sproshua:Zamenhof was quite liberal with l', but it should be proceeded or followed by a vowel.
e.g., Pro la celoj de l' afero la libro ne estos unu sistema verko—ĝi estos simple mia interparolo kun l' amikoj de l' lingvo internacia.

Be careful, this is from the Dua Libro from 1888, after it Zamenhof changed his mind and confined the shortenting of la to lyrical texts. The Dua Libro is full of l's, but this is not the classical Zamenhofian style.

Kirilo81:

sproshua:Zamenhof was quite liberal with l', but it should be proceeded or followed by a vowel.
e.g., Pro la celoj de l' afero la libro ne estos unu sistema verko—ĝi estos simple mia interparolo kun l' amikoj de l' lingvo internacia.

Be careful, this is from the Dua Libro from 1888, after it Zamenhof changed his mind and confined the shortenting of la to lyrical texts. The Dua Libro is full of l's, but this is not the classical Zamenhofian style.

right on. that's good to know. i've been exploring gutenberg.org lately.