Net nuggets No 6

* The woman who planned to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania for ransom, Ann Carson, sounds fascinating, but apparently her ghost writer, Mary Carr, is even more worthy of note.

* On the joys of dealing with a legend, Saul Bellow's editor.

* A search tool for Project Gutenberg texts. I haven't fully checked it out yet, but it looks potentially brilliant.

* London's abandoned Tube stations. Why? Why not?

* Almost a reason to visit New York: Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era.