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Posted (#64717, Wright)
by David Price 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

A Sermon preached at Christ Church, Kensington, on May 1, 1859,by Wright 64717 [Author: William Wright] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64717 ] [Files: 64717-0.txt; 64717-h.htm] For those wishing to know: May 1, 1859 was appointed as a day of thanksgiving to God in Great Britain as a result of the suppression of the Indian rebellion. Many churches had special sermons and this is one preached in Kensington, near London. The area was home to many retired military and ex-government people so perhaps the tone was guessable, but Rev. Wright felt the whole of the Indian problems were caused by the UK not trying to eliminate Islam and Hinduism - it's a very unconfortable read but shows middle class views in the area at the time. All the best, David, Cold and damp England

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Posted (#64721, Paris) !
by Chuck Greif 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

Les grandes chroniques de France (6/6), by Paulin Paris 64721 [Subtitle: selon que elles sont conservées en l'Eglise de Saint-Denis en France] [Language: French] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/2/64721 ] [Files: 64721-0.txt; 64721-h.htm] Thanks to Mireille Harmelin, Laurent Vogel, DP Europe, DP-Test Italia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

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Posted (#64720, Dreyfus) !
by Chuck Greif 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

Lettres d'un Innocent, by Alfred Dreyfus 64720 [Subtitle: The Letters of Captain Dreyfus to His Wife] [Translator: L. G. Moreau] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/2/64720 ] [Files: 64720-0.txt; 64720-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)

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Posted (#64719, Maeterlinck) !
by Chuck Greif 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

Le trésor des humbles, by Maurice Maeterlinck 64719 [Language: French] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64719 ] [Files: 64719-0.txt; 64719-h.htm] Thanks to Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

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Posted (#64718, Twain) !
by Chuck Greif 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

Skizzenbuch, by Mark Twain 64718 [Illustrator: H. Schrödter] [Language: German] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64718 ] [Files: 64718-0.txt; 64718-h.htm] Thanks to The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

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Posted (#64714, Scobel) !
by Chuck Greif 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

Thüringen, by Albert Scobel 64714 [Language: German] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64714 ] [Files: 64714-0.txt; 64714-h.htm] Thanks to Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Posted(#64716, Pott)
by David Price 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

A Farewell Sermon, by Joseph Holden Pott 64716 [Subtitle: delivered on Sunday, October 23, A.D. 1842, at the Parish Church of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64716 ] [Files: 64716-0.txt; 64716-h.htm] For those wishing to know: Archdeacon Pott had been the minister in Kensington for some time and this is his final sermon. It's very difficult to make out what he's actually preaching about: perhaps it made sense to his regular listeners who had heard parts before? Having read it I'm glad I study the area after he'd left(!) All the best, David, Cold and damp England

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Posted (#64715, Callcott)
by David Price 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

Palm Sunday, by Maria Callcott 64715 [Subtitle: or, Little Mary's Saturday's walk] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64715 ] [Files: 64715-0.txt; 64715-h.htm] For those wishing to know: this was written by Lady Callcott in 1840 to help raise funds for some of the projects for the poor within Kensington, near London, England. On the surface it's the clergyman's daughter noticing various plants which are useful in medicine, and her father explaining explaining how some Palm Sunday traditions came about. By today's standards it's cringe-worthy but I'm rather glad lady Callcott was involved in helping the Kensington poor, and that we see a description of some of them in this short pamphlet. All the best, David, Cold and damp England

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Posted (#64712, Cole)
by David Price 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

A brief guide to the Food Collection, by Henry Cole 64712 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64712 ] [Files: 64712-0.txt; 64712-h.htm] For those wishing to know: by 1872 a branch museum of the South Kensington Musuem (which had come out of the Great Exhibition) had been formed at Bethnal Green in east London. Some of the collections from South Kensington were sent to Bethnal and the "food collection", which was a very popular collection, was the main draw. This is a pamphlet by the Bethnal Green museum (Cole was Director so I've credited him) for visitors to purchase and guide them around. It also relates how Bethnal came about, and very useful small details (such as local schools could pay a pound a have access to all pupils for all the year on some days of the week.) It seeks to help the working classes understand the importance of diet etc. All the best, David, Cold and damp England

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Posted (#64713, Strindberg) !
by Joe Loewenstein 06 Mar '21

06 Mar '21

Eri asein, by August Strindberg 64713 [Subtitle: Valikoima runoja] [Tr.: Aarni Kouta] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/1/64713 ] [Files: 64713-0.txt; ] [Clearance: OK 20201024075522strindberg Eri asein August Strindberg 1914:p] E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen Thanks, Joe Loewenstein

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