The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 03 Nov 2004
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed, 03 Nov 2004: 14,281 (incl. 386 Aus.).
Last week the Total Count was 14,225, including 386 at PG of Australia.
This week we added 56 new.
RESERVED/PENDING count: 43 (No change this week).
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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:
Note: Several years ago when the first of Churchill's novels were
contributed to Project Gutenberg a note was inserted in the header stating
the author was a "cousin of Sir Winston Churchill." This note was
dutifully perpetuated in the headers of the next 59 etexts in the PG
Churchill series. Richard Stauduhar kindly called to our attention this
was erroneous--in the reposting of the entire set this misinformation has
been corrected along with several hundred other errors.
(Note: the following 45 eBooks, #5356-5400, are all by the American
Novelist and Historian, Winston Churchill)
Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill 5400
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc63w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/4/0/5400 ]
[Files: 5400.txt]
Essay On The American Contribution And The Democratic Idea, by Churchill 5399
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc62w10.txt]
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[Files: 5399.txt]
A Traveller in War-Time, by Winston Churchill 5398
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc61w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5398 ]
[Files: 5398.txt]
Dr. Jonathan (A Play), by Winston Churchill 5397
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc60w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5397 ]
[Files: 5397.txt]
The Crisis, Complete, by Winston Churchill 5396
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc59w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5396 ]
[Files: 5396.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 8, by Winston Churchill 5395
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc58w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5395 ]
[Files: 5395.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 7, by Winston Churchill 5394
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc57w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5394 ]
[Files: 5394.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 6, by Winston Churchill 5393
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc56w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5393 ]
[Files: 5393.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 5, by Winston Churchill 5392
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc55w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5392 ]
[Files: 5392.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 4, by Winston Churchill 5391
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc54w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5391 ]
[Files: 5391.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 3, by Winston Churchill 5390
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc53w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/9/5390 ]
[Files: 5390.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 2, by Winston Churchill 5389
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc52w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5389 ]
[Files: 5389.txt]
The Crisis, Volume 1, by Winston Churchill 5388
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc51w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5388 ]
[Files: 5388.txt]
The Celebrity, Complete, by Winston Churchill 5387
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc50w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5387 ]
[Files: 5387.txt]
The Celebrity, Volume 4, by Winston Churchill 5386
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc49w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5386 ]
[Files: 5386.txt]
The Celebrity, Volume 3, by Winston Churchill 5385
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc48w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5385 ]
[Files: 5385.txt]
The Celebrity, Volume 2, by Winston Churchill 5384
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc47w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5384 ]
[Files: 5384.txt]
The Celebrity, Volume 1, by Winston Churchill 5383
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc46w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5383 ]
[Files: 5383.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Complete, by Winston Churchill 5382
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc45w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5382 ]
[Files: 5382.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 8, by Winston Churchill 5381
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc44w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5381 ]
[Files: 5381.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 7, by Winston Churchill 5380
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc43w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/8/5380 ]
[Files: 5380.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 6, by Winston Churchill 5379
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc42w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5379 ]
[Files: 5379.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 5, by Winston Churchill 5378
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc41w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5378 ]
[Files: 5378.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 4, by Winston Churchill 5377
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc40w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5377 ]
[Files: 5377.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 3, by Winston Churchill 5376
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc39w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5376 ]
[Files: 5376.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 2, by Winston Churchill 5375
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc38w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5375 ]
[Files: 5375.txt]
A Modern Chronicle, Volume 1, by Winston Churchill 5374
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc37w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5374 ]
[Files: 5374.txt]
Richard Carvel, Complete, by Winston Churchill 5373
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc36w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5373 ]
[Files: 5373.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 8, by Winston Churchill 5372
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc35w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5372 ]
[Files: 5372.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 7, by Winston Churchill 5371
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc34w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5371 ]
[Files: 5371.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 6, by Winston Churchill 5370
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc33w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/7/5370 ]
[Files: 5370.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 5, by Winston Churchill 5369
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc32w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5369 ]
[Files: 5369.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 4, by Winston Churchill 5368
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc31w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5368 ]
[Files: 5368.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 3, by Winston Churchill 5367
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc30w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5367 ]
[Files: 5367.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 2, by Winston Churchill 5366
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc29w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5366 ]
[Files: 5366.txt]
Richard Carvel, Volume 1, by Winston Churchill 5365
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc28w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5365 ]
[Files: 5365.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Complete, by Winston Churchill 5364
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc27w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5364 ]
[Files: 5364.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 8, by Winston Churchill 5363
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc26w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5363 ]
[Files: 5363.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 7, by Winston Churchill 5362
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc25w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5362 ]
[Files: 5362.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 6, by Winston Churchill 5361
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc24w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5361 ]
[Files: 5361.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 5, by Winston Churchill 5360
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc23w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/6/5360 ]
[Files: 5360.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 4, by Winston Churchill 5359
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc22w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/5/5359 ]
[Files: 5359.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 3, by Winston Churchill 5358
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc21w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/5/5358 ]
[Files: 5358.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 2, by Winston Churchill 5357
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc20w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/5/5357 ]
[Files: 5357.txt]
The Inside of the Cup, Volume 1, by Winston Churchill 5356
[Updated edition of: etext04/wc19w10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/5/3/5/5356 ]
[Files: 5356.txt]
(Author Note: the following 5 eBooks, #3762-3766, are all by the American
Novelist and Historian, Winston Churchill)
Coniston, Complete, by Winston Churchill 3766
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc18v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/6/3766 ]
[Files: 3766.txt]
Coniston, Book IV., by Winston Churchill 3765
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc17v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/6/3765 ]
[Files: 3765.txt]
Coniston, Book III., by Winston Churchill 3764
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc16v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/6/3764 ]
[Files: 3764.txt]
Coniston, Book II., by Winston Churchill 3763
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc15v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/6/3763 ]
[Files: 3763.txt]
Coniston, Book I., by Winston Churchill 3762
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc14v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/6/3762 ]
[Files: 3762.txt]
(Author Note: the following 4 eBooks, #3736-3739, are all by the American
Novelist and Historian, Winston Churchill)
A Far Country, Complete, by Winston Churchill 3739
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc13v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/3/3739 ]
[Files: 3739.txt]
A Far Country, Book 3, by Winston Churchill 3738
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc12v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/3/3738 ]
[Files: 3738.txt]
A Far Country, Book 2, by Winston Churchill 3737
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc11v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/3/3737 ]
[Files: 3737.txt]
A Far Country, Book 1, by Winston Churchill 3736
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc10v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/3/3736 ]
[Files: 3736.txt]
(Note: the following 4 eBooks, #3681-3684, are all by the American
Novelist and Historian, Winston Churchill)
Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete, by Winston Churchill 3684
