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The Moccasin Maker, by E. Pauline Johnson 6600
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The Gilded Age, Part 7, by Twain and Warner 5824
[Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner]
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The Gilded Age, Part 6, by Twain and Warner 5823
[Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner]
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The Gilded Age, Part 5, by Twain and Warner 5822
[Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner]
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The Gilded Age, Part 4, by Twain and Warner 5821
[Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner]
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The Gilded Age, Part 3, by Twain and Warner 5820
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The Gilded Age, Volume 2, by Twain and Warner 5819
[Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner]
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The Gilded Age, Volume 1, by Twain and Warner 5818
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A Tramp Abroad, Part 7, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 5788
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A Tramp Abroad, Part 6, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 5787
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A Tramp Abroad, Part 5, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 5786
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A Tramp Abroad, Part 4, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 5785
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A Tramp Abroad, Part 3, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 5784
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A Tramp Abroad, Part 2, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 5783
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The Shagganappi, by E. Pauline Johnson 5769
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Flint and Feather, by E. Pauline Johnson 5625
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The Kellys and the O'Kellys, by Anthony Trollope 4917
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Legends of Vancouver, by E. Pauline Johnson 3478
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The Gilded Age, Complete, by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner 3178
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The Chouans, by Honore de Balzac [Tr.: Katharine Prescott Wormeley] 1921
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Catherine de' Medici, by Honore de Balzac 1854
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Bureaucracy, by Honore de Balzac [Tr.: Katharine Prescott Wormeley] 1343
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A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 119
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Derniers Contes, by Edgar Allan Poe 12562
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A Master of Fortune, by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne 12556
[Subtitle: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle]
[Author AKA: Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne]
[Illustrator: Stanley L. Wood]
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Apr 2000 Strictly Business, by O. Henry [?stbuxxx.xxx] 2141
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Wells Brothers, The Young Cattle Kings, by Andy Adams 12791
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The True Woman, by Justin D. Fulton 12790
[Subtitle: A Series of Discourses to Which Is Added Woman vs. Ballot]
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Ladies Must Live, by Alice Duer Miller 12789
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The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2, by Warner 12788
[Title: Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And
Modern, Vol. 2] (Note: includes 29 Authors, more than 200 Titles)
[Author: Charles Dudley Warner]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12788 ]
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Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Henry P. Talbot 12787
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The Khasis, by P. R. T. Gurdon 12786
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12786 ]
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Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XI., February, 1863, No. LXIV., by Various 12785
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12785 ]
[Files: 12785.txt; 12785-8.txt]
Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. VI; The Drapier's Letters, by Swift 12784
[Author: Jonathan Swift] [Edited by Temple Scott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12784 ]
[Files: 12784.txt; 12784-8.txt]
Les Memoires d'un ane, by Comtesse de Segur 12783
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12783 ]
[Files: 12783.txt; 12783-8.txt; 12783-h.htm]
Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome II, by Napoleon Bonaparte 12782
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12782 ]
[Files: 12782.txt; 12782-8.txt; 12782-h.htm]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 17, No. 485 12781
[April 16, 1831]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12781 ]
[Files: 12781.txt; 12781-8.txt; 12781-h.htm]
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta, by Johannes Linnankoski 12780
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/8/12780 ]
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Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.), by Arnold Bennett 12779
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12779 ]
[Files: 12779.txt; 12779-8.txt; 12779-h.htm]
The Young Engineers in Mexico, by H. Irving Hancock 12778
[Subtitle: Fighting the Mine Swindlers]
[Book 4 of 5, Young Engineers series.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12778 ]
[Files: 12778.txt; ]
The Young Engineers in Nevada, by H. Irving Hancock 12777
[Subtitle: Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick]
[Book 3 of 5, Young Engineers series.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12777 ]
[Files: 12777.txt; ]
Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz, by H. Irving Hancock 12776
[Subtitle: Fighting with the U.S. Navy in Mexico]
[Book 1 of 6 in the "Dave Darrin" series, which is sequel to the
"Annapolis" series.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12776 ]
[Files: 12776.txt; ]
Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis, by H. Irving Hancock 12775
[Subtitle: Headed for Graduation and the Big Cruise]
[Book 4 of 4 in the "Annapolis" series.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12775 ]
[Files: 12775.txt; ]
Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis, by H. Irving Hancock 12774
[Subtitle: Two Plebe Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy]
[This is book 1 of 4 in the "Annapolis" series.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12774 ]
Mr. Prohack, by E. Arnold Bennett 12773
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12773 ]
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Cowper, by Goldwin Smith 12772
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12772 ]
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Famous Americans of Recent Times, by James Parton 12771
[Chapters are titled Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, John
Randolph, Stephen Girard and His College, James Gordon Bennett and
the New York Herald, Charles Goodyear, Henry Ward Beecher and His
Church, Commodore Vanderbilt, Theodosia Burr and John Jacob Astor]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12771 ]
[Files: 12771.txt; 12771-8.txt; ]
Study Of The Topography And Municipal History Of Praeneste, by Magoffin 12770
[Full author: Ralph Van Deman Magoffin]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12770 ]
[Files: 12770.txt; 12770-8.txt; 12770-h.htm]
Penny Plain, by Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas) 12768
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12768 ]
[Files: 12768.txt; 12768-8.txt]
The Beginnings of New England, by John Fiske 12767
[Subtitle: Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and
Religious Liberty]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12767 ]
[Files: 12767.txt; 12767-8.txt]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, & Instruction, Vol. XVII, No. 484 12766
[April 9, 1831]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12766 ]
[Files: 12766.txt; 12766-8.txt; 12766-h.htm]
Geordie's Tryst, by Mrs. Milne Rae 12765
[Subtitle: A Tale of Scottish Life]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12765 ]
[Files: 12765.txt; 12765-8.txt; 12765-h.htm]
The Forty-Niners, by Stewart Edward White 12764
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12764 ]
[Files: 12764.txt; 12764-8.txt]
Every Soul Hath Its Song, by Fannie Hurst 12763
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12763 ]
[Files: 12763.txt; 12763-8.txt]
The Story of a Piece of Coal, by Edward A. Martin 12762
[Subtitle: What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12762 ]
[Files: 12762.txt; 12762-8.txt]
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXIX., by Various 12761
[Subtitle: March, 1843, Vol. LIII.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12761 ]
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The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IX., March, 1862., No. LIII, by Various 12760
[Subtitle: A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics,]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/6/12760 ]
[Files: 12760.txt; 12760-8.txt; 12760-h.htm]
The World's Best Poetry Volume IV., by Bliss Carman 12759
[Associate Editors: John Vance Cheney, Charles G.D. Roberts,
Charles F. Richardson, Francis H. Stoddard.
