PG Monthly Newsletter (2001-06-06)

by Michael Cook on June 6, 2001
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Jan 2003 Cupid's Understudy, by Edward Salisbury Field     [cpdndxxx.xxx]3602
Jan 2003 The Captives, by Hugh Walpole    [Hugh Walpole #3][cptvsxxx.xxx]3601


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Dec 2002 The Complete Essays of Montaigne, Cotton   [MN#20][mn20vxxx.xxx]3600*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V19, 1877, Cotton [MN#19][mn19vxxx.xxx]3599*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V18, 1877, Cotton [MN#18][mn18vxxx.xxx]3598*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V17, 1877, Cotton [MN#17][mn17vxxx.xxx]3597*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V16, 1877, Cotton [MN#16][mn16vxxx.xxx]3596*

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V15, 1877, Cotton [MN#15][mn15vxxx.xxx]3595*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V14, 1877, Cotton [MN#14][mn14vxxx.xxx]3594*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V13, 1877, Cotton [MN#13][mn13vxxx.xxx]3593*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V12, 1877, Cotton [MN#12][mn12vxxx.xxx]3592*
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V11, 1877, Cotton [MN#11][mn11vxxx.xxx]3591*

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V10, 1877, Cotton [MN#10][mn10vxxx.xxx]3590
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V9, 1877, Cotton  [MN#09][mn09vxxx.xxx]3589
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V8, 1877, Cotton  [MN#08][mn08vxxx.xxx]3588
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V7, 1877, Cotton  [MN#07][mn07vxxx.xxx]3587
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V6, 1877, Cotton  [MN#06][mn06vxxx.xxx]3586

Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V5, 1877, Cotton  [MN#05][mn05vxxx.xxx]3585
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V4, 1877, Cotton  [MN#04][mn04vxxx.xxx]3584
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V3, 1877, Cotton  [MN#03][mn03vxxx.xxx]3583
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V2, 1877, Cotton  [MN#02][mn02vxxx.xxx]3582
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V1, 1877, Cotton  [MN#01][mn01vxxx.xxx]3581

Dec 2002 Complete Life of Napoleon, V13, by Constant[NB#30][nc13vxxx.xxx]3580
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V12, by Constant [NB#29][nc12vxxx.xxx]3579
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V11, by Constant [NB#28][nc11vxxx.xxx]3578
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V10, by Constant [NB#27][nc10vxxx.xxx]3577
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V9, by Constant  [NB#26][nc09vxxx.xxx]3576

Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V8, by Constant  [NB#25][nc08vxxx.xxx]3575
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V7, by Constant  [NB#24][nc07vxxx.xxx]3574
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V6, by Constant  [NB#23][nc06vxxx.xxx]3573
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V5, by Constant  [NB#22][nc05vxxx.xxx]3572
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V4, by Constant  [NB#21][nc04vxxx.xxx]3571

Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V3, by Constant  [NB#20][nc03vxxx.xxx]3570
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V2, by Constant  [NB#19][nc02vxxx.xxx]3569
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V1, by Constant  [NB#18][nc01vxxx.xxx]3568
Dec 2002 Complete Memoirs of Napoleon, by Bourrienne[NB#17][nb17vxxx.xxx]3567
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V16, by Bourrienne    [NB#16][nb16vxxx.xxx]3566
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V15, by Bourrienne    [NB#15][nb15vxxx.xxx]3565
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V14, by Bourrienne    [NB#14][nb14vxxx.xxx]3564
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, by Bourrienne    [NB#13][nb13vxxx.xxx]3563


Nov 2002 La Mere Bauche, by Anthony Trollope [Trollope #12][merbuxxx.xxx]3550
Nov 2002 Cowley's Essays, by Abraham Cowley                [cowesxxx.xxx]3549
Nov 2002 The Pharisee And Publican, by John Bunyan[Bunyan5][pharpxxx.xxx]3548
Nov 2002 See America First, by Orville O. Hiestand         [cusa1xxx.xxx]3547
Nov 2002 The Eureka Stockade, by Carboni Raffaello[Carboni][rkstkxxx.xxx]3546
[Wrote as Carboni Raffaello, however Carboni was really Raffaello Carboni]

Nov 2002 The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith #3[cpwogxxx.xxx]3545
Nov 2002 How He Lied to Her Husband, by George Bernard Shaw[lied2xxx.xxx]3544
Nov 2002 Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw [GBS #16][hrtbkxxx.xxx]3543
Nov 2002 Quotations of Jacques Casanova, by David Widger #6[dwqjcxxx.xxx]3542
Nov 2002 Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow by Tolstoi[tecomxxx.xxx]3541

Nov 2002 Article On The Census In Moscow, by Leo Tolstoi/11[ancimxxx.xxx]3540
[Also list under Lyof and Tolstoi, middle inital is N.]
Nov 2002 The Love-Chase, by James Sheridan Knowles [JSK #2][lvchsxxx.xxx]3539
Nov 2002 The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Edward Bok  [ewbokxxx.xxx]3538
[The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After, by Edward William Bok]
Nov 2002 Frederick The Great And His Family, by L. Muhlbach[ftghfxxx.xxx]3537
[Variant spellings: Louise Muhlbach, Luise Muhlbach and Luise von Muhlbach]
Nov 2002 The Enchanted Castle, by E. Nesbit [E. Nesbit #9] [nchtlxxx.xxx]3536

