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Leiðarvísir í ástamálum, by Ingimundur Sveinsson 22139
[Subtitle: I. Karlmenn]
[Language: Icelandic]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/3/22139 ]
[Files: 22139-8.txt; 22139-0.txt; 22139-h.htm]
The volume number has been added to all files.
The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Vol. 1, by John Charles Dent 22131
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/3/22131 ]
[Files: 22131.txt; 22131-8.txt; 22131-h.htm]
The following list of updates made during July were not prevoiously
mentioned. Thanks to Sankar Viswanathan for forwarding these onto me.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights 19179
by Miller, Kelly
The Critique of Pure Reason by Kant, Immanuel 4280
The Scotch Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch 4086
The Dutch Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch 4012
The Eskimo Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch 3774
The Swiss Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch 3497
The Japanese Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch 3496
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Sidney, Margaret 2770
Legends of the Jews, the Volume 1 by Ginzberg, Louis 1493
The Virginian, Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen 1298
The Bobbsey Twins at School by Hope, Laura Lee 737
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie 583
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The Comedies of Terence, by Publius Terentius Afer, (AKA) Terence 22188
[Subtitle: Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes]
[Translator: Henry Thomas Riley]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/8/22188 ]
[Files: 22188.txt; 22188-8.txt; 22188-0.txt; 22188-h.htm]
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452, by Various 22187
[Subtitle: Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852]
[Editor: William Chambers and Robert Chambers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/8/22187 ]
[Files: 22187.txt; 22187-8.txt; 22187-h.htm]
For the Liberty of Texas, by Edward Stratemeyer 22186
[Illustrator: Louis Meynelle]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/8/22186 ]
[Files: 22186.txt; 22186-8.txt; 22186-h.htm]
Sonnie-Boy's People, by James B. Connolly 22185
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/8/22185 ]
[Files: 22185.txt; 22185-8.txt; 22185-h.htm]
More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme, by Ada M. Marzials 22184
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/2/1/8/22184 ]
[Files: 22184.txt; 22184-h.htm]
Wilton School, by Fred E. Weatherly 22183
[Subtitle: or, Harry Campbell's Revenge]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/2/1/8/22183 ]
[Files: 22183.txt; 22183-8.txt; 22183-h.htm]
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X), by Various 22182
[Full title: The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X),
Great Britain and Ireland III]
[Editor: Henry Cabot Lodge and Francis W. Halsey]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/8/22182 ]
[Files: 22182.txt; 22182-8.txt; 22182-h.htm]
The Maid and the Magpie, by Charles Moreton 22181
[Subtitle: An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts]
[Anyone interested in lovely illustrations should take a look at this.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/8/22181 ]
[Files: 22181.txt; 22181-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20070716114745moreton]
Prairie Flowers, by James B. Hendryx 22180
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/8/22180 ]
[Files: 22180.txt; 22180-8.txt; 22180-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20061106213841hendryx]
Old Rail Fence Corners, by Various 22179
[Subtitle: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History]
[Editor: Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22179 ]
[Files: 22179.txt; 22179-h.htm]
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451, by Various 22178
[Subtitle: Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852]
[Editor: William Chambers
Robert Chambers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22178 ]
[Files: 22178.txt; 22178-8.txt; 22178-h.htm]
Morality as a Religion, by W. R. Washington Sullivan 22177
[Subtitle: An exposition of some first principles]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/2/1/7/22177 ]
[Files: 22177.txt; 22177-8.txt]
The Winged Men of Orcon, by David R. Sparks 22176
[Subtitle: A Complete Novelette]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22176 ]
[Files: 22176.txt; 22176-8.txt; 22176-h.htm]
Stories from the Ballads, by Mary MacGregor 22175
[Subtitle: Told to the Children]
[Illustrator: Katharine Cameron]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22175 ]
[Files: 22175.txt; 22175-h.htm]
Andrew Melville, by William Morison 22174
[Subtitle: Famous Scots Series]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22174 ]
[Files: 22174.txt; 22174-8.txt; 22174-h.htm]
The Grell Mystery, by Frank Froest 22173
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22173 ]
[Files: 22173.txt; 22173-8.txt; 22173-0.txt; 22173-h.htm]
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844, by Various 22172
[Subtitle: Volume 23, Number 5]
[Editor: Lewis Gaylord Clark]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22172 ]
[Files: 22172.txt; 22172-8.txt; 22172-h.htm]
The Radiant Shell, by Paul Ernst 22171
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22171 ]
[Files: 22171.txt; 22171-h.htm]
Five Lectures on Blindness, by Kate M. Foley 22170
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/7/22170 ]
[Files: 22170.txt; 22170-h.htm]
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs, by Lane-Poole and Kelley 22169
[Full author: Stanley Lane-Poole and Lieut. J. D. Jerrold Kelley]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22169 ]
[Files: 22169.txt; 22169-8.txt; 22169-0.txt; 22169-h.htm]
The Golden Spears, by Edmund Leamy 22168
[Subtitle: And Other Fairy Tales]
[Illustrator: Corinne Turner]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22168 ]
[Files: 22168.txt; 22168-8.txt; 22168-h.htm]
C. F. Gellerts Sämmtliche Schriften, by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert 22167
[Subtitle: Zweyter Theil]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22167 ]
[Files: 22167-8.txt; 22167-h.htm]
Slave Narratives: Georgia, Part 2, by Work Projects Administration 22166
[Full title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the
United States]
[Subtitle: From Interviews with Former Slaves
Georgia Narratives, Part 2]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22166 ]
