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The Pilgrims Of The Rhine, by E. Bulwer Lytton 8206
[Old file: etext05/b189w10.txt/zip]
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Andersonville, Volume 2, by John McElroy 4258
[Old filenames: etext03/an02v10.txt and an02v10h.html]
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Andersonville, Volume 1, by John McElroy 4257
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The Atheist's Mass, by Honore de Balzac 1220
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Please note that some of the earlier postings of Punch listed the editor's
name as "Seamen"; the correct spelling is "Seaman".
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The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; and other stories; by Sedgwick 11585
[Title: The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; The Boy and the Book; and
Crystal Palace]
[Author: Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick]
The following has been extensively revised and corrected, and re-posted
in a new edition 12:
Apr 2002 Doctor Thorne, by Anthony Trollope [drthnxxx.xxx] 3166
The following has been re-posted in a greatly improved 11th edition, also
new formats as indicated; note that the base filename has been changed
from stbusxxx.xxx to ?stbuxxx.xxx:
Apr 2000 Strictly Business, by O. Henry [?stbuxxx.xxx] 2141
[Plain text in 7stbu11.txt, 8-bit in 8stbu11.txt, HTML in 8stbu11h.htm]
The corrected and improved edition of the following was originally
mis-named (allnq10a.txt); that file has been slightly corrected and
re-posted as an 11th edition (allnq10a.txt/.zip have been removed):
Nov 1996 Allan Quatermain, by H. Rider Haggard [HRH #1] [allnqxxx.xxx] 711
The following is being re-indexed to correct the title ("Nibelungenlied",
not "Nibelungendlied"):
Jan 2005 Nibelungenlied, trans. by George Henry Needler [niebnxxx.xxx] 7321
The following has been re-posted in HTML format:
Dec 2005 The Little Colonel, by Anne Fellows Johnston [tlcolxxx.xxx] 9407
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to correct author
information:
Wau-bun, by Mrs. John H. Kinzie 12183
[Subtitle: The Early Day in the Northwest]
[Author AKA: Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie]
The following is being re-indexed to correct the author's name (Osborne,
not Osbourne):
The World of Waters, by Mrs. David Osborne 10997
[Subtitle: A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea]
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to clarify author and
translator/editor information:
from:
Roman Farm Management, by Marcus Porcius Cato 12140
[Subtitle: The Treatises Of Cato And Varro]
[Done Into English, With Notes Of Modern Instances By A Virginia Farmer
(F.H. Belvoir)]
to:
Roman Farm Management, by Marcus Porcius Cato & Marcus Terentius Varro 12140
[Subtitle: The Treatises Of Cato And Varro]
[Tr.: Done Into English, With Notes Of Modern Instances By A Virginia
Farmer, Fairfax Harrison]
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to include volume
information, and additional author information:
Dec 2004 Book of Etiquette, by Lillian Eichler [betiqxxx.xxx] 7029
(Note: this is Volume II, Parts III and IV)
(Author Note: this author's name is probably Lillian Eichler Watson)
The following GUTINDEX entry is being re-indexed to correct the title, and
include editor information:
Dec 1998 Boswell's Life of Johnson, Ed. by Osgood [ljnsnxxx.xxx] 1564
[Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood]
The following is being re-indexed to include full author's name(s):
Jan 1999 How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers, by Woods [httbfxxx.zip] 1593
[Author: Robert Williams Wood]
Jan 1999 The Wrong Box, by Stevenson & Osbourne [RLS#40][wrngbxxx.xxx] 1585
[Author: Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne]
The following are being re-indexed to include the subtitle:
The Teacher, by Jacob Abbott 12291
[Subtitle: Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government
of the Young]
The Gringos, by B. M. Bower 12139
[Subtitle: A Story Of The Old California Days In 1849]
[With Illustrations By Anton Otto Fischer]
The following is being re-indexed to correct the subtitle ("Appendix",
not "Append"):
Flowers and Flower-Gardens, by David Lester Richardson 12286
[Subtitle: With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful
Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden]
The following are being re-indexed to include translator, editor,
illustrator and/or other supplementary contributor information:
Two Little Knights of Kentucky, by Annie Fellows Johnston 12317
[Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry]
Poems: Three Series, Complete, by Emily Dickinson 12242
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd And T.W.Higginson]
(Includes #12241, #2679 and #2678)
Poems: Third Series, by Emily Dickinson 12241
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd]
Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome I, by Napoleon Bonaparte 12230
[Ed.: C. L. F. Panckoucke]
[Language: French]
The Gate of the Giant Scissors, by Annie Fellows Johnston 12176
[Illustrator: Frank T. Merritt]
Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria, Pedro Calderon de la Barca 12173
[Subtitle: A Drama of Early Christian Rome]
[Translator: Denis Florence MacCarthy]
Confessions of a Young Man, by George Moore 11654
[Introduction by Floyd Dell]
Jun 2001 Poems of Emily Dickinson, Series Two [Emily D. #2][2mlydxxx.xxx] 2679
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W.Higginson]
Jun 2001 Poems of Emily Dickinson, Series One [Emily D. #1][1mlydxxx.xxx] 2678
[Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W.Higginson]
May 1999 Laws, by Plato [#29 and last of this Plato series][plawsxxx.xxx] 1750
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 Cousin Betty, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #66] [cbttyxxx.xxx] 1749
[Translated by James Waring]
May 1999 Poetical Works, by John Milton [pmsjmxxx.xxx] 1745
[Preface by the Rev. H. C. Beeching, M. A.]
May 1999 Philebus, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #28][philbxxx.xxx] 1744
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 The Black Death/The Dancing Mania,by J.F.C. Hecker[bdadmxxx.xxx] 1739
[Title: The Black Death and the Dancing Mania]
[Tr.: B. G. Babington] [Ed. and with Preface by Henry Morley]
May 1999 Statesman, by Plato [Plato #27][sttsmxxx.xxx] 1738
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 Facino Cane, by Honore de Balzac [H. de Balzac#65][fcanexxx.xxx] 1737
[Tr.: Clara Bell and others (sic.)]
May 1999 Sophist, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #26][sophtxxx.xxx] 1735
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
May 1999 The Deserted Woman, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac#64][dswmnxxx.xxx] 1729
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
Apr 1999 The Odyssey, by Homer, Tr. by Samuel butler [dyssyxxx.xxx] 1727
Apr 1999 Theaetetus, by Plato [More of Socrates][Plato #25][thtusxxx.xxx] 1726
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Apr 1999 Martin Luther's Large Catechism, Bente & Dau, Trns[lrgctxxx.xxx] 1722
[Translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau]
Apr 1999 The Survivors of the Chancellor, by Jules Verne #9[tsotcxxa.xxx] 1698
[Edited By Charles F. Horne]
(See also #1652, from a different source)
Mar 1999 Parmenides, by Plato [More Socrates] Plato #24][prmdsxxx.xxx] 1687
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Honorine, by Honore de Balzac[Honore de Balzac#59][hnrnexxx.xxx] 1683
[Translated by Clara Bell]
Mar 1999 Menexenus, by Plato [Yet More Socrates] [Plato#23][mnxnsxxx.xxx] 1682
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Eryxias, not by Plato [More Socrates] [Plato#22][ryxisxxx.xxx] 1681
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 At the Sign of the Cat & Racket, by Balzac[Hdb#58][ctrktxxx.xxx] 1680
[Translated by Clara Bell]
Mar 1999 An Historical Mystery, by Honore de Balzac[HdB#57][hmystxxx.xxx] 1678
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Mar 1999 Alcibiades II, not Plato [More Socrates][Plato#21][2lcbdxxx.xxx] 1677
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Alcibiades I, by Plato? [More Socrates] [Plato#20][1lcbdxxx.xxx] 1676
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth [Slavery] [sjrnrxxx.xxx] 1674
[Author: Dictated by Sojourner Truth]
[Editor: Olive Gilbert]
Mar 1999 Lesser Hippias, by [?]Plato[More Socrates]Plato19][lhppsxxx.xxx] 1673
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Gorgias, by Plato [A Socratic Dialog] [Plato #18][grgisxxx.xxx] 1672
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 The Golden Asse, by Lucius Apuleius "Africanus" [gldnsxxx.xxx] 1666
[Translated by William Adlington]
Mar 1999 Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, by Balzac[HdB #56][sfaclxxx.xxx] 1660
[Translated by James Waring]
Mar 1999 The Girl with the Golden Eyes, by Balzac [HdB #55][gwtgixxx.xxx] 1659
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
Mar 1999 Phaedo, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 3"]#17[phadoxxx.xxx] 1658
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Mar 1999 Crito, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 2"]#16[critoxxx.xxx] 1657
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Feb 1999 Apology, by Plato[AKA"The Death of Socrates 1"]#15[pplgyxxx.xxx] 1656
[Translated by Benjamin Jowett]
Dec 1998 The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac[HdB#51][tlotvxxx.xxx] 1569
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, by Balzac #50[adpapxxx.xxx] 1559
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
Dec 1998 The Marriage Contract, by de Honore de Balzac[#49][mrgctxxx.xxx] 1556
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 A Passion in the Desert, by Honore de Balzac [#48][apitdxxx.xxx] 1555
[Translated By Ernest Dowson]
Dec 1998 Adieu, by Honore de Balzac [Honore de Balzac #47][adieuxxx.xxx] 1554
[Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac[HdB#46][hmstpxxx.xxx] 1553
[Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
Dec 1998 Most Interesting Stories of All Nations, Hawthorne[misanxxx.xxx] 1552
[Editor: Julian Hawthorne]
Dec 1998 Commentary on Galatians, Martin Luther [Luther #5][mlgltxxx.xxx] 1549
[Translated by Theodore Graebner]
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Recent Tendencies in Ethics, by William Ritchie Sorley 12492
[Subtitle: Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/9/12492 ]
[Files: 12492.txt; 12492-8.txt; ]
Twelve Types, by G.K. Chesterton 12491
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/9/12491 ]
[Files: 12491.txt; 12491-8.txt; 12491-h.htm]
Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885, by Various 12490
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/9/12490 ]
[Files: 12490.txt; 12490-8.txt; 12490-h.htm]
L'art de la mise en scene, by L. Becq de Fouquieres 12489
[Subtitle: Essai d'esthetique theatrale]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12489 ]
[Files: 12489-8.txt; 12489-h.htm]
Nouveaux contes extraordinaires, by Benedict H. Revoil 12488
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12488 ]
[Files: 12488-8.txt]
A quoi tient l'amour?, by Emile Blemont 12487
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12487 ]
[Files: 12487-8.txt]
Indian Nullification, by William Apes 12486
[Full title: Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of
Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe: or, The Pretended Riot
Explained]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12486 ]
[Files: 12486.txt; 12486-8.txt]
The Three Brides, by Charlotte M. Yonge 12485
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12485 ]
[Files: 12485.txt; 12485-h.htm]
The Knave of Diamonds, by Ethel May Dell 12484
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12484 ]
[Files: 12484.txt; 12484-8.txt; ]
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, by Edward Bannerman Ramsay 12483
[And a Memoir of Dean E. B. Ramsay by Cosmo Innes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12483 ]
[Files: 12483.txt; 12483-8.txt; 12483-h.htm; ]
The Mettle of the Pasture, by James Lane Allen 12482
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12482 ]
[Files: 12482.txt; ]
Hero Tales of the Far North, by Jacob A. Riis 12481
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12481 ]
[Files: 12481.txt; 12481-8.txt; 12481-h.htm; ]
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers, by Swami Panchadasi 12480
[Subtitle: Including Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Premonition And
Impressions, Clairvoyant Psychometry, Clairvoyant Crystal-Gazing,
Distant Clairvoyance, Past Clairvoyance, Future Clairvoyance,
Second-Sight, Prevision, Clairvoyant Development, Astral-Body Traveling,
Astral-Plane Phenomena, Psychic Influence--Personal and Distant Psychic
Attraction, Psychic Healing, Telepathy, Mind-Reading, Thought
Transference, and Other Psychic Phenomena]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12480 ]
[Files: 12480.txt; 12480-h.htm; ]
San Zi Jing [220-581 A.D.], by Anonymous 12479
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12479 ]
[Files: 12479.txt; 12479-8.txt]
Books and Characters, by Lytton Strachey 12478
[Subtitle: French and English]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12478 ]
[Files: 12478.txt; 12478-8.txt; 12478-h.htm]
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, by Various 12477
[Subtitle: Volume 13, No. 356, Saturday, February 14, 1829]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12477 ]
[Files: 12477.txt; 12477-8.txt; 12477-h.htm]
Ships That Pass In The Night, by Beatrice Harraden 12476
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12476 ]
[Files: 12476.txt; 12476-8.txt]
Fires of Driftwood, by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay 12475
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12475 ]
[Files: 12475.txt; 12475-h.htm]
Write It Right, by Ambrose Bierce 12474
[Subtitle: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12474 ]
[Files: 12474.txt; 12474-8.txt; 12474-h.htm]
German Classics of the 19th & 20th Centuries, Vol. VI, Ed. by Francke 12473
[Title: The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
Vol. VI]
[Subtitle: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.
