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[Files: 16277.txt; 16277-h.htm]
The Power of Faith, by Isabella Graham 16276
[Subtitle: Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late]
[Mrs. Isabella Graham.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/7/16276 ]
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Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709),Nicholas Rowe 16275
[Commentator: Samuel H. Monk]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/7/16275 ]
[Files: 16275.txt; 16275-8.txt; 16275-h.htm]
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains 16274
[Title: The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky]
[Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself]
[Author: De Witt C. Peters]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/7/16274 ]
[Files: 16274.txt; 16274-8.txt; 16274-h.htm; ]
The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition, by Anonymous 16273
[Subtitle: Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and]
[Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/7/16273 ]
[Files: 16273.txt; 16273-8.txt; 16273-h.htm; ]
Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1., by Various 16272
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/7/16272 ]
[Files: 16272.txt; 16272-8.txt; 16272-h.htm]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920,by Various 16271
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/7/16271 ]
[Files: 16271.txt; 16271-8.txt; 16271-h.htm]
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887, by Various 16270
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/7/16270 ]
[Files: 16270.txt; 16270-8.txt; 16270-h.htm]
Thought-Forms, by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater 16269
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16269 ]
[Files: 16269.txt; 16269-8.txt; 16269-h.htm]
The Story of Jessie, by Mabel Quiller-Couch 16268
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16268 ]
[Files: 16268.txt]
The Gamester (1753), by Edward Moore 16267
[Commentator: Charles H. Peake and Phillip R. Wikelund]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16267 ]
[Files: 16267.txt; 16267-h.htm]
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1, by Various 16266
[Subtitle: Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the]
[Harvard Psychological Laboratory.]
[Editor: Hugo Mnsterberg]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16266 ]
[Files: 16266.txt; 16266-8.txt; 16266-h.htm]
Riley Songs of Home, by James Whitcomb Riley 16265
[Pictures By Will Vawter]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16265 ]
[Files: 16265.txt; 16265-8.txt; 16265-h.htm]
Deutsches Leben der Gegenwart, by Briefs 16264
[Author: Philipp Witkop, Paul Bekker, Max Scheler, Arnold Sommerfeld,]
[and Goetz Briefs]
[Editor: D. Philipp Witkop]
[Language: German]
[Contents: Deutsche Dichtung der Gegenwart, von Prof. Dr. Philipp]
[Witkop]
[ Deutsche Musik der Gegenwart, von Paul Bekker]
[ Deutsche Philosophie der Gegenwart, von Prof. Dr. Max]
[Scheler]
[ Relativittstheorie, von Prof. Dr. A. Sommerfeld]
[ Deutsche Wirtschaftsprobleme der Gegenwart, von Prof. Dr.]
[Goetz Briefs]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16264 ]
[Files: 16264-8.txt; 16264-h.htm; ]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892,by Various 16263
[Editor: Francis Burnand]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16263 ]
[Files: 16263.txt; 16263-8.txt; 16263-h.htm]
Nathan Viisas, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 16262
[Subtitle: Viisinytksinen nytelmruno]
[Translator: Juhani Siljo]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16262 ]
[Files: 16262-8.txt]
Some Chinese Ghosts, by Lafcadio Hearn 16261
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16261 ]
[Files: 16261.txt; 16261-8.txt; 16261-h.htm]
Nouveau moyen, by Louis-Jacques-Mand Daguerre 16260
[Full title: Nouveau moyen de prparer la couche sensible des plaques]
[destines recevoir les images photographiques]
[Subtitle: Lettre M. Arago]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/6/16260 ]
[Files: 16260-8.txt; 16260-h.htm]
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People 16259
[Author: L. Frank Baum]
[Ill.: Frank Ver Beck]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16259 ]
[Files: 16259.txt; 16259-h.htm; ]
The Squire of Sandal-Side, by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 16258
[Subtitle: A Pastoral Romance]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16258 ]
[Files: 16258.txt; 16258-8.txt; 16258-h.htm; ]
The Turtles of Tasman, by Jack London 16257
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16257 ]
[Files: 16257.txt; 16257-8.txt; 16257-h.htm]
The Psychology of Management, by L. M. Gilbreth 16256
[Subtitle: The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and]
[Installing Methods of Least Waste]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16256 ]
[Files: 16256.txt; 16256-8.txt; 16256-h.htm]
Dickey Downy, by Virginia Sharpe Patterson 16255
[Subtitle: The Autobiography of a Bird]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16255 ]
[Files: 16255.txt; 16255-8.txt; 16255-h.htm]
The Fertility of the Unfit, by William Allan Chapple 16254
[Commentator: Rutherford Waddell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16254 ]