[Files: 22166.txt; 22166-8.txt; 22166-h.htm]
My Studio Neighbors, by William Hamilton Gibson 22165
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22165 ]
[Files: 22165.txt; 22165-8.txt; 22165-h.htm]
A Modern Tomboy, by L. T. Meade 22164
[Subtitle: A Story for Girls]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22164 ]
[Files: 22164.txt; 22164-8.txt; 22164-h.htm]
Rover Boys on the Farm, by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer) 22163
[Subtitle: or Last Days at Putnam Hall]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22163 ]
[Files: 22163.txt; 22163-8.txt; 22163-h.htm]
Children of the Old Testament, by Anonymous 22162
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/2/1/6/22162 ]
[Files: 22162.txt; 22162-h.htm]
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450, by Various 22161
[Subtitle: Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852]
[Editor: William Chambers and Robert Chambers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/6/22161 ]
[Files: 22161.txt; 22161-8.txt; 22161-h.htm]
Studien und Plaudereien, by Sigmon Stern 22160
[Subtitle: First Series ]
[Language: German ]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/2/1/6/22160 ]
[Files: 22160-8.txt; 22160-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20050124094255stern ]
Gespenster, by Henrik Ibsen 22159
[Subtitle: Ein Familiendrama in drei Aufzügen ]
[Translator: M. von Borch ]
[Language: German ]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/2/1/5/22159 ]
[Files: 22159-8.txt; 22159-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20061230115841ibsen ]
The Lure of the Mask, by Harold MacGrath 22158
[Illustrator: Harrison Fisher and Karl Anderson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22158 ]
[Files: 22158.txt; 22158-8.txt; 22158-h.htm]
Lectures on Stellar Statistics, by Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier 22157
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22157 ]
[Files: 22157.txt; 22157-8.txt; 22157-0.txt; 22157-h.htm]
The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men, by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler 22156
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22156 ]
[Files: 22156.txt; 22156-8.txt; 22156-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20060705025913roltwheele]
The Expressman and the Detective, by Allan Pinkerton 22155
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22155 ]
[Files: 22155.txt; 22155-8.txt; 22155-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20060810190113pinkerton]
Creatures of Vibration, by Harl Vincent 22154
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22154 ]
[Files: 22154.txt; 22154-h.htm]
Pagan and Christian Rome, by Rodolfo Lanciani 22153
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22153 ]
[Files: 22153.txt; 22153-8.txt; 22153-0.txt; 22153-h.htm]
Possessed, by Cleveland Moffett 22152
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22152 ]
[Files: 22152.txt; 22152-8.txt; 22152-h.htm]
Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful, Martyr and Bullinger 22151
[Full title: A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the
Unfaithful]
[Full author: Peter Martyr and Henry Bullinger]
[Subtitle: A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the
Unfaithful by Peter Martyr; Wherunto is Added A Sermon
made of the Confessing of Christ and His Gospel and of the
Denying of the same, by Henry Bullinger]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22151 ]
[Files: 22151.txt; 22151-0.txt; 22151-h.htm]
The Theories of Darwin, by Rudolf Schmid 22150
[Full title: The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy,
Religion, and Morality]
[Translator: G. A. Zimmermann]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/5/22150 ]
[Files: 22150.txt; 22150-8.txt; 22150-h.htm]
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921, by Various 22149
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22149 ]
[Files: 22149.txt; 22149-8.txt; 22149-h.htm]
The Lord's Dealings with George Müller, by George Müller 22148
[Full title: A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George
Müller]
[Subtitle: Written by Himself, Third Part]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22148 ]
[Files: 22148.txt; 22148-8.txt]
Peter the Hermit, by Daniel A. Goodsell 22147
[Subtitle: A Tale of Enthusiasm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22147 ]
[Files: 22147.txt; 22147-8.txt; 22147-h.htm]
De Turkey and De Law, by Zora Neale Hurston 22146
[Subtitle: A Comedy in Three Acts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22146 ]
[Files: 22146.txt; 22146-8.txt]
A Book of Burlesques, by H. L. Mencken 22145
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22145 ]
[Files: 22145.txt; 22145-8.txt; 22145-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20050605123544mencken]
Good Old Anna, by Marie Belloc Lowndes 22144
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22144 ]
[Files: 22144.txt; 22144-8.txt; 22144-h.htm]
The Panama Canal Conflict, by Lassa Oppenheim 22143
[Full title: The Panama Canal Conflict between Great Britain and the
United States of America]
[Subtitle: A Study]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22143 ]
[Files: 22143.txt; 22143-8.txt; 22143-h.htm]
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V., by Various 22142
[Subtitle: The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22142 ]
[Files: 22142.txt; 22142-8.txt; 22142-h.htm]
Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn 22141
[Author: George Tybout Purves]
[Author: Address at the funeral of Dr. Purves by F. L. Patton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22141 ]
[Files: 22141.txt; 22141-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20060220153336purves]
The Wrong Woman, by Charles D. Stewart 22140
[Ill.: Harold M. Brett]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/4/22140 ]
[Files: 22140.txt; 22140-8.txt; 22140-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20070615150514stewart]
Bessie Costrell, by Mrs. Humphry Ward 22128
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/2/1/2/22128 ]
[Files: 22128.txt]
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Aug 2007 Quintus Servinton, Henry Savery [070097xx.xxx] 1550A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700971.txt or .zip
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700971h.html
Aug 2007 Kipps, H G Wells [070096xx.xxx] 1549A
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700961.txt or .zip
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