========
Subject: Project Gutenberg Newsletter [March]
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: "Project Gutenberg mailing list" <gutnberg@listserv.unc.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:39:28 -0600 (CST)
Happy 600th Birthday!!! to Johannes Gutenberg, born February 23, 1400!
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter--Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Etexts Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since Before The Internet
[Usually sent the first Wednesday of each month, delayed if by relay.]
Main URL is promo.net Webmaster is Pietro di Miceli, of Rome, Italy
*Check out our Websites at promo.net, and ask me for our FTP servers.*
This is a major Newsletter, containing quite a bit of news, indexings,
requests, etc. You will shortly receive one with the subject listed:
Project Gutenberg Needs You!!!
If you don't have any interest in suporting Project Gutenberg just hit
the delete key without even opening it. . . .
The Year 2000 Is Now Complete On Project Gutenberg Servers, #2450 Completed!
Project Gutenberg now accelerates once more, moving from the 36 eTexts/month
production level to 40 eTexts per month for at least the next 22 months!!!
Here are the details: [Yes, my sentences are still too long. . .Michael]
December 2000 takes us up to Etext #2450, and is now nearly complete, except
for a few slots that have been reserved. . .say 1% of the total slots, so we
really have more like 2425 eTexts now posted. . . . For the year 2000 these
Etexts were produced at an official rate of 36 per month, but we managed all
in all to average 40 eTexts per month; and since we are now 10 months ahead,
we are shifting to an official rate of 40 eTexts per month, which would take
us to about eText #3,333 by the end of 2001, with a total of about 15,000 of
these eTexts available worldwide from our various friends and competitors in
the eText world. 40 eTexts per month is 480 per year, and 880 over the next
22 months from March, 2000 to December, 2001. Thus we should get about to a
collection officially numbering 3,330 by the end of December, 2001. This is
about 1/3 of our original goal set 30 years earlier in 1971, because we were
anticipating a greater willingness for producers of public domain eTexts for
sharing such eTexts not only with the world, but with each other. However I
must admit that it never occurred to me how the various eText producers were
not going to be very cooperative with each other in building a collection of
eTexts anyone could post on any server in the world. OK. . .so I'm somewhat
of an Idealist. . .what else is new?!?!?!?!?!
2450 + 880 = 3300
We have added 15 more since, up to 2465.
***
Table of Contents:
Requests For Assistance
Headline News
Comments About Our New Files
Index Listings for the New Files
Notes from Edupage and News Scan
A HELP! Message From the Project Gutenberg General Counsel
[This is a personal request for you to help her by sending
a bit of email to the press on her behalf, I have included
the email addresses so you won't even have to surf to some
sites she has listed, unless you want to. More below.
*******
Requests For Assistance
***
Can anyone find pre-1923 editions of Rafaiel Sabatini's:
Saint Martin's Summer
or
Historical Nights
Please email Polly Stratton <pstratton@mindspring.com> and cc: me
***
We have posted:
The History of Herodotus Volume II
Can anyone find us Volume I
Please email John Bickers <jbickers@ihug.co.nz> and cc: me
***
Any news from our people working on Burton's 1001 Nights???
***
We have a new request for:
Ibsen's The League of Youth
From: svepavle@sezampro.yu
[Please cc: me]
And old requests for:
Age of Reason, Tom Paine
Johannes Kepler's "Somnium"
Machiavelli's Renaissance
comedy "The Mandragola"
Voltaire
Mendel
***
Pixel size for a graphic link would be about 45 x 140.
Would anyone like to make some for Project Gutenberg?
***
Does anyone know where to look through all the old
UseNet [Newsgroup] archives. . .would LIKE to browse
them, not just do keyword searching. . . .
Please reply to me and cc: Douglas Bowman <bowman@math.uiuc.edu>
*******
Headline News
***
NEW SEARCHABLE ROGET'S THESAURUS
A searchable thesaurus incorporating Project Gutenberg e-text of Roget's
Thesaurus (edition 13a) is now available. The author, Andy Green based in
London, has made it available as freeware. He says, "I originally built
the searchable thesaurus as a tool to be used in my project to develop a
natural language parser. Later I added the Windows front-end so it could
be used independently."
