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Mar 2005 Devereux, by E. B. Lytton, Book 6 [BL#57][b057wxxx.xxx]7629
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Mar 2005 Devereux, by E. B. Lytton, Book 4 [BL#55][b055wxxx.xxx]7627
Mar 2005 Devereux, by E. B. Lytton, Book 3 [BL#54][b054wxxx.xxx]7626
Mar 2005 Devereux, by E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#53][b053wxxx.xxx]7625
Mar 2005 Devereux, by E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#52][b052wxxx.xxx]7624
Dec 2004 The Angel Adjutant, by Minnie L. Carpenter [adjutxxx.xxx]7039
[Full title: The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in adjut10.txt and adjut10.zip]
[HTML version with accented characters in adjut10h.htm and adjut10h.zip]
Dec 2004 Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag, by Susag [pesosxxx.xxx]7038
Dec 2004 Beric the Briton, by G. A. Henty [#11][bbritxxx.xxx]7037
[Plain text in bbrit10.txt/.zip; HTML version in bbrit10h.htm/.zip]
Dec 2004 Poorhouse Waif, by I. C. Byrum [pwaifxxx.xxx]7036
[Full title: The Poorhouse Waif and His Divine Teacher]
[Full author: Isabel C. Byrum]
Dec 2004 The Hero of Hill House, by Mable Hale [hhhsexxx.xxx]7035
Dec 2004 Fleurs de lys and Other Poems, by Arthur Weir [?flurxxx.xxx]7034
[Plain text in 7flur10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version 8flur10.txt/.zip]
Dec 2004 Picturesque Quebec, by James MacPherson Le Moine [?quebxxx.xxx]7033
[Plain text in 7queb10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8queb10.txt/.zip]
(Note: The unzipped text files are each 1.4mb)
Dec 2004 Prose Idylls, by Charles Kingsley [pridxxxx.xxx]7032
[XHTML in prid10h.htm/.zip, text in prid10.txt/.zip]
Dec 2004 The Sheik, by E. M. Hull [sheikxxx.xxx]7031
Dec 2004 Field and Hedgerow, by Richard Jefferies [#4][fhedgxxx.xxx]7030
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in fhedg10.txt and fhedg10.zip]
[HTM version with accented characters in fhedg10h.htm and fhedg10h.zip]
Dec 2004 Book of Etiquette, by Lillian Eichler [betiqxxx.xxx]7029
Dec 2004 The Clicking of Cuthbert, by P. G. Wodehouse [#21][clickxxx.xxx]7028
Dec 2004 A Hive of Busy Bees, by Effie M. Williams [bbeesxxx.xxx]7027
Dec 2004 Children's Touching Incidents, by S. B. Shaw [ansprxxx.xxx]7026
[Full title: Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable
Answers to Prayer]
Dec 2004 Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott, Complete [rob3wxxx.xxx]7025
Dec 2004 Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott, Volume 2 [rob2wxxx.xxx]7024
Dec 2004 Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1 [rob1wxxx.xxx]7023
[Plain text in rob_w10.txt/.zip]
[Illustrated HTML version, zip file only with images, in rob_w10h.zip]
Dec 2004 Ein Sommernachtstraum,by William Shakespeare[TS#17][?gs17xxx.xxx]7022
[Translator: Wilhelm von Schlegel] [Language: German]
[Plain text in 7gs1710.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8gs1710.txt/.zip]
Dec 2004 Indian Frontier Policy, by General Sir John Ayde [indfrxxx.xxx]7021
[Note: Central Asia "Indian", not the American Indian]
Dec 2004 Louis Agassiz as a Teacher, by Lane Cooper [agaszxxx.xxx]7020
Dec 2004 For Auld Lang Syne, by Ray Woodward [auldlxxx.xxx]7019
Dec 2004 Collection of Scotch Proverbs, by Pappity Stampoy [scprvxxx.xxx]7018
Dec 2004 A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore, by Fay-Cooper Cole [?tnflxxx.xxx]7017
[Also posted TEI XML file 8tnfl10x.zip - zip only]
Dec 2004 Adventures in the Land of Canaan, Robert Lee Berry[dvlcnxxx.xxx]7016
