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Which actually means something pretty close to absolutely nothing.) -=-=-=-=[ 75 NEW U.S. EBOOKS ]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader, by William Holmes McGuffey 14880 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/8/14880 ] [Files: 14880.txt; 14880-doc.doc; 14880-pdf.pdf] The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island, by Cyril Burleigh 14879 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14879 ] [Files: 14879.txt; 14879-h.htm] The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka, by Oscar Ludvig Olson 14878 [Title: The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf] [Subtitle: A Contribution to the History of Saga Development in England and The Scandinavian Countries] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14878 ] [Files: 14878-8.txt; 14878-0.txt] The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, by Beatrix Potter 14877 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14877 ] [Files: 14877.txt; 14877-8.txt; 14877-h.htm] The Forest Runners, by Joseph A. Altsheler 14876 [Subtitle: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14876 ] [Files: 14876.txt; 14876-8.txt; 14876-h.htm] Elsie's children, by Martha Finley 14875 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14875 ] [Files: 14875.txt; 14875-8.txt; 14875-h.htm] Elsie's Womanhood, by Martha Finley 14874 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14874 ] [Files: 14874.txt; 14874-8.txt; 14874-h.htm] Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building, by G. B. N. Tower 14873 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14873 ] [Files: 14873.txt; 14873-8.txt; 14873-h.htm] The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, by Beatrix Potter 14872 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14872 ] [Files: 14872.txt; 14872-h.htm] Poems, by Mary Alice Walton 14871 [Subtitle: A Message of Hope] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14871 ] [Files: 14871.txt; 14871-h.htm] Rebuilding Britain, by Alfred Hopkinson 14870 [Subtitle: A Survey Of Problems Of Reconstruction After The World War] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/7/14870 ] [Files: 14870.txt; 14870-8.txt; 14870-h.htm] Soldier Songs and Love Songs, by A.H. Laidlaw 14869 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/6/14869 ] [Files: 14869.txt; 14869-8.txt; 14869-h.htm] The Tailor of Gloucester, by Beatrix Potter 14868 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/6/14868 ] [Files: 14868.txt; 14868-h.htm] Oriental Religions and Christianity, by Frank F. Ellinwood 14867 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/6/14867 ] [Files: 14867.txt; 14867-8.txt] Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador, by William Wood 14866 [Subtitle: An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/6/14866 ] [Files: 14866.txt; 14866-8.txt; 14866-h.htm] Gwaith Alun, by Alun 14865 [Ed.: Owen M. Edwards] [Illus.: John Thomas, S. Maurice Jones] [Language: Welsh] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/6/14865 ] [Files: 14865.txt; 14865-h.htm] Elaman hawainnoita V, by Pietari Paivarinta 14864 [Full title: Elaman hawainnoita V: Kirjailija; Mutta elaapa han wiela sittenkin; Waara mammona] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/6/14864 ] [Files: 14864-8.txt] The Tinder-Box, by Maria Thompson Daviess 14863 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/6/14863 ] [Files: 14863.txt; 14863-8.txt; 14863-h.htm] Laara, by Kauppis-Heikki 14862 [Subtitle: Kuvaus Savon kansan elamasta] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/6/14862 ] [Files: 14862-8.txt] Kivesjarvelaiset; Simo Hurtta; Bellerophon, by Eino Leino 14861 [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/6/14861 ] [Files: 14861-8.txt] The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, by Walter Scott 14860 [Subtitle: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] [Annotated by David Douglas Devlin] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/6/14860 ] [Files: 14860.txt; 14860-8.txt; 14860-0.txt; 14860-h.htm] Daddy Takes Us to the Garden, by Howard R. Garis 14859 [Subtitle: The Daddy Series for Little Folks] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14859 ] [Files: 14859.txt; 14859-8.txt; 14859-h.htm] The Man Thou Gavest, by Harriet T. Comstock 14858 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14858 ] [Files: 14858.txt; 14858-h.htm] The Story of Versailles, by Francis Loring Payne 14857 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14857 ] [Files: 14857.txt; 14857-8.txt; 14857-h.htm] Punch, Vol. 152, March 28, 1917, Ed. by Owen Seaman 14856 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14856 ] [Files: 14856.txt; 14856-8.txt; 14856-h.htm] A Few Short Sketches, by Douglass Sherley 14855 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14855 ] [Files: 14855.txt; 14855-h.htm] Martha By-the-Day, by Julie M. Lippmann 14854 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14854 ] [Files: 14854.txt; 14854-8.txt] The Stowmarket Mystery, by Louis Tracy 14853 [Subtitle: Or, A Legacy of Hate] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14853 ] [Files: 14853.txt; 14853-8.txt; 14853-h.htm] The Younger Set, by Robert W. Chambers 14852 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/5/14852 ] [Files: 14852.txt; 14852-8.txt; 14852-h.htm] Uncle Silas, by J. S. LeFanu 14851 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/5/14851 ] [Files: 14851.txt; 14851-8.txt; 14851-h.htm] Het zwevende schaakbord, by Louis Couperus 14850 [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/5/14850 ] [Files: 14850-8.txt; 14850-h.htm] Leaves of Life, by Margaret Bird Steinmetz 14849 [Subtitle: For Daily Inspiration] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/4/14849 ] [Files: 14849.txt; 14849-8.txt; 14849-h.htm] The Story of Miss Moppet, by Beatrix Potter 14848 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14848 ] [Files: 14848.txt; 14848-h.htm] Veden paalla liikkuva kaupunki, by Jules Verne 14847 [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14847 ] [Files: 14847-8.txt] Punch, Volume 103, July 16, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14846 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14846 ] [Files: 14846.txt; 14846-8.txt; 14846-h.htm] Punch, Vol. 102, Feb. 13, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14845 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14845 ] [Files: 14845.txt; 14845-8.txt; 14845-h.htm] The Taming of Red Butte Western, by Francis Lynde 14844 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14844 ] [Files: 14844.txt; 14844-8.txt; 14844-h.htm] The Manor House of Lacolle, by W.D. Lighthall 14843 [Subtitle: A Description and Historical Sketch of the Manoir of the Seigniory of de Beaujeu of Lacolle] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14843 ] [Files: 14843.txt; 14843-8.txt; 14843-h.htm] Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, September 1880, by Various 14842 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14842 ] [Files: 14842.txt; 14842-8.txt] Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6), by Thomas Moore 14841 [Subtitle: With his Letters and Journals] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14841 ] [Files: 14841.txt; 14841-8.txt; 14841-h.htm] Vaihdokas, by Juho Reijonen 14840 [Subtitle: Kuvaus vanhan kansan elamasta] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/4/14840 ] [Files: 14840-8.txt] Filipinas Dentro De Cien Anos (Estudio Politico-Social), by Jose Rizal 14839 [Language: Spanish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/3/14839 ] [Files: 14839-8.txt; 14839-h.htm] The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter 14838 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/3/14838 ] [Files: 14838.txt; 14838-h.htm] (Direct link to the illustrated html file with the lovely old images which may recall childhood to many thousands of old folks: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/3/14838/14838-h/14838-h.htm) The Tale of Tom Kitten, by Beatrix Potter 14837 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/3/14837 ] [Files: 14837.txt; 14837-h.htm] A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', by Annie Allnut Brassey 14836 [Subtitle: Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/3/14836 ] [Files: 14836.txt; 14836-8.txt; 14836-h.htm; ] The Burglar and the Blizzard, by Alice Duer Miller 14835 [Subtitle: A Christmas Story] [Illus.: Charlotte Harding] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/3/14835 ] [Files: 14835.txt; 14835-h.htm; ] The Whence and the Whither of Man, by John Mason Tyler 14834 [Subtitle: A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/3/14834 ] [Files: 14834.txt; 14834-8.txt; 14834-h.htm; ] Varney the Vampire, by Thomas Preskett Prest 14833 [Subtitle: Or the Feast of Blood] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/3/14833 ] [Files: 14833.txt; 14833-h.htm] A Maid of the Silver Sea, by John Oxenham 14832 [Illus.: Harold Copping] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/3/14832 ] [Files: 14832.txt; 14832-8.txt; 14832-h.htm; ] Andy Grant's Pluck, by Horatio Alger 14831 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/3/14831 ] [Files: 14831.txt] Aljaska en de Canada-spoorweg, by Anonymous 14830 [From "De Aarde en haar volken", Jaargang 1892] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/3/14830 ] [Files: 14830-8.txt; 14830-h.htm] Our Holidays, by Various 14829 [Subtitle: Their Meaning and Spirit] [Historical Stories Retold From St. Nicholas Magazine] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14829 ] [Files: 14829.txt; 14829-8.txt; 14829-h.htm] Les iles, by Narcisse-Henri-Edouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice 14828 [Subtitle: Promenades dans le golfe Saint-Laurent: une partie de la Cote Nord, l'ile aux Oeufs, l'Anticosti, l'ile Saint-Paul, l'archipel de la Madeleine] [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14828 ] [Files: 14828-8.txt; 14828-h.htm] Etude sur Shakspeare, by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot 14827 [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14827 ] [Files: 14827-8.txt; 14827-h.htm] Mythen en Legenden van Egypte, by Lewis Spence 14826 [Tr.: J. W. van Rooijen] [Language: Dutch] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14826 ] [Files: 14826-8.txt] Our Foreigners, by Samuel P. Orth 14825 [Subtitle: A Chronicle of Americans in the Making] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14825 ] [Files: 14825.txt; 14825-8.txt; 14825-h.htm] Furnishing the Home of Good Taste, by