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc09v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/8/3684 ]
[Files: 3684.txt]
Mr. Crewe's Career, Book III., by Winston Churchill 3683
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc08v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/8/3683 ]
[Files: 3683.txt]
Mr. Crewe's Career, Book II., by Winston Churchill 3682
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc07v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/8/3682 ]
[Files: 3682.txt]
Mr. Crewe's Career, Book I., by Winston Churchill 3681
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc06v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/8/3681 ]
[Files: 3681.txt]
(Author Note: the following 4 eBooks, #3646-3649, are all by the American
Novelist and Historian, Winston Churchill)
The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete, by Winston Churchill 3649
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc05v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/4/3649 ]
[Files: 3649.txt]
The Dwelling Place of Light, Volume 3, by Winston Churchill 3648
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc03v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/4/3648 ]
[Files: 3648.txt]
The Dwelling Place of Light, Volume 2, by Winston Churchill 3647
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc02v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/4/3647 ]
[Files: 3647.txt]
The Dwelling Place of Light, Volume 1, by Winston Churchill 3646
[Updated edition of: etext03/wc02v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/6/4/3646 ]
[Files: 3646.txt]
The Hand of Ethelberta, by Thomas Hardy 3469
[Subtitle: A Comedy in Chapters]
[Updated edition of: etext02/ethbr10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/4/6/3469 ]
[Files: 3469.txt; 3469-h.htm ]
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete, by Abraham Lincoln 3253
Contents:
Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
Editor's Preface by Arthur Brooks Lapsley
An Essay by Carl Shurz
Memorial Address by Joseph H. Choate
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln
[Updated edition of: etext02/lcent11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/2/5/3253 ]
[Files: 3253.txt]
Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete, by Guy de Maupassant 3090
[Tr.: Albert M.C. McMaster, A.E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada, and Others]
(See also: #3077-3089)
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm00v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/9/3090 ]
[Files: 3090.txt, 3090-h.htm]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 13, by Guy de Maupassant 3089
[Tr.: A.M.C. McMaster, A.E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
Old Judas
The Little Cask
Boitelle
A Widow
The Englishmen Of Etretat
Magnetism
A Fathers Confession
A Mother Of Monsters
An Uncomfortable Bed
A Portrait
The Drunkard
The Wardrobe
The Mountain Pool
A Cremation
Misti
Madame Hermet
The Magic Couch
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm13v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3089 ]
[Files: 3089.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 12, by Guy de Maupassant 3088
[Tr.: A.M.C. McMaster, A.E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
The Child
A Country Excursion
Rose
Rosalie Prudent
Regret
A Sister's Confession
Coco
A Dead Woman's Secret
A Humble Drama
Mademoiselle Cocotte
The Corsican Bandit
The Grave
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm12v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3088 ]
[Files: 3088.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 11, by Guy de Maupassant 3087
[Tr.: A.M.C. McMaster, A.E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
The Umbrella
Belhomme's Beast
Discovery
The Accursed Bread
The Dowry
The Diary Of A Mad Man
The Mask
The Penguins Rock
A Family
Suicides
An Artifice
Dreams
Simon's Papa
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm11v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3087 ]
[Files: 3087.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 10, by Guy de Maupassant 3086
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
The Christening
The Farmer's Wife
The Devil
The Snipe
The Will
Walter Schnaff's Adventure
At Sea
Minuet
The Son
That Pig Of A Morin
Saint Anthony
Lasting Love
Pierrot
A Normandy Joke
Father Matthew
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm10v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3086 ]
[Files: 3086.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 9, by Guy de Maupassant 3085
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
Toine
Madame Husson's Rosier
The Adopted Son
A Coward
Old Mongilet
Moonlight
The First Snowfall
Sundays Of A Bourgeois
A Recollection
Our Letters
The Love Of Long Ago
Friend Joseph
The Effeminates
Old Amable
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm09v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3085 ]
[Files: 3085.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 8, by Guy de Maupassant 3084
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
Clochette
The Kiss
The Legion Of Honor
The Test
Found On A Drowned Man
The Orphan
The Beggar
The Rabbit
His Avenger
My Uncle Jules
The Model
A Vagabond
The Fishing Hole
The Spasm
In The Wood
Martine
All Over
The Parrot
A Piece Of String
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm08v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3084 ]
[Files: 3084.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 7, by Guy de Maupassant 3083
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
The False Gems
Fascination
Yvette Samoris
A Vendetta
My Twenty-Five Days
"The Terror"
Legend Of Mont St. Michel
A New Year's Gift
Friend Patience
Abandoned
The Maison Tellier
Denis
My Wife
The Unknown
The Apparition
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm07v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3083 ]
[Files: 3083.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 6, by Guy de Maupassant 3082
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
That Costly Ride
Useless Beauty
The Father
My Uncle Sosthenes
The Baroness
Mother And Son
The Hand
A Tress Of Hair
On The River
The Cripple
A Stroll
Alexandre
The Log
Julie Romaine
The Rondoli Sisters
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm06v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3082 ]
[Files: 3082.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 5, by Guy de Maupassant 3081
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
Monsieur Parent
Queen Hortense
Timbuctoo
Tombstones
Mademoiselle Pearl
The Thief
Clair De Lune
Waiter, A "Bock"
After
Forgiveness
In The Spring
A Queer Night In Paris
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm05v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3081 ]
[Files: 3081.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 4, by Guy de Maupassant 3080
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
The Moribund
The Gamekeeper
The Story Of A Farm Girl
The Wreck
Theodule Sabot's Confession
The Wrong House
The Diamond Necklace
The Marquis De Fumerol
The Trip Of The Horla
Farewell
The Wolf
The Inn
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm04v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/8/3080 ]
[Files: 3080.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 3, by Guy de Maupassant 3079
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
Miss Harriet
Little Louise Roque
The Donkey
Moiron
The Dispenser Of Holy Water
The Parricide
Bertha
The Patron
The Door
A Sale
The Impolite Sex
A Wedding Gift
The Relic
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm03v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/7/3079 ]
[Files: 3079.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 2, by Guy de Maupassant 3078
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
The Colonel's Ideas
Mother Sauvage
Epiphany
The Mustache
Madame Baptiste
The Question Of Latin
A Meeting
The Blind Man
Indiscretion
A Family Affair
Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm02v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/7/3078 ]
[Files: 3078.txt]
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 1, by Guy de Maupassant 3077
[Tr.: A. M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada and Others]
Contents:
Guy De Maupassant--A Study By Pol. Neveux
Boule De Suif
Two Friends
The Lancer's Wife
The Prisoners
Two Little Soldiers
Father Milon
A Coup D'etat
Lieutenant Lare's Marriage
The Horrible
Madame Parisse
Mademoiselle Fifi
A Duel
[Updated edition of: etext02/gm01v11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/0/7/3077 ]
[Files: 3077.txt]
A Changed Man and Other Tales, by Thomas Hardy 3058
[Updated edition of: etext02/chgmn10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/0/5/3058 ]
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Wessex Tales, by Thomas Hardy 3056
[Updated edition of: etext02/westl10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/0/5/3056 ]
[Files: 3056.txt; 3056-h.htm ]
Under the Greenwood Tree, by Thomas Hardy 2662
[Subtitle: or The Mellstock Quire; A rural painting of the Dutch School]
[Updated edition of: etext01/ungwt11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/6/6/2662 ]
[Files: 2662.txt; 2662-h.htm ]
Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 7, 1863-1865, by Abraham Lincoln 2659
[Ed.: Arthur Brooks Lapsley]
[Updated edition of: etext01/7linc11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/5/2659 ]
[Files: 2659.txt]
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6, by Abraham Lincoln 2658
[Ed.: Arthur Brooks Lapsley]
[Updated edition of: etext01/6linc11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/5/2658 ]
[Files: 2658.txt]
Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5, 1858-1862, by Abraham Lincoln 2657
[Ed.: Arthur Brooks Lapsley]
[Updated edition of: etext01/5linc11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/5/2657 ]
[Files: 2657.txt]
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4, by Abraham Lincoln 2656
[Subtitle: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates II]
[Ed.: Arthur Brooks Lapsley]
[Updated edition of: etext01/4linc11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/5/2656 ]
[Files: 2656.txt]
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3, by Abraham Lincoln 2655
[Subtitle: Political Speeches & Debates Of Lincoln in The Senatorial
Campaign Of 1858 in Illinois]
[Ed.: Arthur Brooks Lapsley]
[Updated edition of: etext01/3linc11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/5/2655 ]
[Files: 2655.txt]
Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2, 1843-1858, by Abraham Lincoln 2654
[Ed.: Arthur Brooks Lapsley]
[Updated edition of: etext01/2linc11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/5/2654 ]
[Files: 2654.txt]
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1, 1832-1843, by Abraham Lincoln 2653
Contents:
Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
Editor's Preface by Arthur Brooks Lapsley
An Essay by Carl Shurz
Memorial Address by Joseph H. Choate
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln
[Updated edition of: etext01/1linc11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/6/5/2653 ]
[Files: 2653.txt]
The Hidden Masterpiece, by Honore de Balzac 1553
[Tr.: Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
[Updated edition of: etext98/hmstp10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/5/1553 ]
[Files: 1553.txt]
The Hated Son, by Honore de Balzac 1455
[Tr.: Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
[Updated edition of: etext98/htdsn10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/5/1455 ]
[Files: 1455.txt]
The Crossing, by Winston Churchill 388
[Author Note: this is the American Winston Churchill, Novelist/Historian]
[Updated edition of: etext96/tcros11.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/8/388 ]
[Files: 388.txt]
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Date correction (1852, not 1882):
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Vol. XVII, by William and Robert Chambers 13865
[Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Vol. XVII. No. 418. New Series.
