PG Monthly Newsletter (1999-11-03)

by Michael Cook on November 3, 1999
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Subject: November Project Gutenberg Newsletter
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:03:37 -0600 (CST)


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"K. Kay Shearin" <poach@ezol.com>

This is Project Gutenberg's Newsletter for Wednesday, November 3, 1999
Etexts Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since Before The Internet
[Usually sent the first Wednesday of each month, delayed if by relay.]
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*Check out our Websites at promo.net, and ask me for our FTP servers.*


This message contains index listings for about 75 newly released books


This is double the usual number we were scheduled to release, but with
a GREAT effort by Kimber85 we have managed to complete the Shakespeare
just in time for inclusion in this Newsletter. . .THANKS, KIM!!!!!!!


Table of Contents:

Headline News

Requests For Assistance

Comments About Our New Files

Index Listings for the New Files

Notes from Edupage and News Scan


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Headline News


I just finished watching Biography's "100 Most Influential People of the
Millennium" and our dear Mr. Gutenberg was #1!!!   No question - good choice.
Thought you might like to know - on behalf of all us Gutenbergers!
From: Hoost0811@aol.com


"Just got the Nov. 8 issue of TIME Magazine today --- focused on the 21st
century.  And I was delighted to see Michael Hart profiled as a visionary
in People to Watch' on p. 14."  From Richard Seltzer   ["People To Watch"
is a new column in TIME, we made the top of their list, chosen as to lead
off what they hope will be a permanent feature.]


We should also be the cover story for the Chicago Tribune Sunday Supplement
on November 21st. . .this article has been in progress since March and they
say it should be the best one of these they have done in well over a year.
We shall see, eh?


Given that we are today releasing about 75 new Etexts, we are now approaching
being 10 months ahead of schedule. . .our current goal is to get to 12 months
. . .actually 12 1/2 months. . .ahead of schedule by the end of 2001, to have
3,333 Project Gutenberg Etexts online at that time. . .about 1/3 of that goal
we originally started with. . .but. . .that goal also included a prediction I
made that the other Etext producers would be happy to put their public domain
Etexts on our servers and help us do the appropriate copyright research.  The
truth is that one of the things we need is a liaison person to coordinate our
efforts with the handful of other major Etext producers so we can provide the
10,000 Etexts now available in a proper manner through our worldwide servers.
So, if you are the kind of person who can do this, please. . .let us know!!!




Requests For Assistance

Ben Harper <rogajin@hotmail.com>
Requests:  Purchas his Pilgrimages, by Samuel Purchas [~1614]

If indeed you have some kind of funding to ship over as precious
a thing as that book, I'd gladly be it's honored preserver.
I bought myself a scanner just today!


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Comments About Our New Files

First a correction to an earlier comment:

I chose it because my goal was to change the way information is
passed from person to person as much as Johannes Gutenberg did.
He reduced the price of books to 1/400th of their previous cost
which was equal to that of the average family farm beforehand!!
Now you can buy a 25G hard drive for $300. . .and you **could**
put 5 thousand copies of the Complete Works of Shakespeare on a
drive like that, without compression. . .that's 6 cents a copy!
There are terabyte drive packs on the way, that will cost less,
and will hold just about every word in even a *large* library!!
It will not so many of these to hold the Library of Congress!!!
I have heard estimates from 2 to 20 terabytes. . .but when such
terabytes are as common as gigabytes are now. . .who will care?


Comments About Our New Files

We lead off this Newsletter Index with Uncle Remus, in honor of
the movie "Song of the South". . .which has been removed from a
circulating feature [I think by Disney] because of "politically
incorrect" catcalls from certain political action committees.

Millions of students saw this movie as "required viewing" in an
era before this kind of political pressure, but which had an
entirely different "politically incorrect" venue known as:

"The McCarthy Era Witch Hunts"

which didn't seem to be have the kind of power now wielded by a
wide range of groups who could be called politically incorrect,
themselves.  Rewriting history, particularly history that was a
"staple" in our educational system, is totally incorrect.  I do
understand that in any history there are events and values that
should not be passed on but neither should they be passed over.
By pretending these things never happened we do NOT encourage a
proper perspective, either by these committees, or on the parts
of the people more directly involved.


Meanwhile, our German Team continues to amaze me. . . .

Several more additions are listed below, and more on the way!!

I hope they are an inspiration to those considering helping us
do Etexts in other languages. . .it took us forever to get the
German Team rolling, and now. . .fantastic. . .please help get
us rolling with other languages!!!