[Also posted XML-ish file dvlcn10x.zip]
Dec 2004 Wisdom of the East, by Shinran Shonin [wsbdpxxx.xxx]7015
[Also posted Unicode - wsbdp10u.txt and wsbdp10u.zip]
Dec 2004 Equinoctial Regions of America V2,von Humboldt[#2][qnct2xxx.xxx]7014
[Full author: Alexander von Humboldt]
Dec 2004 Journeys Through Bookland V4, Charles H. Sylvester[?bld4xxx.xxx]7013
Dec 2004 Mes Origines. Memoires et Recits, Frederic Mistral[?momrxxx.xxx]7012
[Language: French]
[Plain text in 7momr10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8momr10.txt/.zip]
[HTML version in 8momr10h.htm and 8momr10h.zip]
Dec 2004 The Flood, by Emile Zola [#14][zofldxxx.xxx]7011
Dec 2004 Graded Lessons in English, by Reed and Kellog [ggramxxx.xxx]7010
[Full author: Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg]
[Subtitle: An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred
Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room]
Dec 2004 Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, by Poquelin (Moliere [?prncxxx.xxx]7009
[Plain text in 7prnc10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8prnc10.txt/.zip]
Dec 2004 The City of Fire, by Grace Livingston Hill [?cfirxxx.xxx]7008
[Plain text in 7cfir10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8cfir10.txt/.zip]
Dec 2004 True Story of My Life, by Hans Christian Andersen [7hcanxxx.xxx]7007
(Note: 1847 Edition.)
[Plain text in 7hcan10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8hcan10.txt/.zip]
Dec 2004 Bonnie Prince Charlie, by G. A. Henty [#11][bprchxxx.xxx]7006
[Plain text in bprch10.txt/.zip; HTM in bprch10h.htm/.zip]
Dec 2004 The Antiquary, by Sir Walter Scott, Complete [ant3wxxx.xxx]7005
Dec 2004 The Antiquary, by Sir Walter Scott, Volume 2 [ant2wxxx.xxx]7004
Dec 2004 The Antiquary, by Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1 [ant1wxxx.xxx]7003
[Plain text in ant_w10.txt/.zip]
[Illustrated HTML, zipped files only, in ant_w10h.zip]
Dec 2004 Life of George Washington, V1, by W. Irving [#7][?wsh1xxx.xxx]7002
[Full title: The Life of George Washington, Volume I]
[Full author: Washington Irving]
[Plain text in 7wsh110.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8wsh110.txt/.zip]
Dec 2004 History of the Philippines, by Antonio de Morga [?phipxxx.xxx]7001
[Full title: History of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2]
[Plain text in 7phip10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8phip10.txt/.zip]
Nov 2004 How to Live a Holy Life, by C. E. Orr [holywxxx.xxx]6999
Nov 2004 The Spanish Chest, by Edna A. Brown [?spchxxx.xxx]6998
[Plain text in 7spch10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version 8spch10.txt/.zip]
Nov 2004 Winning of Barbara Worth, by Harold B Wrigh[HBW#5][wbworxxx.xxx]6997
Nov 2004 Romeo und Julia, by William Shakespeare [TS#16][?gs16xxx.xxx]6996
[Translator: August Wilhelm von Schlegel] [Language: German]
[Plain text in 7gs1610.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8gs1610.txt/.zip]
Nov 2004 Ghosts I have Met and Some Others, by J. Bangs[#8][?gostxxx.xxx]6995
[Author's Full Name: John Kendrick Bangs]
[Plain text in 7gost10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8gost10.txt/.zip]
Nov 2004 Han d'Islande, by Victor Hugo [handixxx.xxx]6994
[Language: French]
Nov 2004 The Lord of the Sea, by M. P. Shiel [?lrdsxxx.xxx]6993
[Plain text 7lrds10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8lrds10.txt/.zip]
Nov 2004 Belinda, by A. A. Milne [#4][beldaxxx.xxx]6992
[Also posted HTM version with accented characters in belda10h.htm/.zip]