January 3, 1852.]
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Discours prodigieux et espouventable..., by Anonymous 13938
[Full title: Discours prodigieux et espouventable de trois Espaignols
et une Espagnolle]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/3/13938 ]
[Files: 13938.txt; 13938-8.txt]
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey 13937
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/3/13937 ]
[Files: 13937.txt; 13937-8.txt; 13937-h.htm]
Notes & Queries, No. 47, Saturday, September 21, 1850, by Various 13936
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/3/13936 ]
[Files: 13936.txt; 13936-8.txt; 13936-h.htm]
Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men, by John Harris 13934
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/3/13934 ]
[Files: 13934.txt; 13934-8.txt]
In Old Kentucky, by Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey 13933
[Subtitle: A Story of the Bluegrass and the Mountains, Founded on
Charles T. Dazey's Play]
[Illus.: Clarence Rowe]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/3/13933 ]
[Files: 13933.txt; 13933-h.htm; ]
Whosoever Shall Offend, by F. Marion Crawford 13932
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/3/13932 ]
[Files: 13932.txt; 13932-8.txt; 13932-h.htm; ]
Master of His Fate, by J. Mclaren Cobban 13931
[Author AKA: James Mclaren Cobban (1849-1903)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/3/13931 ]
[Files: 13931.txt; 13931-8.txt; 13931-h.htm; ]
African and European Addresses, by Theodore Roosevelt 13930
[Subtitle: With an Introduction presenting a Description of the
Conditions under which the Addresses were given during Mr. Roosevelt's
Journey in 1910 from Khartum through Europe to New York]
[Ed.: Lawrence F. Abbott]
[Intro.: Lawrence F. Abbott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/3/13930 ]
[Files: 13930.txt; 13930-8.txt; 13930-h.htm; ]
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories, by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 13929
Contents:
Ilka On The Hill-Top
Annunciata
Under The Glacier
A Knight Of Dannebrog
Mabel And I (A Philosophical Fairy Tale)
How Mr. Storm Met His Destiny
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13929 ]
[Files: 13929.txt; 13929-8.txt; 13929-h.htm]
Plays, Acting and Music, by Arthur Symons 13928
[Subtitle: A Book Of Theory]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13928 ]
[Files: 13928.txt; 13928-8.txt; 13928-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 156, Jan. 29, 1919, Ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 13927
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13927 ]
[Files: 13927.txt; 13927-8.txt; 13927-h.htm]
An History of Birmingham (1783), by William Hutton 13926
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13926 ]
[Files: 13926.txt; 13926-8.txt; 13926-h.htm]
Notes & Queries, No. 24. Saturday, April 13. 1850, by Various 13925
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13925 ]
[Files: 13925.txt; 13925-8.txt; 13925-h.htm]
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862, by Various 13924
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13924 ]
[Files: 13924.txt; 13924-8.txt; 13924-h.htm]
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887), by Mrs. F.L. Gillette 13923
[Subtitle: The Whole Comprising A Comprehensive Cyclopedia Of
Information For The Home]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13923 ]
[Files: 13923.txt; 13923-8.txt; 13923-h.htm]
The Visionary, by Jonas Lie 13922
[Subtitle: Pictures From Nordland]
[Tr.: Jessie Muir]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13922 ]
[Files: 13922.txt; 13922-8.txt; 13922-h.htm]
Volks-Kochbuch, by Hedwig Heyl 13921
[Subtitle: fur Schule, Fortbildungsschule und Haus]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13921 ]
[Files: 13921.txt; 13921-8.txt]
Kevat ja takatalvi, by Juhani Aho 13920
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/2/13920 ]
[Files: 13920-8.txt]
Muistelmia ja matkakuvia, by Juhani Aho 13919
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/1/13919 ]
[Files: 13919-8.txt]
Secret Chambers and Hiding Places, by Allan Fea 13918
[Subtitle: Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions
About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/1/13918 ]
[Files: 13918.txt; 13918-8.txt; 13918-h.htm]
La Daniella, Vol. I, by George Sand 13917
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/1/13917 ]
[Files: 13917.txt; 13917-8.txt]
Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood), by Marie Bashkirtseff 13916
[Tr.: Mary J. Safford]
Contents:
Preface by Renee d'Ulmes
New Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff
Book LI
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/1/13916 ]
[Files: 13916.txt; 13916-8.txt; 13916-h.htm]
Novena sa Maloualhating Ama,t, by Fr. Juan Serrano 13915
[Title: Novena sa Maloualhating Ama,t,Doctor at Ilao nang Santa Iglesia
na si San Agustin]
[Language: Tagalog]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/1/13915 ]
[Files: 13915.txt; 13915-8.txt; 13915-h.htm]
Lettre a Louis XIV, by Fenelon et Guillemin 13914
[Author: Francois de Salignac de La Mothe Fenelon et Henri Guillemin]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/1/13914 ]
[Files: 13914-8.txt; 13914-0.txt]
The Port of Missing Men, by Meredith Nicholson 13913
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/1/13913 ]
[Files: 13913.txt; 13913-8.txt; ]
Bebee, by Ouida [AKA: Maria Louise de la Ramee] 13912
[Subtitle: Two Little Wooden Shoes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/1/13912 ]
[Files: 13912.txt; 13912-8.txt; ]
Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Vol. 3 of 14, Elbert Hubbard 13911
[Subtitle: Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen]
[Editor: Fred Bann]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/1/13911 ]
[Files: 13911.txt; 13911-8.txt; 13911-h.htm; ]
A Book of Exposition, by Homer Heath Nugent 13910
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/1/13910 ]
[Files: 13910.txt; 13910-h.htm]
The Indiscretion of the Duchess, by Anthony Hope 13909
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13909 ]
[Files: 13909.txt; 13909-h.htm]
Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury, by James Whitcomb Riley 13908
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13908 ]
[Files: 13908.txt]
The American Missionary, Volume XLII. No. 7. July 1888, by Various 13907
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13907 ]
[Files: 13907.txt; 13907-h.htm]
Conception Control and Its Effects..., by Florence E. Barrett 13906
[Title: Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation]
[Foreword: Randall Cantuar]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/9/0/13906 ]
[Files: 13906.txt; 13906-8.txt; 13906-h.htm; ]
John of the Woods, by Abbie Farwell Brown 13905
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13905 ]
[Files: 13905.txt]
Un antiguo rencor, by George (Jorge) Ohnet 13904
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13904 ]
[Files: 13904-8.txt; 13904-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 152, January 3, 1917, Ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 13903
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13903 ]
[Files: 13903.txt; 13903-h.htm]
Pisa, by Unknown 13902
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13902 ]
[Files: 13902-8.txt; 13902-h.htm]
Perzie, Chaldea en Susiane, by Jane Dieulafoy 13901
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13901 ]
[Files: 13901-8.txt; 13901-h.htm]
Collected Poems 1897 - 1907, by Henry Newbolt 13900
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/9/0/13900 ]
[Files: 13900.txt; 13900-8.txt]
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol 10, No. 291 13899
[Supplementary Issue 1827]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/9/13899 ]
[Files: 13899.txt; 13899-h.htm]
Don Strong, Patrol Leader, by William Heyliger 13898
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/9/13898 ]
[Files: 13898.txt]
The Adventure Club Afloat, by Ralph Henry Barbour 13897
[Illus.: E. C. Caswell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/9/13897 ]
[Files: 13897.txt; 13897-h.htm; ]
Jacques Bonneval, or The Days of the Dragonnades, by Anne Manning 13896
[Author AKA: Anne E. Manning]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/9/13896 ]
[Files: 13896.txt; 13896-8.txt; 13896-h.htm; ]
Patricia, by Emilia Elliott [AKA: Caroline Emilia Jacobs] 13895
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/9/13895 ]
[Files: 13895.txt; 13895-8.txt; 13895-h.htm; ]
The Great Adventure, by Arnold Bennett [AKA: Enoch Arnold Bennett] 13894
[Subtitle: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/9/13894 ]
[Files: 13894.txt; 13894-8.txt; 13894-h.htm; ]
Messages and Papers of William McKinley, Ed. by James D. Richardson 13893
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
William McKinley]
[Subtitle: Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders Relating
to the Spanish-American War]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/9/13893 ]
[Files: 13893.txt; 13893-8.txt; 13893-h.htm]
Le meunier d'Angibault, by George Sand 13892
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/9/13892 ]
[Files: 13892.txt; 13892-8.txt; 13892-h.htm]
Messages and Papers of Theodore Roosevelt, Ed. by James D. Richardson 13891
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
Theodore Roosevelt; Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/9/13891 ]
[Files: 13891.txt; 13891-8.txt; 13891-h.htm]
Beautiful Britain: Canterbury, by Gordon Home 13890
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/9/13890 ]
[Files: 13890.txt; 13890-8.txt; 13890-h.htm; ]
Dave Ranney, by Dave Ranney 13889
[Introduction: A. F. Schauffler]
[Subtitle: Thirty Years on the Bowery: An Autobiography]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/8/13889 ]
[Files: 13889.txt; 13889-h.htm; ]
Bacon, by Richard William Church 13888
[Subtitle: English Men Of Letters, Edited By John Morley]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/8/13888 ]