Lucy Abbot Throop 14824 [Subtitle: A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14824 ] [Files: 14824.txt; 14824-8.txt; 14824-h.htm] A Student in Arms, by Donald Hankey 14823 [Subtitle: Second Series] [Intro.: J. St. Loe Strachey] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14823 ] [Files: 14823.txt; 14823-8.txt; 14823-h.htm] Kartilyang Makabayan, by Hermenegildo Cruz 14822 [Subtitle: Mga Tanong at Sagot Ukol Kay Andres Bonifacio at sa KKK] [Language: Tagalog] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/2/14822 ] [Files: 14822-8.txt; 14822-h.htm] A Spray of Kentucky Pine, by George Douglass Sherley 14821 [Subtitle: Placed at the Feet of the Dead Poet James Whitcomb Riley] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/2/14821 ] [Files: 14821.txt; 14821-h.htm; ] Une femme d'argent, by Hector Malot 14820 [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/2/14820 ] [Files: 14820-8.txt] Elaemaen hawainnoita IV: Kontti=Anna; Ruoti=ukko, Pietari Paeivaerinta 14819 [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/1/14819 ] [Files: 14819-8.txt] The Daughter of Anderson Crow, by George Barr McCutcheon 14818 [Illus.: B. Martin Justice] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/1/14818 ] [Files: 14818.txt; 14818-8.txt; 14818-h.htm; ] The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales, by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 14817 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/1/14817 ] [Files: 14817.txt] La Mare Balena, by Victor Catala 14816 [Language: Catalan] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/1/14816 ] [Files: 14816.txt; 14816-8.txt] Peck's Compendium of Fun, by George W. Peck 14815 [Subtitle: Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, Humor, Sarcasm and Pathos of America's Favorite Humorist] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/8/1/14815 ] [Files: 14815.txt; 14815-8.txt; 14815-h.htm; ] The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, by Beatrix Potter 14814 [Links: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/1/14814 ] [Files: 14814.txt; 14814-h.htm ] The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay, by Maurice Hewlett 14813 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/1/14813 ] [Files: 14813.txt; 14813-8.txt; 14813-0.txt; 14813-h.htm] A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees, by Edwin Asa Dix 14812 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/1/14812 ] [Files: 14812.txt; 14812-8.txt; 14812-h.htm; ] The New Freedom, by Woodrow Wilson 14811 [Subtitle: A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/1/14811 ] [Files: 14811.txt; 14811-8.txt; 14811-h.htm] La maison a vapeur, by Jules Verne 14810 [Subtitle: Voyage travers l'Inde septentrionale] [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/1/14810 ] [Files: 14810-8.txt] The Origin and Deeds of the Goths, by Jordanes 14809 [Subtitle: Part of a Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy ] [Trans.: Charles C. Mierow ] ["Jordanes" is the only name of the book's 6th-century author.] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/0/14809 ] [Files: 14809.txt; 14809-8.txt; 14809-h.htm; ] Punch, Vol. 101, August 8, 1891, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14808 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/0/14808 ] [Files: 14808.txt; 14808-8.txt; 14808-h.htm] Marjapojat, by Theodolinda Hahnsson 14807 [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/0/14807 ] [Files: 14807-8.txt; 14807-h.htm] The Present State of Wit (1711), by John Gay 14800 [Subtitle: In A Letter To A Friend In The Country] [Intro.: Donald F. Bond] [Includes: Bibliographical Note and Excerpts from "The English Theophrastus: or the Manners of the Age", With an Introduction by W. Earl Britton] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/8/0/14800 ] [Files: 14800.txt; 14800-8.txt] ============================================================================= [ This Week's Other Stuff ] =============================================================================
From David Price, about #14865, Gwaith Alun:
For those wishing to know: Alun (pronounced Alin) was born in 1797 in Mold, North Wales. His real name was John Blackwell. He didn't receive much education as a child but showed a great interest in literature (English and Welsh). A group of local well-to-do people were impressed by him and got together enough money to fully educate him. He went to Oxford University in 1824. Later he became a clergyman in Manordeifi (Wales) until his death in 1841. The book is collection of his works, mainly in Welsh although a few letters in English have been included. Since many people who see the Gutenberg releases don't read Welsh and might be interested in seeing a specimen translation of the work here's a verse from Can Gwraig Y Pysgotwr (Song of the Fisherman's Wife): Hush, restless wave! and landward gently creeping, No longer sullen break; All nature now is still and softly sleeping, And why art thou awake? The busy din of earth will soon be o'er, Rest thee, oh rest upon thy sandy shore. ~ ~ ~ Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. -Mark Twain ~ ~ ~ And yes I said yes today is the 83rd anniversary of the first publication of Ulysses. =============================================================================