[Managing Editor: John R. Howard]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12759 ]
[Files: 12759.txt; 12759-8.txt]
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, by Hawthorne 12758
[Ed.: Julian Hawthorne]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12758 ]
[Files: 12758.txt; 12758-8.txt; 12758-h.htm]
Vanrikki Stoolin tarinat, by J. L. Runeberg [Tr.: O. Manninen] 12757
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12757 ]
[Files: 12757-8.txt]
Vier Voordrachten over Theosofie, by Annie Besant 12756
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12756 ]
[Files: 12756.txt; 12756-8.txt; 12756-h.htm]
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, by Richardson 12755
[Subtitle: Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 6: Andrew Johnson]
[Author: James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12755 ]
[Files: 12755.txt; 12755-8.txt; 12755-h.htm]
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, by Richardson 12754
[Subtitle: Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 8: Chester A. Arthur]
[Author: James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12754 ]
[Files: 12754.txt; 12754-8.txt; 12754-h.htm]
The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights, by James Knowles 12753
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12753 ]
[Files: 12753.txt; 12753-8.txt; 12753-h.htm]
Les hommes de la guerre d'Orient 11: Le prince du Montenegro, by Texier 12752
[Author: Edmond Auguste Texier]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12752 ]
[Files: 12752.txt; 12752-0.txt; 12752-h.htm]
Garibaldi en Sicilie et Italie, by Henri Durand-Brager 12751
[Title: Quatre mois de l'expedition de Garibaldi en Sicilie et Italie]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12751 ]
[Files: 12751.txt; 12751-8.txt; 12751-h.htm]
Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells 12750
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/5/12750 ]
[Files: 12750.txt; 12750-8.txt]
Etudes Litteraires - XVIIIe siecle, by Emile Faguet 12749
[Language: French]
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[Files: 12749.txt; 12749-8.txt; 12749-h.htm]
Recollections of My Youth, by Ernest Renan 12748
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12748 ]
[Files: 12748.txt; 12748-8.txt; ]
The Story of Grettir The Strong, by Magnusson and Morris 12747
[Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12747 ]
[Files: 12747.txt; 12747-8.txt; 12747-h.htm]
Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. II, by Jonathan Swift 12746
[Title: The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., Vol. IV: Swift's
Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. II] [Ed.: Temple Scott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12746 ]
[Files: 12746.txt; 12746-8.txt]
The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI, Ed. by Arthur Mee & J.A. Hammerton 12745
[Ancient History and Medieval History]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12745 ]
[Files: 12745.txt; 12745-8.txt; 12745-h.htm]
In His Image, by William Jennings Bryan 12744
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12744 ]
[Files: 12744.txt; 12744-8.txt]
The Author's Craft, by Arnold Bennett 12743
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12743 ]
[Files: 12743.txt; 12743-8.txt; 12743-h.htm]
Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd Edn) (1 of 3), by Walter Scott 12742
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12742 ]
[Files: 12742.txt; 12742-8.txt; 12742-h.htm]
Risen from the Ranks, by Horatio Alger, Jr 12741
[Subtitle: Harry Walton's Success]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12741 ]
[Files: 12741.txt]
An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody), by W. F. Cody 12740
[Full author: Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/4/12740 ]
[Files: 12740.txt; 12740-8.txt; 12740-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., December 6, 1890, by Various 12739
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12739 ]
[Files: 12739.txt; 12739-8.txt; 12739-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., November 29, 1890, by Various 12738
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12738 ]
[Files: 12738.txt; 12738-8.txt; 12738-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., Nov. 22, 1890, by Various 12737
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12737 ]
[Files: 12737.txt; 12737-8.txt; 12737-h.htm]
Masters of the English Novel, by Richard Burton 12736
[Subtitle: A Study Of Principles And Personalities]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12736 ]
[Files: 12736.txt]
The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics, by H. Irving Hancock 12735
[Subtitle: Dick & Co. Make Their Fame Secure]
[Grammar School Boys Series, Book 4 of 4]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12735 ]
[Files: 12735.txt; ]
The Young Engineers in Colorado, by H. Irving Hancock 12734
[Subtitle: At Railroad Building in Earnest]
[Young Engineers Series, Book 1 of 5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12734 ]
[Files: 12734.txt; ]
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America, by Steven Sills 12733C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12733 ]
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Short-Stories, by Various, Ed. by L. A. Pittenger 12732
Contents:
The Father, by Bjornstjerne Bjornson
The Griffin and the Minor Canon, by Frank R. Stockton
The Piece of String, by Guy de Maupassant
The Man Who Was, by Rudyard Kipling
The Fall of the House Of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe
The Gold-Bug, by Edgar Allan Poe
The Birthmark, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ethan Brand, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Sire de Malatroit's Door, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Markheim, by Robert Louis Stevenson
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12732 ]
[Files: 12732.txt; 12732-8.txt]
The High School Boys' Training Hike, by H. Irving Hancock 12731
[Subtitle: Making Themselves "Hard as Nails"]
[High School Boys Vacation Series Vol. 4]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12731 ]
[Files: 12731.txt; ]
The High School Boys' Fishing Trip, by H. Irving Hancock 12730
[Subtitle: Dick & Co. in the Wilderness]
[High School Boys Vacation Series Vol. 3]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/3/12730 ]
[Files: 12730.txt; ]
The High School Boys in Summer Camp, by H. Irving Hancock 12729
[Subtitle: The Dick Prescott Six Training for the Gridley Eleven]
[High School Boys Vacation Series Vol. 2]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/2/12729 ]
[Files: 12729.txt; ]
The High School Boys' Canoe Club, by H. Irving Hancock 12728
[Subtitle: Dick & Co.'s Rivals on Lake Pleasant]
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Jun 2000 Human Genome Project, Chromosome Number 01 [01hgpxxx.xxx] 2201
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Jun 2000 The Iliad, by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler [iliadxxx.xxx] 2199
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May 2000 A Ward of the Golden Gate, by Bret Harte[Harte #6][wotggxxx.xxx] 2193
May 2000 The Dark Flower, by John Galsworthy [dkflrxxx.xxx] 2192
May 2000 Boy Scouts in Mexico, by G. Harvey Ralphson [bsimxxxx.xxx] 2191
May 2000 Isabella von Aegypten, by Ludwig Achim von Arnim [?isblxxx.xxx] 2190