[Files: 13888.txt; 13888-8.txt; 13888-h.htm]
The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book, by Thomas R. Allinson 13887
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/8/13887 ]
[Files: 13887.txt; 13887-8.txt; 13887-h.htm; ]
Rhymes of the Rookies, by W. E. Christian 13886
[Subtitle: Sunny Side of Soldier Service]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/8/13886 ]
[Files: 13886.txt; ]
Echoes from the Sabine Farm, by Roswell Martin Field and Eugene Field 13885
(Note: Includes translations from Horace; Sabine Farm was the name of
Eugene Field's home in St. Louis)
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/8/13885 ]
[Files: 13885.txt; 13885-8.txt; 13885-h.htm; ]
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7), Samuel Richardson 13884
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/8/13884 ]
[Files: 13884.txt; 13884-8.txt; ]
The Tree of Heaven, by May Sinclair 13883
[Author AKA: Mary Amelia St. Clair Sinclair]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/8/13883 ]
[Files: 13883.txt; 13883-8.txt; 13883-h.htm; ]
Correspondance, 1812-1876, Tome 4, by George Sand 13875
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/7/13875 ]
[Files: 13875.txt; 13875-8.txt]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete, by Holmes 7400
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp1310.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/4/0/7400 ]
[Files: 7400.txt]
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 12, by Holmes 7399
[Subtitle: Verses From The Oldest Portfolio]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp1210.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7399 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 11, by Holmes 7398
[Subtitle: Poems From Over The Teacups]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp1110.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7398 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 10, by Holmes 7397
[Subtitle: Before The Curfew]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp1010.txt]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 9, by Holmes 7396
[Subtitle: The Iron Gate And Other Poems (1877-1881)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0910.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7396 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 8, by Holmes 7395
[Subtitle: Bunker-Hill Battle And Other Poems (1874-1877)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0810.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7395 ]
[Files: 7395.txt]
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 7, by Holmes 7394
[Subtitle: Songs Of Many Seasons (1862-1874)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0710.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7394 ]
[Files: 7394.txt]
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 6, by Holmes 7393
[Subtitle: Poems From The Breakfast-Table Series (1857-1872)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0610.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7393 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 5, by Holmes 7392
[Subtitle: Poems Of The Class Of '29 (1851-1889)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0510.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7392 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 4, by Holmes 7391
[Subtitle: Songs In Many Keys (1849-1861)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0410.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7391 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 3, by Holmes 7390
[Subtitle: Medical Poems]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0310.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/9/7390 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 2, by Holmes 7389
[Subtitle: Additional Poems (1837-1848)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0210.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/8/7389 ]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 1, by Holmes 7388
[Subtitle: Earlier Poems (1830-1836)]
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Updated edition of: etext05/ohp0110.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/7/3/8/7388 ]
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Memoir of John Lothrop Motley, Complete, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 4728
[Updated edition of: etext03/oh14v10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/4/7/2/4728 ]
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In the Days of the Comet, by H. G. Wells 3797
[Updated edition of etext03/incom10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/3/7/9/3797 ]
[Files: 3797.txt]
The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., by O.W. Holmes, Sr. 3252
[Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]
[Note: this is the Physician and Poet, not the Jurist)]
[Contents:
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table
The Professor at the Breakfast-table
The Poet at the Breakfast Table
Over the Teacups
Elsie Venner
The Guardian Angel
A Mortal Antipathy
Pages from an Old Volume of Life
Bread and the Newspaper
My Hunt after "The Captain"
The Inevitable Trial
Cinders from Ashes
The Pulpit and the Pew
Medical Essays
Homeopathy and its Kindred Delusions
The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever
Currents and Counter-currents in Medical Science
Border Lines of Knowledge in Some Provinces of Medical Science
Scholastic and Bedside Teaching
The Medical Profession in Massachusetts
The Young Practitioner
Medical Libraries
Some of My Early Teachers
A Memoir of John Lothrop Motley
A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our Hundred Days in Europe]
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Medical Essays, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr 2700
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Pages From an Old Volume of Life, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 2699
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A Mortal Antipathy, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 2698
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The Guardian Angel, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 2697
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Elsie Venner, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr 2696
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Over the Teacups, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr 2689
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The Poet at the Breakfast Table, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 2666
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The Professor at the Breakfast Table, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 2665
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Legends and Lyrics: Second Series, by Adelaide Anne Procter 2304
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Legends and Lyrics: First Series, by Adelaide Anne Procter 2303
[Preface by: Charles Dickens]
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La Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac 1710
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La Grenadiere, by Honore de Balzac 1428
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Gobseck, by Honore de Balzac 1389
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The Firm of Nucingen, by Honore de Balzac 1294
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The First Men In The Moon, by H. G. Wells 1013
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson 535
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Musset
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John Thorndyke's Cases, by R. Austin Freeman 13882
[Related By Christopher Jervis]
[Edited By R. Austin Freeman]
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The Case of Mrs. Clive, by Catherine Clive 13881
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Triple Spies, by Roy J. Snell 13880
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The Death of Balder, by Johannes Ewald 13879
[Tr.: George Borrow]
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The English Orphans, by Mary Jane Holmes 13878
[Subtitle: A Home in the New World]
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Poise: How to Attain It, by D. Starke 13877
[Tr.: Francis Medhurst]
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The Great Taboo, by Grant Allen 13876
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Rauhan erakko, by Juhani Aho 13874
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Tuomio, by Juhani Aho 13873
[Language: Finnish]
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The Ten Pleasures of Marriage..., by A. Marsh 13872
[Title: The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and The Confession of the
New-married Couple (1682)]
[Attributed To Aphra Behn]
[Reprinted With An Introduction By John Harvey]
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The Practice of the Presence of God, by Herman Nicholas 13871
[Title: The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of a Holy Life]
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A Summary History of the Palazzo Dandolo, by Anonymous 13870
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In Roemenie, by Th. Hebbelynck 13869
[Language: Dutch]
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Macbeth, by William Shakespeare 13868
[Language: French]
[Translator: M. Guizot]
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Kijkjes in een mooi werk over Chili, by Marie Robinson Wright 13867
[Language: Dutch]
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Le naturalisme au theatre: les theories et les exemples, by Emile Zola 13866
[Language: French]
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Vol. XVII, by William and Robert Chambers 13865
[Full title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Vol. XVII. No. 418.
