [10jwrxxx.xxx] 692
Oct 1996 Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol I [01jwrxxx.xxx] 691
Oct 1996 Proposed Roads to Freedom, by Bertrand Russell[#1][rfreexxx.xxx] 690
Oct 1996 The Kreutzer Sonata, et al, by Leo Tolstoy/Tolstoi[krsonxxx.xxx] 689
Oct 1996 The Goodness of St. Rocque et al, by Alice Dunbar [stroqxxx.xxx] 688
Oct 1996 A Personal Record, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #11] [aprjcxxx.xxx] 687
Oct 1996 The Treaty of the European Union [Maastricht] [maastxxx.xxx] 686
Oct 1996 The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [abombxxx.xxx] 685
Oct 1996 Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War-Some Perspectives[nukwrxxx.xxx] 684
Oct 1996 The Complete Angler, by Izaak Walton [tcangxxx.xxx] 683
Oct 1996 Catalan's Constant [Ramanujan's Formula] [Math#15][ctcstxxx.xxx] 682
Oct 1996 Creatures That Once Were Men, by Maxim Gorky [#1] [crmenxxx.xxx] 681
Oct 1996 The Golden Threshold, by Sarojini Naidu [gldthxxx.xxx] 680
Oct 1996 Poems, by Frances E. W. Harper [pfewhxxx.xxx] 679
Oct 1996 The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens #10 [tcothxxx.xxx] 678
Oct 1996 Heroes, by Charles Kingsley [Greek Fairy Tales] [ghrosxxx.xxx] 677
Oct 1996 The Battle of Life, by Charles Dickens[Dickens#10][batlfxxx.xxx] 676
Oct 1996 American Notes, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #9] [amntsxxx.xxx] 675
Oct 1996 Plutarch's Lives, A. H. Clough, ["Dryden's Trans"][plivsxxx.xxx] 674
Oct 1996 Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary [HTML] [pgwxzxxx.xxx] 673C
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PG NEWSLETTER JULY 1996
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Aug 1996 Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887, by Edward Bellamy [lkbakxxx.xxx] 624
Aug 1996 Battle of the Books et al, by Jonathan Swift[JS#1][batbkxxx.xxx] 623
Aug 1996 Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson Vol 1 [RLS #29] [rlsl1xxx.xxx] 622
Aug 1996 Varieties of Religious Experience, by Wm. James [varrexxx.xxx] 621
Aug 1996 Sylvie and Bruno, by Lewis Carroll [Carroll #4] [sbrunxxx.xxx] 620
Aug 1996 The Warden, by Anthony Trollope [Trollope #1] [twrdnxxx.xxx] 619
Aug 1996 Codex Junius 11, Biblical Anglo-Saxon Translations[codjuxxx.xxx] 618
Aug 1996 Poems, by Alan Seeger [seegrxxx.xxx] 617
Aug 1996 Vailima Prayers & Sabbath Morn by Stevenson[27&28][vpasmxxx.xxx] 616
Aug 1996 Orlando Furioso, by Ludovico Ariosto [orfurxxx.xxx] 615
Aug 1996 Across The Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson [#26] [axplnxxx.xxx] 614
Aug 1996 Previous Constitution of Japan [1889] [cjoldxxx.xxx] 613
Aug 1996 The Constitution of Japan [1946-7] [jcnstxxx.xxx] 612
Aug 1996 Prester John, by John Buchan [Buchan #4] [prsjnxxx.xxx] 611
Aug 1996 Idylls of the King, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson [#1] [idyllxxx.xxx] 610
Aug 1996 America As Seen By Oriental Diplomat, by Tingfang [asbodxxx.xxx] 609
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Jul 1996 Aeropagitica, by John Milton [Milton #4] [areopxxx.xxx] 608
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Jul 1996 Robert Louis Stevenson, A Memorial by A. H. Japp [rlsjpxxx.xxx] 590
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Jul 1996 Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, et al, Thomas Browne[rmedixxx.xxx] 586
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Jul 1996 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins [Collins #4] [wwhitxxx.xxx] 583
Jul 1996 A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories [BP#2] [bpstoxxx.xxx] 582
Jul 1996 Ginx's Baby, A Satire, by Edward Jenkins? [ginxbxxx.xxx] 581
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Jul 1996 The Poems of Sidney Lanier [planrxxx.xxx] 579
Jul 1996 Down With The Cities, by Tadashi NAKASHIMA [dwtctxxx.xxx] 578C
Jul 1996 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4 of 16 [sjv04xxx.xxx] 577
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Apr 1995 United States Congressional Address Book, 1995 [usconxxx.xxx] 251
Apr 1995 A Brief History of the Internet by Michael S. Hart[bhotixxx.xxx] 250-
Apr 1995 French Cave Paintings [10X Older Dead Sea Scrolls][cavepxxx.xxx] 249
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Apr 1995 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam tr by Edw. Fitzgerald [rubaixxx.xxx] 246
Apr 1995 Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain [Twain #10][lmissxxx.xxx] 245
Apr 1995 A Study In Scarlet, A. Conan Doyle [Doyle #4] [studyxxx.xxx] 244
Apr 1995 The Forged Coupon by Count Leo Tolstoy [Tolstoy#1][forgdxxx.xxx] 243
Apr 1995 My Antonia, by Willa Cather [Cather #4] [myantxxx.xxx] 242
Apr 1995 Clotelle; or The Colored Heroine by Wm Wells Brown[clotlxxx.xxx] 241
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