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Last week the Total Count was 16425, including 448 at PG of Australia. This week we added 48 new. RESERVED/PENDING count: 44 =-=-=-=[ CORRECTIONS, REVISIONS AND NEW FORMATS ]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= .:: During the past week the following ebooks were manually updated and reposted with the indicated filenames and transferred into the corresponding new directories: Parisians in the Country, by Honore de Balzac 7929 [Contents: The Illustrious Gaudissart, The Muse of the Department] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/7/9/2/7929 ] [Files: 7929.txt] The Lock And Key Library, by Various 2038 [Subtitle: Classic Mystery And Detective Stories, Modern English] [Editor: Julian Hawthorne] [Contents: Rudyard Kipling My Own True Ghost Story The Sending of Dana Da In the House of Suddhoo His Wedded Wife A. Conan Doyle A Case of Identity A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League Egerton Castle The Baron's Quarry Stanley J. Weyman The Fowl in the Pot Robert Louis Stevenson The Pavilion on the Links Wilkie Collins The Dream Woman The First Narrative The Second Narrative The Third Narrative Fourth (and Last) Narrative Anonymous The Lost Duchess The Minor Canon The Pipe The Puzzle The Great Valdez Sapphire] [Updated edition: etext00/sbmea10.txt] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/3/2038 ] [Files: 2038.txt; 2038-8.txt; 2038-h.htm] Paz, by Honore de Balzac 1369 [Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley] [Updated edition of: etext98/pzhdb10.txt] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/6/1369 ] [Files: 1369.txt] .:: Please note the following additional changes, corrections, improvements: Files and posting note corrected: Otoole => O'Toole Phelim O'Toole's Courtship and Other Stories, by William Carleton 16019 [Subtitle: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three] [Contents: Phelim O'Toole's Courtship Wildgoose Lodge Tubber Derg; Or, The Red Well. Neal Malone Art Maguire; Or, The Broken Pledge.] [Illustrator: M. L. Flanery] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/1/16019 ] [Files: 16019.txt; 16019-h.htm] Title fixed: The Horror of the Heights, by Arthur Conan Doyle 15949C [Tr.: Anders Blixt] [Language: Interlingua] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/9/4/15949 ] [Files: 15949.txt; ] An html version has been provided: History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III., by Robert Kerr 12325 [Full title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 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: 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-h.htm] An html version has been provided: General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. II, by Kerr 10803 [Full author: Robert Kerr] [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] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/0/8/0/10803 ] [Files: 10803-h.htm] An html version has been provided. Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1, by Robert Kerr 10600 [Full title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1] [Subtitle: 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.] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/0/6/0/10600 ] [Files: 10600-h.htm] -=-=-=-=[ 46 NEW U.S. EBOOKS ]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Kuningasverta, by Helvi Herlevi 16069 [Subtitle: Kaksin�yt�ksinen kuvaus] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16069 ] [Files: 16069-8.txt] Tehtaan tyt�t, by Maria Furuhjelm 16068 [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16068 ] [Files: 16068-8.txt] Don Quichotte Tome II, by Miguel de Cervant�s Saavedra 16067 [Full title: L'ing�nieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche - Tome II] [Translator: Louis Viardot] [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16067 ] [Files: 16067-8.txt] Don Quichotte Tome I, by Miguel de Cervant�s Saavedra 16066 [Full title: L'ing�nieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche - Tome I] [Translator: Louis Viardot] [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16066 ] [Files: 16066-8.txt] Wise or Otherwise, by Lydia Leavitt and Thad. W.H. Leavitt 16065 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16065 ] [Files: 16065.txt; 16065-h.htm] Carolina Chansons, by DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen 16064 [Subtitle: Legends of the Low Country] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16064 ] [Files: 16064.txt; 16064-8.txt; 16064-h.htm; ] Jack Rustig, by Kapitein Marryat 16063 [Illustrator: Johan Braakensiek] [Translator: A. J. van Dragt] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16063 ] [Files: 16063-8.txt; 16063-h.htm] In het gebied van het Tsadmeer met de expeditie Tilho, by Melin 16062 [Full author: L. Roserot de Melin] [Subtitle: De Aarde en haar volken, 1910] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16062 ] [Files: 16062-8.txt; 16062-h.htm] Op de olifantenjacht in Oeganda, by Baron De Langsdorff 16061 [Subtitle: De Aarde en haar volken, 1910] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16061 ] [Files: 16061-8.txt; 16061-h.htm] American Missionary, Vol. 45, No. 2, February, 1891, by Various 