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Index Listings for the New Files

Aug 2000 Uncle Remus/Songs/Sayings, by Joel Chandler Harris[remusxxx.xxx]2306
Aug 2000 A Set of Six, by Joseph Conrad [Joseph Conrad #24][seto6xxx.xxx]2305
We have two versions:  seto610.* and seto610m.* [markup with accents]. . . .
Please let us know which you prefer. . .
Aug 2000 Legends and Lyrics, Pt 2, by Adelaide Ann Proctor [lgly2xxx.xxx]2304
Aug 2000 Legends and Lyrics, Pt 1, by Adelaide Ann Proctor [lgly1xxx.xxx]2303

Aug 2000 Poor Folk, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky  [Dostoyevsky #3][prflkxxx.xxx]2302
Aug 2000 A Simpleton, by Charles Reade                     [smptnxxx.xxx]2301
Aug 2000 The Descent of Man, by Charles Darwin  [Darwin #7][dscmnxxx.xxx]2300
Aug 2000 Pandora, by Henry James          [Henry James #21][pndraxxx.xxx]2299

Aug 2000 Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, by Irving #6[sbogcxxx.xxx]2298
Aug 2000 Snow-Bound at Eagle's, by Bret Harte   [Harte #12][sbdaexxx.xxx]2297
Aug 2000 Pillars of Society, by Henrik Ibsen[Henrik Ibsen2][pllrsxxx.xxx]2296
Aug 2000 Waifs and Strays, etc, by O Henry Pt 1[O Henry #8][1waifxxx.xxx]2295
Contains:
The Red Roses of Tonia
Round The Circle
The Rubber Plant's Story
Out of Nazareth
Confessions of a Humorist
The Sparrows in Madison Square
Hearts and Hands
The Cactus
The Detective Detector
The Dog and the Playlet
A Little Talk About Mobs
The Snow Man

(Two were unavailable-
pages torn from book)
[If you can help. . .]
IN THE TROLLEY CAR
RUTH BALDWIN CHENERY
IN IRISH RAIN
MARTHA HASKELL CLARK


Aug 2000 Anthol. Massachusetts Poets/William S. Braithwaite[mpoetxxx.xxx]2294
Aug 2000 A New England Girlhood[Beverly, MA] by Lucy Larcom[grlhdxxx.xxx]2293
Aug 2000 Yet Again, by Max Beerbohm       [Max Beerbohm #8][ytagnxxx.xxx]2292
Aug 2000 Yet Again, by Max Beerbohm[HTML] [Max Beerbohm #8][ytagnxxh.xxx]2292
Aug 2000 David Elginbrod, by George MacDonald[Scottish][#7][lgnbdxxx.xxx]2291

Aug 2000 Twenty-Two Goblins, Translated from the Sanskrit  [22gblxxx.xxx]2290
Aug 2000 Rosmersholm, by Henrik Ibsen    [Henrik Ibsen #1] [rsmrhxxx.xxx]2289
Aug 2000 Through Russia, by Maxim Gorky   [Maxim Gorky #2] [trussxxx.xxx]2288
Aug 2000 Havoc, by E. Philips Oppenheim[E. P. Oppenheim #9][havocxxx.xxx]2287

Aug 2000 Devil's Ford by, Bret Harte       [Bret Harte #11][dvlfdxxx.xxx]2286
Aug 2000 Ridgway of Montana, by William MacLeod Raine  [#4][rdgwyxxx.xxx]2285
Aug 2000 Animal Heroes, by Ernest Thompson Seton [Seton #2][anhroxxx.xxx]2284
Aug 2000 The Lost Road, etc, by Richard Harding Davis [#30][lstrdxxx.xxx]2283
Contains:
THE LOST ROAD
THE MIRACLE OF LAS PALMAS
EVIL TO HIM WHO EVIL THINKS
THE MEN OF ZANZIBAR
THE LONG ARM
THE GOD OF COINCIDENCE
THE BURIED TREASURE OF COBRE
THE BOY SCOUT
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
THE DESERTER

Aug 2000 Tales for Fifteen, by J. F. Cooper as Jane Morgan [tl415xxx.xxx]2282
Aug 2000 Imagination and Heart, by James F. Cooper [JFC #4][tl415xxx.xxx]2282
Aug 2000 The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh etc, by Bret Harte 11[dedloxxx.xxx]2281
Contains:
THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH
A KNIGHT-ERRANT OF THE FOOT-HILLS
A SECRET OF TELEGRAPH HILL
CAPTAIN JIM'S FRIEND

Aug 2000 A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready, by Bret Harte 10[amrnrxxx.xxx]2280
Aug 2000 A Waif of the Plains, by Bret Harte[Bret Harte #9][awotpxxx.xxx]2279