New Series. January 3, 1882.]
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The Bay State Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 3, December, 1884, by Various 13864
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Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre, by Denis Diderot 13863
[Language: French]
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Le neveu de Rameau, by Denis Diderot 13862
[Language: French]
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Adolphe, by Benjamin Constant 13861
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/6/13861 ]
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Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters, by Milligan, et al. 13860
[Author: George Milligan, J. G. Greenhough, Alfred Rowland, Walter F.
Adeney, J. Morgan Gibbon, H. Elvet Lewis, D. Rowlands, & W. J. Townsend]
Contents: Enoch
Eldad and Medad
Barzillai
Adonijah
Hiram
Jeroboam
Asa
Ahaziah
Gehazi
Hazael
Manasseh
Amaziah
Jabez
Simeon
Pontius Pilate
Barabbas
Joseph of Arimathea
Philip, the Evangelist
Ananias and Sapphira
Demas
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Boy Scouts in Southern Waters, by G. Harvey Ralphson 13859
[Author AKA: George Harvey Ralphson]
[Subtitle: Spaniard's Treasure Chest]
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The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping, by H. Byerley Thomson 13858
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La reine Margot - Tome II, by Alexandre Dumas, Pere 13857
[Language: French]
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La reine Margot - Tome I, by Alexandre Dumas, Pere 13856
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/5/13856 ]
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Une politique europeenne, by Etienne Grosclaude 13855
[Title: Une politique europeenne : la France, la Russie, l'Allemagne et
la guerre au Transvaal]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/5/13855 ]
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The Old Franciscan Missions Of California, by George Wharton James 13854
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New National First Reader, by Charles J. Barnes, et al 13853
[Authors: Charles J. Barnes, Harlan H. Ballard, S. Proctor Thayer]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/5/13853 ]
[Files: 13853.txt; 13853-8.txt; 13853-0.txt; 13853-pdf.pdf; 13853-h.htm]
Literary Taste: How to Form It, by Enoch Arnold Bennett 13852
[Subtitle: With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library
of English Literature]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/5/13852 ]
[Files: 13852.txt; 13852-8.txt; 13852-h.htm; ]
The Downfall, by Emile Zola 13851
[Translated by E. P. Robins]
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[Files: 13851.txt]
Panu, by Juhani Aho 13850
[Language: Finnish]
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Panu: Naytelma, by Juhani Aho 13849
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/4/13849 ]
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Les diaboliques, by Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly 13848
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/4/13848 ]
[Files: 13848-8.txt]
Slave Narratives: Aministrative Files, by Works Project Administration 13847
[Title: Slave Narratives, A Folk History Of Slavery In The United States
From Interviews With Former Slaves, Administrative Files]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/4/13847 ]
[Files: 13847.txt; 13847-h.htm]
Discours de la methode, by Rene Descartes 13846
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/8/4/13846 ]
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Manasse Jappinen, by Maiju Lassila 13845
[Language: Finnish]
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No. 13 Washington Square, by Leroy Scott 13844
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La Boheme Libretto, by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica 13843
[From: La Boheme, An Opera in Four Acts, by Giacamo Puccini]
[Tr.: W. Grist and P. Pinkerton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/8/4/13843 ]
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The Story of Manhattan, by Charles Hemstreet 13842
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Oberheim (Voices), by Christopher Leadem 13841C
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of War]
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The Sign Of The Red Cross, by Evelyn Everett-Green 13840
[Subtitle: A Tale of Old London]
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Correspondance, Vol. 5, 1812-1876, by George Sand 13839
[Language: French]
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Correspondance, Vol. 3, 1812-1876, by George Sand 13838
[Language: French]
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Correspondance, Vol. 2, 1812-1876, by George Sand 13837
[Language: French]
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Wide Courses, by James Brendan Connolly 13836
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The Amulet, by Hendrik Conscience 13835
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A se tordre, by Alphonse Allais 13834
[Language: French]
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Blackfeet Indian Stories, by George Bird Grinnell 13833
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Romance of California Life, by John Habberton 13832
[Subtitle: Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic
and Humorous]
Contents:
The Schoolteacher at Bottle Flat
Jim Hockson's Revenge
Making His Mark
Codago
The Last Pike at Jagger's Bend
First Prayer at Hanney's
The New Sheriff of Bunker County
Major Martt's Friend
Buffle
Matalette's Section
A Story of Ten Mile Gulch
Captain Sam's Change
Miss Fewne's Last Conquest
Markson's House
Grump's Pet
Wardelow's Boy
Tom Chafflin's Luck
Old Twitchett's Treasure
Blizzer's Wife
A Boarding-House Romance
Retiring from Business
The Hardhack Mistake
The Carmi Chums
Little Guzzy
A Romance of Happy Rest
Two Powerful Arguments
Mr. Putchett's Love
The Meanest Man At Blugsey's
Deacon Barker's Conversion
Joe Gatter's Life Insurance
The Temperance Meeting at Backley
Jude
A Love of a Cottage
The Bleighton Rivals
Budge and Toddie at Aunt Alice's
Sailing Up Stream
Free Speech
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Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic, by Sidney L. Gulick 13831
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The Wreck of the Hesperus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 13830
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol 17, No. 475 13829
[February 5, 1831]
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Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 29. August, 1873, by Various 13828
[Title: Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science,
Vol. XII, No. 29. August, 1873.]
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Fields of Victory, by Mrs. Humphry Ward 13827
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A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee", by Russell Doubleday 13826
[Subtitle: From the Diary of Number Five of the After Port Gun (Russell
Doubleday): The Yarn of the Cruise and Fights of the Naval Reserves in
the Spanish-American War]
[Editor: H. H. Lewis]
[Introduction: W. T. Sampson]
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Sapho, by Alphonse Daudet 13825
[Language: French]
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The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827, by Leland and Baldwin 13824
[Subtitle: Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers,
Sermons XXVI. and XXVII.]
[Author: Aaron W. Leland and Elihu W. Baldwin]
[Ed.: Austin Dickinson]
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Lady Merton, Colonist, by Mrs. Humphry Ward 13823
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Notes & Queries, No. 26. Saturday, April 27, 1850, by Various 13822
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Tales of Wonder, by Lord Dunsany 13821
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Unhappy Far-Off Things, by Lord Dunsany 13820
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Les compagnons de Jehu, by Alexandre Dumas 13819
[Language: French]
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Jacques, by George Sand 13818
[Language: French]
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With Marlborough to Malplaquet, by Herbert Strang and Richard Stead 13817
[Subtitle: A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne]
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The Jericho Road, by W. Bion Adkins 13816
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The Talking Beasts, by Various 13815
[Editor: Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith]
[Subtitle: A Book of Fable Wisdom]
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The Development of the Feeling for Nature..., by Alfred Biese 13814
[Title: The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and
Modern Times ]
[Translated from the original German, Tr.: Unknown]
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George Bird Grinnell was born in 1849. As a boy he attended school in
the home of John James Audubon, where he acquired a love of birds, leading
to a career as a naturalist. He served as a naturalist on Custer's 1874
expedition to the Black Hills. He became fascinated by the culture of the
Indians, even being adopted into the Pawnee tribe. His books on Indian
culture were among the most authoratative works on the subject.