[Files: 16254.txt; 16254-8.txt; 16254-h.htm]
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid, by Amy D. V. Chalmers 16253
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16253 ]
[Files: 16253.txt; 16253-8.txt; 16253-h.htm]
Jan, by A. J. Dawson 16252
[Subtitle: A Dog and a Romance]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16252 ]
[Files: 16252.txt; 16252-8.txt; 16252-h.htm]
A Book for Kids, by C. J. (Clarence Michael James) Dennis 16251
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16251 ]
[Files: 16251.txt; 16251-h.htm]
Tristan and Isolda, by Richard Wagner 16250
[Subtitle: Opera in Three Acts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/5/16250 ]
[Files: 16250.txt; 16250-8.txt; 16250-h.htm]
Bought and Paid For, by Arthur Hornblow 16249
[Subtitle: From the Play of George Broadhurst]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16249 ]
[Files: 16249.txt; 16249-8.txt; 16249-h.htm]
The Opera, by R.A. Streatfeild 16248
[Subtitle: A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions]
[of all Works in the Modern Repertory]
[Other: J. A. Fuller-Maitland]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16248 ]
[Files: 16248.txt; 16248-8.txt; 16248-h.htm]
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know, by Various 16247
[Editor: Hamilton Wright Mabie]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16247 ]
[Files: 16247.txt; 16247-8.txt; 16247-h.htm]
Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure,Desiderius Erasmus 16246
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16246 ]
[Files: 16246.txt; 16246-8.txt; 16246-h.htm]
Ten Years' Exile, by Anne Louise Germaine Necker 16245
[Subtitle: Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the
Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810,
1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original
Manuscript, by Her Son]
[Author AKA: Baronne (Baroness) de Stael-Holstein]
[Editor: Auguste Louis, Baron de Stael-Holstein]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16245 ]
[Files: 16245.txt; ]
The Turkish Jester, by Nasreddin Hoca 16244
[Subtitle: or, The Pleasantries of Cogia Nasr Eddin Effendi]
[Tr.: George Borrow]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16244 ]
[Files: 16244.txt; 16244-h.htm]
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, by Landsborough 16243
[Full author: William Landsborough]
[Subtitle: In search of Burke and Wills]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16243 ]
[Files: 16243.txt]
The Purpose of the Papacy, by John S. Vaughan 16242
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16242 ]
[Files: 16242.txt; 16242-8.txt; 16242-h.htm]
Barbara's Heritage, by Deristhe L. Hoyt 16241
[Subtitle: Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters]
[Illustrator: Homer W. Colby]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16241 ]
[Files: 16241.txt; 16241-8.txt; 16241-h.htm]
La Vnus d'Ille, by Prosper Mrime 16240
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/4/16240 ]
[Files: 16240-8.txt; 16240-r.rtf]
Colomba, by Prosper Mrime 16239
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16239 ]
[Files: 16239-8.txt; 16239-r.rtf]
Posies Allemandes, by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 16238
[Translator: Grard de Nerval]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16238 ]
[Files: 16238-8.txt; 16238-r.rtf]
Les stratagmes, by Sextus Julius Frontin 16237
[Translator: Ch. Bailly]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16237 ]
[Files: 16237-8.txt; 16237-r.rtf]
Le dernier des mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper 16236
[Subtitle: Le roman de Bas-de-cuir]
[Translator: A.J.B. Defauconpret]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16236 ]
[Files: 16236-8.txt; 16236-r.rtf]
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bront 16235
[Subtitle: ou Les mmoires d'une institutrice]
[Translator: Mme Lesbazeilles Souvestre]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16235 ]
[Files: 16235-8.txt; 16235-r.rtf]
Introduction l'tude de la mdecine exprimentale, by Claude Bernard 16234
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16234 ]
[Files: 16234-8.txt; 16234-r.rtf]
Fixing the True Standards of Wit, by Corbyn Morris 16233
[Full title: An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour,]
[Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)]
[Commentator: James L. Clifford]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16233 ]
[Files: 16233.txt; 16233-8.txt; 16233-h.htm]
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers, by Sutton and Sons 16232
[Full title: The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and]
[Roots, 16th Edition]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16232 ]
[Files: 16232.txt; 16232-8.txt; 16232-0.txt; 16232-h.htm]
"Forward, March", by Kirk Munroe 16231
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Spanish-American War]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16231 ]
[Files: 16231.txt; 16231-8.txt; 16231-h.htm; ]
Fat and Blood, by S. Weir Mitchell 16230
[Subtitle: An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of]
[Neurasthenia and Hysteria]
[Editor: John K. Mitchell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/3/16230 ]