Aug 2000 New Burlesques, by Bret Harte     [Bret Harte #8] [nbrlqxxx.xxx]2278
CONTAINS:
RUPERT THE RESEMBLER [After Rupert of Hentzau and Prisoner of Zenda]
Also see:
Dec 1997 Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope #3 [rprhnxxx.xxx]1145
Dec 1993 The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope[zenda10x.xxx]  95
THE STOLEN CIGAR CASE By A. CO--N D--LE
GOLLY AND THE CHRISTIAN, OR THE MINX AND THE MANXMAN
By H--LL C--NE
THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN LONGBOWE, YEOMAN
BEING A MODERN-ANTIQUE REALISTIC ROMANCE
(COMPILED FROM SEVERAL EMINENT SOURCES)
DAN'L BOREM BY E. N--S W--T--T
STORIES THREE BY R--DY--D K--PL--G
"ZUT-SKI" THE PROBLEM OF A WICKED FEME SOLE BY M--R--E C--R--LLI


Aug 2000 Condensed Novels, by Bret Harte   [Bret Harte #7] [cndnsxxx.xxx]2277
HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES
LOTHOW, or THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION
MUCK-A-MUCK, A MODERN INDIAN NOVEL, AFTER JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
TERENCE DENVILLE
SELINA SEDILIA
THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN [AFTER THE THREE MUSKETEERS, BY DUMAS]
MISS MIX [AFTER CHARLOTTE BRONTE]
GUY HEAVYSTONE; OR, "ENTIRE."
MR. MIDSHIPMAN BREEZY
JOHN JENKINS; OR, THE SMOKER REFORMED
NO TITLE [AFTER WILKE COLLINS]
  Contains:
  MARY JONES'S NARRATIVE
  THE SLIM YOUNG MAN'S STORY
  NO. 27 LIMEHOUSE ROAD
  COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE
  DR. DIGGS'S STATEMENT

MARY MCGILLUP, A SOUTHERN NOVEL, AFTER BELLE BOYD


Aug 2000 Confessions of A Justified Sinner, by James Hogg  [pmfjsxxx.xxx]2276
[Entire title:  The Private Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner]
Aug 2000 The Pioneers, by James Fenimore Cooper [Cooper#3] [tpnrsxxx.xxx]2275

Aug 2000 How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, by Arnold Bennett  [24hrsxxx.xxx]2274
Aug 2000 Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat, by Victor Appleton  [02tomxxx.xxx]2273
Not on archive
Aug 2000 The Discovery of Guiana, by Walter Raleigh  WR#3] [guianxxx.xxx]2272
Aug 2000 He Fell In Love With His Wife, by Edward P. Roe   [inlhwxxx.xxx]2271


And a few for next month. . .


Sep 2000 Droll Stories [V. 2], by Honore de Balzac[HdB #91][2drllxxx.xxx]2318
Sep 2000 The Story of My Heart, by Richard Jefferies       [tsomhxxx.xxx]2317
Sep 2000 The Choir Invisible, by James Lane Allen          [chrnvxxx.xxx]2316
Sep 2000 The Flag-Raising, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[Wiggin14][flgrsxxx.xxx]2315

Sep 2000 Geschichte des Agathon, Teil 2, by C M Wieland #3 [82agtxxx.xxx]2314
Sep 2000 Geschichte des Agathon, Teil 2, by C M Wieland #3 [72agtxxx.xxx]2314
^^^This 7-bit version is not ready at the time the Newsletter is going out^^^
Sep 2000 Geschichte des Agathon, Teil 1, by C M Wieland #2 [81agtxxx.xxx]2313
Sep 2000 Geschichte des Agathon, Teil 1, by C M Wieland #2 [71agtxxx.xxx]2313
Sep 2000 Hermann und Dorothea, by Goethe [German 8-bits] #9[8hermxxx.xxx]2312
Sep 2000 Hermann und Dorothea, by Goethe [German 7-bits] #9[7hermxxx.xxx]2312
German/Two versions/7-bit version without accents/8-bit version with accents.
Sep 2000 Travels through France & Italy, by Tobias Smollett[ttfaixxx.xxx]2311

Sep 2000 In The Carquinez Woods, by Bret Harte  [Harte #13][crqnzxxx.xxx]2310
Sep 2000 The Freelands, by John Galsworthy  [Galsworthy #2][frndsxxx.xxx]2309
Sep 1999 Bunyan Characters (3rd Series), by Alex. Whyte #3 [3bnchxxx.xxx]2308
Sep 2000 The Depot Master, by Joseph C. Lincoln            [dpmstxxx.xxx]2307


and we have the individual play files for our Shakespeare First Folio:


