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8-Nov-2024
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The following are mini-reviews of books I read in 2024.
Also see the full index of books I've read.

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Believe You Me!

by Nina Wilcox Putnam (1888-1962) (Wikipedia) (pub. 1919)

Also see "What's With the Word Order in 'Believe You Me'?", by Arika Okrent at Mental Floss.

Project Gutenberg eBook: Believe You Me!

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The Secret of Wyvern Towers

by T. W. Speight (1830-1915) (Victorian Fiction Database) (pub. 1898)

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Project Gutenberg eBook: The Secret of Wyvern Towers

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A Dead Reckoning

by T. W. Speight (1830-1915) (Victorian Fiction Database) (pub. 1889)

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Project Gutenberg eBook: A Dead Reckoning

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The Spanish Galleon

by Charles Sumner Seeley (1844-1924) (pseudonym of John William Munday) (pub. 1891)

"Being an Account of a Search for Sunken Treasure in the Caribbean Sea"

Project Gutenberg eBook: The Spanish Galleon

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The Fortieth Door

by Mary Hastings Bradley (1882-1976) (Wikipedia) (pub. 1920)

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Word of the book: dot - dowry (Wiktionary).

So there would be certain technicalities that must be considered before any marriage can be arranged, the signature of the French guardian, the settlement of the dot —this inheritance, for instance — all mere formalities but involving a little delay.

Project Gutenberg eBook: The Fortieth Door

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