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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Slant Book + +Author: Peter Newell + +Release Date: December 8, 2005 [EBook #17254] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SLANT BOOK *** + + + + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. + + + + + + +</pre> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align='left'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 208px;"> +<a href="images/cover.jpg"></a> +<img src="images/cover-th.jpg" width="208" height="314" alt="Front Cover" title="Front Cover" /> +</div></td><td align='right'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 209px;"> +<a href="images/back.jpg"></a> +<img src="images/back-th.jpg" width="209" height="314" alt="Back Cover" title="Back Cover" /> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 511px;"> +<img src="images/title.jpg" width="511" height="804" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + +<h1>THE SLANT BOOK</h1> +<h2>By PETER NEWELL</h2> + +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align='left'><p>This uphill work is slow, indeed,<br /> +But down the slant—ah! note the speed!</p></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + + +<p class="center">HARPER & BROTHERS<br /> +NEW YORK +</p> + +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + +<p class="center">Copyright 1910, by Harper & Brothers<br /> +Patented September 20, 1910<br /> +Published November, 1910<br /> +Printed in the United States of America<br /> +</p> +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + + +<p class="tnote"> +The original book is printed and bound so that alternating pages +(and the text on those pages) are at a 15 degree incline or decline.</p> +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + + + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/intro.jpg" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +Where Bobby lives there is a hill—<br /> +A hill so steep and high,<br /> +'Twould fill the bill for Jack and Jill<br /> +Their famous act to try<br /> +<br /> +Once Bobby's Go-cart broke away<br /> +And down this hill it kited.<br /> +The careless Nurse screamed in dismay<br /> +But Bobby was delighted<br /> +<br /> +He clapped his hands, in manner rude,<br /> +And laughed in high elation—<br /> +While, close behind, the Nurse pursued<br /> +In hopeless consternation<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 521px;"> +<img src="images/i001.jpg" width="521" height="800" +alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +An Officer slid off the lid<br /> +As Bobby hove in sight,<br /> +And bellowed out, "You're scorchin', kid—<br /> +I'll run you in all right!"<br /> +<br /> +But down the Go-cart swiftly sped<br /> +And smashed that Cop completely,<br /> +And as he sailed o'er Bobby's head<br /> +Bob snipped a button neatly!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 505px;"> +<img src="images/i002.jpg" width="505" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A funny Son of sunny Greece<br /> +Was standing near the curb,<br /> +Beside his push-cart, wrapped in peace,<br /> +That naught could well disturb<br /> +<br /> +But all at once he got a shock—<br /> +The Go-cart speeding down,<br /> +Collided with his fancy stock<br /> +And littered up the town!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 518px;"> +<img src="images/i003.jpg" width="518" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'><p> +The runaway then swerved a bit<br /> +And snapped a Hydrant, short;<br /> +Which accident proved quite a hit<br /> +Of rather novel sort<br /> +<br /> +The Water spouted in a jet<br /> +As much as ten feet high,<br /> +And all were soaked and nearly choked<br /> +Who chanced to be nearby!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 514px;"> +<img src="images/i004.jpg" width="514" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A farmer's wife, Miss' Angy Moore,<br /> +Was trudging up the grade.<br /> +A basketful of eggs she bore<br /> +To barter with in trade<br /> +<br /> +The Go-cart and the Lady met<br /> +(Informally, no doubt)<br /> +And made a sort of omelette<br /> +And spread it round about!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 512px;"> +<img src="images/i005.jpg" width="512" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A Painter on a ladder perched,<br /> +Was working at his calling—<br /> +Against its foot the Go-cart lurched<br /> +And sent the fellow sprawling<br /> +<br /> +His pot of paint came tumbling down<br /> +And wrong side up, it settled<br /> +About a Chappie's flaxen crown—<br /> +Oh, my! but he was nettled!