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Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses, by Hugh Latimer 2458
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Letters on England, by Voltaire 2445
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[Author AKA: Francois Marie Arouet]
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Andrew Lang's Introduction to The Compleat Angler, by Andrew Lang 2422
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Brother Jacob, by George Eliot 2171
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Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales, by Maria Edgeworth 2129
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The Way of All Flesh, by Samuel Butler 2084
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A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland, by Samuel Johnson 2064
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Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business, by Daniel Defoe 2052
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Dickory Cronke, by Daniel Defoe 2051
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, by Thomas De Quincey 2040
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The Life of John Bunyan, by Edmund Venables 1037
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Sep 1997 Cavalier Songs & Ballads of England, Ed. by MacKay[csboexxx.xxx] 1030
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Aug 1997 The Wrecker, by Stevenson and Osbourne [RLS #39] [wrckrxxx.xxx] 1024
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Baron Olson och andra historier, by Sigge Stromberg 15719
[Language: Swedish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/1/15719 ]
[Files: 15719-8.txt]
How To Write Special Feature Articles, by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer 15718
[Subtitle: A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire]
[to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/1/15718 ]
[Files: 15718.txt; 15718-8.txt; 15718-h.htm]
Books and Persons, by Arnold Bennett 15717
[Subtitle: Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/1/15717 ]
[Files: 15717.txt; 15717-8.txt; 15717-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 1, No. 25, by Various 15716
[Full title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April]
[29, 1897]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/1/15716 ]
[Files: 15716.txt; 15716-8.txt; 15716-h.htm]
My Adventures as a Spy, by Robert Baden-Powell 15715
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/1/15715 ]
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The Poor Little Rich Girl, by Eleanor Gates 15714
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/1/15714 ]
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Frau Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert 15711
[Translator: Arthur Schurig]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/7/1/15711 ]
[Files: 15711-8.txt; 15711-h.htm; 15711-t.tex; 15711-pdf.pdf]
Nicky-Nan, Reservist, by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q) 15710
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/7/1/15710 ]
[Files: 15710.txt]
The Christmas Angel, by Abbie Farwell Brown 15709
[Illustrator: Reginald Birch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/0/15709 ]
[Files: 15709.txt; 15709-8.txt; 15709-h.htm]
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891, by Various 15708
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/0/15708 ]
[Files: 15708.txt; 15708-8.txt; 15708-h.htm]
Zoonomia, Vol. I, by Erasmus Darwin 15707
[Subtitle: Or, the Laws of Organic Life]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/0/15707 ]
[Files: 15707.txt; 15707-8.txt; 15707-h.htm]
Winchester, by Sidney Heath 15706
[Illustrator: E. W. Haslehust]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/0/15706 ]
[Files: 15706.txt; 15706-8.txt; 15706-h.htm]
The Silly Syclopedia, by Noah Lott 15705
[Note: Author name is pseudonym; real author name unknown.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/0/15705 ]
[Files: 15705.txt; 15705-h.htm]
Far to Seek, by Maud Diver 15704
[Subtitle: A Romance of England and India]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/0/15704 ]
[Files: 15704.txt; 15704-8.txt; 15704-h.htm]
Modern, by Ernst Ahlgren and Axel Lundegard 15703
[Subtitle: En Ber�ttelse]
[Note: Ernst Ahlgren och Axel Lundgard is a pseudonym for Victoria Benedictsson]
[Language: Swedish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/7/0/15703 ]
[Files: 15703-8.txt]
Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12), by Burke 15702
[Full author: Edmund Burke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/7/0/15702 ]
[Files: 15702.txt; 15702-8.txt; 15702-h.htm]
Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12), by Burke 15701
[Full author: Edmund Burke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/7/0/15701 ]
[Files: 15701.txt; 15701-8.txt; 15701-0.txt; 15701-h.htm]
Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IV. (of 12), by Burke 15700
[Full author: Edmund Burke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/7/0/15700 ]
[Files: 15700.txt; 15700-8.txt; 15700-0.txt; 15700-h.htm]
A Handbook of the Boer War, by Gale and Polden, Limited 15699
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/9/15699 ]
[Files: 15699.txt; 15699-h.htm]
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin, by A. Woodward 15698
[Subtitle: or, An Essay on Slavery]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/9/15698 ]
[Files: 15698.txt; 15698-8.txt; 15698-h.htm]
True Stories of History and Biography, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 15697
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/9/15697 ]
[Files: 15697.txt; 15697-8.txt; 15697-h.htm]
Superstition Unveiled, by Charles Southwell 15696
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/9/15696 ]
[Files: 15696.txt ]
'Doc.' Gordon, by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman 15695
[Illustrator: Frank T. Merrill]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/9/15695 ]
[Files: 15695.txt; 15695-8.txt; 15695-h.htm]
A Friend of Caesar, by William Stearns Davis 15694
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/9/15694 ]
[Files: 15694.txt; 15694-8.txt; 15694-h.htm]
T. De Witt Talmage, by T. De Witt Talmage and Mrs. T. De Witt Talmage 15693
[Subtitle: As I Knew Him]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/9/15693 ]
[Files: 15693.txt; 15693-8.txt; 15693-h.htm]
Aarimmaisessa talossa, by Matti Kurikka 15692
[Subtitle: N�ytelm� viidess� n�yt�ksess�]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/9/15692 ]