[Files: 16230.txt; 16230-8.txt; 16230-h.htm]
The Poems of Henry Van Dyke, by Henry Van Dyke 16229
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16229 ]
[Files: 16229.txt; 16229-8.txt; 16229-h.htm]
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, by Various 16228
[Subtitle: Volume XVII., No 422, New Series, January 31, 1852]
[Editor: Robert Chambers and William Chambers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16228 ]
[Files: 16228.txt; 16228-8.txt; 16228-h.htm]
The Uses of Astronomy, by Edward Everett 16227
[Subtitle: An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16227 ]
[Files: 16227.txt; 16227-8.txt; 16227-h.htm; ]
A Journey to Katmandu, by Laurence Oliphant 16226
[Subtitle: (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor;]
[including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16226 ]
[Files: 16226.txt; 16226-h.htm]
Music As A Language, by Ethel Home 16225
[Subtitle: Lectures to Music Students]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16225 ]
[Files: 16225.txt; 16225-8.txt; 16225-h.htm]
Tour in France and Germany, Volume One, by Thomas Frognall Dibdin 16224
[Full title: A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in]
[France and Germany, Volume One]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16224 ]
[Files: 16224.txt; 16224-8.txt; 16224-h.htm]
Lukemisia lapsille 1, by Zacharias Topelius 16223
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16223 ]
[Files: 16223-8.txt; 16223-h.htm]
Winter Evening Tales, by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 16222
[Contents: "Cash," a Problem of Profit and Loss]]
[ Franz Mller's Wife]
[ The Voice at Midnight]
[ Six and Half-a-Dozen]
[ The Story of David Morrison]
[ Tom Duffan's Daughter]
[ The Harvest of the Wind]
[ The Seven Wise Men of Preston]
[ Margaret Sinclair's Silent Money]
[ Just What He Deserved]
[ An Only Offer]
[ Two Fair Deceivers]
[ The Two Mr. Smiths]
[ The Story of Mary Neil]
[ The Heiress of Kurston Chace]
[ Only This Once]
[ Petralto's Love Story]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16222 ]
[Files: 16222.txt; 16222-8.txt; 16222-h.htm; ]
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets, by Jane Addams 16221
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16221 ]
[Files: 16221.txt; 16221-8.txt; 16221-h.htm]
Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, by Alexander Clark Bullitt 16220
[Full title: Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844]
[Subtitle: By a Visiter]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/2/16220 ]
[Files: 16220.txt; 16220-8.txt; 16220-h.htm]
As Farpas (Maio a Junho de 1877), by Ramalho Ortigo & Ea de Queiroz 16219
[Subtitle: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16219 ]
[Files: 16219-8.txt; 16219-h.htm]
As Farpas (Janeiro a Fevereiro de 1877), by Ortigo & de Queiroz 16218
[Subtitle: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes]
[Author: Ramalho Ortigo and Ea de Queiroz]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16218 ]
[Files: 16218-8.txt; 16218-h.htm]
As Farpas (Agosto a Setembro de 1877), by Ortigo & de Queiroz 16214
[Subtitle: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes]
[Author: Ramalho Ortigo and Ea de Queiroz]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16214 ]
[Files: 16214-8.txt; 16214-h.htm]
The Pursuit of the House-Boat, by John Kendrick Bangs 16097
[Subtitle: Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the]
[Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.]
[Ill.: Peter Newell]
[This is the 1897 edition. It differs in some respects from e-book]
[#3169, which was prepared from a 1919 edition.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/9/16097 ]
[Files: 16097.txt; 16097-8.txt; 16097-h.htm; ]
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed, 06 Jul 2005: 16633 (incl. 461 Aus.).
Last week the Total Count was 16559, including 460 at PG of Australia.
This week we added 74 new.
RESERVED/PENDING count: 44
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:: During the past week the following ebooks were manually updated and
reposted with the indicated filenames and transferred into the corresponding
new directories:
The Physiology of Marriage, Part III., by Honore de Balzac 5958
The Physiology of Marriage, Part II., by Honore de Balzac 5899
The Physiology of Marriage, Part I., by Honore de Balzac 5704
The Warden, by Anthony Trollope 619
:: Please note the following additional changes, corrections, improvements:
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Prince Fortunatus, by William Black 16217
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16217 ]
[Files: 16217.txt; 16217-8.txt; 16217-h.htm]
American Missionary, Volume 50, No. 8, August, 1896, by Various 16216
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16216 ]
[Files: 16216.txt; 16216-8.txt; 16216-h.htm]
Jack Sheppard, by William Harrison Ainsworth 16215
[Subtitle: A Romance]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16215 ]
[Files: 16215.txt; 16215-8.txt; 16215-h.htm]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 21, 1920, by Various 16213
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16213 ]
[Files: 16213.txt; 16213-8.txt; 16213-h.htm]
Vkevin, by Herman Bang 16212
[Subtitle: Kummallinen kertomus]
