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The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz 1989
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Robert Hardy's Seven Days, by Charles Monroe Sheldon 20983
[Subtitle: A Dream and Its Consequences]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/8/20983 ]
[Files: 20983.txt; 20983-8.txt; 20983-h.htm; ]
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Tristram of Blent, by Anthony Hope 20981
[Subtitle: An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/8/20981 ]
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A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections, Isabel Florence Hapgood 20980
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/8/20980 ]
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Brother Copas, by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 20979
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/7/20979 ]
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A Hungarian Nabob, by Maurus Jókai 20978
[Translator: R. Nisbet Bain]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/7/20978 ]
[Files: 20978.txt; 20978-8.txt; 20978-0.txt; 20978-h.htm]
Im Sonnenschein, by Theodor Storm 20977
[Subtitle: Novelle]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/7/20977 ]
[Files: 20977-8.txt; 20977-0.txt; 20977-h.htm]
The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral, by George S. Phillips 20967
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20967 ]
[Files: 20967.txt; 20967-8.txt; 20967-h.htm]
De l'éducation d'un homme sauvage, by Jean Itard 20966
[Subtitle: ou des premiers développemens physiques et moraux du jeune
sauvage de l'Aveyron]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20966 ]
[Files: 20966-8.txt; 20966-h.htm]
Die Kugel, by Otto zur Linde 20965
[Subtitle: Eine Philosophie in Versen]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20965 ]
[Files: 20965-8.txt; 20965-0.txt; 20965-h.htm]
Pauvre petite!, by Paul Bourget 20964
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20964 ]
[Files: 20964-8.txt; 20964-h.htm]
Grandmother Dear, by Mrs. Molesworth 20963
[Subtitle: A Book for Boys and Girls]
[Ill.: Walter Crane]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20963 ]
[Files: 20963.txt; 20963-8.txt; 20963-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20060624004904molesworth]
Sandman's Goodnight Stories, by Abbie Phillips Walker 20962
[Ill.: Rhoda C. Chase]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20962 ]
[Files: 20962.txt; 20962-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20070308103043walker]
The Masques of Ottawa, by Domino 20961
[Author AKA: Augustus Bridle]
["Domino" was a psuedonym used by Augustus Bridle (1869-?)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20961 ]
[Files: 20961.txt; 20961-8.txt; ]
[Clearance: 20070308091027domino]
Yksillä juurilla, by Beatrice Harraden 20960
[Translator: Samuli Suomalainen]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/6/20960 ]
[Files: 20960-8.txt]
Mexico, by Charles Reginald Enock 20959
[Subtitle: Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political
Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and
General Development]
[Editor: Martin Hume]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20959 ]
[Files: 20959.txt; 20959-h.htm]
Life in the Medieval University, by Robert S. Rait 20958
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20958 ]
[Files: 20958.txt; 20958-8.txt; 20958-h.htm]
Een Broertje van den Beer, by William J. Long 20957
[Illustrator: Charles Copeland]
[Translator: Cilia Stoffel]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20957 ]
[Files: 20957-8.txt; 20957-h.htm]
In The Yule-Log Glow, Vol. IV (of IV), by Harrison S. Morris 20956
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20956 ]
[Files: 20956.txt; 20956-8.txt; 20956-h.htm]
International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852, Various 20955
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20955 ]
[Files: 20955.txt; 20955-8.txt; 20955-h.htm]
Notes and Queries, No. 179. Saturday, April 2, 1853, by Various 20954
[Subtitle: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc]
[Editor: George Bell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20954 ]
[Files: 20954.txt; 20954-8.txt; 20954-h.htm]
By the Christmas Fire, by Samuel McChord Crothers 20953
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20953 ]
[Files: 20953.txt; 20953-8.txt; 20953-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: gbn0308071324]
A Jolly Jingle-Book, by Various 20952
[Editor: Laura Chandler]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20952 ]
[Files: 20952.txt; 20952-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20070308103331chandler]
Met een der stoomers van de Maatschappij, by J. Craandijk 20951
[Full title: Met een der stoomers van de Maatschappij Nederland naar
Genua]
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20951 ]
[Files: 20951-8.txt; 20951-h.htm]
La Grande Marnière, by George Ohnet 20950
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/5/20950 ]
[Files: 20950-8.txt; 20950-0.txt; 20950-h.htm]
L'art et science de rhethorique pour faire rigmes et ballades, de Croy 20949
[Full author: Henri de Croy]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20949 ]