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May 2000 Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurid Brigge, by Rilke [?maltxxx.xxx] 2188
[Language: German]
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[Language: German]
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May 2000 Maruja, by Bret Harte [Bret Harte #5][marujxxx.xxx] 2185
May 2000 Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, by Isabella L. Bird [utrkjxxx.xxx] 2184
May 2000 Three Men on the Bummel, by Jerome K. Jerome [#18][tmotbxxx.xxx] 2183
May 2000 The Marble Faun V. 2, by Nathaniel Hawthorne[NH#9][2faunxxx.xxx] 2182
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May 2000 In A Hollow Of The Hills, by Bret Harte [Harte #5][hllhlxxx.xxx] 2180
May 2000 Drift from Two Shores, by Bret Harte [Harte #4[[dftshxxx.xxx] 2179
May 2000 By Shore and Sedge, by Bret Harte [Bret Harte #3][bysnsxxx.xxx] 2178
May 2000 Thankful Blossom, by Bret Harte [Bret Harte #2][tkfblxxx.xxx] 2177
May 2000 Seven Discourses on Art, by Joshua Reynolds [artdsxxx.xxx] 2176
May 2000 You Never Can Tell, by [George] Bernard Shaw [#7] [nvrctxxx.xxx] 2175
May 2000 Frau und Kindern auf der Spur, by Gerold K. Rohner[?spurxxx.xxx] 2174C
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May 2000 That Mainwaring Affair, by Maynard Barbour [mnwrnxxx.xxx] 2172 ***
May 2000 Brother Jacob, by George Eliot [George Eliot #5][brjcbxxx.xxx] 2171
May 2000 Misc Writings and Speeches, Lord Macaulay V4 of 4[4mwsmxxx.xxx] 2170
May 2000 Misc Writings and Speeches, Lord Macaulay V3 of 4[3mwsmxxx.xxx] 2169
May 2000 Misc Writings and Speeches, Lord Macaulay V2 of 4[2mwsmxxx.xxx] 2168
May 2000 Misc Writings and Speeches, Lord Macaulay V1 of 4[1mwsmxxx.xxx] 2167
May 2000 King Solomon's Mines, by H. Rider Haggard [HRH #9][?kslmxxx.xxx] 2166
May 2000 The Lifted Veil, by George Eliot [George Eliot #4][lftvlxxx.xxx] 2165
May 2000 The Lumley Autograph Susan Fenimore Cooper[SFC#3][lumlyxxx.xxx] 2164
May 2000 The Bridge-Builders, by Mark Twain [MT#16][brdgbxxx.xxx] 2163
Apr 2000 Anarchism and Other Essays, by Emma Goldman [nrcsmxxx.xxx] 2162
Apr 2000 Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse, Thomas Burke [qunglxxx.xxx] 2161
Apr 2000 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Tobias Smollett[txohcxxx.xxx] 2160
Apr 2000 A Little Tour In France, by Henry James[James #20][altifxxx.xxx] 2159
Apr 2000 The Prime Minister, by Anthony Trollope[Trollope5][prmnsxxx.xxx] 2158
Apr 2000 Female Suffrage, by Susan Fenimore Cooper [SFC #3][sffrgxxx.xxx] 2157
Apr 2000 China and the Manchus, by Herbert A. Giles [#3][?mnchxxx.xxx] 2156
Apr 2000 Phyllis of Philistia, by Frank Frankfort Moore [phophxxx.xxx] 2155
Apr 2000 Around the World in 80 Days Jr. Ed. by Jules Verne[80dayxxa.xxx] 2154
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our proprietary Yahoo Search Technology with our expertise and knowledge of
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took a strategic stake in leading Chinese-language Internet search engine
Baidu.com. Baidu, China's most popular search engine, was dropped by Yahoo
on its Chinese-language website in March. (The Age 22 Jun 2004)
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/22/1087844904038.html
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ASIA PACIFIC SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY TO GROW 27%
Gartner, the market and technology research company, is reporting that
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says Gartner Singapore-based analyst Philip Koh. "The rising demands
from the end-user industries are the key driving force. China, the
electronic manufacturing hub of the world, is expected to continue
to lead the industry in the region." (The Age 22 Jun 2004)
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/22/1087844918325.html
[I also heard in that China is buying up huge quantities of coal, oil,
and other fuels, in addition to the steel, etc., mentioned earlier.]
NSW MAKES OPEN SOURCE MOVE
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australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9939948%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
NETWORK VANDALS WANT TO BANK WITH YOU
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these concerned have been remedied]
MICROSOFT'S BRAZIL LAWSUIT 'REPREHENSIBLE'
OSIA, Australia's Open Source industry body, has issued a scathing
criticism of Microsoft's lawsuit against Sergio Amadeu, President of the
Brazilian National Institute for Information Technology, calling it a
"reprehensible action" that attempts to "curb freedom of speech and of
criticism." The defamation lawsuit was filed after Amadeu defended the
Brazilian government's decision to shift 300,000 PCs from Windows to Linux.
He had said this decision "makes sense for a developing country where a mere
10% of the 170 million people have computers at home and where the
debt-laden government is the nation's biggest computer buyer." OSIA also
referred to Microsoft's "abuse" of its monopoly position, and Bill Gates's
address to university students in 1998, where he made a statement saying,
"Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, people
don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As long as they are
going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted,
and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next
decade." (The Age, 24 Jun 2004)
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/24/1088046211448.html
AOL EMPLOYEE BUSTED FOR STEALING E-MAIL ADDRESSES
Jason Smathers, a 24-year-old employee of America Online, has been charged
with stealing the e-mail addresses of 92 million AOL customers and selling
them to spammers. Under a new federal anti-spam law, he faces the prospect
of as many as five years in prison plus a fine of $250,000. The stolen
information includes not only e-mail addresses but also telephone numbers,
Z*I*P codes and the type of credit card the customers use (though not the
actual credit card numbers, which are kept by AOL in a separate database).
The company says: "We deeply regret what has taken place and are thoroughly
reviewing and strengthening our internal procedures as a result
of this investigation and arrest."(New York Times 24 Jun 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/technology/24spam.html
APPLE CHALLENGES MICROSOFT ON SEARCH TECHNOLOGY
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs demoed an upcoming search feature
called Spotlight, which is based on the search technology used by Apple's
iTunes online music service. The feature will be incorporated into the next
version of Mac OS, called Tiger, which is slated for release in the first
half of 2005. Using technology designed to organize and search through song
collections, Spotlight can quickly find data stored on a hard drive
regardless of the type of file it is hidden in, says Jobs: "Search is a
problem for every personal computer company. It's easier to find a document
in a million pages on the Web using Google than it is to find a document on
your hard drive." Apple's intention to introduce roughly 150 new features
in Tiger indicates that Apple is "clearly going after [Microsoft's] Longhorn.
They're putting in a lot of features that will be in Longhorn, and that's
not coming out until 2006 or 2007," says Tim Bajarin, president of
Creative Strategies. "We think we are years ahead of Longhorn,"
concurs Jobs. "The other guys have been talking about it and we're doing it."