[Translator: Juho Ahava]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16212 ]
[Files: 16212-8.txt]
Fjalar Kuningas, by Johan Ludvig Runeberg 16211
[Translator: K. Kiljander]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16211 ]
[Files: 16211-8.txt]
La chasse galerie, by Honor Beaugrand 16210
[Subtitle: Lgendes Canadiennes]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/1/16210 ]
[Files: 16210-8.txt; 16210-h.htm]
Lectures on the English Poets, by William Hazlitt 16209
[Editor: Alfred Rayney Waller and Ernest Rhys]
[Subtitle: Delivered at the Surrey Institution]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16209 ]
[Files: 16209.txt; ]
The Works of John Dryden, Volume 5 (of 18), by John Dryden 16208
[Subtitle: Amboyna; The state of Innocence; Aureng-Zebe; All for Love]
[Editor: Walter Scott (1771-1832)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16208 ]
[Files: 16208.txt; 16208-8.txt; 16208-h.htm]
Adle Dubois, by Mrs. William T. Savage 16207
[Subtitle: A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16207 ]
[Files: 16207.txt; 16207-8.txt; 16207-h.htm]
Analytical Studies, by Honore de Balzac 16206
[Contains: etext #16205, #16146]]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16206 ]
[Files: 16206.txt]
The Physiology of Marriage, Complete, by Honore de Balzac 16205
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16205 ]
[Contains: etext #5704, #5899, #5958]]
[Files: 16205.txt]
The Mansion of Mystery, by Chester K. Steele 16204
[Subtitle: Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book]
[of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective]
["Chester K. Steele" was a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate;]
[I am unable to find the true identity of the author.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16204 ]
[Files: 16204.txt; 16204-8.txt; ]
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624, by Various 16203
[Subtitle: Explorations By Early Navigators, Descriptions Of The]
[Islands And Their Peoples, Their History And Records Of]
[The Catholic Missions, As Related In Contemporaneous Books]
[And Manuscripts, Showing The Political, Economic, Commercial]
[And Religious Conditions Of Those Islands From Their]
[Earliest Relations With European Nations To The Close Of]
[The Nineteenth Century]
[Editor: Emma Helen Blair]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16203 ]
[Files: 16203.txt; 16203-8.txt; 16203-h.htm]
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia, by Captain Samuel Brunt 16202
[Author: Introduction by Marjorie Nicolson]
[Subtitle: With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and]
[Manners of That Country]
["Captain Samuel Brunt" was a psuedonym, but for whom? The subject]
[matter and its treatment suggest Swift or Defoe, but most scholars think]
[this the work of an unknown imitator.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16202 ]
[Files: 16202.txt; 16202-8.txt; 16202-h.htm; ]
Parnaso Filipino, by Eduardo Martin de la Camara 16201
[Subtitle: Antologie de Poetas del Archipelago Magellanico]
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16201 ]
[Files: 16201-8.txt; 16201-h.htm]
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864, by Various 16200
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/2/0/16200 ]
[Files: 16200.txt; 16200-8.txt; 16200-h.htm]
Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman, by Godwin 16199
[Full author: William Godwin]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16199 ]
[Files: 16199.txt; 16199-8.txt; 16199-h.htm]
Her Own Way, by Clyde Fitch 16198
[Subtitle: A Play in Four Acts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16198 ]
[Files: 16198.txt; 16198-8.txt; 16198-h.htm]
One Third Off, by Irvin S. Cobb 16197
[Illustrator: Tony Sarg]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16197 ]
[Files: 16197.txt; 16197-8.txt; 16197-h.htm]
King Olaf's Kinsman, by Charles Whistler 16196
[Subtitle: A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in]
[the Days of Ironside and Cnut]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16196 ]
[Files: 16196.txt; 16196-h.htm]
A Sketch of the History of Oneonta, by Dudley M. Campbell 16195
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16195 ]
[Files: 16195.txt; ]
Corporal Sam and Other Stories, by A. T. Quiller-Couch 16194
[Author AKA: Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944)]
[Author AKA: Q]
[Contents: Corporal Sam]]
[ The Copernican Convoy]
[ Red Velvet]
[ The Jew on the Moor]
[ My Christmas Burglary]
[ The Mayor's Dovecot: a Cautionary Tale]
[ News From Troy!]
[ Colonel Baigent's Christmas]
[ Doctor Unonius]
[ Mutual Exchange, Limited]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16194 ]
[Files: 16194.txt; ]
Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850, by Various 16193
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16193 ]
[Files: 16193.txt; 16193-8.txt; 16193-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 57, by Various 16192
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol.]
[1,]
[No. 57, December 9, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16192 ]
[Files: 16192.txt; 16192-8.txt; 16192-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 56, by Various 16191
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol.]