Nov 2002 The Expedition to Botany Bay, by Watkin Tench [#2][tetbbxxx.xxx]3535
[Full Title:  A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay]
Nov 2002 The Settlement at Port Jackson, by Watkin Tench #1[tsapjxxx.xxx]3534
[Full Title:  A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson]
Nov 2002 Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town/Stephen Leacock[sskltxxx.xxx]3533
Nov 2002 My Discovery of England, by Stephen Leacock[SL #1][mdscvxxx.xxx]3532
Nov 2002 Quotations of Lord Chesterfield by David Widger #6[dwqlcxxx.xxx]3531

Nov 2002 Love-at-Arms, by Rafael Sabatini    [Sabatini #16][laarmxxx.xxx]3530
Nov 2002 Sweden, Norway and Denmark, by Mary Wollstonecraft[ltswdxxx.xxx]3529
[Full Title: Letters on  Sweden, Norway and Denmark]
Also see:
Sep 2002 Vindication of Rights of Woman/Mary Wollstonecraft[vorowxxx.xxx]3420
May 1994 Maria or the Wrongs of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft [maria10x.xxx] 134
Nov 2002 Beethoven: The Man And The Artist/Kerst & Krehbiel[lvbmaxxx.xxx]3528
[Full Title: Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words]
[Authors' Full Names:]
[Ludwig van Beethoven, edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel]
Nov 2002 The Blue Moon, by Laurence Housman                [tblmnxxx.xxx]3527
Nov 2002 Five Weeks in a Balloon, by Jules Verne[Verne #16][5wiabxxx.xxx]3526
Nov 2002 Music and Other Poems, by Henry van Dyke [HVD #6] [mscopxxx.xxx]3525


Oct 2002 Ceiriog, by John Ceiriog Hughes [This is in Welsh][ceirgxxx.xxx]3500
[This Etext is available as ceirg10h.htm and .zip and ceirg10.txt and .zip]
[May not yet be available in HTML on archive.org]
Oct 2002 Buch Der Lieder, by Heinrich Heine   [H. Heine #4][xliedxxx.xxx]3498
[Translation:  Book Of Songs, 7lied* is unaccented German 8lied* has accents]
Oct 2002 The Swiss Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins    [LFP #2][swtwnxxx.xxx]3497
Oct 2002 The Japanese Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins [LFP #1][jptwnxxx.xxx]3496
[We could probably use a little more proofing on these two]

Oct 2002 The King of Ireland's Son, by Padraic Colum       [kisonxxx.xxx]3495
Oct 2002 Bluebeard, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[Kate Wiggin #20][blbrdxxx.xxx]3494
Oct 2002 Widger's Quotations from Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.[W5][dwqohxxx.xxx]3493
[Full Title:  Widger's Quotations from the Works of Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.]
Oct 2002 Homespun Tales, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[Wiggin #18][hspunxxx.xxx]3492
Oct 2002 Missy, by Dana Gatlin                             [missyxxx.xxx]3491

Oct 2002 The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie [Barrie #5][theacxxx.xxx]3490
Oct 2002  Fabre, Poet of Science, by G. V. (C. V.) Legros  [fbrpsxxx.xxx]3489
Oct 2002 The Inca of Perusalem by George Bernard Shaw [#13][incapxxx.xxx]3486

Oct 2002 Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress, by Shaw   [#12][annajxxx.xxx]3485
Oct 2002 O'Flaherty V.C., by George Bernard Shaw [Shaw #11][oflvcxxx.xxx]3484
Oct 2002 Quotations of William Dean Howells by David Widger[dwqwhxxx.xxx]3483
Oct 2002 The North-West Passage, by Richard Hakluyt        [nwpasxxx.xxx]3482
Oct 2002 The Life of George Borrow, by Herbert Jenkins     [lfgbrxxx.xxx]3481

Oct 2002 The Hunchback, by James Sheridan Knowles          [hnchbxxx.xxx]3480
Oct 2002 The Metal Monster, by A. Merritt   [A. Merritt #2][memonxxx.xxx]3479
Oct 2002 Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson        [legvaxxx.xxx]3478
Oct 2002 The Verse-Book Of A Homely Woman, by Fay Inchfawn [vbohwxxx.xxx]3477
[Pseudonym of Elizabeth Rebecca Ward]
Oct 2002 Henry VIII And His Court, by Louise Muhlbach[LM#5][h8ahcxxx.xxx]3476
[Variant spellings: Louise Muhlbach, Luise Muhlbach and Luise von Muhlbach]

Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, by Edgar Rice Burroughs    [effncxxx.xxx]3475
Oct 2002 Jeremy, by Hugh Walpole          [Hugh Walpole #2][jremyxxx.xxx]3474
Oct 2002 Merton of the Movies, by Harry Leon Wilson        [mrtnmxxx.xxx]3472
Oct 2002 Widger's Quotations of Charles D. Warner    [DW#3][dwqcwxxx.xxx]3471

Oct 2002 Such is Life, by Tom Collins   [aka Joseph Furphy][slifexxx.xxx]3470
Oct 2002 The Hand of Ethelberta, by Thomas Hardy[Hardy #23][ethbrxxx.xxx]3469
Oct 2002 Poems by the Way, by William Morris[Wm Morris #11][pmbwyxxx.xxx]3468

Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V3, by Richard Burton[31001xxx.xxx]3437
[These are in 7 and 8 bit unaccented and accented versions]
[Filenames are x1001xx7.txt and .zip and x1001xx8.txt and .zip]
[X will be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,d,e,f and g]
[Full Title:  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night, Volumes 1 - 16]
[Also listed under:
[The Arabian Nights
[A Thousand and One Nights. . .and. . .A Thousand and One Arabian Nights]
Sep 2002 The Gadfly, by E. L. Voynich                      [gdflyxxx.xxx]3431

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