In Twenty Volumes.]
[Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke]
[Contibutors: Heinrich Heine, Franz Grillparzer, Ludwig Van Beethoven]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12473 ]
[Files: 12473.txt; 12473-8.txt]
Bataille De Dames, by Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouve 12472
[With Introduction, Notes, and Vocabulary by Benj. W. Wells]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12472 ]
[Files: 12472.txt; 12472-8.txt; 12472-h.htm]
What I Remember, Volume 2, by Thomas Adolphus Trollope 12471
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12471 ]
[Files: 12471.txt; 12471-8.txt; ]
A Perilous Secret, by Charles Reade 12470
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12470 ]
[Files: 12470.txt; 12470-8.txt]
Punch, Vol. 99, November 8, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12469
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12469 ]
[Files: 12469.txt; 12469-8.txt; 12469-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 99, October 11, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12467
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12467 ]
[Files: 12467.txt; 12467-8.txt; 12467-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 99, September 20, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12466
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12466 ]
[Files: 12466.txt; 12466-8.txt; 12466-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 146, January 21, 1914, Ed. by Owen Seaman 12465
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12465 ]
[Files: 12465.txt; 12465-8.txt; 12465-h.htm]
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: John Tyler, Ed. by Richardson 12464
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
Vol. 4, Part 2 of 3, John Tyler]
[Edited by James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12464 ]
[Files: 12464.txt; 12464-8.txt; 12464-h.htm]
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: James Knox Polk, by Richardson 12463
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
Vol. 4, Part 3 of 3, James Knox Polk]
[Edited by James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12463 ]
[Files: 12463.txt; 12463-8.txt; 12463-h.htm]
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, by Richardson 12462
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
Vol. 6, Part 1 of 2, Abraham Lincoln]
[Edited by James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12462 ]
[Files: 12462.txt; 12462-8.txt; 12462-h.htm]
Castles in the Air, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy 12461
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12461 ]
[Files: 12461.txt; 12461-8.txt]
Pomona's Travels, by Frank R. Stockton 12460
[Subtitle: A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange
from her Former Handmaiden]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12460 ]
[Files: 12460.txt; 12460-8.txt; 12460-h.htm]
Contes et poesies de Prosper Jourdan: 1854-1866, by Prosper Jourdan 12459
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12459 ]
[Files: 12459.txt; 12459-8.txt]
The Talisman, by George Borrow 12458
[Subtitle: From the Russian of Alexander Pushkin. With Other Pieces]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12458 ]
[Files: 12458.txt; 12458-h.htm ]
El Diablo Cojuelo, by Luis Velez de Guevara 12457
[Prologo y Notas de Francisco Rodriguez Marin
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12457 ]
[Files: 12457.txt; 12457-8.txt; 12457-h.htm]
The Troubadours, by H.J. Chaytor 12456
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12456 ]
[Files: 12456.txt; 12456-8.txt; 12456-h.htm]
Legends of the Middle Ages, by H.A. Guerber 12455
[Subtitle: Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12455 ]
[Files: 12455.txt; 12455-8.txt]
France At War, by Rudyard Kipling 12454
[Subtitle: On the Frontier of Civilization]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12454 ]
[Files: 12454.txt]
Miriam Monfort, by Catherine A. Warfield 12453
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12453 ]
[Files: 12453.txt; 12453-8.txt; 12453-h.htm]
Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession, by Benjamin Wood 12452
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12452 ]
[Files: 12452.txt; 12452-8.txt; 12452-h.htm]
De profundis! by Carolus [Charles-Auguste Durand] 12451
[Subtitle: Episode Maritime] [Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12451 ]
[Files: 12451.txt; 12451-8.txt]
The Reason Why, by Elinor Glyn 12450
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12450 ]
[Files: 12450.txt; 12450-8.txt; 12450-h.htm]
A Reputed Changeling, by Charlotte M. Yonge 12449
[Subtitle: Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12449 ]
[Files: 12449.txt; 12449-h.htm ]
L'Orco, by George Sand 12448
[Author AKA: Aurore Dupin; Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12448 ]
[Files: 12448-8.txt; ]
Pauline, by George Sand 12447
[Author AKA: Aurore Dupin; Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12447 ]
[Files: 12447-8.txt; ]
Il Designato, by Luciano Zuccoli [AKA: Luciano Von Ingenheim] 12446
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12446 ]
[Files: 12446-8.txt; ]
The Water-Witch, or, The Skimmer of the Seas, by James Fenimore Cooper 12445
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12445 ]
[Files: 12445.txt; 12445-8.txt; 12445-h.htm]
Toaster's Handbook, compiled by Peggy Edmund & Harold W. Williams 12444
[Subtitle: Jokes Stories, and Quotations]
[Introductions by Mary Katharine Reely]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12444 ]
[Files: 12444.txt; 12444-8.txt; 12444-h.htm]
Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth, T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour 12443
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12443 ]
[Files: 12443.txt; 12443-8.txt; 12443-h.htm]
In the Days of My Youth, by Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards 12442
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12442 ]
[Files: 12442.txt; 12442-8.txt; 12442-h.htm]
The House of a Thousand Candles, by Meredith Nicholson 12441
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12441 ]
[Files: 12441-0.txt; 12441-h.htm]
D'Ri and I, by Irving Bacheller 12440
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12440 ]
[Files: 12440.txt]
Notes on Nursing, by Florence Nightingale 12439
[Subtitle: What It Is, and What It Is Not]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12439 ]
[Files: 12439.txt; 12439-8.txt]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 335, by Various 12438
[Subtitle: Vol. 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12438 ]
[Files: 12438.txt; 12438-8.txt; 12438-h.htm]
Histoire de St. Louis, Roi de France, by Richard de Bury 12437
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12437 ]
[Files: 12437.txt; 12437-8.txt]
The Night Horseman, by Max Brand 12436
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12436 ]
[Files: 12436.txt]
Paginas Sudamericanas, by Helen Phipps 12435
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12435 ]
[Files: 12435.txt; 12435-8.txt; 12435-h.htm]
Making of a Nation, by Charles Foster Kent and Jeremiah Whipple Jenks 12434
[Subtitle: The Beginnings of Israel's History]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12434 ]
[Files: 12434.txt]
The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Vol. 1 of 2, by John MacGillivray 12433
[Full title: Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded
By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years
1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The
Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B.
Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12433 ]
[Files: 12433.txt; 12433-8.txt; 12433-h.htm]
Kalevalan Avain, by Pekka Ervast 12432
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12432 ]
[Files: 12432-8.txt]
The Coquette, or The History of Eliza Wharton, by Hannah Webster Foster 12431
[Author AKA: A Lady of Massachusetts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12431 ]
[Files: 12431.txt; 12431-8.txt]
A Lecture on Physical Development, by S.R. Calthrop 12430
[Title: A Lecture on Physical Development, and its Relations to Mental
and Spiritual Development, delivered before the American Institute of
Instruction, at their Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting, in Norwich, Conn.,
August 20, 1858]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/3/12430 ]
[Files: 12430.txt; 12430-8.txt]
The Last Leaf, by James Kendall Hosmer 12429
[Subtitle: Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events
in America and Europe]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12429 ]
[Files: 12429.txt; 12429-8.txt]
Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament, Clarkson 12428
[Full title: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the
Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808),
Vol. I]
[Full author: Thomas Clarkson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12428 ]
[Files: 12428.txt; 12428-8.txt]
Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War, by Campbell 12427
[Full author: Robert Granville Campbell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12427 ]
[Files: 12427.txt; 12427-8.txt]
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette, by George Routledge 12426
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12426 ]
[Files: 12426.txt; 12426-8.txt]
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2), Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt 12425
[Subtitle: The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera]
[Translated from the Latin with Notes and Introduction By F. A. MacNutt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12425 ]
[Files: 12425.txt; 12425-8.txt; 12425-h.htm]
The Trail of the Tramp, by A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston) 12424
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12424 ]
[Files: 12424.txt; 12424-h.htm]
A Short History of the United States, by Edward Channing 12423
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12423 ]
[Files: 12423.txt; 12423-8.txt; 12423-h.htm]
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, by Frances Anne Kemble 12422
[Subtitle: 1838-1839]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12422 ]
[Files: 12422.txt; 12422-8.txt; 12422-h.htm]
Practical Exercises in English, by Huber Gray Buehler 12421
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12421 ]
[Files: 12421.txt; 12421-8.txt; 12421-h.htm]
The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study, by William Heaford Daubney 12420
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/2/12420 ]
[Files: 12420-0.txt; 12420-h.htm]
Frontier Stories, by Bret Harte 12419
[Contents:
Flip: A California Romance
Found At Blazing Star
In The Carquinez Woods
At The Mission Of San Carmel
A Blue-Grass Penelope
Left Out On Lone Star Mountain
A Ship Of '49]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12419 ]
[Files: 12419.txt; 12419-8.txt]
The Land of Deepening Shadow, by D. Thomas Curtin 12418
[Subtitle: Germany-at-War]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12418 ]
[Files: 12418.txt]
Fishin' Jimmy, by Annie Trumbull Slosson 12417
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12417 ]
[Files: 12417.txt]
As Seen By Me, by Lilian Bell 12416
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12416 ]
[Files: 12416.txt; 12416-8.txt; 12416-h.htm]
Byways Around San Francisco Bay, by William E. Hutchinson 12415
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12415 ]
[Files: 12415.txt; 12415-8.txt; 12415-h.htm]
The Inferno, by Henri Barbusse 12414
[Translator: Edward J. O'Brien]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12414 ]
[Files: 12414.txt; 12414-8.txt]
Among the Millet and Other Poems, by Archibald Lampman 12413
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12413 ]
[Files: 12413.txt; 12413-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863, by Various 12412
[Subtitle: A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12412 ]
[Files: 12412.txt; 12412-8.txt]
The Long White Cloud, by William Pember Reeves 12411
[Subtitle: Ao Tea Roa]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12411 ]
[Files: 12411.txt; 12411-8.txt; 12411-h.htm; ]
The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2, Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa 12410
[Editor: Henry Yule and Henri Cordier]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/1/12410 ]
[Files: 12410.txt; 12410-8.txt; ]
The Story of the Philippines, by Murat Halstead 12409
[Full title: The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions,
Including The Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico]
[Subtitle: The Eldorado of the Orient]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12409 ]
[Files: 12409.txt]
Zhou bi suan jing, by Unknown 12408
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12408 ]
[Files: 12408-8.txt; 12408-h.htm]
The Art of War, by Zi Sun (aka Sun Tzu) 12407
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12407 ]
[Files: 12407-8.txt]
Kepler, by Walter W. Bryant 12406
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12406 ]
[Files: 12406.txt; 12406-8.txt; 12406-h.htm]
Frank, the Young Naturalist, by Harry Castlemon 12405
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12405 ]
[Files: 12405.txt; 12405-h.htm]
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol. V, Ed. by Francis W. Halsey 12404
[Subtitle: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12404 ]
[Files: 12404.txt; 12404-8.txt; 12404-h.htm; ]
Fenwick's Career, by Mrs. Humphry Ward 12403
[Author AKA: Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12403 ]
[Files: 12403.txt; 12403-8.txt; ]
The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland, by Various 12402
[Edited by George Johnston]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12402 ]
[Files: 12402.txt; 12402-8.txt; 12402-h.htm]
La derniere lettre ecrite, by L'Union des Peres et des Meres 12401
[Title: La derniere lettre ecrite par des soldats francais tombes au
champ d'honneur 1914-1918]
[Author: L'Union des Peres et des Meres dont les fils sont morts
pour la Patrie]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12401 ]
[Files: 12401.txt; 12401-8.txt]
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire, James Wycliffe Headlam 12400
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12400 ]
[Files: 12400.txt; 12400-8.txt; 12400-h.htm]
Contes et nouvelles, by Edouard Laboulaye 12399
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12399 ]
[Files: 12399.txt; 12399-8.txt]
Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9), by Samuel Richardson 12398
[Subtitle: The History Of A Young Lady]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12398 ]
[Files: 12398.txt; 12398-8.txt]
The Star-Chamber, Volume 2, by W. Harrison Ainsworth 12397
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance, In Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12397 ]
[Files: 12397.txt; 12397-8.txt]
The Star-Chamber, Volume 1, by W. Harrison Ainsworth 12396
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance, In Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12396 ]
[Files: 12396.txt; 12396-8.txt]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, October 18, 1890, by Various 12395
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12395 ]
[Files: 12395.txt; 12395-8.txt; 12395-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 13, 1890, by Various 12394
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12394 ]
[Files: 12394.txt; 12394-8.txt; 12394-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 6, 1890, by Various 12393
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12393 ]
[Files: 12393.txt; 12393-8.txt; 12393-h.htm]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., August 23, 1890., by Various 12392
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12392 ]
[Files: 12392.txt; 12392-8.txt; 12392-h.htm]
Poems, by Elizabeth Stoddard 12391
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12391 ]
[Files: 12391.txt; 12391-8.txt; 12391-h.htm]
Society for Pure English, Tract 3 (1920), by Society for Pure English 12390
[Subtitle: A Few Practical Suggestions]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/9/12390 ]
[Files: 12390.txt; 12390-8.txt; 12390-h.htm]
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, by Bliss Carman 12389
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12389 ]
[Files: 12389.txt; 12389-8.txt]
The Courage of Captain Plum, by James Oliver Curwood 12388
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12388 ]
[Files: 12388.txt; 12388-h.htm]
Paul Faber, Surgeon, by George MacDonald 12387
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12387 ]
[Files: 12387.txt; 12387-8.txt]
Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition, by Marietta Holley 12386
[Author AKA: Josiah Allen's Wife]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12386 ]
[Files: 12386.txt; ]
The Italians, by Frances Elliot 12385
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12385 ]
[Files: 12385.txt; 12385-8.txt; ]
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, by Herman Melville 12384
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12384 ]
[Files: 12384.txt; 12384-8.txt; 12384-h.htm]
Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III, by William Wordsworth 12383
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12383 ]
[Files: 12383.txt; 12383-8.txt; 12383-h.htm]
Kissanporras, by Hermann Sudermann 12382
[Translated by Juho Ahava] [Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12382 ]
[Files: 12382.txt; 12382-8.txt; 12382-h.htm]
The Auchensaugh Renovation, by The Reformed Presbytery 12381
[Title: The Auchensaugh Renovation of the National Covenant and Solemn
League and Covenant]
[Subtitle: With the Acknowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, As
They Were Renewed at Auchensaugh, Near Douglas, July 24, 1712. (Compared
With The Editions Of Paisley, 1820, And Belfast, 1835.) Also, The
Renovation of These Public Federal Deeds Ordained at Philadelphia,
October 8, 1880, by the Reformed Presbytery, with Accommodation of the
Original Covenants, in Both Transactions, to Their Times and Positions
Respectively]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12381 ]
[Files: 12381.txt; 12381-h.htm]
Two Thousand Miles On An Automobile, by Arthur Jerome Eddy 12380
[Subtitle: Being A Desultory Narrative Of A Trip Through New England,
New York, Canada, And The West, By "Chauffeur"]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/8/12380 ]
[Files: 12380.txt; 12380-8.txt]
Ylosnousemus I, by Leo Tolstoi 12379
[Translated by Arvid Jarnefelt]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12379 ]
[Files: 12379-8.txt]
Punch, Vol. 99, August 30, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12378
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12378 ]
[Files: 12378.txt; 12378-8.txt; 12378-h.htm]
The Court of Boyville, by William Allen White 12377
[Illustrated by Orson Lowell and Gustav Verbeek]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12377 ]
[Files: 12377.txt; 12377-h.htm; ]
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy, by Wesson Gage Miller 12376
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12376 ]
[Files: 12376.txt; 12376-8.txt; 12376-h.htm]
Masters of Space, by Walter Kellogg Towers 12375
[Subtitle: Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12375 ]
[Files: 12375.txt; 12375-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 7, May, 1858, by Various 12374
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12374 ]
[Files: 12374.txt; 12374-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, March, 1858, by Various 12373
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12373 ]
[Files: 12373.txt; 12373-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, April, 1858, by Various 12372
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12372 ]
[Files: 12372.txt; 12372-8.txt]
The Experiences of a Barrister, by Samuel Warren 12371
[Title: The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12371 ]
[Files: 12371.txt; 12371-8.txt]
Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes, by Mir Amman of Dihli 12370
[Translated by Duncan Forbes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/7/12370 ]
[Files: 12370.txt; 12370-8.txt]
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 12369
[Editor: Charles Dudley Warner]
[Partial list of contents:
Abelard and Heloise, by Thomas Davidson
Accadian-Babylonian and Assyrian literature
Misc. writings of John Adams
Misc. writings of John Quincy Adams
Misc. writings of Aeschylus
11 fables by Aesop
Misc. writings of Alcaeus
Misc. writings of Louisa May Alcott
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12369 ]
[Files: 12369.txt; 12369-8.txt; 12369-h.htm; ]
Contigo Pan y Cebolla, by Manuel Eduardo De Gorostiza 12368
[Edited With Notes, Exercises, And Vocabulary By Elizabeth McGuire]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12368 ]
[Files: 12368.txt; 12368-8.txt]
Le peche de Monsieur Antoine I, by George Sand 12367
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12367 ]
[Files: 12367.txt; 12367-0.txt]
The Cost of Shelter, by Ellen H. Richards 12366
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12366 ]
[Files: 12366.txt; 12366-8.txt; 12366-h.htm]
Femmes Revees, by Albert Ferland 12365
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12365 ]
[Files: 12365.txt; 12365-8.txt; 12365-h.htm]
The United States in the Light of Prophecy, by Uriah Smith 12364
[Subtitle: An Exposition of Rev. 13:11-17]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12364 ]
[Files: 12364.txt; 12364-h.htm; ]
The Botanist's Companion, Vol. II, by William Salisbury 12363
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12363 ]
[Files: 12363.txt; 12363-8.txt]
The Mother's Recompense, Volume II, by Grace Aguilar 12362
[Subtitle: A Sequel to Home Influence in Two Volumes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12362 ]
[Files: 12362.txt; 12362-8.txt]
The Mother's Recompense, Volume I, by Grace Aguilar 12361
[Subtitle: A Sequel to Home Influence in Two Volumes.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12361 ]
[Files: 12361.txt; 12361-8.txt]
The Top of the World, by Ethel M. Dell 12360
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12360 ]
[Files: 12360.txt]
The Meaning of Infancy, by John Fiske 12359
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12359 ]
[Files: 12359.txt]
Society for Pure English Tract 1 (Oct 1919), by Society for Pure English 12358
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12358 ]
[Files: 12358.txt]
The Case and The Girl, by Randall Parrish 12357
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12357 ]
[Files: 12357.txt; 12357-8.txt]
Voyage de J. Cartier au Canada, by Jacques Cartier 12356
[Subtitle: Relation originale de Jacques Cartier]
[Commented By M. D'Avezac]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12356 ]
[Files: 12356.txt; 12356-8.txt; 12356-h.htm]
The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881, by Toyokichi Iyenaga 12355
[Subtitle: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political
Science, Ninth Series]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12355 ]
[Files: 12355.txt; 12355-8.txt; 12355-h.htm; ]
Pink and White Tyranny, by Harriet Beecher Stowe 12354
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12354 ]
[Files: 12354.txt; 12354-8.txt]
The Making of Religion, by Andrew Lang 12353
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12353 ]
[Files: 12353.txt; 12353-8.txt]
Iola Leroy, by Frances E.W. Harper 12352
[Subtitle: Shadows Uplifted]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12352 ]
[Files: 12352.txt; 12352-8.txt]
German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VII 12351
[Title: The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
Vol. VII]
[Subtitle: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.
