This file has undergone the following extensive changes: Correction of errors Creation of 8-bit text file with accented characters Addition of illustrations by Sigmund de Ivanowski Mother, by Maksim Gorky 3783 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/7/8/3783 ] [Files: 3783.txt; 3783-8.txt; 3783-h.htm] The original e-book was prepared by Jarrod Newton and later revised by Al Haines, who added an html version without illustrations. The current revision and addition of illustrations is by Veronika Redfern, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Thanks, Joe Loewenstein