[1,]
[No. 56, December 2, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16191 ]
[Files: 16191.txt; 16191-8.txt; 16191-h.htm]
La Divina Comdia: Complete, by Dante Alighieri 16190C
[Note: English title is Dante's Divine Comedy, Complete]
[Tr.: Ermes Culos]
[Language: Friulan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/9/16190 ]
[Files: 16190-8.txt; ]
La Divina Comdia: Parads, by Dante Alighieri 16189C
[Note: English title is Dante's Paradise]
[Tr.: Ermes Culos]
[Language: Friulan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16189 ]
[Files: 16189-8.txt; ]
La Divina Comdia: Purgatri, by Dante Alighieri 16188C
[Note: English title is Dante's Purgatorio]
[Tr.: Ermes Culos]
[Language: Friulan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16188 ]
[Files: 16188-8.txt; ]
La Divina Comdia: Infir, by Dante Alighieri 16187C
[Note: English title is Dante's Inferno]
[Tr.: Ermes Culos]
[Language: Friulan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16187 ]
[Files: 16187-8.txt; ]
A Little Rebel, by Mrs. Hungerford 16186
[Author AKA: Margaret Wolfe Hamilton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16186 ]
[Files: 16186.txt; 16186-8.txt]
The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories, by Various 16185
[Editor: American Sunday School Union]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16185 ]
[Files: 16185.txt; 16185-8.txt; 16185-h.htm]
His Life, by William E. Barton, Theodore G. Soares, and Sydney Strong 16184
[Subtitle: A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16184 ]
[Files: 16184.txt; 16184-8.txt; 16184-h.htm]
In Indian Mexico (1908), by Frederick Starr 16183
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16183 ]
[Files: 16183.txt; 16183-8.txt; 16183-h.htm]
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 16182
[Title: The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett,
Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846]
[Editor: Robert Browning]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16182 ]
[Files: 16182.txt; 16182-8.txt; 16182-h.htm]
Young Lion of the Woods, by Thomas Barlow Smith 16181
[Subtitle: A Story of Early Colonial Days]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16181 ]
[Files: 16181.txt; 16181-8.txt; 16181-h.htm]
Roman Mosaics, by Hugh Macmillan 16180
[Subtitle: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/8/16180 ]
[Files: 16180.txt; 16180-8.txt; 16180-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 55, by Various 16179
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol.]
[1,]
[No. 55, November 25, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16179 ]
[Files: 16179.txt; 16179-8.txt; 16179-h.htm]
Essays on Art, by A. Clutton-Brock 16178
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16178 ]
[Files: 16178.txt; 16178-8.txt; 16178-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 54, November 18, 1897, by Various 16177
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It,]
[Vol. 1, No. 54, November 18, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16177 ]
[Files: 16177.txt; 16177-8.txt; 16177-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 53, November 11, 1897, by Various 16176
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It,]
[Vol. 1, No. 53, November 11, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16176 ]
[Files: 16176.txt; 16176-8.txt; 16176-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, November 4, 1897, No. 52, by Various 16175
[Full title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It,]
[Vol. 1, November 4, 1897, No. 52]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16175 ]
[Files: 16175.txt; 16175-8.txt; 16175-h.htm]
The Gun-Brand, by James B. Hendryx 16174
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16174 ]
[Files: 16174.txt; 16174-8.txt; 16174-h.htm]
St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7., by Various 16173
[Full title: St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May,]
[1878, No. 7.]
[Subtitle: Scribner's Illustrated]
[Editor: Mary Mapes Dodge]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16173 ]
[Files: 16173.txt; 16173-8.txt; 16173-h.htm]
American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889, by Various 16172
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16172 ]
[Files: 16172.txt; 16172-8.txt; 16172-h.htm]
Our Boys, by Various 16171
[Subtitle: Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16171 ]
[Files: 16171.txt; 16171-8.txt; 16171-h.htm; ]
Elements of Military Art and Science, by Henry Wager Halleck 16170
[Subtitle: Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification,]
[Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff,]
[Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To]
[The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With]
[Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/7/16170 ]
[Files: 16170.txt; 16170-8.txt; 16170-h.htm]
The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage, by Christopher Marlowe 16169
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16169 ]
[Files: 16169.txt; 16169-8.txt; 16169-0.txt]
The Master Mystery, by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey 16168
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16168 ]
[Files: 16168.txt; 16168-8.txt; 16168-h.htm; ]
Seven Great Monarchies, Vol 7. (of 7): New Persian Empire, by Rawlinson 16167
[Full title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World,]
[Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire]
[Full author: George Rawlinson]
[Subtitle: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea,]
[Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian]
[or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.]
[Illustrator: George Rawlinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16167 ]
[Files: 16167.txt; 16167-8.txt; 16167-h.htm]
The Seven Great Monarchies, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia, by George Rawlinson 16166
[Full title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World,]
[Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia]
[Subtitle: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea,]
[Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian]
[or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.]
[Illustrator: George Rawlinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16166 ]
[Files: 16166.txt; 16166-8.txt; 16166-h.htm]
The Seven Great Monarchies, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia, by George Rawlinson 16165
[Full title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World,]
[Vol 5. (of 7): Persia]
[Subtitle: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea,]
[Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian]
[or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.]
[Illustrator: George Rawlinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16165 ]
[Files: 16165.txt; 16165-8.txt; 16165-h.htm]
The Seven Great Monarchies, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon, by George Rawlinson 16164
[Full title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World,]
[Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon]
[Subtitle: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea,]
[Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian]
[or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.]
[Illustrator: George Rawlinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16164 ]
[Files: 16164.txt; 16164-8.txt; 16164-h.htm]
The Seven Great Monarchies, Vol 3. (of 7): Media, by George Rawlinson 16163
[Full title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World,]
[Vol 3. (of 7): Media]
[Subtitle: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea,]
[Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian]
[or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.]