In Twenty Volumes]
[Editor-in-chief: Kuno Francke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12351 ]
[Files: 12351.txt; 12351-8.txt]
The International Jewish Cook Book, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum 12350
[Subtitle: 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the
Rules for Kashering; The Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany,
Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/5/12350 ]
[Files: 12350.txt; 12350-8.txt]
The Secret City, by Hugh Walpole 12349
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12349 ]
[Files: 12349.txt; 12349-8.txt]
Richard Vandermarck, by Miriam Coles Harris 12348
[Author AKA: Mrs. Sidney S. Harris]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12348 ]
[Files: 12348.txt; 12348-8.txt; 12348-h.htm; ]
The Morgesons, by Elizabeth Stoddard 12347
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12347 ]
[Files: 12347.txt; 12347-8.txt; ]
A Roman Singer, by F. Marion Crawford 12346
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/4/12346 ]
[Files: 12346.txt; 12346-8.txt; 12346-h.htm]
Friday, the Thirteenth, by Thomas W. Lawson 12345
[Illustrations by Sigismond de Ivanowski]
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Sir Robert Hart, by Juliet Bredon 12344
[Subtitle: The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition]
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The Art of Iugling or Legerdemaine, by Samuel Rid 12343
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The Nuttall Encyclopaedia, Edited by Rev. James Wood 12342
[Subtitle: Being a Concise & Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge]
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Against The Grain, by Joris-Karl Huysmans 12341
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The Story of the Herschels, by Anonymous 12340
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Hendes hojhed, by Herman Bang 12339
[Language: Danish]
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Contes d'une grand-mere, by George Sand 12338
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12338 ]
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Dickens in Camp, by Bret Harte 12337
[With a Foreword by Frederick S. Myrtle]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12337 ]
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Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories, by Jack London 12336
[Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews]
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Overland, by John William De Forest 12335
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A Bicycle of Cathay, by Frank R. Stockton 12334
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 12333
[Translator: Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12333 ]
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Contes de Caliban, by Emile Bergerat 12332
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/3/12332 ]
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Contes a la brune, by Armand Silvestre 12331
[Language: French]
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A Volunteer Poilu, by Henry Sheahan 12330
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Heart of Man, by George Edward Woodberry 12329
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12329 ]
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Tent Life in Siberia, by George Kennan 12328
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12328 ]
[Files: 12328.txt; 12328-8.txt]
The Jewish Manual, by Judith Cohen Montefiore 12327
[Subtitle: Practical Information In Jewish And Modern Cookery with a
Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12327 ]
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The Story of My Life, by Ellen Terry 12326
[Subtitle: Recollections and Reflections]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12326 ]
[Files: 12326.txt; 12326-8.txt; 12326-h.htm]
History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III, by Robert Kerr 12325
[Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III]
[Subtitle: Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of
the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea
and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time]
[Part II, Book II: History of the Discovery of America, and of Some of the
Early Conquests in the New World]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12325 ]
[Files: 12325.txt; 12325-8.txt]
Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects, by Ware 12324
[Full author: Sedley Lynch Ware]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12324 ]
[Files: 12324.txt; 12324-8.txt]
Punch, Vol. 99, August 2, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12323
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12323 ]
[Files: 12323.txt; 12323-8.txt; 12323-h.htm]
Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham, by Waller & Denham 12322
[Aauthor: Edmund Waller; John Denham]
[With Memoir and Dissertation by the Rev. George Gilfillan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12322 ]
[Files: 12322.txt; 12322-8.txt]
Rudimental Divine Science, by Mary Baker Eddy 12321
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12321 ]
[Files: 12321.txt; 12321-h.htm]
Civilization and Beyond, by Scott Nearing 12320
[Subtitle: Learning From History]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/2/12320 ]
[Files: 12320.txt; 12320-8.txt]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, February, 1858, by Various 12319
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12319 ]
[Files: 12319.txt; 12319-8.txt]
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Garfield, by Richardson 12318
[Title: Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. VIII.:
James A. Garfield]
[Edited by James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12318 ]
[Files: 12318.txt]
Two Little Knights of Kentucky, by Annie Fellows Johnston 12317
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12317 ]
[Files: 12317.txt; 12317-h.htm]
True Tilda, by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 12316
[Author AKA: Q.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12316 ]
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Shanty the Blacksmith; A Tale of Other Times, by Mrs. Sherwood 12315
[Author: Mrs. Mary Martha Sherwood]]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12315 ]
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Ashton-Kirk, Investigator, by John T. McIntyre 12314
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12314 ]
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Pictures of Sweden, by Hans Christian Andersen 12313
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12313 ]
[Files: 12313.txt; 12313-8.txt; 12313-h.htm]
A King, and No King, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher 12312
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12312 ]
[Files: 12312.txt]
Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life, by John Brown (of Wamphray) 12311
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12311 ]
[Files: 12311.txt; 12311-h.htm]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 56, June, 1862, by Various 12310
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/1/12310 ]
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Love Affairs of the Courts of Europe, by Thornton Hall 12309
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12309 ]
[Files: 12309.txt; 12309-8.txt; 12309-h.htm]
Winning His Spurs, by George Alfred Henty 12308
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Crusades]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12308 ]
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Giorgione, by Herbert Cook 12307
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12307 ]
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Punch, Vol. 99, October 4, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12306
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12306 ]
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Punch, Vol. 99, August 16, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12305
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12305 ]
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Nancy, by Rhoda Broughton 12304
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12304 ]
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Fated to Be Free, by Jean Ingelow 12303
[Subtitle: A Novel]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12303 ]
[Files: 12303.txt; 12303-8.txt; ]
All In It K(1) Carries On, by John Hay Beith (AKA: Ian Hay) 12302
[Subtitle: A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12302 ]
[Files: 12302.txt; 12302-8.txt]
Banquet du 17 janvier 1841, by Andrzej Towianski 12301
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12301 ]
[Files: 12301.txt; 12301-8.txt; 12301-0.txt]
The True George Washington [10th Ed.], by Paul Leicester Ford 12300
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/0/12300 ]
[Files: 12300.txt; 12300-8.txt]
The Mechanical Properties of Wood, by Samuel J. Record 12299
[Subtitle: Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the
Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12299 ]
[Files: 12299.txt; 12299-8.txt; 12299-h.htm]
The Grand Canon of the Colorado, by John Muir 12298
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12298 ]
[Files: 12298.txt; 12298-8.txt; 12298-h.htm]
Slave Narratives: Florida Narratives, by Works Project Administration 12297
[Title: Slave Narratives, A Folk History Of Slavery In The United States
From Interviews With Former Slaves, Vol. III Florida Narratives]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12297 ]
[Files: 12297.txt; 12297-8.txt; 12297-h.htm]
Camps and Trails in China, Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews 12296
[Subtitle: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport
in Little-Known China]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12296 ]
[Files: 12296.txt; 12296-8.txt; 12296-h.htm]
Histoire de la Revolution francaise, VIII, by Adolphe Thiers 12295
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12295 ]
[Files: 12295.txt; 12295-8.txt]
Punch, Vol. 146, January 7, 1914, Ed. by Owen Seaman 12294
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12294 ]
[Files: 12294.txt; 12294-8.txt; 12294-h.htm]
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine, by William Carew Hazlitt 12293
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12293 ]
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Punch, Vol. 99, July 26, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12292
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12292 ]
[Files: 12292.txt; 12292-8.txt; 12292-h.htm]
The Teacher, by Jacob Abbott 12291
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12291 ]
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The Church and Modern Life, by Washington Gladden 12290
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/9/12290 ]
[Files: 12290.txt; 12290-8.txt; 12290-h.htm; ]
Quelques ecrivains francais, by Emile Hennequin 12289
[Subtitle: Flaubert, Zola, Hugo, Goncourt, Huysmans, etc.]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12289 ]
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Witchcraft Delusion In Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697), John M. Taylor 12288
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12288 ]
[Files: 12288.txt; 12288-8.txt; 12288-h.htm]
Somerset, by G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade 12287
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12287 ]
[Files: 12287.txt; 12287-8.txt; 12287-h.htm]
Flowers and Flower-Gardens, by David Lester Richardson 12286
[Subtitle: With an Append of Practical Instructions and Useful
Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12286 ]
[Files: 12286.txt; 12286-8.txt; 12286-h.htm]
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 44, June, 1861, by Various 12285
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12285 ]
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Anie, by Hector Malot 12284
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12284 ]
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The Soul of a Child, by Edwin Bjorkman 12283
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The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible, by R. Heber Newton 12282
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12282 ]
[Files: 12282.txt; 12282-8.txt; 12282-h.htm]
Cattle Brands, by Andy Adams 12281
[Subtitle: A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/8/12281 ]
[Files: 12281.txt; 12281-8.txt]
The Grandissimes, by George Washington Cable 12280
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The Maid-At-Arms, by Robert W. Chambers 12279
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Confessions of a Young Man, by George Moore 12278
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The Delectable Duchy, by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 12277
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/7/12277 ]
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Viajes por Filipinas: De Manila a Tayabas, by Juan Alvarez Guerra 12276
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/7/12276 ]
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Viajes por Filipinas: De Manila a Albay, by Juan Alvarez Guerra 12275
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/7/12275 ]
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Viajes por Filipinas: De Manila a Marianas, by Juan Alvarez Guerra 12274
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/7/12274 ]
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Grevinde, by Hermann Heiberg 12273
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/7/12273 ]
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The History of Puerto Rico, by R.A. Van Middeldyk 12272
[Subtitle: From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation]
[Edited by Martin G. Brumbaugh]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/7/12272 ]
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Contes litteraires du bibliophile Jacob a ses petits-enfants, by Jacob 12271
[Full author: Paul Jacob [Paul Lacroix]]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/2/7/12271 ]
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The Doomswoman, by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 12270
[Subtitle: An Historical Romance of Old California]
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FLASHBACK!!!
1901 New eBooks So Far in 2004
It took us ~28 years for the first 1901 !
That's the 5.00 MONTHS of 2004 as Compared to ~28 YEARS!!!
Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #1901
Oct 1999 Grandfather's Chair, by Nathaniel Hawthorne[NH #8][gfchrxxx.xxx] 1926
Oct 1999 Droll Stories [V. 1], by Honore de Balzac[HdB #82][1drllxxx.xxx] 1925
Oct 1999 Many Voices, by E. Nesbit [Poems] [E. Nesbit #8][mnyvcxxx.xxx] 1924
Oct 1999 The Poisoned Pen by, Arthur B. Reeve [tppenxxx.xxx] 1923
Oct 1999 Deirdre of the Sorrows, by J. M. Synge [Synge #7][drdrexxx.xxx] 1922
[This one is a play, and is in markup format, need a volunteer to unmark it.]