Jul 2000 The Complete Shakespeare's First Folio [35 Plays][00ws1xxx.xxx]2270
Jul 2000 Cymbeline, by Wm. Shakespeare  [First Folio]=[FF][0ws39xxx.xxx]2269
Jul 2000 Anthony and Cleopater, by Wm. Shakespeare    [FF][0ws35xxx.xxx]2268
Jul 2000 Othello, by William Shakespeare              [FF][0ws32xxx.xxx]2267

Jul 2000 King Lear, by William Shakespeare            [FF][0ws33xxx.xxx]2266
Jul 2000 Hamlet, by William Shakespeare               [FF][0ws26xxx.xxx]2265
Jul 2000 Macbeth, by William Shakespeare              [FF][0ws34xxx.xxx]2264
Jul 2000 Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare        [FF][0ws24xxx.xxx]2263

Jul 2000 Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare      [FF][0ws37xxx.xxx]2262
Jul 2000 Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare     [FF][0ws16xxx.xxx]2261
Jul 2000 Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare     [FF][0ws09xxx.xxx]2260
Jul 2000 Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare           [FF][0ws36xxx.xxx]2259

Jul 2000 Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare           [FF][0ws42xxx.xxx]2258
Jul 2000 Richard III, by William Shakespeare          [FF][0ws04xxx.xxx]2257
Jul 2000 Henry VI Part 3, by William Shakespeare      [FF][0ws03xxx.xxx]2256
Jul 2000 Henry VI Part 2, by William Shakespeare      [FF][0ws02xxx.xxx]2255

Jul 2000 Henry VI Part 1, by William Shakespeare      [FF][0ws01xxx.xxx]2254
Jul 2000 Henry V, by William Shakespeare              [FF][0ws23xxx.xxx]2253
Jul 2000 Henry IV Part 2, by William Shakespeare      [FF][0ws21xxx.xxx]2252
Jul 2000 Henry IV Part 1, by William Shakespeare      [FF][0ws19xxx.xxx]2251

Jul 2000 Richard II, by William Shakespeare           [FF][0ws15xxx.xxx]2250
Jul 2000 King John, by William Shakespeare            [FF][0ws14xxx.xxx]2249
Jul 2000 The Winters Tale, by William Shakespeare     [FF][0ws40xxx.xxx]2248
Jul 2000 Twelfe-Night, by William Shakespeare         [FF][0ws28xxx.xxx]2247

Jul 2000 All is well, that Ends well, by Shakespeare  [FF][0ws30xxx.xxx]2246
Jul 2000 The Taming of the Shrew, by Wm. Shakespeare  [FF][0ws10xxx.xxx]2245
Jul 2000 As you Like it, by William Shakespeare       [FF][0ws25xxx.xxx]2244
Jul 2000 The Merchant of Venice, by Wm. Shakespeare   [FF][0ws18xxx.xxx]2243

Jul 2000 Midsummer Nights Dreame, by Wm. Shakespeare  [FF][0ws17xxx.xxx]2242
Jul 2000 Loves Labour Lost, by William Shakespeare    [FF][0ws12xxx.xxx]2241
Jul 2000 Much adoo about Nothing, by Wm. Shakespeare  [FF][0ws22xxx.xxx]2240
Jul 2000 The Comedy of Errours , by Wm. Shakespeare   [FF][0ws06xxx.xxx]2239

Jul 2000 Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare  [FF][0ws31xxx.xxx]2238
Jul 2000 The Merry Wives of Windsor, by Shakespeare   [FF][0ws20xxx.xxx]2237
Jul 2000 The Two Gentlemen of Verona, by Shakespeare  [FF][0ws11xxx.xxx]2236
Jul 2000 The Tempest, by William Shakespeare          [FF][0ws41xxx.xxx]2235




Notes from Edupage and News Scan


FCC CHAIR TO WORLDCOM:  NOT SO FAST THERE
A statement by Federal Communications Commission chairman William E. Kennard
indicates that MCI WorldCom may have some difficulty getting FCC approval of
its $129-billion acquisition of Sprint:  "Competition has produced a price
war in the long-distance market. This merger appears to be a surrender. How
can this be good for customers? The parties will bear a heavy burden to show
how consumers would be better off." (Washington Post 6 Oct 99)
jhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/daily/oct99/mci6.htm

The Vergil group, one of several "collective self-study" Latin groups
on latin@lists.colorado.edu,  is currently translating the *Aeneid*
from Latin into English at the rate of 30-35 lines a week, using the PG text.
Participants translate each week's assignments, and then have the opportunity
to compare their translations with other participants' work.  For more
information, contact Meredith Dixon <dixonm@access.mountain.net>

Not many notable stories this month. . .sorry. . . .
Unless you count TIME and the Trib. . .hee hee  mh


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