16060 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/6/16060 ] [Files: 16060.txt; 16060-8.txt; 16060-h.htm] Modern Spanish Lyrics, by Various 16059 [Editor: Elijah Clarence Hills And S. Griswold Morley] [Language: English and Spanish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16059 ] [Files: 16059.txt; 16059-8.txt; 16059-h.htm] Occult Chemistry, by Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater 16058 [Editor: A. P. Sinnett] [Subtitle: Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16058 ] [Files: 16058.txt; 16058-8.txt; 16058-h.htm; ] Atlantic Monthly,Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864, by Various 16057 [Subtitle: A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16057 ] [Files: 16057.txt; 16057-8.txt; 16057-h.htm] A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire, by Harold Harvey 16056 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16056 ] [Files: 16056.txt; 16056-8.txt; 16056-h.htm] Shakespeare and Precious Stones, by George Frederick Kunz 16055 [Subtitle: Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in] [Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the] [Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to] [Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16055 ] [Files: 16055.txt; 16055-8.txt; 16055-h.htm; ] The Palace of Darkened Windows, by Mary Hastings Bradley 16054 [Illustrator: Edmund Frederick] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16054 ] [Files: 16054.txt; 16054-8.txt; 16054-h.htm] The Haunted Chamber, by "The Duchess" 16053 [Subtitle: A Novel] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16053 ] [Files: 16053.txt; 16053-8.txt; 16053-h.htm] The Brownies and Other Tales, by Juliana Horatia Ewing 16052 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16052 ] [Files: 16052.txt; 16052-8.txt; 16052-h.htm] The Voice in the Fog, by Harold MacGrath 16051 [Ill.: A. B. Wenzell] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16051 ] [Files: 16051.txt; 16051-8.txt; 16051-h.htm; ] The Gold Hunters' Adventures, by William H. Thomes 16050 [Subtitle: Or, Life in Australia] [Ill.: Champney] [The illustrator is listed only as "Champney" in the LOC catalogue as] [well as this text. He might have been James Wells Champney (1843-1903), a] [well-known American artist who did some book illustrations in addition to] [painting.] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/5/16050 ] [Files: 16050.txt; 16050-8.txt; 16050-h.htm; ] Humphrey Bold, by Herbert Strang 16049 [Subtitle: A Story of the Times of Benbow] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16049 ] [Files: 16049.txt; 16049-h.htm; ] Troop One of the Labrador, by Dillon Wallace 16048 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16048 ] [Files: 16048.txt; 16048-h.htm] The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons, by Ellice Hopkins 16047 [Subtitle: A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16047 ] [Files: 16047.txt; 16047-8.txt; 16047-h.htm] Boy Blue and His Friends, by Etta and Mary Blaisdell 16046 [Full author: Etta Austin Blaisdell and Mary Frances Blaisdell] [Illustrator: Maud Touser] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16046 ] [Files: 16046.txt; 16046-h.htm] Op de jacht in Mozambique, by Guillaume Vasse 16045 [Subtitle: De Aarde en haar volken, 1909] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16045 ] [Files: 16045-8.txt; 16045-h.htm] Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, Emanuel Swedenborg 16044 [Full title: Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets; and] [Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, and] [The Spirits And Angels There] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16044 ] [Files: 16044.txt; 16044-h.htm] Mythen & Legenden van Japan, by F. Hadland Davis 16043 [Illustrator: Evelyn Paul] [Translator: B. C. Goudsmit] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16043 ] [Files: 16043-8.txt; 16043-h.htm] The Wonder Book of Bible Stories, Compiled by Logan Marshall 16042 [Editor: Logan Marshall] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16042 ] [Files: 16042.txt; 16042-8.txt; 16042-h.htm] The Grey Cloak, by Harold MacGrath 16041 [Ill.: Thomas Mitchell Peirce] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16041 ] [Files: 16041.txt; 16041-8.txt; 16041-h.htm; ] Kenny, by Leona Dalrymple 16040 [Ill.: Joseph Pierre Nuyttens] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/4/16040 ] [Files: 16040.txt; 16040-8.txt; 16040-h.htm; ] The Lost Lady of Lone, by E.D.E.N. Southworth 16039 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16039 ] [Files: 16039.txt; 16039-8.txt; 16039-h.htm] Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II, by Various 16038 [Subtitle: The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562-1733] [Editor: Francis W. Halsey] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16038 ] [Files: 16038.txt; 16038-8.txt; 16038-h.htm] Great Epochs in American History, Volume I., by Various 16037 [Subtitle: Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682] [Editor: Francis W. Halsey] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16037 ] [Files: 16037.txt; 16037-8.txt; 16037-h.htm] American Missionary, Volume 44, No. 6, June, 1890, by