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Year: 2007
This Completes - Day: #056/364 | Week: #08 | Month: #02.00
308 days / 44 weeks of the year remaining.
GRAND TOTALS
20,643 [+ 50] PG U.S.
1,482 [+ 5] PG Australia
66 [+ 0] PG Europe 'Unique' | 423 [+ 0] Total (See NOTES)
381 [+ 0] PG PrePrints
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22,572 [+ 55] GRAND TOTAL
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STATISTICS FOR 2007
428 PG U.S.
28 PG Australian
3 PG Europe 'Unique' | 15 Total (See NOTES)
0 PG PrePrints
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459 TOTAL [2007]
13 eBooks REposted to the new filing system.
* 58 new eBooks last week
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*260 new eBooks in January
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* 80 per week in 2006
* 58 per week in 2005
* 78 per week in 2004
* 79 per week in 2003
* 47 per week in 2002
* 24 per week in 2001
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* 346 per month in 2006
* 251 per month in 2005
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The Black Star Passes, by John W Campbell 20707
[Illustrator: Jerome Podwil]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20707 ]
[Files: 20707.txt; 20707-8.txt; 20707-h.htm]
Reisherinneringen in Zuid-Celebes, by L. M. van Klaveren 20706
[Full title: Reisherinneringen van een bestuursambtenaar in
Zuid-Celebes]
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1918]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20706 ]
[Files: 20706-8.txt; 20706-h.htm]
Humoresques, by Tristan Klingsor 20705
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20705 ]
[Files: 20705-8.txt; 20705-h.htm]
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893, by Various 20704
[Editor: Francis Burnand]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20704 ]
[Files: 20704.txt; 20704-8.txt; 20704-h.htm]
Enfances célèbres, by Louise Colet 20703
[Illustrator: Valentin Foulquier]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20703 ]
[Files: 20703-8.txt; 20703-h.htm]
General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, by James MacQueen 20702
[Full title: A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam,
Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts
of the World]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20702 ]
[Files: 20702.txt; 20702-8.txt; 20702-h.htm]
Viamos e não veremos, by Anonymous 20701
[Subtitle: alegoria moral, acompanhada de outras diversas maximas
relativas a nossa liberdade constitucional]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20701 ]
[Files: 20701-8.txt]
Etudes sur la Littérature Française au XIXe siècle, by Alexandre Vinet 20700
[Subtitle: Madame de Staël; Chateaubriand]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/0/20700 ]
[Files: 20700-8.txt; 20700-0.txt]
Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's, by Sophie May 20699
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20699 ]
[Files: 20699.txt; 20699-h.htm]
The Story of Glass, by Sara Ware Bassett 20698
[Illustrator: C.P. Gray]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20698 ]
[Files: 20698.txt; 20698-8.txt; 20698-h.htm]
Prairie Folks, by Hamlin Garland 20697
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20697 ]
[Files: 20697.txt; 20697-h.htm]
Highways & Byways in Sussex, by E.V. Lucas 20696
[Illustrator: Frederick Griggs]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20696 ]
[Files: 20696.txt; 20696-8.txt; 20696-0.txt; 20696-h.htm]
The Spirit of Sweetwater, by Hamlin Garland 20695
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20695 ]
[Files: 20695.txt; 20695-8.txt; 20695-h.htm]
Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation, by Thorstein Veblen 20694
[Full title: An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its
Perpetuation]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20694 ]
[Files: 20694.txt; 20694-8.txt; 20694-h.htm]
The Jungle Baby, by G. E. Farrow 20693
[Illustrator: E. M. Taylor
M. F. Taylor]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20693 ]
[Files: 20693.txt; 20693-h.htm]
Paavo Nissinen, by Gustaf Henrik Mellin 20692
[Subtitle: Kuvaelmia viimeisestä Suomen sodasta]
[Translator: Antti Jalava]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/9/20692 ]
[Files: 20692-8.txt]
The Tory Maid, by Herbert Baird Stimpson 20678
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/7/20678 ]
[Files: 20678.txt; 20678-8.txt; 20678-h.htm]
The Oahu College at the Sandwich Islands, by Punahou School 20669
[Full Author: Trustees of the Punahou School and Oahu College]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20669 ]
[Files: 20669.txt; 20669-h.htm]
Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, by R.V. Russell 20668
[Full title: The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India
- Volume IV of IV]
[Subtitle: Kumhar-Yemkala]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20668 ]
[Files: 20668.txt; 20668-8.txt; 20668-h.htm]
A Canyon Voyage, by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh 20667
[Subtitle: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the
Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations
on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20667 ]
[Files: 20667.txt; 20667-8.txt; 20667-h.htm]
The Debs Decision, by Scott Nearing 20666
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20666 ]
[Files: 20666.txt; 20666-8.txt; 20666-h.htm]
De Nederlandsche Nationale Kleederdrachten, by Th. Molkenboer 20665
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20665 ]
[Files: 20665-8.txt; 20665-h.htm]
Traduction nouvelle, Tome II, by Aristophane 20664
[Subtitle: Les Oiseaux; Lysistrata; Les Thesmophoriazouses ou les
femmes aux Fêtes de Dèmètèr; Les Grenouilles; Les
Ekklèsiazouses ou l'Assemblée des Femmes; Ploutos]
[Commentator: Sully Prudhomme]
[Translator: Eugène Talbot]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20664 ]
[Files: 20664-8.txt; 20664-h.htm]
The American Practical Brewer and Tanner, by Joseph Coppinger 20663
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20663 ]
