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Posted (#58115, Horton) !
by Al Haines 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Like Another Helen, by George Horton 58115 [Illustrator: C. M. Relyea] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/1/58115 ] [Files: 58115-8.txt; 58115-h.htm] Thanks to Al Haines Regards, Al

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Posted (#58111, Emerton) !
by Al Haines 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

The Structure and Habits of Spiders, by James Henry Emerton 58111 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/1/58111 ] [Files: ; 58111-0.txt; 58111-h.htm] Thanks to Paul Marshall, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Regards, Al

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Posted(#58114, Coyne)
by David Price 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

What will they say at Brompton?, by J. Stirling Coyne 58114 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/1/58114 ] [Files: 58114-0.txt; 58114-h.htm] For those wishing to know: a short comedy play for Victorians who were keen on acting. There's a few funny lines, mainly from the Todd character, but there's plenty of cases where a character's speech is simply a way to tell the audience what is going on. It's nothing to do with Brompton, Kensington, London, it's just Brompton was a very middle class neighbourhood so useful for the title line. All the best, David, Dampest England

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Posted(#58113, Anonymous)
by David Price 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Brompton Square Act, 1825, by Anonymous 58113 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/1/58113 ] [Files: 58113-0.txt; 58113-h.htm] For those wishing to know: back in 1825 if you wanted to have civil improvements in England you had to spend a lot of money on lawyers etc. to get an Act of Parliament drawn up to allow you to proceed. Getting the Act through Parliament cost an awful lot more. This is such an act, for a square in Brompton, near Kensington, London, in 1825. It seems people got paid by the word so it's also an exercise in spinning it out! And what the wanted to do (the full title but not used, including in Kensington Local Studies who let me use their copy) is: AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAVING, GRAVELLING, LIGHTING, AND WATCHING Certain Footways and Carriageways IN AND NEAR BROMPTON SQUARE IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MARY ABBOTTS KENSINGTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE Maintenance of a Garden and Shrubbery IN THE SAID SQUARE. Interestingly, since Parliament would pass it, it provides for prison sentences! All the best, David, England, damp

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Posted(#58112, Anon)
by David Price 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Report of the Cromer Ladies' Bible Association, 1838 58112 [Author: Cromer Ladies' Bible Association] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/1/58112 ] [Files: 58112-0.txt; 58112-h.htm] For those wishing to know: Bible associations (formed to distribute the scriptures) were very popular in England during the 19th century. This report is useful for giving some detailed inner-workings of the society, but also giving lots of names etc. of the people involved, and so it comes possible to work out the key figures in Norfolk at this time. All the best, David, England without rain but still very damp

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Posted (#58110, Various) !
by Al Haines 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Harper's Young People, June 13, 1882, by Various 58110 [Subtitle: An Illustrated Weekly] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/1/58110 ] [Files: 58110.txt; 58110-h.htm] Thanks to Annie R. McGuire Regards, Al

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Posted (#58109, Miall) !
by Al Haines 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

History of biology, by Louis Compton Miall 58109 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/0/58109 ] [Files: ; 58109-0.txt; 58109-h.htm] Thanks to Jwala Kumar Sista, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Regards, Al

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Posted(#58108, Faber)
by David Price 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Facts and Assertions: or a Brief and Plain Exhibition of the Incongruity 58108 [Title: Facts and Assertions: or a Brief and Plain Exhibition of the Incongruity of the Peculiar Doctrines of the Church of Rome] [Author: George Stanley Faber] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/0/58108 ] [Files: 58108-0.txt; 58108-h.htm] For those wishing to know: the theology pamphlet from 1831 is fairly typically of the pamphlet wars going on between the Protestants and Catholics. Two years after this pamphlet was published John Keble would give his "National Apostasy" sermon and the Tractarian would bring yet another set of pamphlets into play. Mind you, excellent time to be a pamphlet printer... All the best, David, Dampest England

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Posted (#58107, Bailey) !
by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

For the Story Teller, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 58107 [Subtitle: Story Telling and Stories to Tell] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/0/58107 ] [Files: 58107-h.htm; 58107-0.txt; ] [Clearance: 20180704081831bailey] E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Thanks, Joe

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Posted(#58106, Alderson)
by David Price 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

A Second Letter to the Bishop of Exeter, by Edward Hall Alderson 58106 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/1/0/58106 ] [Files: 58106-0.txt; 58106-h.htm] For those wishing to know: this follows on from Alderson's first letter to the Bishop of Exeter concerning the Gorham case: in this one Alderson takes a different approach than in the previous letter and both letters are interesting for how the Bishop and a leading lawyer are trying to use the law for their own theological ends.. All the best, David, Dampest England

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