[Files: 20949-8.txt; 20949-h.htm]
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, by Mrs. Thomson 20948
[Subtitle: Volume III.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20948 ]
[Files: 20948.txt; 20948-8.txt; 20948-h.htm]
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, by Mrs. Thomson 20947
[Subtitle: Volume II.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20947 ]
[Files: 20947.txt; 20947-8.txt; 20947-h.htm]
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, by Mrs. Thomson 20946
[Subtitle: Volume I.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20946 ]
[Files: 20946.txt; 20946-8.txt; 20946-0.txt; 20946-h.htm]
Patty Blossom, by Carolyn Wells 20945
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20945 ]
[Files: 20945.txt; 20945-8.txt; ]
[Clearance: 20070308100532wells]
Nach Amerika! Zweiter Band, by Friedrich Gerstäcker 20944
[Subtitle: Ein Volksbuch]
[Illustrator: Carl Reinhardt
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20944 ]
[Files: 20944.txt; 20944-8.txt; 20944-0.txt; 20944-tei.tei;
20944-h.htm; 20944-pdf.pdf]
Tri Ceteraj Noveloj, by Mark Twain 20943
[Subtitle: Three Additional Stories]
[Translator: Edwin Grobe]
[Language: Esperanto]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20943 ]
[Files: 20943.txt; 20943-0.txt; 20943-h.htm]
Vasárnapi Könyv, by Anonymous 20942
[Editor: Kálmán Árkay]
[Language: Hungarian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20942 ]
[Files: 20942-8; 20942-0.txt; 20942-h.htm]
American Lutheranism, by Friedrich Bente 20941
[Subtitle: Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism
and The Tennessee Synod]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20941 ]
[Files: 20941.txt; 20941-8.txt]
Claridades do sul, by António Gomes Leal 20940
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/4/20940 ]
[Files: 20940-8.txt]
The Song of the Exile--A Canadian Epic, by Wilfred S. Skeats 20939
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20939 ]
[Files: 20939.txt; 20939-8.txt; 20939-h.htm]
"Stops", by Paul Allardyce 20938
[Subtitle: Or How to Punctuate. A Practical Handbook for Writers
and Students]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20938 ]
[Files: 20938.txt; 20938-8.txt; 20938-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20061010093323allardyce]
Cannes und Genua, by Walther Rathenau 20937
[Subtitle: Vier Reden zum Reparationsproblem]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20937 ]
[Files: 20937-8.txt; 20937-0.txt; 20937-h.htm]
The New Society, by Walther Rathenau 20936
[Translator: Arthur Windham]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20936 ]
[Files: 20936.txt; 20936-8.txt; 20936-h.htm]
The Substance of a Dream , by F. W. Bain 20935
[Author AKA: Francis William Bain]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20935 ]
[Files: 20935.txt; 20935-8.txt; 20935-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: gbn0308180056]
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2, by Gilbert White 20934
[Editor: Henry Morley]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20934 ]
[Files: 20934.txt; 20934-h.htm]
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1, by Gilbert White 20933
[Editor: Henry Morley]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20933 ]
[Files: 20933.txt; 20933-h.htm]
Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford, by Edward Berens 20932
[Subtitle: In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20932 ]
[Files: 20932.txt; 20932-8.txt; 20932-0.txt; 20932-h.htm]
Tri Noveloj de Usona Verkisto Bret Harte, by Bret Harte 20931
[Translator: Edwin Grobe]
[Language: Esperanto]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20931 ]
[Files: 20931.txt; 20931-0.txt; 20931-h.htm]
Cosmografía, by Amédée Victor Guillemin (AKA Amadeo Guillemin) 20930
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/3/20930 ]
[Files: 20930-8.txt; 20930-h.htm]
Little Novels of Italy, by Maurice Henry Hewlett 20929
[Subtitle: Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The
Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment
Of Borso]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/2/20929 ]
[Files: 20929.txt; 20929-8.txt; 20929-h.htm]
Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863, A.J.L. Fremantle 20928
[Full author: Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/2/20928 ]
[Files: 20928.txt; 20928-8.txt; 20928-h.htm]
A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád', by Moulavi Gerágh Ali 20927
[Subtitle: Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and
that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not
Allowed in The Koran - 1885]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/9/2/20927 ]
[Files: 20927.txt; 20927-8.txt; 20927-h.htm]
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In his autobiography Darwin said “I gained much by my delay” in publishing his theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859 as opposed to when he originally conceived it in 1839. But John van Wyhe, at Cambridge University, argues that the common interpretation of “Darwin’s delay” is not correct. Darwin did not hold back his work On the Origin of Species to avoid a hostile reaction among his peers or denunciation by the church. Instead, he was tied up with writing about his travels around the world on the Beagle and other projects.