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i006.jpg" width="513" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A German Band across the street<br /> +Its way was slowly wending,<br /> +Which was a movement indiscreet,<br /> +The way that things were tending<br /> +<br /> +The Go-cart struck the bass drum square,<br /> +And passed completely through it.<br /> +The Drummer madly tore his hair<br /> +And said, "Vy did you do it?"<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i007.jpg" width="513" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +Some Workingmen were putting in<br /> +A heavy plate-glass front.<br /> +The Go-cart then came rushing in<br /> +And did its little stunt<br /> +<br /> +It smashed to bits a crystal pane<br /> +Two sweating men were bearing,<br /> +And sped on down the slanting plane<br /> +And left them mad and swearing!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 506px;"> +<img src="images/i008.jpg" width="506" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +An automobile big and brown<br /> +Was chugging up the hill,<br /> +And met the Go-cart plunging down<br /> +With speed that boded ill<br /> +<br /> +At once there rose a noise and din<br /> +Of people in dismay.<br /> +A Sandwich-man then butted in<br /> +And opened up a way!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 512px;"> +<img src="images/i009.jpg" width="512" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A Lad was rushing with a Hat<br /> +Some Lady had been buying—<br /> +The Go-cart caught—and laid him flat,<br /> +And sent the hat-box flying<br /> +<br /> +The Hat fell out and settled down<br /> +Upon our Bobby's head.<br /> +"Say, I'm the swellest kid in town!"<br /> +The precious rascal said<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i010.jpg" width="513" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A Newsboy next was somehow hit—<br /> +The Go-cart, swift and dextrous,<br /> +Contrived to muss him up a bit<br /> +And fill the air with extras<br /> +<br /> +One copy Bobby neatly scooped,<br /> +And saw this wild display,<br /> +In type so bold it fairly whooped:<br /> +"A GO-CART BREAKS AWAY!"<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 518px;"> +<img src="images/i011.jpg" width="518" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +Then as the Go-cart speeded by,<br /> +A Bulldog, quite pugnacious,<br /> +Seized on the handle on the fly<br /> +And clung with grip tenacious<br /> +<br /> +The Go-cart's speed was so increased<br /> +The Dog streamed out behind it,<br /> +And Bobby turned to pet the beast<br /> +Which didn't seem to mind it!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i012.jpg" width="513" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +Perambulating down the street<br /> +Was Miss Lucile O'Grady—<br /> +The Go-cart knocked her off her feet<br /> +And took on board the Lady<br /> +<br /> +"Your fare!" said Bobby, with a shout,<br /> +One chubby hand extending.<br /> +But Miss O'Grady tumbled out<br /> +With shrieks the heavens rending<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i013.jpg" width="513" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A Herder up the weary grade<br /> +A yearling Calf was leading.<br /> +The creature was a stubborn jade<br /> +And lunged about, unheeding<br /> +<br /> +The Go-cart caught the rope midway<br /> +Between the Calf and Herder,<br /> +And both fell in behind the shay<br /> +With cries of "Ba-a!" and "Murder!"<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 511px;"> +<img src="images/i014.jpg" width="511" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +Two Chappies at a tennis meet<br /> +Were battling fast and hard—<br /> +The Go-cart skidded off the street<br /> +And shot across the yard<br /> +<br /> +The game was "forty all," but then<br /> +It didn't end that day—<br /> +The Go-cart dashed into the net<br /> +And carried it away!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 510px;"> +<img src="images/i015.jpg" width="510" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +On came the Go-cart down the grade<br /> +(The town was now behind it)<br /> +And ran into an orchard's shade<br /> +Where Providence resigned it!<br /> +<br /> +But then it only grazed a tree<br /> +And set it all a-shiver;<br /> +The ripened fruit fell merrily<br /> +And likewise Sammy Sliver!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 505px;"> +<img src="images/i016.jpg" width="505" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +Then through a Watermelon patch<br /> +This awful cart descended,<br /> +And split the melons by the batch—<br /> +The Farmer was offended<br /> +<br /> +And tried to stop its wild career,<br /> +Which was a silly notion—<br /> +It passed him promptly to the rear<br /> +With quite a rapid motion!