[Illustrator: George Rawlinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16163 ]
[Files: 16163.txt; 16163-8.txt; 16163-h.htm]
The Seven Great Monarchies, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria, by George Rawlinson 16162
[Full title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World,]
[Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria]
[Subtitle: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea,]
[Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian]
[or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.]
[Illustrator: George Rawlinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16162 ]
[Files: 16162.txt; 16162-8.txt; 16162-h.htm]
Seven Great Monarchies, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea, by George Rawlinson 16161
[Full title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World,]
[Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea]
[Subtitle: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea,]
[Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian]
[or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.]
[Illustrator: George Rawlinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16161 ]
[Files: 16161.txt; 16161-h.htm]
The Treasury of Ancient Egypt, by Arthur E. P. B. Weigall 16160
[Subtitle: Miscellaneous Chapters on]
[Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/6/16160 ]
[Files: 16160.txt; 16160-8.txt; 16160-h.htm]
American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 10, October, 1889, by Various 16159
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16159 ]
[Files: 16159.txt; 16159-8.txt; 16159-h.htm]
The Facts of Reconstruction, by John R. Lynch 16158
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16158 ]
[Files: 16158.txt; 16158-8.txt; 16158-h.htm]
Ibong Adarna, by Anonymous 16157
[Subtitle: Corrido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan nang tatlong Principeng]
[Magcacapatid na Anac nang Haring Fernando at nang Reina]
[Valeriana sa Ca]
[Language: Tagalog]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16157 ]
[Files: 16157-8.txt; 16157-h.htm]
Then Marched the Brave, by Harriet T. Comstock 16156
[Illustrator: Anna S. Hicks]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16156 ]
[Files: 16156.txt; 16156-h.htm]
Gilbertus Anglicus, by Henry Ebenezer Handerson 16155
[Subtitle: Medicine of the Thirteenth Century]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16155 ]
[Files: 16155.txt; 16155-8.txt; 16155-h.htm; ]
The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 9, September, 1889, by Various 16154
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16154 ]
[Files: 16154.txt; 16154-h.htm]
The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 8, August, 1889, by Various 16153
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16153 ]
[Files: 16153.txt; 16153-8.txt; 16153-h.htm]
Punch, Volume 158, February 4, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 16152
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16152 ]
[Files: 16152.txt; 16152-8.txt; 16152-h.htm]
Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. VI, June, 1862, by Various 16151
[Subtitle: Devoted To Literature and National Policy]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16151 ]
[Files: 16151.txt; 16151-8.txt; 16151-h.htm]
Miss McDonald, by Mary J. Holmes 16150
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/5/16150 ]
[Files: 16150.txt; 16150-8.txt; 16150-h.htm]
Mximas Morales en Ilocano y Castellano, by Anonymous 16149
[Subtitle: Para Uso de los Nios]
[Language: Iloko, Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/4/16149 ]
[Files: 16149-8.txt; 16149-h.htm]
Fray Luis de Len, by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly 16148
[Subtitle: A Biographical Fragment]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/4/16148 ]
[Files: 16148.txt; 16148-8.txt; 16148-h.htm]
The American Missionary, Vol. 43, No. 7, July, 1889, by Various 16147
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/4/16147 ]
[Files: 16147.txt; 16147-h.htm]
Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete, by Honore de Balzac 16146
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/4/16146 ]
[See also etext #6033 and #6403]
[Files: 16146.txt]
Two Expeditions Of Discovery In Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2), by George Grey 16145
[Full title: Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West]
[And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/1/4/16145 ]
[Files: 16145.txt; 16145-h.htm]
Nightfall, by Anthony Pryde 14487
[Author AKA: Agnes Russell Weekes]
["Anthony Pryde" was a pseudonym used by Agnes Russell Weekes.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/4/8/14487 ]
[Files: 14487.txt; ]
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*eBook Milestones
*Introduction
*Hot Requests, New Sites and Announcements
*Continuing Requests and Announcements
*Progress Report
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*Project Gutenberg Consortia Center Report
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*Flashback
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74 New Public Domain eBooks Under US Copyright
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16,636 eBooks As Of Today!!!
13,574 New eBooks Since The Start Of 2001
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We Have Produced 1680 eBooks in 2005
We Are ~66% of the Way from 10,000 to 20,000
3,364 to go to 20,000!!!
We have now averaged ~482 eBooks per year since July 4th, 1971
We Averaged About 339 eBooks Per Month In 2004
We Are Averaging About 282 books Per Month This Year
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76 This Week
It took ~32 years, from 1971 to 2003 to do our 1st 10,000 eBooks
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In the 26 weeks of this year, we have produced 1680 new eBooks.
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That's 26 WEEKS as Compared to ~27 YEARS!!!
FLASHBACK!