Nov 2004 Across the Years, by Eleanor H. Porter [#9][acrosxxx.xxx]6991
[Also posted HTM version with accented characters in acros10h.htm/.zip]
Nov 2004 Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare [ST#36][?gs36xxx.xxx]6990
[Translator: Dorothea Tieck][unter der Redaktion von Ludwig Tieck]
[Language: German]
[Plain text in 7gs3610.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8gs3610.txt/.zip]
Nov 2004 History of Rome from 476 AD, by Robert F. Pennell [8romexxx.xxx]6989
[Full title: History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD]
Nov 2004 Ottawa and Chippewa, by Andrew J. Blackbird [miindxxx.xxx]6988
[Full title: History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan]
Nov 2004 Five Little Peppers Abroad, by Margaret Sidney[#4][pep5axxx.xxx]6987
Nov 2004 Hygienic Physiology, by Joel Dorman Steele [?hygnxxx.xxx]6986
[Subtitle: With Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and
Narcotics Being a Revised Edition of the Fourteen Weeks in Human Physiology]
[Plain text in 7hygn10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8hygn10.txt/.zip]
Nov 2004 A Prefect's Uncle, by P. G. Wodehouse [#20][pfectxxx.xxx]6985
Nov 2004 The Pothunters, by P. G. Wodehouse [#19][pothtxxx.xxx]6984
Nov 2004 Missionary Work Ojebway Indians, E. F. Wilson [ojebwxxx.xxx]6983
[Full title: Missionary Work Among The Ojebway Indians]
[Author: Edward Francis Wilson]
Nov 2004 Hawthorne and His Circle, by Julian Hawthorne [hcircxxx.xxx]6982
Nov 2004 The Open Air, by Richard Jefferies [thpnrxxx.xxx]6981
[HTML version in thpnr10h.htm and thpnr10h.zip]
Nov 2004 Tales of St. Austin's, by P. G. Wodehouse [#18][talewxxx.xxx]6980
Nov 2004 The Little Regiment, by Stephen Crane [#4][regmtxxx.xxx]6979
Mar 2005 The Orations of Lysias, by Lysias [lysswxxx.xxx]6978
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Wives and Daughters - A Review
What a gem! That's what I said to myself when I finished reading Elizabeth
Cleghorn Gaskell's last novel, Wives and Daughters. I consider it a must for
anyone who enjoys Victorian literature or literature of any period in which
characters are exquisitely drawn in minute detail and become real people.
Wives and Daughters has characterization in spades! At least a dozen
characters stand out. Foremost, of course, is the heroine, Molly Gibson -
intelligent, honest, proper, usually shy but bold when determined - all that
a Victorian heroine should be. The book opens with Molly not quite grown,
warmly attached to her widowed father, a diligent and warm-hearted country
doctor. During a prolonged visit to the nearby home of Squire Hamley, Molly
becomes attached to and beloved by the Hamley family, including the sons
Osborne and Roger.
Stubborn, outspoken Squire Hamley has breeding (his family has owned the
estate since before the Norman conquest) but no education and little money;
he expects his sons, especially Osborne, the elder, to marry for wealth and
social position (a theme often explored by Trollope). During Molly's stay at
Hamley Hall, her father decides she needs a stepmother, and he marries a
widow with a daughter Molly's age. The second Mrs. Gibson, one of the
memorable characters in literature, a born schemer and social climber
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Cynthia and Mr.Osborne Hamley have secrets which are about to blow up. Molly
unintentionally learns the secrets and does her best to put things right. The
action takes place in and about a placid country village whose inhabitants
are wonderfully described, based on the author's personal experience.
