======== Subject: Extra Project Gutenberg Newsletter From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org> To: "Project Gutenberg mailing list" <gutnberg@listserv.unc.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 05:46:43 -0600 (CST) This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for: Wednesday, March 8, 2000 ***Another message requesting your support is being sent separately*** *If you are not interested, please just delete it without opening it.* We are in the process of jumping another month ahead of our schedule-- so this may actually be an extra issue of the Newsletter, or may be an April issue, in disguise. . .we shall see. . . . This Is The Birthday Of Michael S. Hart, Founder of Project Gutenberg! [As you read this, he is most likely in the air, destination Romania!] [A "new" computer is now hitched up to the Net at home in Bucharest so we should be in quite good touch with him. 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We have received many versions of Chapter 72 over the years, but none of them were ones we would PROVE were in the Public Domain under our copyright laws. [Please note: We originally received Moby Dick from Online Book Initiative, 10 years ago and it was released as our Etext #15, a very important milestone. However, it did not include Chapter 72, which we are releasing now, and I am asking our Directors of Production to create a new edition of Moby Dick, all in one file [our past edition, which will not be changed, was a zip file with about 135 files in it. . .please understand how unzipping 135 files might have affected a drive from 10 years ago.] This new file currently contains ONLY a copy of Chapter 72, and will hopefully contain the entire book very shortly.] Jan 2001 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, by Jules Verne[#13][2000010a.xxx]2488* This is a brand new original critical translation based on several editions.] *RESERVED* At this very moment we are still converting from WordPerfect 6.1. If you are a WP Wizard, we could certainly use your assistance. . . . . . .!] Also see our first edition, to see just how much difference there can be.... Sep 1994 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne[Verne#3][2000010x.xxx] 164 Jan 2001 Cross Roads, by Margaret E. Sangster [crsrdxxx.xxx]2487 Jan 2001 Queer Little Folks, by Harriet Beecher Stowe[HBS2][qltfkxxx.xxx]2486 Jan 2001 Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants, by Darwin[cplntxxx.xxx]2485 Jan 2001 The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch's "Lives", by White [tbagpxxx.xxx]2484 Jan 2001 Janice Day, Young Homemaker, by Helen Beecher Long[jncdyxxx.xxx]2483 Jan 2001 New York, by James Fenimore Cooper[J.F. Cooper #6][nwyrkxxx.xxx]2482 Jan 2001 The Civilization of Illiteracy (C)Mihai Nadin 1997[cviltxxx.xxx]2481C Jan 2001 Under Western Eyes, Joseph Conrad[Joseph Conrad25][wstysxxx.xxx]2480 Jan 2001 The Friendly Road, by David Grayson [Ray S. Baker][frnrdxxx.xxx]2479 The following are from "The Circus Boys" series: Each title starts with "The Cirucs Boys" = TCB here We are presenting the first 2 now, 3 more reserved. Jan 2001 TCB On The Plains, by Edgar B.P. Darlington [CB#5][05tcbxxx.xxx]2478 Jan 2001 TCB On The Mississippi, by Edgar Darlington [CB#4][04tcbxxx.xxx]2477 Jan 2001 TCB in Dixie Land, by Edgar B.P. Darlington [CB#3][03tcbxxx.xxx]2476 Jan 2001 TCB Across The Continent, by Edg. Darlington[CB#2][02tcbxxx.xxx]2475 [At this moment only the first 3 are posted, let me know if you have margin problems with #2, we have another version we could try.] Jan 2001 TCB On The Flying Rings, by Edg. Darlington [CB#1][01tcbxxx.xxx]2474 Jan 2001 Mary-'Gusta by Joseph C. Lincoln [J.C. Lincoln #4][mrygtxxx.xxx]2473 Jan 2001 White Lies, by Charles Reade [Charles Reade #3][whtlsxxx.xxx]2472 Jan 2001 The Crusade of the Excelsior, Bret Harte[Harte#17][tcotexxx.xxx]2471 Jan 2001 Samual Brohl & Company, by Victor Cherbuliez[CB#2][brohlxxx.xxx]2470 Also see: Jan 2000 Stories of Modern French Novels: Scribners Ed. [sbmfaxxx.xxx]2047 Jan 2001 Repertory of the Comedie Humaine, Pt 2 [Balzac#94][2rthcxxx.xxx]2469* Jan 2001 Repertory of the Comedie Humaine, Pt 1 [Balzac#93][1rthcxxx.xxx]2468 [This is an index of Comedie Humaine characters and event, Pt 2 is not ready] Jan 2001 Ghosts, A Domestic Tragedy, by Henrik Ibsen[HI #4][ghstsxxx.xxx]2467 Jan 2001 Virgin Soil, by Ivan S. Turgenev[Ivan Turgenev #1][vgnslxxx.xxx]2466 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 only on prairienet right now, can't get to metalab.unc.edu OR archive.org dagny 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.] [We found V1 from John Ockerbloom, but it is copyrighted, so we need proofers to set it back to the original uncopyright format.] 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 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... About the Project Gutenberg Newsletter: [Goes out approximately first Wednesday of each month. 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