Here's a sample of what books we were doing around eBook #1680
Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
A "C" Following The eText # Indicates That This eText Is Under Copyright
[Note: books without month and year entries have been reposted]
Apr 1999 Life of Charlotte Bronte, V2, by E. C. Gaskell[#2][2locbxxx.xxx] 1700
Apr 1999 The Vanished Messenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim #4[vmsgrxxx.xxx] 1699
Apr 1999 The Survivors of the Chancellor, by Jules Verne #9[tsotcxxa.xxx] 1698
(See also #1652, from a different source)
Madam How and Lady Why, by Charles Kingsley 1697
Apr 1999 The Club of Queer Trades, by G. K. Chesterton/GKC8[tcoqtxxx.xxx] 1696
Apr 1999 The Man Who Was Thursday, by G. K. Chesterton/GKC7[tmwhtxxx.xxx] 1695
Apr 1999 Our Legal Heritage, by S. A. Reilly [rlglhxxx.xxx] 1694C
(Updated version in:) [rlglhxxa.xxx]
Apr 1999 Dangerous Days, by Mary Roberts Rinehart [MRR #8] [ddaysxxx.xxx] 1693
Mar 1999 1492, by Mary Johnston [For Columbus Day, 1998] [c1492xxx.xxx] 1692
Mar 1999 [Res: I Have A Dream, by Martin Luther King, Jr. [ xxx.xxx] 1691*
(See appendix item #7)
Mar 1999 Marie, by H. Rider Haggard [H. Rider Haggard #4][mariexxx.xxx] 1690
(Note: the filename mariexxx.xxx is also used for a totally different (eBook,
#3451 in etext02)
Mar 1999 The Pivot of Civilization, By Margaret Sanger [pvcvlxxx.xxx] 1689
The People of the Abyss, by Jack London 1688
Mar 1999 Parmenides, by Plato [More Socrates] Plato #24][prmdsxxx.xxx] 1687
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 The Secret of the Night, by Gaston Leroux [GL #3][tsotnxxx.xxx] 1686
Mar 1999 Mystery of the Yellow Room, by Gaston Leroux[GL#2][ylormxxx.xxx] 1685
[Contains ASCII diagrams, best viewed with non-proportional fonts.]
Mar 1999 The Egoist, by George Meredith[George Meredith #6][egostxxx.xxx] 1684
Honorine, by Honore de Balzac [Tr.: Clara Bell] 1683
Mar 1999 Menexenus, by Plato [Yet More Socrates] [Plato#23][mnxnsxxx.xxx] 1682
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Eryxias, not by Plato [More Socrates] [Plato#22][ryxisxxx.xxx] 1681
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, by Honore de Balzac [Tr.: Clara Bell] 1680
Mar 1999 Hiram The Young Farmer, by Burbank L. Todd [hrmyfxxx.xxx] 1679
An Historical Mystery, by Honore de Balzac 1678
[Tr.: Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Mar 1999 Alcibiades II, not Plato [More Socrates][Plato#21][2lcbdxxx.xxx] 1677
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Alcibiades I, by Plato? [More Socrates] [Plato#20][1lcbdxxx.xxx] 1676
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 New Forces in Old China, by Arthur Judson Brown [ldchnxxx.xxx] 1675
.(Note: the filename ldchnxxx.xxx is also used for a totally different
.(eBook, #3313 in etext02)
Mar 1999 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth [Slavery] [sjrnrxxx.xxx] 1674
[Author: Dictated by Sojourner Truth] [Editor: Olive Gilbert]
Mar 1999 Lesser Hippias, by [?]Plato[More Socrates]Plato19][lhppsxxx.xxx] 1673
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Gorgias, by Plato [A Socratic Dialog] [Plato #18][grgisxxx.xxx] 1672
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 When a Man Marries, by Mary Roberts Rinehart [#7][whammxxx.xxx] 1671
Martin Luther's Small Catechism, Tr.: by Robert E. Smith 1670
The Human Drift, by Jack London 1669
Mar 1999 Death of the Laird's Jock, by Walter Scott [WS #8][tpschxxx.xxx] 1668
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Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet???
If our average eBook has reached just 1% of the world population of
6,452,222,645 that would be 16,636 x 64,522,226 = 1.07 Trillion !!!
With 16,636 eBooks online as of July 06, 2005 it now takes an average
of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.93 from each book.
1% of the world population is 64,522,226 x 16,636 x $.93 = ~$1 trillion]
[Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.]
With 16,636 eBooks online as of July 06, 2005 it now takes an average
of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.60 from each book,
This "cost" is down from about $.76 when we had 13,155 eBooks a year ago.
100 million readers is only ~1.5% of the world's population!
At 16,636 eBooks in 34 Years and 00.00 Months We Averaged
~489 Per Year
40.8 Per Month
1.40 Per Day
At 1680 eBooks Done In The 182 Days Of 2005 We Averaged
9.2 Per Day
65 Per Week
280 Per Month
The production statistics are calculated based on full weeks'
production; each production-week starts/ends Wednesday noon,
starts with the first Wednesday of January. January 5th was
the first Wednesday of 2005, and thus ended PG's production
year of 2004 and began the production year of 2005 at noon.
This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week.
