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English
What is Art - Lyof N. Tolstoi
Hinduism and India - Govinda Das - (22-04-2010 - first round: David - 11-05: text in utf-8 available for 2nd round proofing - in waiting "sanskrit")
Belgium's Agony - Emile Verhaeren
Nietzsche and Other Exponents of Individualism - Paul Carus
Ecstasy, A Study of Happiness - Louis Couperus (Christine & Andrea)
Old People and the Things That Pass - Louis Couperus
Select Works - Plotinus (translation: Thomas Taylor)
Heather - John Trevana (Second of the Dartmoor Novels)
Granite - John Trevena (Third of the Dartmoor Novels)
Arminel of the West - John Trevena
Bracken - John Trevena
The Miracle of Saint Anthony - Maurice Maeterlinck
Canute the Great, 995-1035 - Laurence M. Larson (R1 - R2 Marc - Andrea - Christine)
An Introduction to Psychology - Wilhelm Wundt
Elements of Folk Psychology - Wilhelm Wundt
Founders of Modern Psychology - Stanley G. Hall
The Risen Sun - Baron Suyematsu
Voltaire - John Morley
The Making of British India - Ramsay Muir
The English Spy, vol. I - Bernard Blackmantle (Illustrations: Robert Cruikshank)
The English Spy, vol. II - Bernard Blackmantle (Illustrations: Robert Cruikshank)
The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah - Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim (Andrea R1 - Christine R2)
The Basis of Morality - Arthur Schopenhauer
Contemporary French Poetry (1912) - translation: Jethro Bithell
Contemporary German Poetry (1909) - translation: Jethro Bithell
Contemporary Belgian Literature - translation: Jethro Bithell
The Plays of E. Verhaeren - translation: Jethro Bithell a.o.
Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck - Jethro Bithell (R1 Andrea - R2 Marc)
Memoirs of a Revolutionist, vol. 1 and 2 by Peter Kropotkin
Russian Literature, Ideals and Realities by Peter Kropotkin
The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom by H.W. Van Loon (R1 Andrea - R2 Marc )
Francis Bacon, Selections with Essays by Macaulay and S.A. Gardiner (OUP 1922)
T.W. Rhys Davids' Buddhist India (R1 Andrea - R2 Marc)
By Proxy, vol. I (R1 Christine) and vol. II by James Payn (R1-R2 Christine)
History of the Plague in London - The Great Fire of London - The Storm - Works Vol. V - Daniel De Foe (R1/R2 Andrea & Christine)
Master Wace - His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest (about 1170) (from the Roman de Rou - translated by Edgar Taylor - 1837)
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist - Alexander Berkman
The Human Slaughterhouse (1913) by Wilhelm Lamszus,
The Journal of a Disappointed Man by W.N.P. Barbellion (introduction H.G. Wells, 1919)
Literary Fables by Tomas de Iriarte
The American Indian (1922) by Clark Wissler
Tour of a German Artist in England by J.D. Passavant, vol.1 and vol. 2
Russia - its People and its Literature and The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin - Emilia Pardo Bazán
Oceana, or England and her Colonies by J.A. Froude
The Frontiersmen by Gustave Aimard (R1 Christine - R2 Camilo)
The Genealogy of Morals by F. Nietzsche
A Family of Noblemen by Mikhail Salnikov.
The Albigenses vol 1 and vol 2 - C.B. Maturin
In cooperation with Girlebooks:
When Patty Went to College - Jean Webster (R1 Amy - R2 Laura)
In the Mountains - Elisabeth (from E. and her German Garden) (available at PG and Girlebooks)
Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther- Elisabeth (from E. and her German Garden) - (done - on PG and Girlebooks)
The Pastor's Wife - Elisabeth (from E. and her German Garden) (available at PG and Girlebooks)
The Doctor's Wife - M.E. Braddon (available on PG and at Girlebooks)
Consequences - E.M. Delafield (availlable at PG and Girlebooks)
Vera - Elisabeth (from E. and her German Garden) (available at PG - 19-11 - and Girlebooks)
Adventures in Rügen - Elisabeth (from E. and her German Garden) (available at PG and Girlebooks.)
French
Charles Demailly - roman - E. et J. de Goncourt
Brun de la Montaigne - Paul Meyer (ed.) - Middle-French romance.