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>From NewsScan:
DESCENT FROM PRIVACY: A 'SLIPPERY SLOPE'
Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, warns: "Most
consumers don't fully understand the tradeoffs they're making with privacy."
As an example, she argues that the potential widespread use of the VeriChip
-- a tiny radio transmitter inserted under a person's skin -- is "a
nightmare situation" for privacy, because at first workers might be induced
to wear the devices simply to get high-security jobs but that eventually the
transmitters would be much more broadly required: "All of a sudden it
becomes mandatory for certain classes of people. I just see this as an
extremely slippery slope."(Christian Science Monitor 21 Oct 2004)
<http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2004/1021/p13s01-stct.html>
[and in a related story]
U.S. PASSPORTS GET CHIPPED
[If crooks read your passport, they will know when you are not at home.]
Beginning in January, diplomats and U.S. State Department employees
will be issued passports containing embedded RFID chips that will contain
the individual's name, address, date and place of birth, and a digital
photo. Ordinary citizens applying for new passports will get the high-tech
version starting in the spring. Civil liberties advocates have called the
new passports a "privacy horror," and point out that even if the data were
encrypted (and it's not), it would still be very easy to steal. "If 180
countries have access to the technology for reading this thing, whether or
not it is encrypted, from a security standpoint, that is a very leaky
system," says Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Lee Tien. "Strictly
from a technology standpoint, any reader system, even with security, that
was so widely deployed and accessible to so many people worldwide will be
subject to some very interesting compromises." Meanwhile, a travel privacy
expert says that in addition to identity thieves, commercial travel
companies, including hotels, will capture the data when people check in or
exchange currency. Intel RFID expert Roy Want says those fears are overblown,
but acknowledges some theft is possible: "In principle someone could rig up
a reader, perhaps in a doorway you are forcing people to go through.
You could read some of these tags some of the time." (Wired.com 21 Oct 2004)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,65412,00.html>
ROBOT USE TO SURGE BY 2007
The use of robots to perform household tasks such as lawn-mowing,
vacuuming, guard duty and other chores is slated to increase sevenfold by
2007, according to the U.N.'s latest World Robotics Survey. The report says
607,000 automated domestic helpers are in use now, two thirds of them
purchased last year. Most of them -- 570,000 -- are robot vacuum cleaners,
and 37,000 of them are robotic lawn-mowers. While the report predicts that
vacuum cleaners will continue to hold the lead, sales of window-washing and
pool-cleaning robots are expected to take off. Meanwhile, sales of robotic
companions, like Sony's Aibo dog, are also expanding, with some 692,000
"entertainment robots" around the world. Japan remains home to about half
of the current 800,000 industrial robots, which are used primarily on
automobile assembly lines, but Europe and North America are catching up.
And "service robots" are branching out, performing such tasks as milking
cows, handling toxic waste, transporting medicine around hospitals and
assisting surgeons. By the end of this decade, robots will "also assist old
and handicapped people with sophisticated interactive equipment, carry out
surgery, inspect pipes and sites that are hazardous to people, fight fire
and bombs," says the report. (AP 21 Oct 2004)
<http://apnews.excite.com/article/20041021/D85RQCJ82.html>
MUSIC INDUSTRY ON THE WRONG COURSE
Wharton business professor Joel Waldfogel says the music industry is
mistakenly pursuing a short-term strategy in backing the Inducing
Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004, which would hold liable any entity
that "intentionally aids, abets, induces or procures" copyrighted material.
Rather than fighting technological advances through litigation, the music
industry must come up with new business models -- for instance, taking
advantage of the Internet to slash its distribution costs. "Instead of
putting out CDs and shipping them on trucks, they can send them directly at
a very low cost. That does suggest a very different business model than
charging $15 or $20 for a CD. It might be a much more attractive way to do
things. Stuff that is easy to distribute wants to be free. Given that
force, I think [the recording industry] needs to come up with a new model
for generating income," says Waldfogel. (Knowledge@Wharton Oct 20-Nov 2 2004)
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=1066
ADVERTISERS TRACK RADIO LISTENING HABITS
In 14 locations around the Washington area, a company called
MobilTrak has installed sensing devices on utility poles that pick up the
electronic signals from cars' antennas as they speed by and record which
station they're listening to. The monitoring process gives businesses a
welcome insight into the listening habits of their target audience and
helps them decide how to allocate their advertising budget, says MobilTrak
managing partner C. David Boice: "It's all about precision marketing. It's
about giving marketers real-time data about what's happening in certain
areas at certain times so they don't waste their advertising dollars." The
most enthusiastic adopters have been car dealerships, who generally believe
that 80% of their business comes from people who live or work within 10
miles of their location. One dealer found that the two stations he'd been
investing in -- a talk-personality station and a contemporary music station
-- didn't even rank in the top 10 for in-car radio listeners driving by his
dealership. "It was a real eye-opener," he says. Currently, MobilTrak picks
up only FM signals, but the company says it plans to introduce technology
that picks up AM and satellite station signals next spring.
(Washington Post 25 Oct 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60013-2004Oct24.html>
CYBERSECURITY LARGELY IGNORED BY INDIVIDUAL USERS
A new study by America Online and the National Cyber Security
Alliance indicates that about 80% of home PCs are infected with spyware,
but most users aren't even aware of it. And while 85% of users had
installed antivirus software, two-thirds of those had not updated it in
the past week. In addition, about 20% had an active virus on their machines
and two-thirds did not have a firewall installed. AOL chief trust officer
Tatiana Gau says the results highlight just how vulnerable the average
online user is to malicious hackers. "No consumer would walk down
the street waving a stack of cash or leave their wallet sitting in a
public place, but far too many are doing the exact same thing online.
Without basic protections like antivirus, spyware and firewall software,
consumers are leaving their personal and financial information at risk."
(CNet News.com 24 Oct 2004)
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SPYWARE RAMPANT, USERS UNAWARE
Results of a recent study highlight the lack of awareness among a wide
majority of home computer users about malicious code and the tools they
could use to protect their computers against it. The study was carried
out by America Online and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA),
which is promoting October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Technicians from AOL and NCSA went to the homes of more than 300
computer users and inspected their systems. Among the study's more
alarming findings were that 80 percent of home computers are currently
infected with spyware and that 90 percent of users with infected
machines were completely unaware of the infection. Authors of the
report's findings also noted that close to 60 percent of home users do
not know the difference between a firewall and antivirus software and
that two-thirds of users do not have a firewall installed. Although 85
percent of users had antivirus software installed on their computers,
only one-third had updated it within the previous week. Of the
computers studied, 20 percent had active viruses.
CNET, 25 October 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-5423306.html
JUDGE ISSUES RESTRAINING ORDER ON SPYWARE
A federal judge has issued a restraining order against notorious
spammer Stanford Wallace, forcing him to disable spyware programs that
secretly track users' actions and flood their computers with pop-up
ads. Wallace, who in the 1990s headed one of the most prolific spamming
companies, is the target of the first action taken by the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) against spyware purveyors. The FTC also alleges that
Wallace sold consumers bogus tools that supposedly detect and remove
spyware. Wallace's attorney said his client wants to use the Internet
in "lawful and proper ways" and "looks forward to an opportunity to
establish exactly what advertising practices are allowable." Laura
Sullivan, attorney for the FTC, described the judge's order as "relief
for consumers" while the case is being resolved. A hearing in the case
has been scheduled for November 9.
