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Elfinspell

An Open Source Publisher and Patron of
the Arts, Literature and Invention.


Enjoy our Multimedia Gallery  any time
you wish, we're always open.


All our work is openly displayed
for
your delight.



The exhibits are constantly changing and more
collections are added regularly so come back often.

THE LATEST ADDITIONS:

Our Very Own Original
T-Shirt of the day --

Are you sure
your thumbs oppose?

My Liary:
a journal to record all my fibs,
white lies and larger distortions
of the truth


    Getting ready,

    getting set,
    soon.....sooooon!!!

    Rats! Soon is taking
    too long!

    Come and see what's
    up so far-

  (Psssst!!  Hey Bobby!!    
  
Where  
  
did you say you put the keys
  to this place???)

“I should think you could see that you’re here,
       And you’ll always remain here, I fear,
       For it matters not where
 You may go, when you're there,
 You’ll say to yourself, ‘I am here.’ ”

       Anonymous,
    From 100 Limerick Lyrics, 1906
PLUS
Take your lumps (and give a few):  We'll Help!  Heh, Heh,
Heh!
 
See how in our Garden
lump of coal
setstats
Right Click to See Bigger View of this Cartoon, by Jack Sears,  of a man in a parka running from a polar bear by jumping on floes of ice arranged in a circle.  The bear is on a floe behind him.  Both are puffing.A an early American cartoon, 20th century.

* The quotes come from The Shakspeare Calendar; or, WIT AND WISDOM for
Every Day in the Year,
edited by William C. Richards; New York: George P.
Putnam; 1850.


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The texts new and old are newly prepared and adapted for the Internet.  They have been typed not scanned. Some texts are in the public domain, any others are used with permission granted by the copyright holders. In the process, gentle emendations have been done and so noted in the source code. (There can never be too many proofreaders!).  While emending the older works, there is always the chance that we might have added our own typos, although the texts are checked line by line with the original (of the older works). Therefore, these are not exact reproductions of the public domain texts, although changes are very slight (a different footnote system, obvious typos fixed, etc.) Occasionally, new notes and new pictures are also included (with a note signifying that it is new). The author of these portions of the text, etc. is the copyright holder.  Therefore, please ask permission before using any of the content of the site.  It is okay to use small portions (a few lines, a paragraph, etc.) with a reference to the page, as is usual and the honest thing to do.   We do like to share and it is easy to get our okay.  Copies of any the texts, etc., may be freely copied for classroom (real ones!)  purposes.  You don't have to tell us then but we would truly love knowing any of our stuff is useful.  Hearing from you makes learning what a psili or dasia is and what href means all worthwhile.




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If you see a typo, we'd appreciate hearing about it!  In the older texts, please use the site search engine and make sure it is really an error and not a variant spelling in use in that period. As for punctuation, the style of the times has been preserved and varies quite substantially and most marvellously from today.  Therefore, please read a fair portion of the text to try to see if an error is really present.  Many of the texts use British spelling (colour, valour, grey, traveller, etc.), as well.  

Proofreading is truly an endless task and we gratefully welcome (and will acknowledge) any help you wish to provide.

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Picture (used with permission) by Bill Thayer, copyright
© 2005