Les Fiançailles by Maurice Maeterlinck (sequel to L'oiseau bleu)
L'oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck (R1- Annemie)
Les villes tentaculaires by Emile Verhaeren
Poèmes, nouvelle série by Emile Verhaeren
Poèmes, IIIe série by Emile Verhaeren
La Pensée de l'Humanité by Léon Tolstoï
Le naturalisme by Emilia Pardo Bazán (R1 Andrea)
Dutch
De onderaardsche reis van Klaas Klim - Lodvik Holberg
Het leven en de lotgevallen van Robinson Crusoe - Vol. II - Daniel De Foe (R1 - Anne)
Het leven en de lotgevallen van Robinson Crusoe - Vol. I - Daniel De Foe (R1 -Anne)
De kinderen van Kapitein Grant (Drie delen: Zuid-Amerika - Australië - Stille Zuidzee) - Jules Verne (R1 Annemie - R2 Anne)
Naklank: gedichten - Willem Bilderdijk
Dionyzos - Louis Couperus
Beschouwingen en kritieken - Lodewijk van Deyssel (will be scanned shortly)
Kritieken - Lodewijk van Deyssel (will be available to work on shortly, after scanning)
Voltaire, Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, Mirabeau in Nederland - Jhr. C.A. van Seypesteyn
De kwael des tyds - Hendrik Conscience
Mensch en menigte in Amerika - Johan Huizinga
Nieuwere literatuurgeschiedenis, deel 1 van Willem Kloos
Nieuwere literatuurgeschiedenis, deel 2 van Willem Kloos
Nieuwere literatuurgeschiedenis, deel 3 van Willem Kloos
Nieuwere literatuurgeschiedenis, deel 4 van Willem Kloos
German
Das Nordlicht - Theodor Däubler (1239 pages - we might split it up)
Kyushu - Träume und Studien aus dem neuen Japan - Lafcadio Hearn
Grundriss der Psychologie - Wilhelm Wundt
Völkerpsychologie-01-01 - Wilhelm Wundt
Völkerpsychologie-01-02 - Wilhelm Wundt
Völkerpsychologie-02-01 - Wilhelm Wundt
Völkerpsychologie-02-02 - Wilhelm Wundt
Visionen der Dämmerung - Oskar Panizza
Visionen, Skizzen und Erzählungen - Oskar Panizza
Spanish
El Bernardo, poema heroyco - tomo 1 , tomo 2 , tomo 3 - Bernardo de Balbuena (R1 Andrea - me too - anyone else? :)
El Diablo Mundo - José de Espronceda
Emilia Pardo Bazán: La cuestion palpitante (Israel F. R1 - Maria P. R2 - thanks!) and La madre naturaleza (R1 Andrea)
Italian
La Mandragola - Nicolo Machiavelli (R1 Marc)
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English
Dead Love and Other Inedited Pieces - Algernon Swinburne
The Conquest of England (From Wace's Poem of the Roman de Rou) (1860) - Sir Alexander Malet (transl.)
