[Tavern-Talk] Trust Talk - Two out-of-print books added to Online Library

[Tavern-talk]

The Avatar Meher Baba Trust is happy to announce the addition to its 
Online Library of two out-of-print publications from the Meher Baba 
literature: "Gems from the Discourses of Meher Baba" and "Messages of 
Meher Baba Delivered in the East and West".

"Gems" contains selected passages compiled by Adi K. Irani from the 
"Discourses". The Discourses from which these excerpts were drawn were 
originally published in the "Meher Baba Journal", vols. I, II, III, and 
IV.  This small volume of twenty-five discourses was first published in 
1943 by Adi K. Irani under the title "Gems from the Teachings of Meher 
Baba". A second edition, titled "Gems from the Discourses of Meher 
Baba", came out in 1945 and was published by Elizabeth C. Paterson. The 
latter is the edition which was used as the source for the Online 
Library e-edition.

"Messages" is a collection of timely messages given by Meher Baba from 
1932 through 1944 which are grouped in two sections: first, those 
delivered in the East, and second, those delivered in the West. The 
messages are arranged chronologically so as to help the reader keep 
track of the period of time and the group to which these messages were 
delivered, as they include references to current affairs of the time.
 
PDF files of these books can be found among the offerings of other books 
by Meher Baba at: http://ambppct.org/meherbaba/BooksByMeherBaba.php

These two volumes like all of our e-editions, should not be misconstrued 
as a facsimile reproduction of the original books. In creating these 
online versions, we digitally scan the original print versions, read 
them through OCR ("optical character recognition") software, reflow and 
redesign the text, and proofread it. The content of the original 
publications has been reproduced on a page-by-page basis. We have not 
used the same fonts, however; and the page design, lineation, and text 
flow has all been done afresh. The virtue to this process is that it 
results in internet files that are more easily searchable and faster to 
download. You'll have to go to the printed books, however, if you want 
the exact original appearances.

Since we work with a small though dedicated volunteer staff, it is 
possible that mistakes have wormed their way into these online editions. 
If you find any of these, we will be grateful if you inform us.


Frank Bloise
for Trust Talk