Oct 1999 The Chouans, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #81] [chounxxx.xxx] 1921
Oct 1999 Billy Baxter's Letters, By William J. Kountz, Jr. [bbxtlxxx.xxx] 1920
Oct 1999 Ballads, by Horatio Alger, Jr. [H. Alger Jr. #10][blldsxxx.xxx] 1919
Oct 1999 Long Odds, by H. Rider Haggard [H. R. Haggard #8][loddsxxx.xxx] 1918
Oct 1999 The Queen of Hearts, by Wilkie Collins[Collins#21][qnhrtxxx.xxx] 1917
Oct 1999 The Great Stone Face, et. al. Nathaniel Hawthorne [totwmxxx.xxx] 1916
Oct 1999 Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow, by Jerome [#14][scthkxxx.xxx] 1915
Oct 1999 [Reserved for WWI] [ xxx.xxx] 1914*
Oct 1999 The Drums Of Jeopardy, by Harold MacGrath [jprdyxxx.xxx] 1913
Oct 1999 The Muse of the Department, by de Balzac [HdB #80][msdptxxx.xxx] 1912
Oct 1999 Concerning Christian Liberty, by Martin Luther[#6][clbtyxxx.xxx] 1911
Sep 1999 La Tulipe Noire, by Alexandre Dumas[Pere#6/French][tlpnrxxx.xxx] 1910
[Language: French] (Note: abridged edition)
(See Also: #965, Full-length English Edition)
Sep 1999 Darwin and Modern Science, by A.C. Seward[50th Yr][drwnmxxx.xxx] 1909
Sep 1999 Her Prairie Knight, by B. M. Bower[B.M. Bower #10][hrprkxxx.xxx] 1908
Sep 1999 Rowdy of the Cross L, by B. M. Bower [BM Bower #9][rowdyxxx.xxx] 1907
Sep 1999 Erewhon (Revised Edition), by Samuel Butler [erwhnxxx.xxx] 1906
Sep 1999 The Governess [Female Academy], by Sarah Fielding [gvrnsxxx.xxx] 1905
Sep 1999 Life & Perambulations of a Mouse by Dorothy Kilner[lpoamxxx.xxx] 1904
Sep 1999 Everybody's Guide to Money Matters, by Wm. Cotton [egtmmxxx.xxx] 1903
Sep 1999 The Old Peabody Pew by Kate Douglas Wiggin[KDW#13][oldpwxxx.xxx] 1902
Sep 1999 The Old Peabody Pew by Kate Douglas Wiggin[KDW#13][oldpwxxx.xxx] 1902
Sep 1999 Secret of the Woods, by William J. Long [sctwdxxx.xxx] 1901
Sep 1999 Typee, by Herman Melville [Herman Melville #2][typeexxx.xxx] 1900
Sep 1999 The Village Rector, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac#79][vrctrxxx.xxx] 1899
.(Note: filename vrctrxxx.xxx is also used for a eBook #1329 in etext98)
Sep 1999 Bunyan Characters (2nd Series), by Alex. Whyte #2 [2bnchxxx.xxx] 1886
Sep 1999 Bunyan Characters (1st Series), by Alex. Whyte #1 [1bnchxxx.xxx] 1885
Sep 1999 The Exiles, by Honore de Balzac [H de Balzac #77][xilesxxx.xxx] 1884
Sep 1999 The Wife, et al, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #14][twifexxx.xxx] 1883
Sep 1999 The Young Forester, by Zane Grey [Zane Grey #9][yn4stxxx.xxx] 1882
Sep 1999 The Call of the Canyon, by Zane Grey[Zane Grey #8][tcotcxxx.xxx] 1881
Sep 1999 The Pathfinder, by James Fenimore Cooper[Cooper#2][pthfnxxx.xxx] 1880
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***Headline News***
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
>From NewsScan:
NEC PLEADS GUILTY IN E-RATE FRAUD INVESTIGATION
[Schools Defrauded, more below in Edupage section]
NEC Business Network Solutions is pleading guilty to wire fraud and
antitrust violation, and the company has agreed to $20.7 million in fines
and restitution for its part in the E-Rate program, the federal program
designed to help schools participate in the information age. Gerald P.
Kenney, general counsel of NEC America, said: "We made mistakes with E-Rate.
We've acknowledged and accepted responsibility for those mistakes,
cooperated fully with the government and taken action to ensure that these
problems can't happen again." The investigation of misconduct in the E-Rate
program is on-going, and is expected to uncover additional cases of fraud by
other large information technology vendors. Policy analyst John Dunbar of
the Center for Public Integrity says: "Schools are being promised
million-dollar systems when a system costing $10,000 would make more sense.
That's one of the flaws of the system. If the schools had vested interest in
making sure that the money was being spent wisely, then it wouldn't be so
easy to defraud the program." (New York Times 28 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/technology/28net.html
CALIFORNIA VERSUS OFFSHORING
[The 5th Largest Economy in the World Has It's Own Policies For
Outsourcing and Anti-Globalization]
The California Assembly has approved a bill that would ban state
contractors from offshoring jobs and require all contractors and
subcontractors to certify that the "contract work will be performed by
people in the state of California." The bill applies only to contracts paid
for with state tax money. Assemblyman John Campbell, a Republican, expressed
his opposition for the bill defended outsourcing jobs as a way of keeping
contracts cheaper: "What you call outsourcing is capital going to its most
efficient place, and when capital goes to its most efficient place, we all
benefit." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 27 May 2004)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8777193.htm
U.S. GOV'T AGENCIES ENGAGED IN WIDESPREAD 'DATA MINING'
[More below in Edupage section]
A survey of U.S. government agencies has uncovered widespread data
mining activities, through more than 120 programs that collect and analyze
large amounts of personal data such as names, e-mail addresses, Social
Security numbers and driver's license information. The survey, conducted by
the General Accounting Office, identified 52 federal agencies that
routinely comb through citizens' data, and because the GAO figures exclude
most classified projects, the extent of intrusion into personal privacy
could be much higher. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), who requested the
report, said: "I am disturbed by the high number of data mining activities
in the federal government involving personal information. The government
collects and uses Americans' personal information and shares it with other
agencies to an astonishing degree, raising serious privacy concerns." An
advisory committee to the Pentagon chaired by former FCC chairman Newton
Minow, has recommended that federal agencies generally should be required
to obtain court approval "before engaging in data mining with personally
identifiable information" on U.S. citizens. It also recommended that
agencies should, if possible, strip out all personal identifying
information before working with such data. (New York Times 27 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/27/national/27privacy.html
WILL ISPs DISCRIMINATE AGAINST COMPETITORS?
[This already might be happening with email: I have noticed that some
emails sent to me sit for hours, sometimes as long as from lunch to dinner,
before even getting out of the ISP from which they are sent.]
High-speed Internet providers have the capability to recognize the
data packets that traverse their systems and prioritize them, so that
theoretically, they could reward their own customers with a little extra
speed to the detriment of competitors routing traffic along their networks.
Although there's no evidence that broadband providers have ever engaged in
this kind of manipulation, a number of tech companies last year asked the
Federal Communications Commission to consider establishing principles that
would encourage "network neutrality." Their concerns were reignited
recently by a controversial report issued by Yankee Group that predicted
small, independent VoIP (Internet telephony) providers like Vonage could be
forced out of business if broadband ISPs begin bundling VoIP service with
their Internet access or begin slowing down Vonage customers' service in
favor of their own subscribers. "Unless Vonage pays fees to the network
provider, there is no reason the operator should not make the service a
lower priority on the network," predicted the Yankee Group report. Vonage
CEO Jeffrey Citron responded, "If that happens in this world, the value of
the Internet would instantaneously be massively devalued." Citron says he
hates the idea of government regulation but in this case it might be
appropriate for regulators to spell out what constitutes a minimum level of
broadband service. (Washington Post 27 May 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58685-2004May26.html
CHASKA, MINNESOTA PLANS CITY-WIDE 'HOT SPOT'
[Many places already offer free hot spots, such as airports, etc.]
Chaska, Minnesota is raising the bar on ubiquitous wireless
connectivity -- the whole city will soon be blanketed by a Wi-Fi hot-spot
and city officials plan to offer wireless Internet access as a municipal
service for about $16 per month for home users. Chaska anticipates that
about 2,000 of its 18,000 residents will take advantage of the service,
creating a "connected community," says the city's information-systems
manager, Bradley Mayer. The Wi-Fi network will also double as a public
safety tool, with the local police force adapting squad cars to be Wi-Fi
friendly. The network will be built by deploying about 200
wireless-networking devices over a 12- to 13-square-mile area, says Mayer.
(AP 26 May 2004)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040527/D82QJI701.html
FINALLY, DECENT COMPUTER DISPLAYS -- IF YOU CAN WAIT TILL 2034
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen says that by 2034, "we'll finally get
decent computer displays, with a resolution of about 20,000 pixels by
10,000 pixels (as opposed to the miserly 2048 pixels by 1536 pixels on my
current monitor)." He also says that people will have no problem coming up
with ways to use the massive storage capability of future machines,
predicting that "we'll use half the storage space to index all our
information so that we can search it instantly." Of course, we'll also have
to devote a significant amount of computer power to battling ever-bolder
hack attacks and to enabling such things as self-healing software, which
can root out bugs and adapt to changing environments. Computer games will
become more engaging and less linear than today's story lines, and computer
interaction styles will include gestures, physical interfaces and
multidevice interfaces. "Certainly, our personal computer will remember
anything we've ever seen or done online," says Nielsen. "A complete HDTV
record of every waking hour of your life will consume 2% of your hard
disk." (CNet News.com 27 May 2004)
http://news.com.com/2010-1001-5221124.html
ACCENTURE BID WINS HOMELAND SECURITY PROJECT
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Accenture LLP a
contract worth up to $10 billion to expand a program called "U.S. Visit"
designed to track millions of foreign visitors from the time they arrive
until the time they leave. The data collected by the system includes digital
photographs and fingerprints, and is used to help authorities capture
suspected terrorists and criminals. Department of Homeland undersecretary
Asa Hutchinson say, "I don't think you could overstate the impact of this
responsibility, in terms of security of our nation. If you look at the 9/11
terrorists, they came here in violation of our immigration laws." The sub-
contractors in the Accenture team include AT&T, Dell, and KBR, and 26 others.
(Washinton Post 2 Jun 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7961-2004Jun1.html
SONY ABANDONS PDA IN FAVOR OF ADVANCED CELL PHONES
Sony plans to stop selling new personal digital assistants outside of
Japan this year, a move that will decrease the number of new PDAs using the
Palm operating system made by PalmSource. Sony says its Clie handhelds were
unable to serve as a mobile device that links content and hardware: "We
consider mobile devices a key aspect of our strategy to converge contents
like music, movies and games with hardware and since the Clie functions as a
personal organizer, we wanted to refocus our efforts." The company will
replace the Clie line with new advanced handsets from Sony Erricsson (Sony's
cell phone venture with Sweden's Ericsson) and a new handheld game machine,
the PlayStation Portable (PSP) designed to play games, movies and music.
Industry analysts believe that Sony's decision to abandon the Clie will have
the effect of reducing PalmSources's dominant position in the handheld
software market. Alex Slawsby of IDC says: "As mobile phones bring on board
more and more capabilities of the PDA, there is a growing segment of
consumers that would just rather buy a phone and only carry one device."