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 510px;"> +<img src="images/i017.jpg" width="510" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A Picnic Party on the green<br /> +Were seated at their lunch—<br /> +The Go-cart dashed upon the scene<br /> +And through the happy bunch!<br /> +<br /> +Sardines and pickles, ham and cake,<br /> +Were jumbled in a mess,<br /> +Then straightway rose these Picnickers<br /> +And shouted for redress!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 505px;"> +<img src="images/i018.jpg" width="505" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +An Artist sketching on the slope<br /> +A lively air was humming,<br /> +And so absorbed was he, he failed<br /> +To note the Go-cart coming<br /> +<br /> +A crash! The circumambient air<br /> +Was filled with miscellany,<br /> +And damaged quite beyond repair<br /> +Was Cremnitz White Mulvaney!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 511px;"> +<img src="images/i019.jpg" width="511" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +A Damsel milked a brindled Cow<br /> +Out in a pasture green,<br /> +The Birdies sang from bush and bough—<br /> +All Nature was serene<br /> +<br /> +When suddenly a thunderbolt<br /> +Dispelled the sweet illusion—<br /> +The Go-cart gave the twain a jolt,<br /> +And all was wild confusion!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i020.jpg" width="513" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +Upon a rustic bridge a Chap<br /> +Cast out a bait inviting,<br /> +And presently he took a nap<br /> +And dreamed the fish were biting<br /> +<br /> +Then came the Go-cart like a gale<br /> +And rudely him awakened—<br /> +At first he thought he'd caught a whale,<br /> +But found he was mistaken!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 504px;"> +<img src="images/i021.jpg" width="504" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="poem"> +<tr><td align='left'> +<p> +The longest night must have an end<br /> +As well as a beginning;<br /> +And so this Cart, you may depend,<br /> +Was bound to cease its spinning<br /> +<br /> +It crashed into a hemlock Stump<br /> +That chanced to block its way,<br /> +And Bobby made a flying jump<br /> +And landed in the hay!<br /> +</p> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 512px;"> +<img src="images/i022.jpg" width="512" height="800" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Slant Book, by Peter Newell + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SLANT BOOK *** + +***** This file should be named 17254-h.htm or 17254-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/7/2/5/17254/ + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Slant Book + +Author: Peter Newell + +Release Date: December 8, 2005 [EBook #17254] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SLANT BOOK *** + + + + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. + + + + + +THE SLANT BOOK +By PETER NEWELL + + + + +This uphill work is slow, indeed, +But down the slant--ah! note the speed! + + + + +HARPER & BROTHERS +NEW YORK + + + + +Copyright 1910, by Harper & Brothers +Patented September 20, 1910 +Published November, 1910 +Printed in the United States of America + + + + +THE SLANT +BOOK + + + + +Where Bobby lives there is a hill-- +A hill so steep and high, +'Twould fill the bill for Jack and Jill +Their famous act to try + +Once Bobby's Go-cart broke away +And down this hill it kited. +The careless Nurse screamed in dismay +But Bobby was delighted + +He clapped his hands, in manner rude, +And laughed in high elation-- +While, close behind, the Nurse pursued +In hopeless consternation + +[Illustration] + +An Officer slid off the lid +As Bobby hove in sight, +And bellowed out, "You're scorchin', kid-- +I'll run you in all right!" + +But down the Go-cart swiftly sped +And smashed that Cop completely, +And as he sailed o'er Bobby's head +Bob snipped a button neatly! + +[Illustration] + +A funny Son of sunny Greece +Was standing near the curb, +Beside his push-cart, wrapped in peace, +That naught could well disturb + +But all at once he got a shock-- +The Go-cart speeding down, +Collided with his fancy stock +And littered up the town! + +[Illustration] + +The runaway then swerved a bit +And snapped a Hydrant, short; +Which accident proved quite a hit +Of rather novel sort + +The Water spouted in a jet +As much as ten feet high, +And all were soaked and nearly choked +Who chanced to be nearby! + +[Illustration] + +A farmer's wife, Miss' Angy Moore, +Was trudging up the grade. +A basketful of eggs she bore +To barter with in trade + +The Go-cart and the Lady met +(Informally, no doubt) +And made a sort of omelette +And spread it round about! + +[Illustration] + +A Painter on a ladder perched, +Was working at his calling-- +Against its foot the Go-cart lurched +And sent the fellow sprawling + +His pot of paint came tumbling down +And wrong side up, it