(New York Times 28 Jun 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/29/technology/29apple.html
ASKJEEVES ADDS PAGE PREVIEW FEATURE
AskJeeves is adding a new preview feature that enables users to sneak
a peek at thumbnail images of the Web pages displayed in results. (The
feature works only when used with Windows/Internet Explorer.) "It
eliminates the need to go pogo-sticking around the Web to decide where you
want to go," says Jeeves senior VP Jim Lanzone, who notes in user testing,
the preview feature reduced the number of clicks used by searchers by 50%
to 70%. Although the images are tiny, they still are large enough to convey
an idea of the Web site's focus. Jeeves is also adding new shortcuts
designed to enhance user experience. For instance, after the user types in
a famous person's name, Jeeves displays a box at the top of the results
page with a minibio, photo and links to Web resources. If the user types in
a movie title, the search engine pops up a synopsis of the film and what
proportion of professional film critics liked it.
(Washington Post 27 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7342-2004Jun26.html
[And for those who wonder about the "Next Generation". . . .]
NEW RECORD SET FOR TEXT-MESSAGING SPEED
Singapore student Kimberly Yeo, 23, has walked away with first place
in a contest designed to test text messaging speed and dexterity after she
managed to type a fiendishly complicated 26-word text message on her cell
phone in 43.66 seconds, says competition organizer Singapore
Telecommunications. The record beats by a significant margin the previous
time of 67 seconds set last year by Briton James Trusler in Sydney,
Australia. Contestants had to type, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the
genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish
in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human." Like many of her
fellow contestants, Yeo is an avid text-messager, sending about 50 a day,
or 1,500 a month. Singapore Telecom says its system now handles about 9
million text messages a day, up from 3.5-4 million in 2001-2002.
(AP 28 Jun 2004)
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REVISION TO DMCA GAINS SUPPORT
Joe Barton (R-Tex.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee, this week endorsed a bill that would amend the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to allow for broader fair-use access.
The bill, known as the Digital Media Consumer's Rights Act, was
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falls within the scope of traditional fair use. Currently, the DMCA
prohibits such circumvention. The bill would also allow companies to
develop and market tools that bypass digital copy protections if those
tools are capable of significant noninfringing use.
Internet News, 22 June 2004
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3372091
ISPS AGREE ON ANTISPAM MEASURES
Four of the largest e-mail providers have agreed to work collectively
on sender-authentication technologies to limit the flow of spam.
Despite saying more than a year ago that they would cooperate on such
an undertaking, America Online, Yahoo, EarthLink, and Microsoft have
been working on separate approaches to the challenge of screening out
e-mail that does not come from its purported source. In May, however,
Microsoft announced it would combine its technology, called Caller ID,
with that of America Online and EarthLink, called Sender Policy
Framework (SPF), and name it Sender ID. Meanwhile, Yahoo has been
developing a technology called Domain Keys, which is potentially more
effective but requires more work to implement. The four companies
announced this week they would test each other's technologies, paving
the way for a coordinated effort to block spam.
New York Times, 23 June 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/technology/23spam.html
AOL BUYS ONLINE DIRECT MARKETER ADVERTISING.COM
[Following in Google's Finanical Path to More Advertizing]
America Online has agreed to purchase online direct marketer
Advertising.com for $435 million in an attempt to obtain a new source
of advertising revenue. The acquisition gives AOL a direct presence in
the high-growth sector of online advertising called
pay-for-performance, in which advertisers pay for an ad only if it
yields results. The company's previous exposure to this model was
through its revenue-sharing agreement with search-engine company
Google. In the past, AOL has focused mainly on advertising revenue
based on the number of people who viewed an ad. Advertising.com charges
clients when customers click on an ad or take another type of action.
The company purchases ad banners on thousands of Web sites for its
clients. AOL plans to let Advertising.com operate independently,
according to AOL Chief Executive Jonathan F. Miller.
Wall Street Journal, 25 June 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108807298735146375,00.html
[More on AOL]
AOL E-MAIL ADDRESSES SOLD TO SPAMMERS
An American Online engineer has been charged with stealing e-mail
addresses of AOL customers and selling them to spammers. An e-mail list
broker for spammers was also arrested. Both are charged with violating
the new federal antispam law, which took effect January 1. The two men
face a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment and a fine of
$250,000 (or twice the gross gain or loss from their actions).
According to the charges, the enginner used the identity of another AOL
employee to gain access to the list of addresses. The list included the
e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, Z*I*P codes, and type of credit
cards used by each AOL member. The credit card numbers are kept in a
separate database.
New York Times, 24 June 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/technology/24spam.html
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NEW U.S. MEDICARE DRUG CARD HAVING TROUBLE WITH LIFTOFF
The U.S. goverment says only 3.5 million are now enrolled
for the new Medicare/Senior Citizen Drug Card, as opposed
to the 8 million predicted, and apparently not all of the
3.5 million were voluntary or intentional subscribers, as
many of them were subscribed by their health programs.
This is in spite of the fact there will be some additional
charges than the $30 for the card for those who do not add
the card to their health coverage repertoire during a kind
of "introductory period."
The major reasons for people not buying the cards are:
1. Their current medical services will not talk about the
Drug Cards, saying that they are goo complex, disorganized
and difficult to deal with: this includes doctors, nurses
and pharmacists, as well as various medical administration
personnel.
2. Each card can cover different drugs, so certain of the
prescribed combinations will not be covered.
3. You can't change cards when you choose, only at a time
to be specified from time to time by the government, while
the companies supplying the cards can change that coverage
without consideration as to when users can change cards.
The Drug Card programs may change the drugs they support,
but users will be stuck with the card until the next time
an option to change cards happens without being able to
get the prescribed drugs via the Drug Card. You must only
choose ONE of the various drug cards, even if none of them
cover the drugs or combinations prescribed for you.
Some medical plans will be better than using any Drug Card
but it's not easy to find out without searching through an
assortment of records of the various companies to see what
drugs are carried by which companies.
Even the experts agree that it takes THEM an large effort
over an undue period of time to make such a determination
and that all that homework could be wiped out by an early
change in the coverage provided. There is the widespread
concern that allowing the companies to change coverage at
different times than their members can change companies is
an invitation to the "bait and switch" tactics which are
illegal in other forms of business.