San Jose Mercury News, 25 October 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10010269.htm
IBM TO ISSUE SECURITY ALERTS
IBM will begin releasing monthly security reports called the Global
Business Security Index to give corporate customers a snapshot of
current threats to computer networks. The reports will be based on data
collected from 2,700 IBM employees and about 500,000 sensors in 34
countries. The sensors are applications that monitor attacks and
attempted attacks against networks. The new reports will be part of
IBM's Security Threats and Attack Trends service, which is available
for about $10,000 a month and resembles the DeepSight Threat Management
System offered by Symantec. Analysts said such tools are valuable for
network administrators to anticipate threats and minimize the damage
they cause. Observers noted, however, that the computer security
industry is locked in a cycle of announcing vulnerabilities and then
working frantically to patch them before hackers exploit them.
New York Times, 25 October 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/technology/25ibm.html
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DISNEY AND VIACOM: HUGE FINES FOR TOO MUCH ADVERTIZING
Only the more independent media are reporting that Disney,
the world's second largest media company, has been fined a
whopping half million dollars for placing more advertizing
than is legal in their programming. In addition, Viacom--
the multimedia empire--has been fined a million dollars to
also penalize them for this illegal behavior.
Even in these days of rampant deregulation, there is still
a law against saturating programs with advertizing and the
"product placement" of advertizing items within programs--
and both Disney and Viacom were nabbed by the FCC--Federal
Communications Commission for these violations, but you do
not hear much about this on the major media who are in bed
with these two media giants through various deals. A news
report literally half way around the world reported this.
The laws prohibit advertizing in excess of 20% of showtime
[slightly different on weekdays than weekends], but it was
broken some 600 times last year in this case, and some 145
product placement violations were cited in this period, in
which products related to the programs were illegally sold
in the programs' advertizing slots.
The vast majority [85 million] of U.S. households received
these programs last year, in which various programs of ABC
and Disney were cited for these violations.
[Note, most or all of these laws are designed to protect a
viewer of age 12 or under from more than 20% saturation of
advertizing per hour of television. Apparently adults are
expected to fend for themselves, as they get saturated for
approximately 1/3 of each hour with advertizing. If there
is anything you can forward on this, please do.]
[In related stories from various stock exchanges, it would
appear Disney is not doing well, with European stock price
falling dramatically, and the selling off of the 333 store
Disney chain of retail outlets. Disney investors are also
suing Disney a couple million dollars for paying off their
former Disney President, Michael Ovitz, to the tune of $77
million dollars, apparently including such personages as a
former U.S. Senate member, and a famous Oscar winner, in a
legal process that could apparently be taught in textbooks
for the next few centuries. The details are still sketchy
but apparently there was a total of $140 million involved,
as severance pay for Mr. Ovitz, perhaps only half of which
is involved in this case. Ovitz barely lasted one year as
Disney President, and due to the manner in which he left a
severance package is being challenged as inappropriate. A
quick look indicates he was hired 9 years ago, so why have
the lawsuits only come up now? In another point, it would
appear that the Disney corporation would get to keep funds
and interest returned under this lawsuit, not investors.]
Law pundits predict that this case will drive up the price
of executive salaries paid up front, as this case seems to
have poked a serious hold in the Golden Parachute idea.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
THE HUMAN GENOME IS SHRINKING
Recent estimates over the years of how many genes it takes
to actually build a human being are shrinking. Remember a
while back when they talked about millions of genes. . . .
Now they think it really only takes just over 20,000. . .!
It turns out most of the human genome doesn't do very much.
INDEX FINGERS POINT THE WAY FOR MALE SCIENTISTS
from The Scotsman
Male scientists are good at research because they have higher-than-average
levels of the female hormone oestrogen which aids analytical skills, a
study on Bath University academics today revealed.
The survey found that male scientists tended to have longer index fingers
than other men, indicating high levels of oestrogen present in their
bodies.
Men studied had levels of oestrogen as high as their testosterone levels,
which caused the right side of their brains responsible for spatial and
analytical skills, to develop more strongly.
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May 2002 Helen of Troy, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #31][hlntyxxx.xxx] 3229
May 2002 Poems of Progress, by Ella W. Wilcox [Wilcox #1][pmprgxxx.xxx] 3228
May 2002 The Defenders of Democracy by The Militia of Mercy[?dfdmxxx.xxx] 3227
May 2002 Albrecht Durer's Memoirs of Journeys to Venice....[admjvxxx.xxx] 3226
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>From NewsScan:
GOOGLE TACKLES DESKTOP SEARCH
[I'd love to hear from anyone trying this out!]
Google has released free Desktop Search software that addresses an
ongoing headache for users -- finding e-mails and files on their own
computers. The move pits Google directly against Microsoft, which includes
a file-search feature in its operating systems and is planning a more
comprehensive tool in the future. Google's Desktop Search
(http://desktop.google.com/) sifts through Microsoft Office and text files,
e-mails, AOL instant messenger exchanges, and Web sites that users have
visited in the past. Once installed, the software creates an index of the
PC owner's files to speed up the search process, and when the owner then
uses Google to search for something, a small box showing related files will
appear above the Web results. "Our goal for the application is to have it
act like a photographic memory for your computer," says Google consumer Web
products director Marissa Mayer. (Wall Street Journal 14 Oct 2004)
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109776260102945353,00.html> (sub req'd)
[more]
GOOGLE'S PC SEARCH TOOL MIGHT PROVE THE 'PERFECT SPY'
Google Desktop Search, released last Thursday in a "beta" test phase,
may prove a boon to disorganized PC users who need assistance in finding
data on their computers, but it also has a downside for those who use
public or workplace computers. Its indexing function may compromise the
privacy of users who share computers for such tasks as processing e-mail,
online shopping, medical research, banking or any activity that requires a
password. "It's clearly a very powerful tool for locating information on
the computer," says one privacy consultant. "On the flip side of things,
it's a perfect spy program." The program, which is currently available only
for Windows PCs, automatically records any e-mail read through Outlook,
Outlook Express or the Internet Explorer browser, and also saves pages
viewed through IE and conversations conducted via AOL Instant Messenger. In
addition, it finds Word, Excel and PowerPoint files stored on the computer.
And unlike the built-in cache of recent Web sites visited that's included
in most browser histories, Google's index is permanent, although individuals
can delete items individually. Acknowledging potential privacy concerns,
a Google executive says managers of shared computers should think twice about
installing the tool before advanced features like password protection
and multi-user support are available. (AP/Washington Post 19 Oct 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43548-2004Oct18.html>
DELL TAKES A BITE OUT OF APPLE
Dell launched its diminutive Dell Digital Jukebox music player,
dubbed the DJ 5, which features 5GB of storage for $199. The move signals a
direct challenge to Apple, whose 4GB iPod Mini sells for $249. In addition,
Dell lowered the price on its existing 20GB Dell DJ from $279 to $249 and
introduced a new line of plasma TVs, which start at $2,299. The PC maker's
aggressive move into consumer electronics reflects its determination to
stake out a strong position in the so-called digital home market.
(CNet News.com 14 Oct 2004)
news.com.com/iPod+Mini+gets+new+challenge+from+Dell/2009-1041_3-5409195.html
VATICAN TAPS RFID TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK BOOKS
The Vatican Library has tagged about 30,000 of its books with RFID
(radio frequency identification) tags since last year, and says plans call
for tagging 2 million of the 40-million piece collection in the near
future. That would enable the staff to complete the library's annual
inventory in less than a day -- a task that previously forced it to close
for a whole month. Emilia Di Bernardo, VP of Seret, the company that
installed the RFID system, says initially the Vatican staff were interested
only in an efficient inventory process. "But we came up with something that
is not only an inventory but a way to manage the books. This way staff
always know where all the books are." Di Bernardo says it is relatively
inexpensive to maintain the system and the technology does not harm the
books in any way. "The most expensive part is the tags and the hardware."
