As you might or mightn’t know, Project Gutenberg etexts are all issued a distinct number, counting up from their very first, etext #1, the US Declaration of Independence.

Just for the fun of it, I looked up what etext #1414 is: Somebody’s Luggage by Charles Dickens, from 1862. Here’s the first paragraph of Chapter I: “His Leaving It Till Called For” —

The writer of these humble lines being a Waiter, and having come of a family of Waiters, and owning at the present time five brothers who are all Waiters, and likewise an only sister who is a Waitress, would wish to offer a few words respecting his calling; first having the pleasure of hereby in a friendly manner offering the Dedication of the same unto Joseph, much respected Head Waiter at the Slamjam Coffee-house, London, E.C., than which a individual more eminently deserving of the name of man, or a more amenable honour to his own head and heart, whether considered in the light of a Waiter or regarded as a human being, do not exist.

Any story with the “Slamjam Coffee-house, London” in it must be worth a read. :)