The application uses a full-text index to allow users to search the
thesaurus for any word. Results are displayed in a layout that has the
look of a printed page, with the word searched for highlighted in red. The
Windows application can be downloaded from the site that also documents
his natural language parser project - http://www.cogitoergosum.co.uk.
***
From: Dan Lazarus (dlazarus@fatdrive.com)
I have been using the Gutenberg site for the past few months and noticed
through the newsletter that some folks have had problems storing and
accessing digital books. I just webloaded a copy of Moby Dick to my free
web based storage and email (anyone can sign up for one at www.fatdrive.com).
By doing so, I can access this digital book along with all my other
files anywhere, anytime. And, with the click of a button, I can share
my favorite books with friends. [Dan said you can get 55M of storage,
and an email account, all free of charge.
*******
Comments About Our New Files
I have placed the entire listing in chronological order this time,
instead of putting those from next month at the end. I hope this
makes it easier for you who make your own indices from this file.
Let me know if you would prefer it back the other way.
*******
Index Listings for the New Files
Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext]####
*****A "C" Following a Project Gutenberg Etext Number Indicates Copyright****
Jan 2001 Carmen, by Prosper Merimee [Basis of Carmen Opera][carmnxxx.xxx]2465
Jan 2001 History of Florence and...Italy, by Machiavelli #4[hflitxxx.xxx]2464
Jan 2001 The Prophet of Berkeley Square, by Robert Hichens [tpobsxxx.xxx]2463
Jan 2001 Dona Perfecta, by B. Perez Galdos/Trans by Serrano[donapxxx.xxx]2462
Jan 2001 The Lady of Lyons, by Edward Bulwer Lytton[EBL #6][ladylxxx.xxx]2461
Jan 2001 The Madonna of the Future, by Henry James [HJ #28][mdftrxxx.xxx]2460
Jan 2001 Trent's Trust & Other Stories, by Bret Harte [#16][ttaosxxx.xxx]2459
Jan 2001 Sermons on the Card, by Hugh Latimer [srmcdxxx.xxx]2458
Jan 2001 Stories by English Authors in Italy, Scribners, Ed[sbeaixxx.xxx]2457
Also see our Stories by Enlish Authors in France, Germany, Africa, etc, etc.]
CONTENTS
A FAITHFUL RETAINER, by James Payn
BIANCA, by W. E. Norris
GONERIL, by A. Mary F. Robinson
THE BRIGAND'S BRIDE, by Laurence Oliphant
MRS. GENERAL TALBOYS, by Anthony Trollope
Jan 2001 The History of Herodotus V2 by Herodotus/ Macauley[2hofhxxx.xxx]2456
[Note: This is V2, we do NOT have V1, and this is G. C. Macaulay, not T. B.]
Jan 2001 History of the Catholic Church, V 2 by MacCaffrey [2hcthxxx.xxx]2455
Also see:
Nov 2000 History of the Catholic Church, by J. MacCaffrey [hcathxxx.xxx]2396
Jan 2001 The Silent Bullet, by Arthur B. Reeve[AB Reeve #2][sblltxxx.xxx]2454
Jan 2001 Beyond, by John Galsworthy [John Galsworthy #3][byondxxx.xxx]2453
Jan 2001 Shavings, by Joseph C. Lincoln [shavsxxx.xxx]2452
Jan 2001 Caught In The Net, by Emile Gaboriau [Gaboriau #5][cnnetxxx.xxx]2451
Dec 2000 Boyhood, by Leo Tolstoy/Tolstoi [Leo Tolstoy #8][boyhdxxx.xxx]2450
Dec 2000 The Common Law, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. [#3][cmnlwxxx.xxx]2449
Dec 2000 The Colored Cadet at West Point, by Henry Flipper [ccawpxxx.xxx]2448
Dec 2000 Eminent Victorians, by Lytton Strachey [mnvctxxx.xxx]2447
Dec 2000 An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen [Ibsen #3][aeotpxxx.xxx]2446
Dec 2000 Letters on England, by Voltaire [Voltaire #1][ltengxxx.xxx]2445
Dec 2000 Oxford [City & University], by Andrew Lang[AL #25][oxfrdxxx.xxx]2444
Dec 2000 The Story of the Mormons by William Alexander Linn[tsotmxxx.xxx]2443
Dec 2000 History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson[Pres][hioajxxx.xxx]2442