Mrs. Gaskell (as she was called by Victorian readers) died before completing
the last one or two chapters. A modern reader would never know it, but
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marriage required by their customs. Those who saw the magnificent Exxon-Mobil
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one planned by Mrs. Gaskell.
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that women should be subordinated to men. Her novels and short stories, while
portraying Victorian life in accurate detail, explored the relationships of
men and women, the worth of individuals accorded by character and achievement
as opposed to social rank, and the plight of workers in the new industrial
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behavioral standards.
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place among the acknowledged greats of Victorian literature. To me, Wives and
Daughters is far more skillfully written and has a better plot than
Thackeray's best-known novel, Vanity Fair, and rivals the best of Trollope's
bountiful output.
Trust me, and try it!
Joe Loewenstein
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5) This week in history
Literary Dates of Interest this week
Birthdays this week:
February
26th Victor Hugo
27th John Steinbeck,Lawrence Durrell, Irwin Shaw, Longfellow
28th Marcel Pagnol
March
1st Ralph Ellison, Robert Lowell,Oskar Kokoschka
2nd Friedebert Tuglas
3rd Rabbe Enckell
4th Allan Sillitoe, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Also, this week
The first photo-engraving typesetting machine was used in 1954. Henry James
died aged 72. Henry Fielding published the first edition of 'Tom Jones' in
1749. 'Native Son'by Richard Wright is published in 1940. British horror
writer Horace Walpole dies aged 79. In 1930 D.H.Lawrence, poet and writer of
books including 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' dies aged just 44. Phillip K Dick
dies aged 53. Time magazine celebrates it's 80th birthday this week.
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6) Headline News from around the world
COPY PROTECTION EFFORTS MISGUIDED, SAYS LESSIG
Lawmakers will be making a big mistake if they bow to Hollywood pressure
and enact new copyright-protection legislation based on today's Internet
use patterns, says Stanford University professor Lawrence Lessig.
Currently, millions of consumers are downloading music to their PCs because
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http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030220/D7PA785G0.html
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GOOGLE AND THE WORLD OF BLOGGING: YOU ARE WHAT YOU POINT TO
Google's purchase of Pyra, creator of the Blogger software for people who
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UNIVERSITY TESTS CONTROVERSIAL MONITORING SOFTWARE
For several months the University of Wyoming has been testing software
from Audible Magic that allows network operators to see exactly what
files are passing through the university's routers. The software goes
beyond bandwidth-shaping applications, which allocate portions of a
network's capacity to certain types of traffic, and recreates files
that use FTP (file transfer protocol) or the Gnutella technology to
identify the content. The next step, theoretically, is to compare files
passing through the network and block transmission of any that are
copyrighted. That prospect has many up in arms about what critics call
censorship, particularly in a university setting. In a letter to
universities last fall, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said,
"Monitoring the content of communications is fundamentally incompatible
with the mission of educational institutions." Brad Thomas, a network
specialist at the University of Wyoming, noted that he doesn't want to
look at what's being sent across the network, and users don't want
their communications monitored. "But," he said, "it's getting to be
the only way to control our bandwidth."
ZDNet, 20 February 2003
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-985027.html
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MICROSOFT FILES UNFAIR COMPETITION BRIEF AGAINST SUN
In the latest chapter of the ongoing battle between Microsoft and Sun
Microsystems, Microsoft has filed a court brief accusing Sun of
anti-competitive practices and of violating an earlier agreement
between the two. Sun has tried to convince the courts to prevent
Microsoft from distributing its own version of Java, a technology
originally developed by Sun. In July 2001, Microsoft settled a similar
case with Sun. That settlement, according to Microsoft, gives it the
right to use and distribute its own Java Virtual Machine until 2008.
Sun's current case attacks the method for that distribution--Microsoft
offers Sun's Java as an optional download while its own Java is
included with operating systems. Microsoft argues that Sun's complaint
violates the 2001 settlement and that Sun's continued legal action is
designed "to cause competitive injury to Microsoft."
NewsFactor Network, 24 February 2003
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20830.html
{Ooh, pots and kettles I think}
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