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[Title: Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo]
[Author: William Makepeace Thackeray]
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The High School Captain of the Team, by H. Irving Hancock 12692
[Subtitle: Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/9/12692 ]
[Files: 12692.txt]
The High School Left End, by H. Irving Hancock 12691
[Subtitle: Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/9/12691 ]
[Files: 12691.txt]
The High School Pitcher, by H. Irving Hancock 12690
[Subtitle: Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/9/12690 ]
[Files: 12690.txt]
The High School Freshmen, by H. Irving Hancock 12689
[Subtitle: Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12689 ]
[Files: 12689.txt]
Vanrikki Stoolin tarinat, by J. L. Runeberg 12688
[Translated by Paavo Cajander]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12688 ]
[Files: 12688-8.txt]
The Title, by Arnold Bennett 12687
[Subtitle: A Comedy in Three Acts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12687 ]
[Files: 12687.txt; 12687-8.txt; 12687-h.htm]
Murder in Any Degree, by Owen Johnson 12686
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12686 ]
[Files: 12686.txt; 12686-8.txt; 12686-h.htm]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, & Instruction, Vol. XVI, No. 474 12685
[Supplementary Number]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12685 ]
[Files: 12685.txt; 12685-8.txt; 12685-h.htm]
Dorian, by Nephi Anderson 12684
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12684 ]
[Files: 12684.txt]
Christine, by Alice Cholmondeley 12683
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12683 ]
[Files: 12683.txt; ]
The Boy Allies in Great Peril, by Clair W. Hayes 12682
[Subtitle: With the Italian Army in the Alps]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12682 ]
[Files: 12682.txt; ]
Us and the Bottleman, by Edith Ballinger Price 12681
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12681 ]
[Files: 12681.txt; 12681-h.htm; ]
Children of the Ghetto, by I. Zangwill [AKA: Israel Zangwill] 12680
[Subtitle: A Study of a Peculiar People]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/8/12680 ]
[Files: 12680.txt; 12680-8.txt; ]
A Trip Abroad, by Don Carlos Janes 12679
[Subtitle: An Account of a Journey to the Earthly Canaan and the Land
of the Ancient Pharaohs; To Which Are Appended a Brief Consideration
of the Geography and History of Palestine, and a Chapter on Churches
of Christ in Great Britain]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12679 ]
[Files: 12679.txt; 12679-8.txt; ]
The House of Mystery, by William Henry Irwin 12678
[Subtitle: An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12678 ]
[Files: 12678.txt; 12678-8.txt; 12678-h.htm]
Personality Plus, by Edna Ferber 12677
[Subtitle: Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12677 ]
[Files: 12677.txt; 12677-8.txt; 12677-h.htm]
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, & Instruction, Vol. XVII, No. 490 12676
[May 21, 1831]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12676 ]
[Files: 12676.txt; 12676-8.txt; 12676-h.htm]
Life In The Backwoods Of New Brunswick, by Mrs. F. Beavan 12675
[Title: Sketches And Tales Illustrative Of Life In The Backwoods
Of New Brunswick]
[Subtitle: Gleaned From Actual Observation And Experience During
A Residence Of Seven Years In That Interesting Colony]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12675 ]
[Files: 12675.txt; 12675-8.txt; 12675-h.htm]
Cock Lane and Common-Sense, by Andrew Lang 12674
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12674 ]
[Files: 12674.txt; 12674-h.htm ]
The Pretty Lady , by Arnold E. Bennett 12673
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12673 ]
[Files: 12673.txt; 12673-8.txt; 12673-h.htm; ]
A Spinner in the Sun, by Myrtle Reed 12672
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12672 ]
[Files: 12672.txt; ]
An Easter Disciple, by Arthur Benton Sanford 12671
[Subtitle: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12671 ]
[Files: 12671.txt; ]
Landmarks in French Literature, by G. Lytton Strachey 12670
[Author AKA: Giles Lytton Strachey]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/7/12670 ]
[Files: 12670.txt; 12670-8.txt; 12670-h.htm; ]
Marriage, by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier 12669
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12669 ]
[Files: 12669.txt; 12669-8.txt]
Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 2, David Collins 12668
[Subtitle: An Account Of The English Colony In New South Wales, From
Its First Settlement In 1788, To August 1801: With Remarks On The
Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. Of The Native Inhabitants Of That
Country. To Which Are Added, Some Particulars Of New Zealand; Compiled,
By Permission, From The Mss. Of Lieutenant-Governor King; And An Account
Of The Voyage Performed By Captain Flinders And Mr. Bass; By Which The
Existence Of A Strait Separating Van Dieman's Land From The Continent Of
New Holland Was Ascertained]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12668 ]
[Files: 12668.txt; 12668-8.txt; 12668-h.htm]
Lander's Travels, by Robert Huish 12667
[Subtitle: The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12667 ]
[Files: 12667.txt; 12667-8.txt]
Consuelo, v.1 (1861), by George Sand 12666
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12666 ]
[Files: 12666.txt; 12666-8.txt]
Galipettes, by Felix Galipaux 12665
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12665 ]
[Files: 12665.txt; 12665-8.txt; 12665-h.htm]
Lyrics of Earth, by Archibald Lampman 12664
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12664 ]
[Files: 12664.txt; 12664-8.txt]
The Phantom Herd, by B. M. Bower 12663
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12663 ]
[Files: 12663.txt; 12663-8.txt; ]
Four Girls at Chautauqua, by Pansy [AKA: Isabella M. Alden] 12662
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12662 ]
[Files: 12662.txt; 12662-8.txt; ]
Canada under British Rule 1760-1900, by John G. Bourinot 12661
[Part of the Cambridge Historical Series, edited by G. W. Prothero]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12661 ]
[Files: 12661.txt; 12661-8.txt; ]
Soll die plattdeutsche Sprache, by Ludolf Wienbarg 12660
[Title: Soll die plattdeutsche Sprache gepflegt oder ausgerottet werden?]