(New York Times 2 Jun 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-sony-clie.html
DETECTIVES FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL TO TACKLE SPAM
It seems like spammers have been working overtime since the federal
antispam legislation took effect Jan.1, and the government is now turning
away from technical fixes offered by software engineers in favor of private
investigators' expertise to boost their efforts to stem the deluge of
unsolicited e-mail. In an unusual arrangement, the Direct Marketing
Association has paid $500,000 to hire 15 investigators to work alongside
the FBI agents and other government officials in a program known as Project
Slam-Spam. The project has built a case against 50 spammers, mostly by
following the money trail and relying on informants. "Spammers are more
than willing to rat each other out," says Microsoft investigator Sterling
McBride. "The most useful information is who pays for various aspects of
the spam operation," says attorney David Bateman, who represents Microsoft
in spam cases. "To spam, you need four or five things -- a hosting service,
a domain name, mailing software, mailing lists and so on. Each one you have
to purchase from someone." Microsoft has filed 53 civil cases against
spammers in the last 15 months, based on the work of its investigation team.
"The real key is trying to figure out how to connect the virtual world"
with "someone you can hold responsible for this," says McBride.
Once you've nailed that down, "you can use all the tools of a normal
investigation." (New York Times 31 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/31/technology/31spam.html
ONLINE NEWSPAPER READERSHIP UP 350% OVER 5 YEARS
The audience for online versions of newspapers has grown 350% over
the past five years, according to the World Association of Newspapers,
which notes that while print circulation figures have declined in mature
markets like Europe and the U.S., they are sharply up in emerging markets
like China and India. In Russia, the number of published dailies has nearly
doubled in two years. WAN attributed the increase in online newspaper
popularity to the growth of broadband in many countries, noting that in
those countries where broadband Internet access is more readily available,
people are watching TV less and surfing the Web more, both for news and for
entertainment. (BBC News 1 Jun 2004)
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>From Edupage
NEC ADMITS TO FRAUD IN E-RATE PROGRAM
The ongoing investigation into the troubled E-Rate program has resulted
in a $20.7 million settlement with NEC Business Network Solutions, a
subsidiary of computer maker NEC. Begun in 1996, the E-Rate program is
a federal program, funded by a tax on phone bills, to provide funds
predominantly to low-income and rural school districts for technology
infrastructure. Allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the program
surfaced several years ago. In the case of the NEC subsidiary, the
company has admitted to selling the San Francisco Unified School
District and several other districts much more equipment than they
needed and to charging the E-Rate program significantly more than the
equipment cost. Other companies involved in the E-Rate program have
been charged with bribing school officials to forgo competitive bidding
on technology projects.
New York Times, 28 May 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/technology/28net.html
GAO FINDS WIDESPREAD DATA MINING
A report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) indicates that a
broad range of federal agencies are involved in data-mining programs,
designed primarily to improve the performance or services of that
agency. Programs that use data mining to fight terrorism accounted for
the smallest number of the 199 programs identified by the GAO at 52
different federal agencies. Of the nearly 200 programs listed, 122 use
personally identifiable information, according to the GAO. Fifty-four
of the programs use data supplied by private companies, including
credit card companies, and in 77 of the programs, federal agencies
share information with one another. The Defense Department sponsors the
largest number of data-mining programs. Coinciding with the GAO's
report, the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Heritage
Foundation released their recommendations for how data-mining programs
can be used effectively without sacrificing the privacy of individuals.
The groups' report urges the federal government to "anonymize" data to
remove personally identifiable information; to build secure systems
that prevent unauthorized access to information; and to include tools
that record instances of unauthorized access or misuse of information.
Wired News, 27 May 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,63623,00.html
BUFFALO SPAMMER GETS JAIL TIME
A judge in New York this week sentenced Howard Carmack, the so-called
Buffalo Spammer, to the maximum three-and-a-half to seven years in
prison under the state's new identity theft statute. Carmack was
charged with setting up hundreds of e-mail accounts under false or
stolen identities and sending 850 million spam e-mails through those
accounts. Internet service provider EarthLink previously won a $16.4
million civil judgment against Carmack, though the company has yet to
collect any money from Carmack. At his sentencing, Carmack said his
prosecution was politically motivated and that he didn't see any
victims of his actions. In response, Judge Michael D'Amico said, "I'm
having a heck of a time figuring out why you think everybody is unfair
to you," telling Carmack he caused a lot of harm to many people.
Wall Street Journal, 27 May 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108568739201123150,00.html
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More Headline News Mostly Avoided By The Major U.S. Media
HARRY POTTER GOES WITH HIGH-TECH NIGHT VISION GOGGLES
Copyright issues continue to dominate the economy, while
media who rely on copyrights for extending profits are
continuing their policies of non-coverage of this issue.
Bringing this a little more to the forefront, at least
for the World Premiere Week of the new Harry Potter movie,
is the story that Warner Bros. sent night vision goggles
to the theater owners and insisted that ushers monitor the
audience for the entire 2 hours and 22 minutes of the movie.
This is part of a multi-million dollar effort for copyright
money to continue to dominate the economy, a change from a
time when "durable goods" dominated.
The willingness of Warner Bros. to spend this kind of money
to keep people from copying this movie is only the highest
visibility issue of hundreds of such programs. Another item
about the Harry Potter movies is that each one is marked to
identify where any such copy was made, and perhaps litigation
would be filed against a theater owner who failed to protect
the copyright, as it appears that many such copies are made
by theater insiders.
[For some reason radio seems more willing to cover this issue
than television, and it would also appear that most sources I
heard originated from outside the U.S.]
***
And just a personal note for those who noticed I wasn't on
line as much as normal yesterday. . .I spent much of the day
playing lumberjack Paul Bunyan around my house, cutting down
a tree that was bouncing off my house repeatedly during the
big storm the night before and eventually landing on the
power lines. In addition, the events surrounding this
appear to have blown one of the power supplies I use on
this computer [this is the same one you've heard from me
on for the last nearly 20 years. . .at least it's in the
same place and looks about the same, though parts come
and go. . .for a while I was afraid this might be the time
I could not fix it in the same day and get back online,
especially after knocking myself out for hours earlier
to get the power line cleared.
However, the Muse is still looking out for me, and I
got back on line by around 3PM, and then went to sleep.
[That big red spot on the middle of the weather maps
a while back. . .that's where I live. . .tornado alley.
I've been in this house 19 years or so, and this is the
second time for some serious wind damage. In previous
residence I did have a window blown in, but nothing like
what has happened to some of my friends. My repairs are
usually one day events. Everything is fine, though the
muscles are complaining a bit.
Thanks to those who expressed concern.
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L'art de la mise en scene, by L. Becq de Fouquieres 12489
[Subtitle: Essai d'esthetique theatrale]
[Language: French]
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Nouveaux contes extraordinaires, by Benedict H. Revoil 12488
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[Language: French]
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Indian Nullification, by William Apes 12486
[Full title: Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of
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Explained]
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The Three Brides, by Charlotte M. Yonge 12485
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The Knave of Diamonds, by Ethel May Dell 12484
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Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, by Edward Bannerman Ramsay 12483
[And a Memoir of Dean E. B. Ramsay by Cosmo Innes]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12483 ]
[Files: 12483.txt; 12483-8.txt; 12483-h.htm; ]
The Mettle of the Pasture, by James Lane Allen 12482
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Hero Tales of the Far North, by Jacob A. Riis 12481
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12481 ]
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Clairvoyance and Occult Powers, by Swami Panchadasi 12480
[Subtitle: Including Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Premonition And
Impressions, Clairvoyant Psychometry, Clairvoyant Crystal-Gazing,
Distant Clairvoyance, Past Clairvoyance, Future Clairvoyance,
Second-Sight, Prevision, Clairvoyant Development, Astral-Body Traveling,
Astral-Plane Phenomena, Psychic Influence--Personal and Distant Psychic
Attraction, Psychic Healing, Telepathy, Mind-Reading, Thought
Transference, and Other Psychic Phenomena]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/8/12480 ]
[Files: 12480.txt; 12480-h.htm; ]
San Zi Jing [220-581 A.D.], by Anonymous 12479
[Language: Chinese][Encoding: Big5]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12479 ]
[Files: 12479.txt; 12479-8.txt]
Books and Characters, by Lytton Strachey 12478
[Subtitle: French and English]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12478 ]
[Files: 12478.txt; 12478-8.txt; 12478-h.htm]
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, by Various 12477
[Subtitle: Volume 13, No. 356, Saturday, February 14, 1829]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12477 ]
[Files: 12477.txt; 12477-8.txt; 12477-h.htm]
Ships That Pass In The Night, by Beatrice Harraden 12476
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12476 ]
[Files: 12476.txt; 12476-8.txt]
Fires of Driftwood, by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay 12475
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12475 ]
[Files: 12475.txt; 12475-h.htm]
Write It Right, by Ambrose Bierce 12474
[Subtitle: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12474 ]
[Files: 12474.txt; 12474-8.txt; 12474-h.htm]
German Classics of the 19th & 20th Centuries, Vol. VI, Ed. by Francke 12473
[Title: The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
Vol. VI]
[Subtitle: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.
In Twenty Volumes.]
[Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke]
[Contibutors: Heinrich Heine, Franz Grillparzer, Ludwig Van Beethoven]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12473 ]
[Files: 12473.txt; 12473-8.txt]
Bataille De Dames, by Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouve 12472
[With Introduction, Notes, and Vocabulary by Benj. W. Wells]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12472 ]
[Files: 12472.txt; 12472-8.txt; 12472-h.htm]
What I Remember, Volume 2, by Thomas Adolphus Trollope 12471
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12471 ]
[Files: 12471.txt; 12471-8.txt; ]
A Perilous Secret, by Charles Reade 12470
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/7/12470 ]
[Files: 12470.txt; 12470-8.txt]
Punch, Vol. 99, November 8, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12469
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12469 ]
[Files: 12469.txt; 12469-8.txt; 12469-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 99, October 11, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12467
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12467 ]
[Files: 12467.txt; 12467-8.txt; 12467-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 99, September 20, 1890, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 12466
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12466 ]
[Files: 12466.txt; 12466-8.txt; 12466-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 146, January 21, 1914, Ed. by Owen Seaman 12465
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12465 ]
[Files: 12465.txt; 12465-8.txt; 12465-h.htm]
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: John Tyler, Ed. by Richardson 12464
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
Vol. 4, Part 2 of 3, John Tyler]
[Edited by James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12464 ]
[Files: 12464.txt; 12464-8.txt; 12464-h.htm]
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: James Knox Polk, by Richardson 12463
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
Vol. 4, Part 3 of 3, James Knox Polk]
[Edited by James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12463 ]
[Files: 12463.txt; 12463-8.txt; 12463-h.htm]
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, by Richardson 12462
[Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents,
Vol. 6, Part 1 of 2, Abraham Lincoln]
[Edited by James D. Richardson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12462 ]
[Files: 12462.txt; 12462-8.txt; 12462-h.htm]
Castles in the Air, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy 12461
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12461 ]
[Files: 12461.txt; 12461-8.txt]
Pomona's Travels, by Frank R. Stockton 12460
[Subtitle: A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange
from her Former Handmaiden]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/6/12460 ]
[Files: 12460.txt; 12460-8.txt; 12460-h.htm]
Contes et poesies de Prosper Jourdan: 1854-1866, by Prosper Jourdan 12459
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12459 ]
[Files: 12459.txt; 12459-8.txt]
The Talisman, by George Borrow 12458
[Subtitle: From the Russian of Alexander Pushkin. With Other Pieces]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12458 ]
[Files: 12458.txt; 12458-h.htm ]
El Diablo Cojuelo, by Luis Velez de Guevara 12457
[Prologo y Notas de Francisco Rodriguez Marin
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12457 ]
[Files: 12457.txt; 12457-8.txt; 12457-h.htm]
The Troubadours, by H.J. Chaytor 12456
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12456 ]
[Files: 12456.txt; 12456-8.txt; 12456-h.htm]
Legends of the Middle Ages, by H.A. Guerber 12455
[Subtitle: Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12455 ]
[Files: 12455.txt; 12455-8.txt]
France At War, by Rudyard Kipling 12454
[Subtitle: On the Frontier of Civilization]
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[Files: 12454.txt]
Miriam Monfort, by Catherine A. Warfield 12453
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Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession, by Benjamin Wood 12452
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[Files: 12452.txt; 12452-8.txt; 12452-h.htm]
De profundis! by Carolus [Charles-Auguste Durand] 12451
[Subtitle: Episode Maritime] [Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/5/12451 ]
[Files: 12451.txt; 12451-8.txt]
The Reason Why, by Elinor Glyn 12450
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A Reputed Changeling, by Charlotte M. Yonge 12449
[Subtitle: Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago]
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[Files: 12449.txt; 12449-h.htm ]
L'Orco, by George Sand 12448
[Author AKA: Aurore Dupin; Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12448 ]
[Files: 12448-8.txt; ]
Pauline, by George Sand 12447
[Author AKA: Aurore Dupin; Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/4/12447 ]
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Il Designato, by Luciano Zuccoli [AKA: Luciano Von Ingenheim] 12446
[Language: Italian]
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[Files: 12446-8.txt; ]
The Water-Witch, or, The Skimmer of the Seas, by James Fenimore Cooper 12445
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[Files: 12445.txt; 12445-8.txt; 12445-h.htm]
Toaster's Handbook, compiled by Peggy Edmund & Harold W. Williams 12444
[Subtitle: Jokes Stories, and Quotations]
[Introductions by Mary Katharine Reely]
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Aug 1999 The Man in Lower Ten, by Mary Roberts Rinehart[#9][tmiltxxx.xxx] 1869
Aug 1999 Penelope's Postscripts, by Kate Douglas Wiggin #12[pnlpsxxx.xxx] 1868
Aug 1999 The Diary of a Goose Girl, by Wiggin [Wiggin #11][gsgrlxxx.xxx] 1867
[Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin]
Aug 1999 North America, Vol. 2, by Anthony Trollope [AT #4][2noamxxx.xxx] 1866
Aug 1999 North America, Vol. 1, by Anthony Trollope [AT #3][1noamxxx.xxx] 1865
Aug 1999 Hero Tales From American History, Lodge/Roosevelt [htfahxxx.xxx] 1864
Aug 1999 From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray [WMT #6][crhcrxxx.xxx] 1863
Aug 1999 Tartarin of Tarascon, by Alphonse Daudet [trtrnxxx.xxx] 1862
Aug 1999 An Old Town By The Sea by Thomas Bailey Aldrich #6[ldtwnxxx.xxx] 1861
Aug 1999 Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley[Chas Kingsley #8][wsthoxxx.xxx] 1860
Aug 1999 The Works of Max Beerbohm, by Max Beerbohm[Max #6][twombxxx.xxx] 1859
Aug 1999 Plain Tales from the Hills, by Rudyard Kipling[#6][ptfthxxx.xxx] 1858
Aug 1999 Initials Only, by Anna Katharine Green [Green #3][ionlyxxx.xxx] 1857
Aug 1999 Cousin Pons, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #74][cspnsxxx.xxx] 1856
Aug 1999 Ban and Arriere Ban, by Andrew Lang[Andr. Lang#15][bnabnxxx.xxx] 1855
Aug 1999 Catherine de Medici, by Honore de Balzac/Balzac#73[ctdmdxxx.xxx] 1854
Aug 1999 The Ninth Vibration, et. al., by L. Adams Beck #8 [9thvbxxx.xxx] 1853
Aug 1999 Lucile, by Owen Meredith [lucilxxx.xxx] 1852
Aug 1999 The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green #2[wintaxxx.xxx] 1851
Aug 1999 Old Christmas, by Washington Irving [Irving #5][oxmasxxx.xxx] 1850
Aug 1999 The Yellow Crayon, by E. Phillips Oppenheim[EPO#5][ycrynxxx.xxx] 1849
Aug 1999 Montezuma's Daughter, by H. Rider Haggard [HRH #7][mzdtrxxx.xxx] 1848
Aug 1999 Songs, Merry and Sad, by John Charles McNeill [sngmsxxx.xxx] 1847
Aug 1999 The Vision Splendid, by William MacLeod Raine [#3][vspldxxx.xxx] 1846
Aug 1999 Zuleika Dobson, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #5][zdbsnxxx.xxx] 1845
Aug 1999 The Scholemaster, by Roger Ascham [In Markup] [smstrxxx.xxx] 1844
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Aug 1999 Vera, The Medium, by Richard Harding Davis[RHD#29][veramxxx.xxx] 1843
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Aug 1999 Z. Marcas, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #72][zmrcsxxx.xxx] 1841
Aug 1999 The Financier, by Theodore Dreiser [tfncrxxx.xxx] 1840
Aug 1999 Other Things Being Equal, by Emma Wolf [otbeqxxx.xxx] 1839
Jul 1999 A New Voyage to Carolina, by John Lawson [nvycrxxx.xxx] 1838
Jul 1999 The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain [MT#14][prpprxxx.xxx] 1837
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***Headline News***
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>From NewsScan:
SEARCH ENGINE CONTEST ENDS IN A DRAW
[Of course, the most important statistic here isn't commented on at all,
that those who use the search engines only get right about half the time.]
Google is riding high on its reputation as the "best" search engine,
but a new survey by Vividence Corp. suggests that it doesn't necessarily
provide significantly better search results than its rivals. After asking
2,000 Web users to test five popular search engines, the survey found
little difference among the results. For instance, when asked to find facts
such as the leading cause of death for 25- to 34-year-olds, Google users
came up with the right answer 55% of the time compared with 52% to 54%
using Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN and Lycos. "The search engines all return
roughly the same results," says Vividence CEO Peter Watkins. But despite
the statistical similarities, some users still prefer Google for its clean,
uncluttered design. "I don't get distracted by anything," says one user.
Other users reported greater satisfaction with the experience, even when
they didn't find what they were looking for. Nearly 90% of Google users
described their search effort as a "strongly positive experience," compared
with 68% for Yahoo, 50% for Ask Jeeves, 48% for Lycos and 41% for MSN.
Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy says the study indicates that Google's
claims to technological superiority may be shaky, but that its brand is "a
huge advantage and that matters a lot." (Wall Street Journal 25 May 2004)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108543636197220010,00.html (sub req'd)
[More On Google]
VIRTUAL MISUNDERSTANDING: TOYS "R'" VS. AMAZON
Toys "R'' Us has accused Amazon.com of breaking a contract that gave
Toys "R" Us the right to be the exclusive toy and game seller on Amazon's
site. Since August 2000, when the contract was written, Amazon has shifted
its business model away from such exclusive arrangements and now has
multiple merchants offering the same products (sometimes at different
prices), the same way eBay does. Industry analyst Safa Rashtchy of Piper
Jaffray says, "Amazon does best if its total volume increases. It doesn't
matter if they sell the items themselves or earn a commission from a
third-party seller." Toys "R" Us is asking for court injunctions to prevent
Amazon from selling toys from other vendors and to prohibit Amazon from
posting ads from Google to competing online toy stores. (New York Times 25
May 2004) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/25/technology/25online.html
VIETNAM ORDERS NEW CRACKDOWN
Vietnam is stepping up its campaign against "bad and poisonous
information on the Internet." Three ministries -- culture and information,
public security, and post and telecommunications -- have been ordered to
regularly monitor online information and punish those who abuse the
Internet, according to the Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan. In March, the
government announced new regulations that sharply tightened control over
Internet usage and required people at Internet cafes to present personal
identification information before logging on. Internet cafe owners were told
to document the time each user spends online and prevent users from
bypassing government-imposed barriers designed to block access to sites
deemed subversive or pornographic. (The Australian 21 May 2004) Rec'd from
John Lamp http://tinyurl.com/2y29l
[And in a continuing related story]
CHINESE SURFERS PERSIST DESPITE GOV'T CONSTRAINTS
In China, people are increasingly using the Internet to broadcast their
opinions in public and challenge the government's ability to control news,
information and public debate. One webmaster says: "The party is not a
monolithic block. The police may feel, 'If we can avoid the trouble, let's
avoid the trouble.' No one wants to go out of their way to hurt people."
Government local authorities often look the other way when cafe managers
fail to record customers' names or install surveillance software, as long as
they pay taxes and fees. An observer notes: "There are more and more of us
mice, but the cat, for various reasons, is less interested in its work. The
cat is too busy making money." (Washington Post 23 May 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50496-2004May23.html
TERROR DATABASE NAMED 120,000
[120,000 is about 1 out of 2,500 people, thus the average town will have
over 2-3 dozen people on this list. . .is there one right next door?]
Before helping launch the criminal information project known as Matrix,
a database contractor gave U.S. and Florida authorities the names of 120,000
people who showed a statistical likelihood of being terrorists. The "high
terrorism factor" scoring system also became a key selling point for the
involvement of the database company Seisint in the Matrix project. Public
records obtained from several states show that Justice Department officials
cited the scoring technology in appointing Seisint sole contractor on the
federally funded $12 million project. (The Australian 21 May 2004) Rec'd
from John Lamp http://tinyurl.com/29o4s
[And in a related story. . .$12 Million vs. $15 Billion]
[For $15 Billion, you could endow a University such as Harvard]
SYSTEM FOR TRACKING VISITORS TO U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security is getting ready to award a very
large contract (perhaps worth as much as $15 billion) for a network of
databases to track visitors to the country before and after they arrive. The
system will attempt to show where the visitors are going and whether they
pose a terrorist threat. The three companies vying for the contract, which
is called US-Visit, are Accenture, Computer Sciences, and Lockheed Martin.
Visitors arriving at checkpoints will face real-time identification to
confirm they are who they say they are and to make it possible to track them
while they remain inside the U.S. Asa Hutchinson of Homeland Security says,
""This is hugely important for the security of our country and for the wise
use of our limited resources. We're talking here about a comprehensive
approach to border security." Civil libertarians are alarmed that the
databases could, despite assurances from the Homeland Security department,
be used to monitor American citizens. (New York Times 24 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/politics/24VISI.html?hp
[And even more. . . .]