[Files: 15692-8.txt]
Woman in Modern Society, by Earl Barnes 15691
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/9/15691 ]
[Files: 15691.txt; 15691-8.txt; 15691-h.htm]
Het Nut Der Mechanistische Methode In De Geneeskunde, Herman Boerhaave 15690
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/9/15690 ]
[Files: 15690-8.txt; 15690-h.htm]
Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader, by R. M. Ballantyne 15689
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Pacific]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15689 ]
[Files: 15689.txt; 15689-8.txt; 15689-h.htm]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 13, 1917, by Various 15688
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15688 ]
[Files: 15688.txt; 15688-8.txt; 15688-h.htm]
Little Essays of Love and Virtue, by Havelock Ellis 15687
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15687 ]
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La belle Gabrielle, vol. 3, by Auguste Maquet 15686
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/8/15686 ]
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A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, by William Dampier 15685
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15685 ]
[Files: 15685.txt; 15685-h.htm]
The Summer Holidays, by Amerel 15684
[Subtitle: A Story for Children]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15684 ]
[Files: 15684.txt; 15684-h.htm]
The High School Failures, by Francis P. Obrien 15683
[Subtitle: A Study of the School Records of Pupils Failing in Academic]
[ or Commercial High School Subjects]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15683 ]
[Files: 15683.txt; 15683-8.txt; 15683-h.htm]
De Leeuw Van Vlaanderen, by Hendrik Conscience 15682
[Subtitle: Of De Slag Der Gulden Sporen]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15682 ]
[Files: 15682-8.txt; 15682-h.htm]
Constructive Imperialism, by Viscount Milner 15681
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15681 ]
[Files: 15681.txt; 15681-8.txt; 15681-h.htm]
De Usu Ratiocinii Mechanici in Medicina, by Hermanni Boerhaave 15680
[Language: Latin]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/8/15680 ]
[Files: 15680-8.txt; 15680-h.htm]
Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12), by Burke 15679
[Full author: Edmund Burke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/7/15679 ]
[Files: 15679.txt; 15679-8.txt; 15679-0.txt; 15679-h.htm]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, November 5, 1892, by Various 15677
[Editor: Francis Burnand]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15677 ]
[Files: 15677.txt; 15677-8.txt; 15677-h.htm]
Tien ohesta tempomia, by Aino Malmberg 15676
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15676 ]
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A Voyage to New Holland, by William Dampier 15675
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15675 ]
[Files: 15675.txt; 15675-h.htm]
Chronica d'El-Rei D. Affonso III, by Ruy de Pina 15674
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15674 ]
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The Day of the Beast, by Zane Grey 15673
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15673 ]
[Files: 15673.txt; 15673-h.htm]
Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, by George Gibbs 15672
[Full title: Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of]
[ Oregon]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15672 ]
[Files: 15672.txt; 15672-8.txt]
A Splendid Hazard, by Harold MacGrath 15671
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The Secret Chamber at Chad, by Evelyn Everett-Green 15670
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15670 ]
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Fru inger til Ostrat, by Henrik Ibsen 15669
[Language: Norwegian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/6/15669 ]
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Breves instruccoes, by Unknown 15668
[Full title: Breves instruccoes aos correspondentes da Academia das]
[ Sciencias de Lisboa sobre as remessas dos productos, e]
[ noticias pertencentes a' Historia da Natureza, para formar]
[ hum Museo Nacional]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/6/15668 ]
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Best Short Stories, by Various 15667
[Collected by Thomas L. Masson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/6/15667 ]
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The American Missionary--Vol. 48, No. 10, October, 1894, by Various 15666
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Today, I would like to recommend to you a book I have only recently noticed.
Book #2274, "How to Live on 24 Hours a Day" by Arnold Bennett. The title
alone intruiged me when I saw this book (the real thing) on a stack of
donations that had arrived to me from the local library. I simply could not
resist starting to read it as I am simply horrible at living in the time
allotted (as evidence I cite the fact that I started reading a book instead of
processing the donations to Distributed Proofreaders as I had intended!).
This book is exceedingly well written. Those of you who are inclined to read
it should also jot down the writings of the following:
Marcus Aurelius: Meditations(#2680) and Thoughts(#6920)
Epictetus: Golden Sayings(#871) and Discourses(#10661)
Emerson: Essays(#2944-5) and Representative Men(#6312)
Meredith: Complete Works(#4500)
Bogehot: Lombard Street(#4359)
Tolstoy: Anna Karenina(#1399)
Milton: Paradise Lost(#26)
Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire(#731-736)
As the author encourages you to read some of at least one at one point. Here
are two samples from the work:
"Strange that the newspapers, so enterprising and up-to-date as they are, are
not full of 'How to live on a given income of time,' instead of 'How to live
on a given income of money'! Money is far commoner than time. When one
reflects, one perceives that money is jut about the commonest thing there is.
It encumbers the earth in gross heaps."
"If you imagine that you will be able to achieve your ideal by ingeniously
planning out a time-table with a pen on a piece of paper, you had better give
up hope at once. If you are not prepared for discouragements and
disillusions; if you will not be content with a small result for a big effort,
then do not begin. Lie down again and resume the uneasy doze which you call
your existence."
~ ~ ~
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. - Mark Twain
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