I wrote to Google Books to let them know I have been unable to download the Breviate successfully through my old-fashioned dial-up 56KB modem connection (despite multiple tries) -- the Google Book Search Team wrote back a very nice note to say that some other users on slower connections also have reported experiencing incomplete downloads. The Team added that they are "hard at work to resolve this issue so that all users can complete downloads successfully." They also added the reminder that public domain books, like the Breviate, remain available for browsing by everyone on-line on Google Books. Dave K