[Subtitle: Gegen Ersteres und fur Letzteres]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/6/12660 ]
[Files: 12660.txt; 12660-8.txt; 12660-0.txt]
Shapes of Clay, by Ambrose Bierce 12658
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12658 ]
[Files: 12658.txt; 12658-8.txt]
The Later Works of Titian, by Claude Phillips 12657
[Sequel to #12626]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12657 ]
[Files: 12657.txt; 12657-8.txt; 12657-h.htm; ]
The boy Allies at Liege, by Clair W. Hayes 12656
[Subtitle: Through Lines of Steel]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12656 ]
[Files: 12656.txt; 12656-8.txt; ]
The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1, by Popular Mechanics 12655
[Subtitle: 700 Things For Boys To Do]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12655 ]
[Files: 12655.txt; 12655-8.txt; 12655-r.rtf; 12655-pdf.pdf]
The Roll-Call, by Arnold Bennett 12654
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12654 ]
[Files: 12654.txt; 12654-8.txt; 12654-h.htm]
George Washington, Vol. II, by Henry Cabot Lodge 12653
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12653 ]
[Files: 12653.txt; 12653-8.txt; 12653-h.htm]
George Washington, Vol. I, by Henry Cabot Lodge 12652
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12652 ]
[Files: 12652.txt; 12652-8.txt; 12652-h.htm]
The Humour of Homer and Other Essays, by Samuel Butler 12651
[Ed.: R. A. Streatfeild]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12651 ]
[Files: 12651.txt; 12651-h.htm ]
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, & Instruction, Vol. XVII, No. 488 12650
[May 7, 1831]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/5/12650 ]
[Files: 12650.txt; 12650-8.txt; 12650-h.htm; ]
Analyzing Character, by Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb 12649
[Subtitle: The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in Business, the
Home and Social Life]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12649 ]
[Files: 12649.txt; 12649-8.txt; 12649-h.htm; ]
The Beautiful Necessity, by Claude Fayette Bragdon 12648
[Subtitle: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12648 ]
[Files: 12648.txt; 12648-8.txt; ]
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 12647
Contents:
Ghost Stories of Chapelizod
The Drunkard's Dream
The Ghost and the Bone-setter
The Mysterious Lodger]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12647 ]
[Files: 12647.txt; 12647-8.txt; ]
La Maison, by Henry Bordeaux 12646
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12646 ]
[Files: 12646.txt; 12646-8.txt]
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, & Instruction, Vol. XVII, No. 483 12645
[April 2, 1831]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12645 ]
[Files: 12645.txt; 12645-8.txt; 12645-h.htm]
Through the Iron Bars, by Emile Cammaerts 12644
[Subtitle: Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium]
[Illustrator: Louis Raemaekers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12644 ]
[Files: 12644.txt; 12644-8.txt; 12644-h.htm; ]
Twenty, by Stella Benson 12643
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12643 ]
[Files: 12643.txt; 12643-8.txt; 12643-h.htm; ]
The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850, by Unknown 12642
[Subtitle: Consisting of Novel, Elegant, and Useful Designs in Knitting,
Netting, Crochet, Braiding, and Embroidery; With Clear and Explicit
Directions for Working the Patterns]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12642 ]
[Files: 12642.txt; 12642-8.txt; 12642-h.htm; ]
The Queen of the Air, by John Ruskin 12641
[Subtitle: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12641 ]
[Files: 12641.txt; 12641-8.txt; ]
Trial of Mary Blandy, edited by William Roughead 12640
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/4/12640 ]
[Files: 12640.txt; 12640-8.txt; 12640-h.htm; ]
Spanish Doubloons, by Camilla Kenyon 12639
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/6/3/12639 ]
[Files: 12639.txt]
Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic, Andrew Stephenson 12638
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Joe Loewenstein provides the following about #12640, "Trial of Mary Blandy",
edited by William Roughead:
Mary Blandy (then 31 years old) was hanged in 1752 for poisoning her
father. She had made the mistake of advertising for a husband and
offering a dowry of 10,000 pounds. She fell for one of the scoundrels
she attracted, and he talked her into poisoning her father. Her trial at
the Oxford Assizes and her subsequent hanging were public sensations.
She was said to have been a very modest woman, and her final plea to the
hangman was, "Don't hang me high."
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>From David Price, "For those wishing to know. . .":
#12651, The Humour of Homer and Other Essays: This turns out to be a
repackaging of Samuel Butler's "Essays on Life, Art and Science" - already
done and released by Project Gutenberg (EBook #3461 - Ed.). The additions
in this book are:
1. Introduction by R. A. Streatfeild - Butler's friend and
literary executor.
2. A Life of Samuel Butler by his friend Henry Festing Jones.
Project Gutenberg already has another short work on Butler
by Mr. Festing Jones. (EBook #2993 - Ed.)
3. Samuel Butler's talk on "The Humour of Homer". It was in this
talk, to the Working Men's College, Great Ormond Street,
London, on 30th January 1892, that Butler first publically
announced his discovery - that the Odyssey, traditionally
thought to have been written by Homer, was in fact written
by a woman. Needless to say this discovery was greeted with
shock and other emotions.
Those wishing for a full explanation of Butler's discovery will need to wait
until next week when I should release "The Authoress of the Odyssey" by
Samuel Butler.
#12674, Cock Lane and Common-Sense, by Andrew Lang
For those wishing to know: In "Dreams and Ghosts" (previously released by
Project Gutenberg) Andrew Lang gently hinted at some of his views of the
matter of ghosts etc. In this book he explores the subject much more deeply.
He's doesn't much care for the dismissive way in which ghost stories are treated
- and feels they should be investigated in a more scientific manner. The "Cock
Lane" of the title was one of the most famous "discredited" ghosts. Everyone who
was anyone in London, 1762, was involved in the Cock Lane ghost investigation -
but as Andrew relates there hasty conclusions and lack of checking it comes
across as a golden opportunity missed.
~ ~ ~
Jim Tinsley comments on #12655, "The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1", by Popular
Mechanics:
. . .I commend the PDF file. . .for people who just want to read the book.
As a side-note: this one's a gem! There is NO END to the
trouble I coulda gotten into if I'da had this when I was 12. :-)
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AFRICA SET TO DIAL INTO DIGITAL FIRST-WORLD
Under pressure to provide unlimited access to telephones, African
countries are considering a U.S. technology that also offers the promise of
bringing the Internet to some of the world's poorest people. Telephones are
a luxury for the continent's estimated 800 million people, over half of whom
have never made a call. Experts say a version of the US Code Division
Multiple Access (CDMA) standard offers Africa an opportunity to leapfrog
technology into the digital first-world. The CDMA 450 wireless local loop
technology, also known as the "third world standard," is already being used
in some Eastern European countries and Russia as they switch from analog to
digital cellular systems. It promises a new lease of life to many
cash-strapped fixed-line African operators by giving them a chance to roll
out high-quality, affordable voice and data services using non-conventional
methods in areas deemed unprofitable. (The Age 18 Jun 2004) Rec'd from John
Lamp, Deakin U.
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/17/1087245032827.html
TERROR OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL?
A senior Justice Department official has told a Senate committee that
law enforcement faces new threats from Internet-based telephone services,
and warned that legislative efforts to deregulate VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol) services could undermine the ability of law enforcement officials
to investigate criminal or terrorist activity. The Justice Department has
asked the FCC to require Internet phone companies to design electronic
conduits in their networks that would make it easier to tap conversations.
James X. Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology says that a
better approach would be for investigators to work cooperatively with
Internet phone providers. (Washington Post 16 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47882-2004Jun16.html
UNION VERSUS MICROSOFT ON OFFSHORING
The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers claims to have identified
documents that expose Microsoft's intention to hire low-cost foreign vendors
to write its software: "These documents clearly show that as a major
software vendor they're looking at the highest skilled, highest trained
workers to try to move their work abroad." A Microsoft spokeswoman says the
company has long hired outside vendors in India and around the world, but
that the company's core technology work will continue to be done in-house:
"We're in a cyclical business, so that's part of it. In the work we do,
there are areas of expertise. It makes sense to go to the experts because
it's not intellectual property, core technology. We'll continue to do that."