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History of the United States, Vol. I (of VI), by E. Benjamin Andrews 20925
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The Arabian Nights, by Unknown 20916
[Subtitle: Their Best-known Tales]
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Field's Chromatography, by George Field 20915
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A Woman's Journey through the Philippines, by Florence Kimball Russel 20913
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South American Fights and Fighters, by Cyrus Townsend Brady 20910
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The Best of the World's Classics - Greece, by Various 20907
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Heikki Helmikangas, by Eero Sissala 20905
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The Right Stuff, by Ian Hay 20904
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Proceedings, 25th Annual Meeting, by Northern Nut Growers Association 20903
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The Clyde Mystery, by Andrew Lang 20902
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In Apple-Blossom Time, by Clara Louise Burnham 20901
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English Past and Present, by Richard Chevenix Trench 20900
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The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862, by Various 20899
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Mémoires du duc de Rovigo, by Duc de Rovigo 20895
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[Language: French]
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Evangeline, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 20894
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[Language: French]
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A Guide to Methods and Observation in History, by Calvin Olin Davis 20893
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Manasseh, by Maurus Jokai 20892
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Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone, by John Hughes 20891
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Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, by George Chapman 20890
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Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines, by Henry Vizetelly 20889
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The Blood of the Conquerors, by Harvey Fergusson 20888
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Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3), by John Morley 20887
[Subtitle: Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's
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Frédéric, by Joseph Fiévée 20886
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The Promised Land, by Mary Antin 20885
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Yhdyselämää, by Jonas Lie 20884
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Lyyrillisiä runoelmia 1, by Johan Ludvig Runeberg 20883
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[Language: Finnish]
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Nadeschda, by Johan Ludvig Runeberg 20882
[Subtitle: Yhdeksän laulua]
[Translator: K. Kiljander]
[Language: Finnish]
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Säveliä, by Various 20881
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The Story of Russia, by R. Van Bergen 20880
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Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I, by John Morley 20879
[Subtitle: Essay 3: Byron]
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Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I, by John Morley 20878
[Subtitle: Essay 2: Carlyle]
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Mother West Wind's Children, by Thornton W. Burgess 20877
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Door Noorwegen, by G. Bosch 20876
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908]
[Language: Dutch]
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Een goudzoeker op Madagascar, by S. Lagrange 20875
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908]
[Language: Dutch]
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[Files: 20875-8.txt; 20875-h.htm]
Raios de extincta luz, by Antero de Quental 20874
[Subtitle: poesias ineditas (1859-1863)]
[Contributor: Teófilo Braga]
[Language: Portuguese]
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Albert Gallatin, by John Austin Stevens 20873
[Subtitle: American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII]
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The Best Short Stories of 1917, by Various 20872
[Subtitle: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story]
[Editor: Edward J. O'Brien]
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Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value, by Harry Snyder 20871
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The Associated Press reports that Sweden’s Post-och Inrikes Tidningar — the world’s oldest newspaper — has now dumped its print edition and gone digital only.
The newspaper, founded in 1645 by Sweden’s Queen Kristina, became a Web-only publication on Jan. 1. It’s a fate, many ink-stained writers and readers fear, that may await many of the world’s most venerable journals.
“We think it’s a cultural disaster,” said Hans Holm, who served as the chief editor of Post-och Inrikes Tidningar for 20 years. “It is sad when you have worked with it for so long and it has been around for so long.”
A short movie on YouTube that is getting millions of hits, and is a total riot!
Just a short note on how the video about the Medieval “Book” Helpdesk got here.
As with so many people, I had played with YouTube once a month or so to do a little searching for certain things and look over the hot lists, but the major YouTube experience had pretty much eluded me, that is, until my Mom, who is turning 95 shortly, sent me The Medieval Helpdesk. I loved it much and forwarded it to a few dozen friends, who then forwarded it on and on– and it just kept going. The result, I am now an official YouTube member– but all the names I tried based on my own name were taken, so…I am now Johannes Gutenberg on YouTube, and hope to be uploading in a few months. ;-)
It was time for another Mickey Mouse Copyright Extension to keep Disney’s star property out of the public domain. Somebody’s nephew had a bright idea. Instead of telling Congress to add the standard twenty years to the length of copyright, why not go for the big time? Extend copyright by 500 years.
Somebody’s niece added a smarter reason: A 500 year extension would let Disney track down Shakespeare’s heirs and buy all rights to the Bard. No matter how much the heirs wanted, the deal would pay for itself in no time. Every school that ever wanted to perform or study Shakespeare would have to send a check to Disney. Every newspaper or magazine or radio show that wanted to quote the Bard would have to send one, too. So Disney asked, and Congress gave, and the World Intellectual Property Organization followed Congress’s example. Disney paid off Shakespeare’s heirs, then used the Shakespeare profits to buy all rights from the heirs of Dumas, Dickens, Twain, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Bram Stoker and more. Once most of the films in every other studio’s library were subject to Disney’s copyright, they went bankrupt or became divisions of Disney.
And everyone was content, except for the storytellers who had to buy a Disney license or prove that their work owed nothing to the last 500 years of literature.
Then Jimmy Joe Jenkins’s DNA proved he was the primary descendent of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible. At first, Jimmy was satisfied with ten percent of the price of every KJV sold and 10 percent of every collection plate passed by any church that used the KJV. But when some churches switched to newer translations, Jimmy sicced his lawyers on all translations based on the KJV. That got him a cut of every Bible and every Christian service in English.
Some translators claimed their work was based on older versions and should therefore be exempt, but none of them could afford to fight Jimmy in court.**
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