The RFID tags cost between five and 10 cents each, but Texas Instruments,
which manufactures the tags, anticipates the costs coming down. "It's robust
and as the price comes down, you will see it being used more and more,
including in bus ticketing and concert ticketing," says a TI spokesman.
(CNN.com 14 Oct 2004)
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/14/spark.rfid.vatican/index.html>
7-ELEVEN TESTS WIRELESS INVENTORY SYSTEM
Prompted by the example of Wal-Mart, convenience store giant 7-Eleven
is testing a wireless system in 10 Dallas-area stores that enable managers
to scan shelves using a handheld device and instantly order products that
need replenishing. Many retailers already use point-of-sale systems that
deduct sold items from an overall inventory list, but 7-Eleven officials
say the handheld computer takes the process one step further. The device,
made by NEC, features software that helps predict demand for perishable
food -- from sandwiches to milk -- by taking factors such as the weather
forecast into account. Rainy days produce sales slumps, while hot weather
triggers a run on Slurpees. Balancing supply and demand in the margin-thin
world of food stores is critical, according to a 2002 study by Emory
University, which estimated stores lose 4% of potential sales because they
run out of items consumers want. (AP/SiliconValley.com 13 Oct 2004)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9907516.htm>
[I have personally found out that the stores I go to have more often
been out of what I wanted since the dreaded MBAs [Masters of Business
Administration] have taken over with their "just in time ordering."
The MBAs would apparent prefer to lose that 4%, and the customer-
satisfaction that goes along with it, and thus some friends will NOT
go with me to Wendy's for example, because all too often they are out
of something they want to eat, and there is no time to go elsewhere.
[Why else eat fast food, if you know it might not be there fast?]
I was at Wendy's recently when FIVE CUSTOMERS IN A ROW ordered and
were told they were out of luck. . .they were out of at least five
different things. And when I asked, they told me that for certain
they would not have all five items after the next truck arrived,
because the MBAs had decided to limit how many items they ordered,
no matter how much would fit on the truck. . . . GO FIGURE!"]
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>From Edupage
LAPTOPS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE, BRIDGE INCOME GAPS
Laptop programs are showing up at a number of high schools around the
United States, including T.C. Williams High School in Washington, D.C.,
which this week issued 2,100 laptops to its students. Technology
literacy is one of the primary goals of such programs, as is ensuring
that students from varying socioeconomic backgrounds have equal access
to such technology. John Crites, head of technical support for the
Alexandria school district, said of the $1.4 million program to supply
all students with laptops, "It gives us the ability to level the
playing field." In an effort to control how the computers are used,
administrators of the program at T.C. Williams configured the school's
laptops to allow Internet access only on school grounds, installed
several Web filters, and elected not to allow instant messaging or
e-mail, though a limited e-mail system may be added later.
Washington Post, 13 October 2004
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28050-2004Oct12.html
[Yes, keeping students from emailing each other or their teachers
is obviously a high priority. . .though this seems to be where a
lot of education takes place. . .though it also includes a lot of
yadda yadda yadda.]
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Diebold Coughs Up Cash in Copyright Case
False Accusation of Infringement Results in Hefty Payment
of Legal Fees, Damages
California - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
capped its historic victory in a copyright abuse case
against electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold
today. The corporation agreed to pay $125,000 in damages
and fees. The settlement, a win for free speech advocates,
comes after a California district court found that Diebold
had knowingly misrepresented that online commentators,
including Indymedia and two Swarthmore college students,
had infringed the company's copyrights.
"It makes me happy that students in this situation in the
future won't have to worry about big corporations breathing
down their necks," said Nelson Pavlosky, one of the students.
Diebold is the first company to be held liable for
violating section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA), which makes it unlawful to use DMCA
takedown threats when the copyright holder knows that
infringement has not actually occurred. The section also
stipulates that anyone who issues such frivolous threats
must pay damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, to
those harmed by the misrepresentations.
EFF and the Center for Internet and Society Cyberlaw Clinic
at Stanford Law School sued on behalf of nonprofit Internet
Service Provider (ISP) Online Policy Group (OPG) and the
two students to prevent Diebold's abusive copyright claims
from silencing public debate about voting. Diebold sent
dozens of cease-and-desist letters to ISPs hosting leaked
internal documents revealing flaws in Diebold's e-voting
machines. The company claimed copyright violations and used
the DMCA to demand that the documents be taken down. OPG
refused to remove them in the name of free speech.
"The risk of substantial damages and fees should make
companies pause before sending unfounded copyright
threats," said EFF staff attorney Wendy Seltzer. "Plus ISPs
can fight back against these false claims without taking a
financial hit."
"As a nonprofit ISP it's great to have legal recourse when
a company threatens us or our clients with frivolous lawsuits,"
added OPG Executive Director Will Doherty.
EFF is a member-supported nonprofit which represented OPG
and the Swarthmore students pro bono. Thanks to the
settlement, Diebold will pay the costs of the case.
For this release:
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_10.php#002009
*
"Meanwhile, last week was some sort of national holiday in Spain.
In past years there was a US contingent in the military parade,
but it seems that they were left out this year. The French were
invited as substitutes."
"It's Fleet Week here in SF again, and we usually get the Navy's
Blue Angels aerobatics team... this year it was outsourced to the
Canadian Snow Birds ...I can't decide whether it was a deliberate
insult to the Bay Area, or just a sign of astounding lameness..."
"News from your man in Tempe: You already know what happened inside at the
third joint campaign appearance yesterday, and it's a good thing because I
couldn't get anywhere near it. (I just can't call it a blsfrgl ... see, I
can't!) Grady Gammage Auditorium was named for a former ASU president,
designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and originally intended to
be built as an opera house in Baghdad. (Yes, the one in Iraq. The project
fell through when King Faisal II was murdered by a military coup in 1958.
It was built here in 1959 without the original parking ziggurat.)
"So here's the news from outside. I was amazed at the size and number of
power transformers on the lawn, probably for lights in the circus tents
erected in the parking lot. Hey, you can't have a media circus without
tents! There was also an eight foot (2.4384 m) chain link fence
surrounding the whole shootin' match about where the perimeter of the
ziggurat would have been.
"Traffic was a mess as slightly over one bazillion motorcycle officers
lined every street within bazooka distance of the president's hotel. When
his handlers told him it was time, those same streets were closed. At
least it was during rush hour, to maximize the disruption."
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
Crude oil is up 62% this year, while heating oil is up 77%.
Various voter registrations in the U.S. are showing more people
have registered to vote than there are people entitled to vote.
Of course, they are all saying that these are only plain errors
and no one is trying to vote more than once. However, this is
only going to increase, as there are large numbers of brand new
registrations still waiting to be processed, so we can expect a
lot more of these "irregularities and anomalies" to come shortly.
Experts are predicting that the effect of the lack of flu shots
will cause a measurable downturn in productivity in flu season.
[Some are also precdicting a measurable downturn in productivity
in Boston this week due to the fact of having one of the baseball
playoff games run so late that people didn't get to bet until well
after midnight while they have start getting ready to get back in
their seats for the next game only half a day after getting home.]
[Of course these predictions don't always pan out, as when the
big electrical blackouts did NOT result in a higher birth rate
than normal nine months later.]
[More on the flu: about 40,000 people in the U.S. die of the flu
every year, 144,000 are hospitalized. 3,000,000 die each year
from malaria. Nothing on worldwide flu deaths that I can find.]
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"When you are poor enough, everything has some value." Barbara Ann Porte
*PREDICTION OF THE WEEK
Flat screen TVs, monitors, etc., are going to be a
MAJOR retail industry for a least a decade or two.
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