SEE (AND PHOTOGRAPH) THE USA
Imageos Inc. has built a van on which 13 digital cameras have been
mounted so it can photograph 50 million buildings in the country while the
van moves along (taking pictures every 15 feet). The van's drive-by
snapshots will then be matched against GPS satellite positioning data and
aerial photographs in a database, so that police, insurance agents and
others can call up overhead and street-level views simply by entering an
address. (AP/Los Angeles Times 25 May 2004) http://tinyurl.com/3x4q2
MICROSOFT QUESTIONED ON E-MAIL DELETION POLICIES
A federal judge in Baltimore has ordered Microsoft to search for evidence
that would confirm or refute a charge by a company suing Microsoft that
"Microsoft as matter of institutional policy has decided to destroy e-mails
in anticipation of litigation." The order directs Microsoft to search a
legal department computer, a server, and backup tapes, as well as question
Microsoft lawyers about e-mail from one of its executives allegedly urging
employees not to save their e-mail for more than 30 days, telling them "Do
not archive your e-mail." Microsoft says the evidence will show that the
executive's instructions were "consistent with a policy that is responsive
to any legal requirements and consistent with a policy of efficient
management of corporate e-mail." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 24 May 2004)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8725934.htm
IF YOU SEND IT, WILL THEY READ IT?
DidTheyReadIt.com, a new service costing $50 a year, allows a sender of
e-mail to secretly track that e-mail to see whether anyone opens it, how
long the recipient keeps it open, how many times it was opened, and where
geographically the recipient read it. The whole process is invisible to the
person who receives the message. Mitchell Kertzman of the technology
investment firm Hummer Winblad says the service "violates our electronic
space in a way that's as uncomfortable as someone violating our physical
space. Add this company to the long list of people who are making the
Internet a less attractive place to live and work." Technology expert Esther
Dyson predicts that the service "will freak people out," but Case Western
Reserve University professor Youngjin Yoo thinks people will be of two
minds: "You will want to know how others treat your e-mail messages even if
you don't necessary want others to know how you are treating theirs."
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2004-05-20-email_x.htm
CORPORATE EXECS BLAST TECH INDUSTRY FOR SHODDY PRODUCTS
The Business Roundtable, a trade group for executives of 150 large
U.S. corporations, has launched a lobbying campaign to make technology
companies accountable for software that they say is vulnerable to hackers
and overly complex to use. The group is urging tech firms to improve
software design, make software easier to manage, and to continue tech
support for software products that have been superseded by newer versions.
"Up until now, the IT suppliers have deflected criticism and redirected
criticism to end users^E We would challenge the software industry to create
products that are easier to use, where security is a default component of
the software. It shouldn't require somebody with a technology degree to
manage a home computer," says a Roundtable spokeswoman. The Roundtable's
complaints mirror those made by some consumer groups and security experts,
but were met with skepticism by technology representatives. "Cybersecurity
is everybody's responsibility, including the vendors, the users,
enterprises and government agencies," says a spokesman for the Information
Technology Association of America. "No serious commentary will say that the
user has no responsibility. We all have responsibilities to lock our doors
in our homes and to buckle up when we get in cars." (AP 19 May 2004)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040519/D82LK4RG1.html
DELL AND HP SHOULDER MORE OF THE RECYCLING BURDEN
Dell and Hewlett-Packard are taking steps to assume more
responsibility for recycling discarded computer equipment, relieving
individual consumers and local governments of the financial burden
associated with proper disposal of obsolete hardware. Currently, both Dell
and HP operate programs that pick up and recycle old computers for fees
ranging from $13 to $30. The two companies ranked at the top of a recent
report card generated by the Computer Takeback Campaign, which has been
urging companies to set up their own recycling facilities -- something both
Dell and HP have done. (New York Times 19 May 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/business/19compute.html
SKYPE INKS DEAL WITH TWO TELECOM CARRIERS
Skype, the VoIP brainchild of Kazaa co-founder Niklas Zennstrom and
his partner, has signed agreements with two telecommunications companies
that will enable Skype phone calls to be made on standard handsets anywhere
in the U.S. Up until now, users of Skype's software had to make and receive
their free long distance and international phone calls on their computers.
The basic Skype service will remain free for Internet-based calls, but the
company will offer two premium services -- one that allows Skype users to
place calls to anyone outside the network, and a subscription-based service
that includes features such as voice mail and a geographic-based phone
number so that users can receive calls anywhere. These latest moves pit the
spunky startup against industry giants such as AT&T, as well as smaller
rivals such as VoicePulse and Vonage. Skype's biggest advantage is the
power of its peer-to-peer architecture, which relies on users' computers to
form the network rather than investing in expensive telecommunications
gear. Zennstrom says 12 million people have downloaded the Skype software
in the past nine months and about one million use it regularly. Jupiter
Research predicts that Internet telephony will become a major source of new
revenue for broadband ISPs, generating $6.36 billion by 2009.
(San Jose Mercury News 19 May 2004)
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SENATE HEARS TESTIMONY ON EFFECTS OF CAN-SPAM ACT
The U.S. Senate this week heard testimony from various sources about
the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act, which went into effect about six
months ago. Several witnesses, including at least one bulk e-mailer,
praised the law, noting that it lays out specific requirements for mass
e-mail to be considered legitimate. Timothy J. Muris, chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said government officials were in the
process of using the new law to put an end to the actions of several
dozen spammers, though no charges have yet been filed. Jana D. Monroe,
assistant director of the FBI's cyber crime division, echoed Muris's
comments, saying the law gives law enforcement needed tools to pursue
spammers. James Guest, president of Consumers Union, offered a
different perspective, saying that the onus on users to opt out of
unwanted messages has made the law ineffective. Guest called on
Congress to enact a do-not-spam list, which the CAN-SPAM Act charges
the FTC to investigate. Representatives from spam-filtering companies
testified that since the law was enacted, the overall percentage of
spam to the total volume of e-mail has risen. Antispam company Postini
estimates that spam now represents 83 percent of all e-mail, compared
to 78 percent at the end of last year.
Washington Post, 20 May 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43622-2004May20.html
BILL CALLS FOR FEDERAL PRIVACY OFFICERS
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) and Rep. Jim Turner (D-Tex.) this week
introduced a bill that would create a government-wide chief privacy
officer position, as well as a similar position within each federal
department. Meek and Turner are both members of the House Select
Committee on Homeland Security. Under the bill, federal privacy
policies would be coordinated under an appointed position at the Office
of Management and Budget, and a Commission on Privacy, Freedom, and
Homeland Security would investigate privacy issues stemming from the
fight against terrorism. According to Meek, the government needs to
address privacy issues proactively, rather than wait "until we have a
mountain of examples of individual privacy violations." Some privacy
advocates have said agencies that do not deal with personal data would
not need privacy chiefs, and Meek said if a determination is made that
an agency does not need such a position, it could be rolled back.
Federal Computer Week, 20 May 2004
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0517/web-privacy-05-20-04.asp
DELL AND HP INCREASE SUPPORT FOR RECYCLING PROGRAMS
Computer makers Dell and HP have announced increased support for
computer recycling programs, easing the financial burden for consumers
and local governments. Their announcement coincided with the release of
a report from the Computer Takeback Campaign, a project that rates
corporate environmental responsibility. HP and Dell received the
highest marks on this year's report card from the project, which is
part of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. Both companies offer
recycling of consumer products for between $13 and $30. HP has been a
vocal critic of a recycling law set to take effect in California that
requires consumers to pay a recycling fee to a local government when
they purchase certain computer devices. Control over recycling
programs, according to HP, should remain with computer makers.
Officials with the Toxics Coalition agreed. Executive Director Ted
Smith said, "[C]ompanies have to set up these systems, not
governments."
New York Times, 19 May 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/business/19compute.html
YAHOO DEBUTS NEW ANTISPAM TOOL
Yahoo this week released a new e-mail standard called DomainKeys that
aims to limit spam by preventing spammers from spoofing return
addresses. The problem of spam has grown to the point that large ISPs
block as many as 2.5 billion e-mails daily that are identified as spam,
much of it pretending to come from a legitimate return address that did
not send the message. Yahoo's approach would embed an encrypted key in
outgoing e-mail messages that matches a key on the server that sent the
messages. E-mail providers could easily check to see if the keys match,
and, if not, those message could then be blocked. The DomainKeys
standard could also help fight "phishing," which tricks computer users
into divulging personal information by sending e-mail that pretends to
come from an online retailer or service, such as Citigroup or eBay. The
messages tell recipients that the business needs certain information,
such as credit card numbers or Social Security numbers, to complete an
order or update its records.
Wired News, 18 May 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63513,00.html
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CHEAP STORAGE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY 'ENOUGH!'
"There is very little reason for anyone to throw anything away,"
Microsoft research head Rick Rashid told participants at this week's
World Wide Web conference, referring to the confluence of the latest
Internet software, cheap memory storage and networked communication.
Rashid said Microsoft is examining how to use personal "memory
landmarks" to enable users to search for documents through various
emotional connections a person may associate with them. One such
project is called "Stuff I've Seen," which allows Web surfers to label
and annotate all useful Internet content that they come across and then
return to it later and find their annotations still intact. Rashid said
a terabyte of data storage costing about $1,000 would enable consumers
to "store every conversation you have ever had, from the time you are
born to the time you die." With that much storage, users could snap a
180-degree fish-eye view of their surroundings for every minute of
every day for the rest of their lives. Microsoft researchers in the UK
have built prototypes of just such a life-recording device called
SenseCam, and are gearing up to shrink the photo capture system to no
bigger than a necklace pendant. "Obviously this raises a whole
lot of issues about privacy and the control of one's personal
information," said Rashid. "But this is where we're going. It's already
the case that kids are walking around with camera phones taking a lot
of pictures. This is just an extension of that."
(Reuters/CNet 20 May 2004)
http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5217502.html
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[Remember Previous Mention Of RFIDs For Humans??? Hee hee!]
Clubbers choose chip implants to jump queues
NewScientist.com news service
Clubbers in Spain are choosing to receive a microchip implant instead of
carrying a membership card. It is the latest and perhaps the most unlikely
of uses for implantable radio frequency ID chips.
The Baja Beach Club in Barcelona offers people signing up for VIP
membership a choice between an RFID chip and a normal card. VIP members can
jump the entrance queues, reserve a table and use the nightclub's VIP
lounge.
"The RFID chip is not compulsory," says Conrad Chase, managing director of
the club. But he says there are advantages to having it. The obvious one is
that you do not have to carry a membership card around with you, but also
it means you can leave your wallet at home. This is because the RFID can be
used as an in-house debit card, says Chase.
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DEBATING PROS, CONS OF FINGERPRINTING
from The Washington Post (Registration Required)
Matching fingerprints involves judgment, skill and training and is
extraordinarily reliable when done properly, its proponents say.
Critics charge that fingerprinting is far from infallible and is prone to
more error and bias in the criminal justice system than is ever
acknowledged.
The fingerprints of Brandon Mayfield, an Oregon lawyer mistakenly linked to
the March 11 train bombings in Madrid, may just have been very similar to
those of an Algerian man who Spanish authorities ultimately determined is a
true suspect, said Simon A. Cole, a skeptic and author of "Suspect
Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification."
http://snipurl.com/6njd
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