Dec 2000 The Burgess Animal Book for Children, by Burgess 2[babfcxxx.xxx]2441
Dec 2000 The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Bates[notraxxx.xxx]2440
Dec 2000 History of England, James II> Vol. 2, Macaulay[#9][2hoejxxx.xxx]2439
See also:
Sep 1998 History of England, James II> Vol. 1, Macaulay[#2][1hoejxxx.xxx]1468
Dec 2000 Daphne, An Autumn Pastoral, by Margaret Sherwood [daphnxxx.xxx]2438
Dec 2000 They and I, by Jerome K. Jerome[Jerome Jerome #23][theyixxx.xxx]2437
Dec 2000 The Marriages, by Henry James [Henry James #25][tmrgsxxx.xxx]2436
Dec 2000 The Crimson Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang [Lang #24][crfryxxx.xxx]2435
Dec 2000 The New Atlantis, by Francis Bacon [F. Bacon #2][nwatlxxx.xxx]2434
Dec 2000 Donal Grant, by George MacDonald [G MacDonald #9][dgrntxxx.xxx]2433
Dec 2000 Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope[Trollope 6][btowexxx.xxx]2432
Dec 2000 Is Shakespeare Dead? by Mark Twain [Twain #16][shkddxxx.xxx]2431
Dec 2000 Romantic Ballads, by George Borrow [Borrow#7][rmbddxxx.xxx]2430
Dec 2000 Lost Face, by Jack London [London 90-96][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Contains:
Dec 2000 The Wit of Porportuk, by Jack London [London #96][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Dec 2000 The Passing of Marcus O'Brien, by Jack London[#95][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Dec 2000 Flush of Gold, by Jack London [London #94][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Dec 2000 That Spot, by Jack London [London #93][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Dec 2000 To Build a Fire, by Jack London [London #92][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Dec 2000 Trust, by Jack London [London #91][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Dec 2000 Lost Face, by Jack London [London #90][lstfcxxx.xxx]2429
Dec 2000 Essay on Man, by Alexander Pope[Alexander Pope #1][esymnxxx.xxx]2428
Dec 2000 The Patagonia, by Henry James [Henry James#24][patgnxxx.xxx]2427
Dec 2000 The Diary of a Man of Fifty by H. James [James#21][dmnftxxx.xxx]2426
Dec 2000 A Bundle of Letters, by Henry James [James#20][bndltxxx.xxx]2425
Dec 2000 Black Bartlemy's Treasure, by Jeffrey Farnol [bbtrexxx.xxx]2424
Dec 2000 Anecdotes of Johnson, by Hesther Lynch Piozzi [andsjxxx.xxx]2423
Dec 2000 Introduction to The Compleat Angler Andrew Lang 23[alcmaxxx.xxx]2422
Dec 2000 The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay [Gay1][bgoprxxx.xxx]2421
Dec 2000 Unterhaltungen deutscher AusgewandertenGoethe [30][7untrxxx.xxx]2420
Dec 2000 Unterhaltungen deutscher AusgewandertenGoethe [30][8untrxxx.xxx]2420
Dec 2000 La Dame aux Camelias, by Alexandre Dumas [8damexxx.xxx]2419
Dec 2000 Oldport Days, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson [#2][oldptxxx.xxx]2418
Dec 2000 Okewood of the Secret Service, Valentine Williams [valenxxx.xxx]2417
Dec 2000 The House of Pride &c., by Jack London [London#89][hsprdxxx.xxx]2416
Dec 2000 The Mutiny of the Elsinore, by Jack London[JL #88][swolfxxx.xxx]2415
***
You have been reading excerpts from Edupage:
If you have questions or comments about Edupage,
send e-mail to: edupage@educause.edu
To SUBSCRIBE to Edupage, send a message to
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
and in the body of the message type:
SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName
You have been reading excerpts from NewsScan Daily
Underwritten by Arthur Andersen & IEEE Computer Society
If you have questions or comments about NewsScan
send e-mail to Editors@newsscan.com
To subscribe or unsubscribe to NewsScan Daily,
send an e-mail message to NewsScan@NewsScan.com
with 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the subject line.