settled +About a Chappie's flaxen crown-- +Oh, my! but he was nettled! + +[Illustration] + +A German Band across the street +Its way was slowly wending, +Which was a movement indiscreet, +The way that things were tending + +The Go-cart struck the bass drum square, +And passed completely through it. +The Drummer madly tore his hair +And said, "Vy did you do it?" + +[Illustration] + +Some Workingmen were putting in +A heavy plate-glass front. +The Go-cart then came rushing in +And did its little stunt + +It smashed to bits a crystal pane +Two sweating men were bearing, +And sped on down the slanting plane +And left them mad and swearing! + +[Illustration] + +An automobile big and brown +Was chugging up the hill, +And met the Go-cart plunging down +With speed that boded ill + +At once there rose a noise and din +Of people in dismay. +A Sandwich-man then butted in +And opened up a way! + +[Illustration] + +A Lad was rushing with a Hat +Some Lady had been buying-- +The Go-cart caught--and laid him flat, +And sent the hat-box flying + +The Hat fell out and settled down +Upon our Bobby's head. +"Say, I'm the swellest kid in town!" +The precious rascal said + +[Illustration] + +A Newsboy next was somehow hit-- +The Go-cart, swift and dextrous, +Contrived to muss him up a bit +And fill the air with extras + +One copy Bobby neatly scooped, +And saw this wild display, +In type so bold it fairly whooped: +"A GO-CART BREAKS AWAY!" + +[Illustration] + +Then as the Go-cart speeded by, +A Bulldog, quite pugnacious, +Seized on the handle on the fly +And clung with grip tenacious + +The Go-cart's speed was so increased +The Dog streamed out behind it, +And Bobby turned to pet the beast +Which didn't seem to mind it! + +[Illustration] + +Perambulating down the street +Was Miss Lucile O'Grady-- +The Go-cart knocked her off her feet +And took on board the Lady + +"Your fare!" said Bobby, with a shout, +One chubby hand extending. +But Miss O'Grady tumbled out +With shrieks the heavens rending + +[Illustration] + +A Herder up the weary grade +A yearling Calf was leading. +The creature was a stubborn jade +And lunged about, unheeding + +The Go-cart caught the rope midway +Between the Calf and Herder, +And both fell in behind the shay +With cries of "Ba-a!" and "Murder!" + +[Illustration] + +Two Chappies at a tennis meet +Were battling fast and hard-- +The Go-cart skidded off the street +And shot across the yard + +The game was "forty all," but then +It didn't end that day-- +The Go-cart dashed into the net +And carried it away! + +[Illustration] + +On came the Go-cart down the grade +(The town was now behind it) +And ran into an orchard's shade +Where Providence resigned it! + +But then it only grazed a tree +And set it all a-shiver; +The ripened fruit fell merrily +And likewise Sammy Sliver! + +[Illustration] + +Then through a Watermelon patch +This awful cart descended, +And split the melons by the batch-- +The Farmer was offended + +And tried to stop its wild career, +Which was a silly notion-- +It passed him promptly to the rear +With quite a rapid motion! + +[Illustration] + +A Picnic Party on the green +Were seated at their lunch-- +The Go-cart dashed upon the scene +And through the happy bunch! + +Sardines and pickles, ham and cake, +Were jumbled in a mess, +Then straightway rose these Picnickers +And shouted for redress! + +[Illustration] + +An Artist sketching on the slope +A lively air was humming, +And so absorbed was he, he failed +To note the Go-cart coming + +A crash! The circumambient air +Was filled with miscellany, +And damaged quite beyond repair +Was Cremnitz White Mulvaney! + +[Illustration] + +A Damsel milked a brindled Cow +Out in a pasture green, +The Birdies sang from bush and bough-- +All Nature was serene + +When suddenly a thunderbolt +Dispelled the sweet illusion-- +The Go-cart gave the twain a jolt, +And all was wild confusion! + +[Illustration] + +Upon a rustic bridge a Chap +Cast out a bait inviting, +And presently he took a nap +And dreamed the fish were biting + +Then came the Go-cart like a gale +And rudely him awakened-- +At first he thought he'd caught a whale, +But found he was mistaken! + +[Illustration] + +The longest night must have an end +As well as a beginning; +And so this Cart, you may depend, +Was bound to cease its spinning + +It crashed into a hemlock Stump +That chanced to block its way, +And Bobby made a flying jump +And landed in the hay! + +[Illustration] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Slant Book, by Peter Newell + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SLANT BOOK *** + +***** This file should be named 17254.txt or 17254.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/7/2/5/17254/ + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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