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Posted (#62147, Wharton) !
by Chuck Greif 16 May '20

16 May '20

Au temps de l'innocence, by Edith Wharton 62147 [Translator: Madeleine Saint-René Taillandier] [Language: French] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/4/62147 ] [Files: ;2147-0.txt; 62147-h.htm] Thanks to Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Wikisource.) Chuck

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Posted (#62146, Crane) !
by Chuck Greif 16 May '20

16 May '20

The Janitor's Boy, by Nathalia Crane 62146 [Subtitle: And Other Poems] [Contributor: William Rose Benét Nunnally Johnson Edmund Leamy] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/4/62146 ] [Files: 62146-0.txt; 62146-h.htm] Thanks to Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Chuck

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Posted(#62153, Vallance)
by David Price 16 May '20

16 May '20

A Letter to the Kensington Canal Company 62153 [Title: A Letter to the Kensington Canal Company on the Substitution of the Pneumatic Railway for the common Railway] [Author: John Vallance] [Subtitle: by which they contemplate extending their line of conveyance] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/5/62153 ] [Files: 62153-0.txt; 62153-h.htm] For those wishing to know: In 1827, at Brighton, England, John Vallance constructed a pneumatic railway where people were propelled through a tube by atomospheric pressure rather than being pulled by a stream engine. He demonstrated that it was possible, but couldn't get backing. By 1833 the Kensington Canal Company (West London) were considering turning their failed canal into a railway, and Vallance saw his opportunity. The "letter" is a long essay on how pnuematic railways work, what had been proven, why they would be superior to the stream railway etc. He didn't convince them but the essay shows Vallance was years ahead of his time in seeing the issues in high speed rail, the basics of railway engineering etc. All the best, David England with a nice sunset

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Posted (#62148, Barlow) !
by Chuck Greif 16 May '20

16 May '20

The Preacher's, by George Barlow 62148 [Full title: The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Books of the Bible: Volume 29 (of 32)] [Subtitle: The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and I-II Thessalonians] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/4/62148 ] [Files: 62148-8.txt; 62148-h.htm] Thanks to John Hagerson and Mrs. Faith Ball Chuck

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Posted (#62150, Millet) !
by Chuck Greif 16 May '20

16 May '20

The Danube, by F. D. Millet 62150 [Subtitle: From the Black Forest to the Black Sea] [Illustrator: Alfred Parsons] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/5/62150 ] [Files: 62150-0.txt; 62150-h.htm] Thanks to Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) Chuck

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Posted (#62149, Ridgley) !
by Chuck Greif 16 May '20

16 May '20

A Body of Divinity, Vol. 2 of 4, by Thomas Ridgley 62149 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/4/62149 ] [Files: 62149-0.txt; 62149-h.htm] Thanks to Richard Hulse, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) Chuck

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Posted (#62125, Various) !
by Chuck Greif 16 May '20

16 May '20

Chambers's Journal, by Various 62125 [Full title: Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 738, February 16, 1878] [Editor: William Chambers Robert Chambers] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/2/62125 ] [Files: 62125-0.txt; 62125-h.htm] Thanks to Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Chuck

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Posted (#62151, North) !
by Al Haines 16 May '20

16 May '20

Adele Doring of the Sunnyside Club, by Grace May North 62151 [Illustrator: Florence Liley Young] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/5/62151 ] [Files: ; 62151-0.txt; 62151-h.htm] Thanks to Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Regards, Al

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Posted(#62152, Smee)
by David Price 16 May '20

16 May '20

Primrose Hill Park, Regent's Park, and Hampstead Heath, William Ray Smee 62152 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/5/62152 ] [Files: 62152-0.txt; 62152-h.htm] For those wishing to know: William Ray Smee lived near Regent's Park in London, and was concerned about the vast number of people who filled in the park (this was around 1873). In particular there were thousands of kids who wanted to play, and nowhere near enough space. He wrote the the Prime Minister asking the Government to buy land to extend the park, running it to Primrose Hill Park (which was to the north) and thence to Hamspstead Heath. I'm not really sure why he printed the pamphlet as he should have written to the Metropolitan Board of Works, not the P.M., as Gladstone wrote back and told him. All the best, David, Sunny England but plenty of light gray clouds

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Posted(#62144, Whiteford)
by David Price 16 May '20

16 May '20

Letter to the Friends and Subscribers of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society 62144 [Author: Rev. Caleb Whiteford] [Subtitle: occasioned by a letter from the Rev. Dr. Molesworth] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/4/62144 ] [Files: 62144-0.txt; 62144-h.htm] For those wishing to know: Rev. Dr. Molesworth had printed a letter alledging mis-management of the Church of England Church Pastoral Aid Society. This is a reply to those allegations, which explains what the Society was for, its finances and how they were spent etc. It gives a useful insider view of the issues going on in the background at the time (around 1840). All the best, David, England, bright but with substantial clouds

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