The documents in question show that Microsoft paid its U.S. workers $60 an
hour for software developers, $72 for senior software developers, and $90
for software architects, whereas for workers in India it paid hourly rates
of $23, $31 and $36. (Seattle Times 16 Jun 2004) http://
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001957020_microsoft16.html
SELF-DISCIPLINE IN CHINA
The Chinese government is asking Internet service providers there to
sign a "self-discipline pact" and to exercise patriotic judgment: "The basic
principles of self-discipline for the Internet industry are patriotism,
observance of the law, fairness and trustworthiness." Observance of the pact
will require that Web sites post no information "threatening to the national
security, social stability or containing superstitious or erotic content."
(AP/Los Angeles Times 20 Jun 2004)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology12jun20,1,608520.story?co
ll=sns-ap-toptechnology
'WORLD'S FIRST' FREE ZONE FOR OUTSOURCING
Dubai Internet City has announced the opening of the world's first free
zone dedicated to the outsourcing industry: "Dubai Outsource Zone (DOZ) will
provide a comprehensive infrastructure and environment for outsourcing
companies to set up global or regional hubs servicing the worldwide market.
DOZ's offering includes 100-percent exemption from taxes, arguably the
world's most reliable technology and communications infrastructure, a
one-stop shop of support services and the best possible working
environment." (The Age 16 Jun 2004) Rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin U.
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/16/1087244950985.html
IBM LOBBYISTS ACCUSED OF ALTERING OF DOCUMENT
The Treasury Department's acting inspector general has concluded that
IBM lobbyists, perhaps with the aid of Treasury Department officials,
illegally altered an internal Treasury document during a debate on pension
policy last fall. The document was a list of "Talking Points" in opposition
to an amendment to bar the Treasury from working on any regulations contrary
to an Illinois judge's finding on cash balance plans. An IBM executive says
the company thought it was distributing a public document that it thought
was widely distributed by Treasury. (Washington Post 17 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50604-2004Jun17.html
REUNION WEBSITE IN AUSTRALIA A BIG SUCCESS
Two Australian twenty-somethings cashed in on curiosity over the
weekend when their school reunion website sold to a British company for
several million dollars. Rob Barron, 27, and sister Vicki Dawson, a
29-year-old mother of two, sold their www.schoolfriends.com.au to British
competitor Friends Reunited for what industry experts estimate was at least
#1 million ($AU2.7 million). Established in 2000 as "pretty much a hobby,"
schoolfriends now has more than 1 million members in Australia and New
Zealand. (The Australian 21 Jun 2004) Rec'd from John Lamp
http://tinyurl.com/2nplw
FOOD STAMP ERA OVER: THE SYSTEM GOES ELECTRONIC
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has declared the end of the "paper era"
of the food stamp program: "This month the food stamp program arrived in
the 21st century. States are destroying the paper coupons, and we don't
anticipate that we'll ever have to print them again." Everybody seems to
like the new electronic debit cards -- the recipients avoid the stigma
attached to the paper coupons, the grocers get paid faster, and the states
find the electronic simpler and less open to fraud. Under the new system,
each recipient has an account in which benefits are electronically deposited
each month, and can be drawn on at the checkout line of a grocery store by
sliding a plastic card through the same device used for commercial debit or
credit cards. One benefits recipient says that when he was a teenager he saw
"addicts who would trade food stamps for drugs even though they had sick
children starving," whereas with the debit cards "you have no choice but to
purchase food."(New York Times 23 Jun 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/politics/23FOOD.final.html
[It was reported in the early days of food stamps that they were actually
used as currency among the poor, with those who collected up enough being
actually able to buy a car with them, through their local exchanges.]
DELL WANTS BIGGER SHARE OF EDUCATIONAL MARKET
Dell, which already has a 44% share of the education market, is pushing
even harder, by cutting prices and helping schools create digital
classrooms. Chief executive Michael Dell predicts: "I think it's fair to say
we're going to be growing faster than the market... A lot of these schools
are realizing, as many corporations have, that they really don't want to be
in the business of managing all this themselves, so they have turned to Dell
to do that." Kenneth C. Green of The Campus Computing Project, which tracks
technology use in higher education, comments: "Dell has been very successful
on a price and service-agreement basis -- they cut good deals. These are
commodity products now, so price is very important." (AP/Los Angeles Times
23 Jun 2004) http://tinyurl.com/yubzr
WIRELESS COPS AT THE AIRPORT
State troopers patrolling Boston's Logan International Airport will be
using Blackberry handheld wireless devices to search the database of a
company called LocatePLUS, which holds billions of online public records.
The database was developed by aggregating and integrating a number of
databases to create what the company's chief executive calls a "complete
dossier" on an estimated 205 million people. State Police Lt. Thomas Coffey
calls the system "invaluable" and says "it really provides us with information
that we probably could not obtain elsewhere without a lot of legwork."
LocatePLUS has more than 15,000 customers, including more than
2,000 law enforcement agencies. (AP/USA Today 23 Jun 2004)
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FTC REFUSES NO-SPAM LIST
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded that a "do not e-mail
list" along the lines of the telephone "do not call list" would be
ineffective and might actually help spammers find legitimate e-mail
addresses. The FTC was ordered to report on the feasibility of such a
list when Congress passed the CAN-SPAM act in 2003. The report suggested
instead the development of an effective sender authentication system,
which would reduce or eliminate e-mail that uses spoofed return addresses.
The FTC has said it will leave the decision on which standard
to employ to the private sector, an issue still under discussion.
New York Times, 16 June 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/16/technology/16spam.html
GARTNER ESTIMATES U.S. LOST $2.4 BILLION IN 2003 TO ONLINE FRAUD
A report from Gartner estimates that U.S. consumers lost $2.4 billion
to online scammers and phishing attacks in 2003, with most fraud
carried out by people obtaining access to account numbers and
passwords. The most extensive methods used were phishing and key
logging. Gartner surveyed 5,000 U.S. Internet users to reach an
estimate of nearly 2 million victims of online fraud in 2003, with an
average loss of $1,200 per victim. The fastest growing category of
fraud was unauthorized access to checking accounts.
The Register, 16 June 2004
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/16/phish_fraud_grows/
DDOS ATTACK AFFECTS AKAMAI CUSTOMERS
[Last week's report said only for 45 minutes, this says "several hours."
Akamai Technologies was apparently the target of a distributed
denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that slowed traffic across the Internet
early on June 15. Akamai hosts Web content for other businesses and is
reportedly the largest such service provider, handling 15 percent of
Internet traffic. According to reports, the company's major DNS
customers, including MSN.com, Microsoft.com, and Yahoo.com, saw severe
slowdowns on their Web sites, making them nearly inaccessible for
several hours until service was restored.
eWeek, 15 June 2004
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1612740,00.asp
LACK OF OVERSIGHT BLAMED FOR E-RATE PROBLEMS
At a Congressional hearing this week, H. Walker Feaster III, inspector
general of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), said a lack of
adequate funding for oversight was to blame for much of the fraud and
abuse of the E-Rate program. Beginning in January 2003, a series of
investigations into the E-Rate program has turned up evidence of
widespread fraud and waste, such as $23 million of unused computer
equipment and a $58 million network that rarely gets used. Companies
including SBC and a subsidiary of NEC America have agreed to repay
millions of dollars as a result of federal investigations into alleged
abuses. The Office of the Inspector General requested $2 million to
conduct audits into the program, which was later raised to $3 million,
according to Feaster, but those funds were not included in the FCC's
final budget. Feaster said that approximately one-third of the 122 audits
conducted by his office during the past year showed substantial violations.