Various 16036 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16036 ] [Files: 16036.txt; 16036-8.txt; 16036-h.htm] The Food of the Gods, by Brandon Head 16035 [Subtitle: A Popular Account of Cocoa] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16035 ] [Files: 16035.txt; 16035-8.txt; 16035-h.htm; ] Jouluilta, by Johan Ludvig Runeberg 16034 [Subtitle: Kolmilauluinen runoelma] [Translator: Valter Juva] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16034 ] [Files: 16034-8.txt] Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, August, 1863, No. 70, by Various 16033 [Subtitle: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16033 ] [Files: 16033.txt; 16033-8.txt; 16033-h.htm] The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 51, October 28, 1897, by Various 16032 [Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1,] [No. 51, October 28, 1897] [Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] [Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16032 ] [Files: 16032.txt; 16032-8.txt; 16032-h.htm] The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 50, October 21, 1897, by Various 16031 [Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1,] [No. 50, October 21, 1897] [Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] [Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16031 ] [Files: 16031.txt; 16031-8.txt; 16031-h.htm] The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 49, October 14, 1897, by Various 16030 [Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1,] [No. 49, October 14, 1897] [Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] [Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16030 ] [Files: 16030.txt; 16030-8.txt; 16030-h.htm] The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 48, October 7, 1897, by Various 16029 [Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1] [No. 48, October 7, 1897] [Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] [Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/2/16029 ] [Files: 16029.txt; 16029-8.txt; 16029-h.htm] Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863, by Various 16028 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/2/16028 ] [Files: 16028.txt; 16028-8.txt; 16028-h.htm] Expeditions In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2), by Grey 16027 [Full title: Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West] [And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2)] [Full author: George Grey] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/2/16027 ] [Files: 16027.txt; 16027-h.htm] De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars, by Thomas De Quincey 16026 [Editor: William Edward Simonds] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/2/16026 ] [Files: 16026.txt; 16026-8.txt; 16026-h.htm; ] The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 47, by Various 16025 [Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol.] [1, No. 47, September 30, 1897] [Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] [Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/2/16025 ] [Files: 16025.txt; 16025-8.txt; 16025-h.htm] The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 46, by Various 16024 [Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol.] [1, No. 46, September 23, 1897] [Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] [Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/2/16024 ] [Files: 16024.txt; 16024-8.txt; 16024-h.htm] -=-=-=-=[ 2 NEW EBOOKS AT PROJECT GUTENBERG OF AUSTRALIA ]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jun 2005 Mother Mason, by Bess Streeter Aldrich [050053xx.xxx] 0448A Jun 2005 A Lantern in her Hand, by Bess Streeter Aldrich [050052xx.xxx] 0447A eBooks are posted in uncompressed and/or compressed formats. To access these ebooks, go to http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html For more information about Project Gutenberg of Australia, including accessing those etexts from outside of Australia, please visit: http://gutenberg.net.au/ --Project Gutenberg of Australia-- --A treasure trove of Literature-- *treasure-trove n. treasure found hidden with no evidence of ownership For more information about copyright restrictions in other countries, please visit: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html ============================================================================= [ This Week's Other Stuff ] ============================================================================= A note from David Widger regarding book #16001: William Carleton (1794-1869), an Irish novelist whose stories of the Irish Peasantry in the early 18th century are taken from his childhood and life. He was the youngest of 14 children--his father a tenant farmer on a 14 acre holding. For those interested, a short biography is available at: http://77.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CARLETON_WILLIAM.htm Willy Rielly and the following 18 eBooks (etext #16001 to 16019) are from a set of Carleton's works printed in 1881. ~ ~ ~ I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it. - Mark Twain ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ gweekly mailing list gweekly@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gweekly