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*Headline News from Edupage
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
U.S. WILL KEEP CONTROL OF INTERNET ROOT
Despite previous statements from U.S. officials that the country would
cede its control over the Internet to the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers, a set of principles outlined this week by
the Bush administration states that no such transfer of control will
take place. The United States maintains control of the "root" system
that determines which domains will function, including not just generic
domains such as .com and .org but also country-specific domains. The
principles, which were announced unexpectedly at a conference in
Washington, D.C., are seen by many as a snub of the world community in
general and of certain of its critics in particular. Pakistan and
Brazil, for example, have long complained that the United States has
too much control over the Internet and should give the world's poorer
countries the opportunity to be equal participants.
ZDNet, 30 June 2005
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5770937.html
ONLINE ENROLLMENTS CONTINUE TO RISE
Research firm Eduventures has released a new report that puts the
number of students enrolled in wholly online courses last year at close
to one million, doubling the number from just two years earlier. The
report predicts another 500,000 or more students will enroll in online
courses over the next two years. The company estimates that by the end
of 2005, students enrolled in entirely online courses will constitute
more than 15 percent of the total number of students enrolled at
degree-granting institutions in the United States. Although much of the
growth in online course enrollments is taking place in the for-profit
higher education market, nonprofit institutions are closing the gap,
according to Sean Gallagher, senior analyst at Eduventures. As more and
more nonprofit institutions put their courses online, he said, "the
rate at which for-profits are stealing market share is beginning to
slow down."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 28 June 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/06/2005062802t.htm
BRITAIN SEES FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN PUBLISHING
A new study by the British Library predicts that by the year 2020, 90
percent of newly published work in the United Kingdom will be available
electronically. Just 10 percent of works published then will be printed
only, and half of those published electronically will also be printed,
according to the study. Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the library,
said such a "seismic shift" in publishing requires different methods to
ensure adequate protection and storage of the electronic materials. The
library is developing a digital storage system that it hopes will prove
sufficiently robust. Three copies of every item will exist, with one
stored off-site for recovery in the event of a catastrophic failure. A
spokesperson from the library noted that as published content is
increasingly in electronic format, officials must make decisions about
what new types of content they will archive, such as Web sites and
possibly even blog content.
BBC, 29 June 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4633423.stm
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
As you may have just heard, London was just reported
to have "beaten out" Paris for the 2012 Olympic Games,
along with Madrid, Moscow and New York.
I listened to a dozen various reports and references
to politics and globalization were made, but no one,
not one single interviewee or reporter would come out
right up front and say the decision was in retaliation
for France upsetting the European Union apple cart by
voting against the proposed EU Constitution.
By the way, the oddsmakers favored Paris, but perhaps
didn't take the French vote against the EU seriously,
perhap along with French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac
denigrating the food in England only yesterday.
Apparently the vote was extremely close, and we might
never find out just how much politics intervened.
*STRANGE WORDS OF THE WEEK
Cooper and Miller Not Off the Hook, Novak Not On It
Even though Time magazine handed over the papers in question
only a day after last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision, it
appears that the White House is still insisting that Matthew
Cooper of Time and Judith Miller of the New York Times still
go to jail, even though no such pressures have ever been put
upon Robert Novak, the originator of the story. Sources say
that this is simply because Novak is a partisan player, from
the side of the Conservatives.
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK
Last night ABC's Nightline special on North Korea said that
North Koreans only know about the U.S. and other countries
via what their government tells them, without mentioning at
all that most U.S. citizens know little or nothing about any
other countries, much less about any other U.S. states.
Most U.S. citizens still never move outside a 50 mile range
of their birthplace and have serious trouble with geography,
both inside and outside their own country.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
Matthew Cooper of Time and Judith Miller of The New York Times
will go to jail rather than divulge their sources, and Time and
the New York Times will stand behind them, and so will most of
the world press corps.
Wow! Was I wrong about THAT one!!!
It took only ONE DAY for TIME to cave in !!!
Why wasn't Mr. Novak, the columnist who intitially outed Mrs.
Valerie Plame ever given this threat of contempt charges?
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
The median worth of US black households is 10% of white households.
*
ALA figures for Library Internet Access
[If you think Internet access hasn't spread a lot in 10 years,
just think about these American Library Association figures]
99% 2005
95% 2002
21% 1994
Wireless Internet in Libraries
18% 2005
39% 2006 [predicted by FSU study]
*
50 million Americans live in various kinds "gated communites."
That means out of just a handful of people, one is most likely
living in such an "arranged community."
*
Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries.
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
*
POEM OF THE WEEK
The Demon of Poetry
poetry has become a demon
harrassment is its game
thoughts upon thoughts of
perfectly shaped fertile colorful rhymes
incessantly harrass my spirit
and then lose strength, meaning, and color
as soon as I grab my pen to pin them down
my thoughts, like caterpillars
my words, like butterflies
the mirror shows a wrinkled forehead
and dark, unrested eyes
Copyright 2005 by Simona Sumanaru and Michael S. Hart
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