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D. Williams] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21639 ] [Files: 21639.txt; 21639-8.txt; 21639-h.htm] Tarrano the Conqueror, by Raymond King Cummings 21638 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21638 ] [Files: 21638.txt; 21638-8.txt; 21638-h.htm] The Dictator, by Justin McCarthy 21637 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21637 ] [Files: 21637.txt; 21637-8.txt; 21637-h.htm; ] [Clearance: gbn0404202208] Bluff Crag, by Mrs. George Cupples 21636 [Subtitle: or, A Good Word Costs Nothing] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21636 ] [Files: 21636.txt; 21636-h.htm; ] [Clearance: 20061009190048cupples] Prudence Says So, by Ethel Hueston 21635 [Ill.: Arthur William Brown] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21635 ] [Files: 21635.txt; 21635-h.htm; ] [Clearance: 20051229162409hueston] The Life and Adventures of Nat Love, by Nat Love 21634 [Subtitle: Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick"] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21634 ] [Files: 21634.txt; 21634-h.htm] The Man of the Desert, by Grace Livingston Hill 21633 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21633 ] [Files: 21633.txt; 21633-8.txt; 21633-h.htm] Fame and Fortune, by Horatio Alger, Jr. 21632 [Subtitle: or, The Progress of Richard Hunter] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21632 ] [Files: 21632.txt; 21632-8.txt; 21632-h.htm] Kotka-Wappu, by Wilhelmine von Hillern 21631 [Subtitle: Kertomus Tyrolin vuoristosta] [Translator: Elisabeth Löfgren] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21631 ] [Files: 21631-8.txt] Bibliomania in the Middle Ages, by Frederick Somner Merryweather 21630 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/3/21630 ] [Files: 21630.txt; 21630-8.txt; 21630-h.htm] The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. II - Rome, by Various 21629 [Full title: The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome] [Editor: Henry Cabot Lodge and Francis W. Halsey] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21629 ] [Files: 21629.txt; 21629-8.txt; 21629-h.htm] Imaginary Conversations and Poems, by Walter Savage Landor 21628 [Subtitle: A Selection] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21628 ] [Files: 21628.txt; 21628-8.txt; 21628-h.htm] Gambler's World, by John Keith Laumer 21627 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21627 ] [Files: 21627.txt; 21627-h.htm] Adrift in the Wilds, by Edward S. Ellis 21626 [Subtitle: or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21626 ] [Files: 21626.txt; 21626-8.txt; 21626-h.htm] Play the Game!, by Ruth Comfort Mitchell 21625 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21625 ] [Files: 21625.txt; 21625-8.txt; 21625-h.htm] Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography, by George William Erskine Russell 21624 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21624 ] [Files: 21624.txt; 21624-8.txt; 21624-h.htm] Usury, by Calvin Elliott 21623 [Subtitle: A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21623 ] [Files: 21623.txt; 21623-8.txt; 21623-h.htm] Architects of Fate, by Orison Swett Marden 21622 [Subtitle: or, Steps to Success and Power] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21622 ] [Files: 21622.txt; 21622-8.txt; 21622-h.htm] The Story of Garfield, by William G. Rutherford 21621 [Subtitle: Farm-boy, Soldier, and President] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21621 ] [Files: 21621.txt; 21621-h.htm] The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, by Henry R. Schoolcraft 21620 [Full title: The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/2/21620 ] [Files: 21620.txt; 21620-8.txt; 21620-h.htm] The Tale of Nimble Deer, by Arthur Scott Bailey 21619 [Subtitle: Sleepy-Time Tales] [Illustrator: Harry L. Smith] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21619 ] [Files: 21619.txt; 21619-h.htm] The Aztec Treasure-House, by Thomas Allibone Janvier 21618 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21618 ] [Files: 21618.txt; 21618-8.txt; 21618-h.htm] That Affair Next Door, by Anna Katharine Green 21617 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21617 ] [Files: 21617.txt; 21617-8.txt; 21617-h.htm] The Ape, the Idiot & Other People, by W. C. Morrow 21616 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21616 ] [Files: 21616.txt; 21616-8.txt; 21616-h.htm] Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3), by Isaac D'Israeli 21615 [Editor: The Earl Of Beaconsfield] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21615 ] [Files: 21615.txt; 21615-8.txt; 21615-h.htm] For the Temple, by G. A. Henty 21614 [Subtitle: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21614 ] [Files: 21614.txt; 21614-h.htm] On the Stairs, by Henry B. Fuller 21613 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21613 ] [Files: 21613.txt; 21613-8.txt; 21613-h.htm] A Child of the Glens, by Edward Newenham Hoare 21612 [Subtitle: or, Elsie's Fortune] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21612 ] [Files: 21612.txt; 21612-8.txt; 21612-h.htm] The Runaway, by Unknown 21611 [Subtitle: The Adventures of Rodney Roverton] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21611 ] [Files: 21611.txt; 21611-h.htm] The Secret of the Creation, by Howard D. Pollyen 21610 