The Dramatic Works - Part I (Plays)- Voltaire
The Dramatic Works - Part I, II (Plays) - Voltaire
The Dramatic Works - Part I-II (Plays, Prefaces, Poems) - Voltaire
Gates of Life - Bram Stoker
Kottabos - R.W. Tyrrell
A Short History of the British Commonwealth (2 vols.) - Ramsay Muir
The Cameronians - a Novel - James Grant
The Chronology of Ancient Nations (Arabic Text of the Athár-Ul-Bákiya of Albirûni) by Dr. C. Edward Sachau
Rousseau & Education According to Nature by Thomas Davidson
The New Republic by W.H. Mallock
Oberon. A Poem (From the German of Wieland)-01 by William Sotheby
Oberon. A Poem (From the German of Wieland)-02by William Sotheby
French
Mes Inscriptions - Journal intime - N.E. Rétif de la Bretonne
German
Die Blumen des Bösen - Charles Baudelaire (übersetzt von Stefan George - 1922)
Chronologie orientalischen Völker von Alberuni - Herausgegeben von Dr. C. Eduard Sachau
German and Latin: Carmina Burana
Dutch
De mensch en de dichter Bilderdijk - Isaac da Costa
E-texts, finished and published at PG
A Drake By George! - John Trevena
Het leven der bijen - Maurice Maeterlinck
The New Paul and Virginia by W.H. Mallock
Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel
Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
The Travels and Adventures of James Massey (1733) by Simon Tyssot de Patot
Les voyages et avantures de Jaques Massé (1710) by Simon Tyssot de Patot
War-Workers by E.M. Delafield
In a Glass Darkly, vol. 1, 2 and 3 by J.S. LeFanu
Lost Sir Massingberd, vol 1 and 2 by James Payn
Penelope Brandling, Ariadne in Mantua and Limbo and Other Essays by Vernon Lee
The Black Opal by Katharine S. Prichard (1921)
The Colonization of North America - H.E. Bolton & T.M. Marshall
Three Hills (Poems) by J.C. Squire and C. Baudelaire
Poems and Prose Poems - C. Baudelaire (J. Huneker)
Ormond - C.B. Brown, vol I, II, III
Essays by David Hume
The Cinder Pond by Carroll Watson Rankin
The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire (transl. Cyril Scott)
The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas
Love, Worship and Death by Rennell Rodd
Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf - Rennell Rodd (intr. O. Wilde)
The Gospel of Buddha - Paul Carus (Illustr. Olga Kopetzky)
A Fantasy of Far Japan - Baron Kencho Suyematsu
A Philosophical Dictionary - vol. I - II - III - IV - V- VI - VII - VIII - IX - X - Voltaire.
The Terror - Arthur Machen
Three Philosophical Poets - George Santayana
Voltaire's Romances - Voltaire
The Great Return - Arthur Machen
The Three Impostors - Arthur Machen
Contemporary Belgian Poetry - Jethro Bithell
Arthur Machen - Vince Starrett
Les Rythmes souverains - Émile Verhaeren
The Doctor's Wife - M.E. Braddon (produced together with Girlebooks.com)
A Woman's Experience in the Great War - Louise Mack
Émile Verhaeren - Stefan Zweig
Menotah (A Tale of the Riel Rebellion) - E.G. Henham
A Japanese Boy - Shigemi Shiukichi
Door duisternis tot licht - Raden Adjeng Kartini
The Buddha's Path of Virtue (Dhammapada transl.) - F.L. Woodward
The Character of the British Empire (Essay) - Ramsay Muir
James Ensor - Emile Verhaeren
The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites - Dudley Wright
In the Mountains - Elizabeth von Arnim (produced together with Girlebooks.com)
Abbé Aubain and Mosaics - Prosper Mérimée
Consequences - E.M. Delafield
Thomas Moore - Stephen Gwynn
Mr Skeffington - Elizabeth von Arnim (at PGA)
Dr. Adriaan - Louis Couperus
The White Man's Foot - Grant Allen
Charles Darwin - Grant Allen
Footsteps of Fate - Louis Couperus
The Pioneers - Katharine Prichard
Letters of a Javanese Princess - Raden Adjeng Kartini
Nothing so Strange - James Hilton(10-12 at PGA)
Furze the Cruel - John Trevena
Das Buch der Bilder - R.M. Rilke
The Twilight of the Souls - Louis Couperus
Vera - Elizabeth von Arnim (produced together with Girlebooks.com)
The Betrothal - Maurice Maeterlinck
The Japanese Spirit - Okakura-Yoshisaburo
The Will to Doubt- Alfred H. Lloyd
By Violence - John Trevena(PG of Australia)
Der neuen Gedichte (Anderer Teil) - R.M. Rilke
Neue Gedichte - R.M. Rilke
The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories - E.M. Forster
Die Sonnette an Orpheus - R.M. Rilke - at PG of Australia
Small Souls - Louis Couperus
Erste Gedichte - R.M. Rilke
Poèmes - Emile Verhaeren
Poems - Emile Verhaeren
Sebastian Melmoth - Oscar Wilde
Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen - Elisabeth von Arnim (produced together with Girlebooks.com)
Majesty, A Novel - Louis Couperus
Oscar Wilde, Art and Morality - Stuart Mason (also available at Librivox)
Maxims and Reflections - J.W. von Goethe
Underground Man - Gabriel Tarde
The New Gulliver & Other Stories - Barry Pain
The Guns of Europe - Joseph A. Altsheler
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