Internet News, 17 June 2004
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3370131
FIGHTING CELL-PHONE CHEATING IN SCHOOLS
The high-tech age presents students with a wide range of new
possibilities for cheating, and school officials are always looking for
ways to prevent dishonesty. Using cell phones to send text messages or
even photos of exams to other students has emerged as an easy way for
students to cheat, and the common approach to dealing with the
situation is to confiscate cell phones prior to tests, according to
Benedetto Di Rienzo, the head of the Enrico Tosi Technical Institute
school in northern Italy. Di Rienzo's institution, however, is testing
a new device, developed by military contractors, that jams cell-phone
signals. The device, called C-Guard, interrupts cell-phone signals
within a 262-foot radius and, according to Di Rienzo, has been very
successful at his institution. Use of the device reportedly may be
expanded into Italian universities.
Reuters, 18 June 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=5459016
DOD SEEKS EXEMPTION FROM PRIVACY ACT
The Senate version of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2005
includes a provision that would exempt the Department of Defense (DoD)
from a part of the Privacy Act, allowing the agency to conduct secret
investigations of U.S. citizens and green-card holders. The provision
was not included in the House of Representatives version of the bill.
Currently only the CIA, which is not allowed to operate within the
United States, and law enforcement have similar exemptions. Officials
from the Pentagon said the exemption is necessary to fight terrorism
and would not affect U.S. citizens. Civil liberties groups disagreed,
saying the DoD should not be involved in such investigations, which
fall under the jurisdiction of the FBI. Timothy Edgar of the American
Civil Liberties Union said, "This would allow military intelligence
officers to undertake what amounts to undercover spying on Americans."
Edgar noted that in February, investigators from the Army sought access
about attendees of a University of Texas conference about Muslim women.
The incident led to an apology by the Army. David Sobel of the
Electronic Privacy Information Center agreed with Edgar, saying the
exemption is "about the [Defense Intelligence Agency] playing an
undercover intelligence role in the U.S."
Wired News, 19 June 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,63917,00.html
[Continued coverage of a previous report]
EFFORTS FAIL TO BLOCK ACCENTURE DEAL
Despite efforts from a group of largely Democratic members of Congress,
the U.S. House of Representatives has given final approval to a
contract between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and
Accenture. Under the contract, which could be worth as much as $10
billion, Accenture will lead efforts to develop security systems to
screen and monitor visitors to the United States. Part of the United
States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
program, the Accenture system will capture electronic fingerprints and
photos of foreign nationals as they enter and leave the country and
will include a database to house the information collected. Democratic
Congressmen had objected to awarding the contract to a company based
outside the United States and had introduced an amendment that would
have stripped Accenture of the contract. The amendment was defeated,
though the House of Representatives separately approved a regulation
that prevents the awarding of all future DHS contracts to non-U.S.
companies.
Internet News, 21 June 2004
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SPACE SHIP ONE "UNCOVERED" BY MAJOR MEDIA
I am writing this while on hold with the NBC newsroom,
after having just spoken with the CBS newsroom, but no
one wants to comment on why none of them are covering
the first private space shot, the equivalent of Senator
John Glenn's historic first space voyage 40 years ago.
When Burt Rutan, in charge of Space Ship One, flew non-
stop around the world a decade ago, all the TV networks
gave wall to wall live coverage of the preparations and
the takeoff, as well as the first hour of the voyage.
[Correction, Dick Rutan, Burt's brother piloted Voyager]
Today Burt Rutan's successful effort to be the first
private venture to reach space and thus claim the
"X Prize" of $10,000,000.00
Eric, from the Today Show confirmed that live coverage
was only provided to the West Coast, where the launch
was taking place, but indicated that the local stations
could have shown this if they wanted to. However, our
local NBC affiliate said they did not have a live feed.
I also called representatives of our local PBS/NPR,
but they didn't have any coverage either.
The historic flight actually seems to have taken place
during my phone calls, with no coverage I could find
on either local television or radio stations, or by
surfing several hundred favorite shortwave stations.
[I should add that this is the first day of Summer,
and thus is one of the worst days for shortwave, but
I would have hoped that SOME of the stations would be
carrying live coverage.
Interestingly enough, several of our local TV stations
were carrying infomercials instead of any coverage.
It is hard to believe that the Voyager flight in 1986,
piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager, got so much
coverage, and for days on end, but that no one decided
to give live national coverage to the team's space effort.
I heard from someone who watches the BBC News instead
of Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Tom Lehrer,
etc., that the BBC gave more coverage than ANY of our
networks. . .go figure.
***
SONY MERGER WITH BERTELSMANN BMG LABEL GETS NO COVERAGE
The European Commission [EC] has issued a "Statement of
Objections" [SO] to the proposed mega-merger between two
of the world's largest companies.
While the objections seem to have remained confidential,
senior executives have been quick to retaliate. One said,
"The belief that tacit collusion does exist and can result in higher
prices to the consumers is simply plain wrong. It is a great theory,
but it does not stand the test of reality."
He also added, "retailers set the conditions."
The EC obviously has doubts as to the truthfulness of this.
My own personal sources tell me that Sony is carrying out a serious
plan of misinformation and disinformation concerning the merger that
is being quite successful.
If this merger goes through, the new company will control about
half of the new music released.
Even Apple appeared before the EU Commission [and not at Apple's
request] to voice their concerns that Sony's new competitive site
to Apple's iTunes could easily represent monopolistic competition
after Apple's iTunes Europe sold 800,000 tracks in its first week.
[Another item totally missing from all the major media I've seen.]
Of course OD2, the previous best-selling music download site there
could easily say the same thing about Apple as Apple says about Sony!
[As Apple sold 16 times as many tracks as OD2!]
;-)
The 800,000 iTunes were apparently downloaded from only three places,
the UK, France and Germany, and over half of those were from the UK.
If other countries were in the market survey, obviously the totals
would exceed a million paid downloads in the first week.
***
HISTORY STEPPING BACKWARDS
More and more discoveries are leading to the fact that the
expert opinions on the history of mankind have been wrong
by factors of over 100%, given the recent discoveries of
"The Ice Man" and his beautiful copper axe, which put the
age of metallurgy much longer ago than previously believed,
and now with the discovery that agriculture started at least
23,000 years ago in Israel, more than twice as long ago
than previously thought.
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