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/1/21610 ] [Files: 21610.txt; 21610-h.htm] Society, by Henry Kalloch Rowe 21609 [Subtitle: Its Origin and Development] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/0/21609 ] [Files: 21609.txt; 21609-8.txt; 21609-h.htm] The Dawn of Reason, by James Weir 21608 [Subtitle: or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/0/21608 ] [Files: 21608.txt; 21608-8.txt; 21608-0.txt; 21608-h.htm] Adrift in the Ice-Fields, by Charles W. Hall 21607 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/0/21607 ] [Files: 21607.txt; 21607-8.txt; 21607-0.txt; 21607-h.htm] Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory, by George Saintsbury 21600 [Subtitle: (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/6/0/21600 ] [Files: 21600.txt; 21600-8.txt; 21600-h.htm] Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant, by Richard Barnum 21599 [Subtitle: His Many Adventures] [Illustrator: Harriet H. Tooker] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21599 ] [Files: 21599.txt; 21599-h.htm] Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893,by Various 21598 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21598 ] [Files: 21598.txt; 21598-8.txt; 21598-h.htm] Jersey Street and Jersey Lane, by H. C. Bunner 21597 [Subtitle: Urban and Suburban Sketches] [Illustrator: A. B. Frost B. West Clinedinst Irving R. Wiles Kenneth Frazier] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21597 ] [Files: 21597.txt; 21597-8.txt; 21597-h.htm] American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890,by Various 21596 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21596 ] [Files: 21596.txt; 21596-8.txt; 21596-h.htm] American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 2, February, 1896, by Various 21595 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21595 ] [Files: 21595.txt; 21595-8.txt; 21595-h.htm] Fred Fenton on the Crew, by Allen Chapman 21594 [Subtitle: or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21594 ] [Files: 21594.txt; 21594-8.txt; 21594-h.htm] Das Urteil, by Franz Kafka 21593 [Subtitle: Eine Geschichte] [Language: German] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21593 ] [Files: 21593-8.txt; 21593-0.txt; 21593-h.htm] The Art of Making Whiskey, by Anthony Boucherie 21592 [Subtitle: So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain] [Translator: C. M.] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21592 ] [Files: 21592.txt; 21592-8.txt; 21592-h.htm] The Harbours of England, by John Ruskin 21591 [Illustrator: J. M. W. Turner] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21591 ] [Files: 21591.txt; 21591-8.txt; 21591-h.htm] Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890, by Various 21590 [Editor: Francis Burnand] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/9/21590 ] [Files: 21590.txt; 21590-8.txt; 21590-h.htm] Audio: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 21589 [Audio reading by Kristin Luoma ] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/8/21589 ] [Files: 21589-readme.txt; 21589-index.html; 21589-mp3.mp3; 21589-ogg.ogg; 21589-m4b.m4b; 21589-spx.spx ] Audio: The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame 21588 [Audio reading by Mark F. Smith ] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/8/21588 ] [Files: 21588-readme.txt; 21588-index.html; 21588-mp3.mp3; 21588-ogg.ogg; 21588-m4b.m4b; 21588-spx.spx ] Audio: The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 21587 [Audio reading by Carl Vonnoh, III ] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/8/21587 ] [Files: 21587-readme.txt; 21587-index.html; 21587-mp3.mp3; 21587-ogg.ogg; 21587-m4b.m4b; 21587-spx.spx ] Audio: The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle 21586 [Audio reading by Robin Cotter ] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/8/21586 ] [Files: 21586-readme.txt; 21586-index.html; 21586-mp3.mp3; 21586-ogg.ogg; 21586-m4b.m4b; 21586-spx.spx ] Audio: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 21585 [Audio reading by Kara Shallenberg ] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/8/21585 ] [Files: 21585-readme.txt; 21585-index.html; 21585-mp3.mp3; 21585-ogg.ogg; 21585-m4b.m4b; 21585-spx.spx ] Audio: The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church 21584 [Audio reading by Lizzie Driver ] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/8/21584 ] [Files: 21584-readme.txt; 21584-index.html; 21584-mp3.mp3; 21584-ogg.ogg; 21584-m4b.m4b; 21584-spx.spx ] ******************** This is a new title but the eBook number was used previously for another (duplicate) posting. This will not be included in the NEW count. Problems of Immanence, by J. Warschauer 21496 [Subtitle: Studies Critical and Constructive] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/4/9/21496 ] [Files: 21496.txt; 21496-8.txt] ---------[ 0 NEW PG AUSTRALIA EBOOK(S) ]-------------------------------------- None this week. For more information about Project Gutenberg of Australia, including accessing those eBooks from outside of Australia, please visit: http://gutenberg.net.au ---------[ 0 NEW PG EUROPE 'UNIQUE' EBOOK(S) ]-------------------------------- None this week. This listing is for PG-EU eBooks that are not U.S. copyright clearable and so are posted to the PG-EU site only. 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