[Files: 20663.txt; 20663-8.txt; 20663-h.htm]
The Measurement of Intelligence, by Lewis Madison Terman 20662
[Subtitle: An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the
Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon
Intelligence Scale]
[Editor: Ellwood P. Cubberley]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20662 ]
[Files: 20662.txt; 20662-8.txt; 20662-h.htm]
The Romance of an Old Fool, by Roswell Field 20661
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20661 ]
[Files: 20661.txt; 20661-8.txt; 20661-h.htm]
The Faith of Islam, by Edward Sell 20660
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/6/20660 ]
[Files: 20660.txt; 20660-8.txt; 20660-h.htm]
Ministry of Disturbance, by Henry Beam Piper 20659
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20659 ]
[Files: 20659.txt; 20659-8.txt; 20659-h.htm]
En Pere i altres contes, by Claudi Planas i Font 20658
[Language: Catalan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20658 ]
[Files: 20658-8.txt]
Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb 20657
[Illustrator: Arthur Rackham]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20657 ]
[Files: 20657.txt; 20657-8.txt; 20657-h.htm]
Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving, by Irving 20656
[Full author: Washington Irving]
[Illustrator: R. Caldecott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20656 ]
[Files: 20656.txt; 20656-8.txt; 20656-h.htm]
The Emma Gees, by Herbert Wes McBride 20655
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20655 ]
[Files: 20655.txt; 20655-8.txt; 20655-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20051015214708mcbride]
Fantasia of the Unconscious, by D. H. Lawrence 20654
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20654 ]
[Files: 20654.txt; 20654-8.txt; 20654-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: gbn0407040915]
Checking the Waste, by Mary Huston Gregory 20653
[Subtitle: A Study in Conservation]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20653 ]
[Files: 20653.txt; 20653-8.txt; 20653-h.htm]
Ring O' Roses, by Anonymous 20652
[Subtitle: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book]
[Illustrator: L. Leslie Brooke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20652 ]
[Files: 20652.txt; 20652-h.htm]
A Jolly Fellowship, by Frank R. Stockton 20651
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20651 ]
[Files: 20651.txt; 20651-8.txt; 20651-h.htm]
Left End Edwards, by Ralph Henry Barbour 20650
[Illustrator: Charles M. Relyea]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/5/20650 ]
[Files: 20650.txt; 20650-8.txt; 20650-h.htm]
Oomphel in the Sky, by Henry Beam Piper 20649
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20649 ]
[Files: 20649.txt; 20649-8.txt; 20649-h.htm]
The De Coverley Papers, by Joseph Addison and Others 20648
[Subtitle: From 'The Spectator']
[Editor: Joseph H. Meek]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20648 ]
[Files: 20648.txt; 20648-8.txt; 20648-h.htm]
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862, by Various 20647
[Subtitle: Devoted to Literature and National Policy.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20647 ]
[Files: 20647.txt; 20647-8.txt; 20647-h.htm]
The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2), by Alphonse Daudet 20646
[Commentator: Brander Matthews]
[Translator: George Burnham Ives]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20646 ]
[Files: 20646.txt; 20646-8.txt; 20646-h.htm]
The Family and it's Members, by Anna Garlin Spencer 20645
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20645 ]
[Files: 20645.txt; 20645-8.txt; 20645-h.htm]
The Book of Hallowe'en, by Ruth Edna Kelley 20644
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20644 ]
[Files: 20644.txt; 20644-8.txt; 20644-h.htm]
The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin, by Turner 20643
[Full author: Frederick Jackson Turner]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20643 ]
[Files: 20643.txt; 20643-8.txt; 20643-h.htm]
The Assemble of Goddes, by Anonymous 20642
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20642 ]
[Files: 20642-8.txt; 20642-h.htm]
Through Three Campaigns, by G. A. Henty 20641
[Subtitle: A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti]
[Illustrator: Wal Paget]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20641 ]
[Files: 20641.txt; 20641-h.htm]
Le Râmâyana - tome second, by Valmiky 20640
[Subtitle: Poème sanscrit de Valmiky]
[Translator: Hippolyte Fauche]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/4/20640 ]
[Files: 20640-8.txt; 20640-0.txt; 20640-h.htm]
La gran rivale, by Luigi Gualdo 20639
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/3/20639 ]
[Files: 20639-8.txt]
From Plotzk to Boston, by Mary Antin 20638
[Commentator: Israel Zangwill]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/3/20638 ]
[Files: 20638.txt; 20638-8.txt; 20638-h.htm]
Liederkranz, by Ulrich von Schlippenbach 20637
[Subtitle: Dem Andenken der verstorbenen Frau Herzogin Dorothea
von Kurland geweiht]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/6/3/20637 ]
[Files: 20637-8.txt; 20637-h.htm]
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Feb 2007 Smothered in Corpses, Ernest Bramah [070029xx.xxx] 1482A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700291.txt or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700291h.html
Feb 2007 The Winter Murder Case, S S Van Dine [070028xx.xxx] 1481A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700281.txt or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700281h.html
Feb 2007 The Valley of Ghosts, Edgar Wallace [070027xx.xxx] 1480A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700271.txt or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700271h.html
Feb 2007 And Now Tomorrow, Rachel Field [070026xx.xxx] 1479A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700261.txt or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700261h.html
Feb 2007 The Woman Ayisha, Talbot Mundy [070025xx.xxx] 1478A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700251.txt or .zip
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