Mac users can download our .txt files in binary mode
to avoid the double spacing cr/lf line ends creates.
Or download the .zip files, which unzip properly for
nearly any operating system they are unzipped for...
A HELP! Message From the Project Gutenberg General Counsel
[This is a personal request for you to help her by sending
a bit of email to the press on her behalf, I have included
the email addresses so you won't even have to surf to some
sites she has listed, unless you want to. More below.
"I've just come back from getting convicted of the crime of having
wildflowers in my yard instead of mowed grass, and I may end up in jail on
account of it. The town I live in (Elsmere) has been hassling me for years,
because I sued them over voter fraud in an election a few years back (and
before that they were mad that I ran for Attorney General on the Libertarian
ticket in 1990), and this is the latest thing they've done to me in their
campaign to run me out of town -- I've never even had a traffic ticket, and
now I've got a criminal record with jail time on it. The people in the
probation office today said the local newspaper (The News Journal) would
like to know about this, because it has been running articles about the
corruption in Elsmere for years, and it's been getting worse lately (a town
manager who embezzled money from the town to fund her campaign for State
Treasurer, a pedophile on the police force, a fireman fired for associating
with gay people [for which the ACLU is suing], and a speed trap that's been
a statewide scandal for years, just to name a few).
I know you're busy, but this is my life here.
Would you please put out a message for people to e-mail (or write or fax)
the local or the national media and tell them what Elsmere is doing to me
is outrageous? I'm filing an appeal of my criminal conviction, and a
groundswell of media attention would really help."
K. Kay Shearin, Project Gutenberg General Counsel
Media info is below:
"The ones that don't have a contact listed have buttons to contact them or
make comments. Please, please, please try to start a cascade of messages
to some of these sites, You may give them my access numbers: 302-995-6028
(phone & fax) and poach@ezol.com"
"I just had a phone call from the News Journal reporter covering this story.
His name is Adam Taylor, his e-address is ataylor@wilmingt.gannett.com "
and the following:
newspaper, Wilmington Delaware
News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware
www.gannett.com
www.delawareonline.com
The News Journal
950 West Basin Road
New Castle, Delaware 19720
Phone: 302- 324-2500
Fax: 302-324-2423
bponder@wilmingt.gannett.com (B. Ponder)
mallen@wilmingt.gannett.com (Mary Allen)
schurch@wilmingt.gannett.com (Steve Church)
news radio stations, Wilmington, Delaware
www.wilm.com (WILM 1450)
WILM Newsradio
1215 French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-656-9800
Fax: 302-655-1450 (Allan Loudell or John Watson)
www.wdel.com (WDEL 1150)
WDEL Radio
2727 Shipley Road
P.O. Box 7492
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: (302) 478-2700
Fax: (302) 478-0100
Email: wdel@delaware.com
television stations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
www.nbc10.com (NBC affiliate)
WCAU NBC 10 (Doug Shimell)
10 Monument Road
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.
Phone: 610.668.5705
Fax: 610.668.3700
Email: msnbc.10@nbc.com
www.kyw.com (CBS affiliate)
KYW-TV3
101 South Independence Mall East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
or
P.O. Box KYW-3
Philadelphia, PA 19105
Phone: 215-238-4850 (News)
215-233-3333 (Tips)
800-223-8477 (Toll-free)
Fax: 215-238-4783
E-Mail: tips@kyw.com
http://abcnews.go.com/local/wpvi (ABC affiliate)
WPVI - Action News
4100 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 215-581-4573
National ACLU: www.aclu.org
ACLU of Delaware: http://www.ACLU-DE.org
Executive Director: Judith Mellen
100 West 10th Street
Suite 309
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 654-3966
Email: delaclu@aol.com
About the Project Gutenberg Newsletter:
[Goes out approximately first Wednesday of each month. But
different relays will get it to you at different times; you
can subscribe directly, just send me email to find out how,
or surf to promo.net/pg to subscribe directly by yourself.]
We will have new subscribing instructions next Newsletter!!
If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it.