Corrections have been made in this file and it has been updated with new header, removed from its old address in etext05, and filed under the new directory system. An html file has been provided. The Sturdy Oak, by Samuel Merwin, et al. 8435 [Subtitle: A Composite Novel of American Politics by Fourteen American Authors] [Editor: Elizabeth Jordan] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/8/4/3/8435 ] [Updated edition of: etext05/7soak10.txt; 8soak10.txt] [Files: 8435.txt; 8435-8.txt; 8435-h.htm] David