======== Subject: [gmonthly] Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org> To: "Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter" <gmonthly@listserv.unc.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:11:42 -0500 (CDT) *Project Gutenberg's Monthly Newsletter for Wednesday, August 1, 2001* 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.* We Made Our Goal 100 Etexts In The Past Month! Actually. . .we have done 118 NEW Etexts since July 4th, when we first officially announced the 100 per month goal! [_I_ didn't think we would do more than 86!!!] WOW!!! We Are On Schedule To Do 100 Etexts Again This Month! August Will Have Five Wednesdays, So We Should Do It Again. 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Grant [US President] V2 [2musgxxx.xxx]1068 Jan 1998 The Chessman of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#11][cmarsxxx.txt]1153 May 2000 Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling[Kipling#9][cptcrxxx.xxx]2186 May 2001 Du Cote de Chez Swann, Marcel Proust [Proust #1][xswan11x.xxx]2650 [We are releasing as 7swan11.txt 8swan11.txt, and swan11h.htm and the .zips] [This of Volume One of Proust's "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu"] And edition 11a of: Jun 2000 Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling[Kipling#9][cptcrxxx.xxx]2225 *** And here are the 95 new releases for this month. 95 Etext per month would yield about 1144 per year. Most of our readers missed our announcements of this one before: Jan 2003 The Chronicles of Clovis, by Saki [H. H. Munro] #6[clovsxxx.xxx]3688 [Since this was left out of the totals before, it is included this week] Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V8, by Richard Burton[81001xxx.xxx]3442 [8 volumes done, 8 to go!!!!!!!] Mar 2003 The Entire Marie Antoinette, by Campan [CM#54][cm54bxxx.xxx]3891 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, by Campan, v7 [CM#53][cm53bxxx.xxx]3890 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, by Campan, v6 [CM#52][cm52bxxx.xxx]3889 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, by Campan, v5 [CM#51][cm51bxxx.xxx]3888 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, by Campan, v4 [CM#50][cm50bxxx.xxx]3887 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, by Campan, v3 [CM#49][cm49bxxx.xxx]3886 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, by Campan, v2 [CM#48][cm48bxxx.xxx]3885 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, by Campan, v1 [CM#47][cm47bxxx.xxx]3884 Mar 2003 The Entire Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset [CM#46][cm46bxxx.xxx]3883 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v7 [CM#45][cm45bxxx.xxx]3882 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v6 [CM#44][cm44bxxx.xxx]3881 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v5 [CM#43][cm43bxxx.xxx]3880 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v4 [CM#42][cm42bxxx.xxx]3879 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v3 [CM#41][cm41bxxx.xxx]3878 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v2 [CM#40][cm40bxxx.xxx]3877 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v1 [CM#39][cm39bxxx.xxx]3876 Mar 2003 Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon[CM#38][cm38bxxx.xxx]3875 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v15 [CM#37][cm37bxxx.xxx]3874 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v14 [CM#36][cm36bxxx.xxx]3873 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v13 [CM#35][cm35bxxx.xxx]3872 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v12 [CM#34][cm34bxxx.xxx]3871 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v11 [CM#33][cm33bxxx.xxx]3870 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v10 [CM#32][cm32bxxx.xxx]3869 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v9 [CM#31][cm31bxxx.xxx]3868 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v8 [CM#30][cm30bxxx.xxx]3867 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v7 [CM#29][cm29bxxx.xxx]3866 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v6 [CM#28][cm28bxxx.xxx]3865 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v5 [CM#43][cm43bxxx.xxx]3880 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v4 [CM#42][cm42bxxx.xxx]3879 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v3 [CM#41][cm41bxxx.xxx]3878 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v2 [CM#40][cm40bxxx.xxx]3877 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v1 [CM#39][cm39bxxx.xxx]3876 Mar 2003 Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon[CM#38][cm38bxxx.xxx]3875 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v15 [CM#37][cm37bxxx.xxx]3874 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v14 [CM#36][cm36bxxx.xxx]3873 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v13 [CM#35][cm35bxxx.xxx]3872 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v12 [CM#34][cm34bxxx.xxx]3871 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v11 [CM#33][cm33bxxx.xxx]3870 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v10 [CM#32][cm32bxxx.xxx]3869 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v9 [CM#31][cm31bxxx.xxx]3868 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v8 [CM#30][cm30bxxx.xxx]3867 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v7 [CM#29][cm29bxxx.xxx]3866 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v6 [CM#28][cm28bxxx.xxx]3865 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v5 [CM#27][cm27bxxx.xxx]3864 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v4 [CM#26][cm26bxxx.xxx]3863 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v3 [CM#25][cm25bxxx.xxx]3862 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v2 [CM#24][cm24bxxx.xxx]3861 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v1 [CM#23][cm23bxxx.xxx]3860 Mar 2003 Entire Memoirs Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans[CM#22][cm22bxxx.xxx]3859 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v4[CM#21][cm21bxxx.xxx]3858 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v3[CM#20][cm20bxxx.xxx]3857 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v2[CM#19][cm19bxxx.xxx]3856 Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v1[CM#18][cm18bxxx.xxx]3855 Feb 2003 Undine, by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque[Fouque #5][ndinexxx.xxx]3714 Feb 2003 Aaron Trow, by Anthony Trollope[Ant. Trollope #21][arntrxxx.xxx]3713 Feb 2003 Chateau of Prince Polignac, by Anthony Trollope 20[chtppxxx.xxx]3712 Feb 2003 Relics of General Chasse, by Anthony Trollope[#19][rlcgcxxx.xxx]3711 10 Feb 2003 An Unprotected Female, by Anthony Trollope[AT #18][unpfmxxx.xxx]3710 Feb 2003 Love Eternal, by H. Rider Haggard[H R Haggard #34][xlovexxx.xxx]3709 [We are releasing as 7love10.txt & 8love10.txt and 7love10.zip & 8love10.zip] [The 8 bit version include high bit binary characters, accents, etc.] Feb 2003 An Introduction to Chemical Science by RP Williams[aitcsxxx.xxx]3708 Feb 2003 The Trimmed Lamp, et al, by O Henry [O Henry #12][tlampxxx.xxx]3707 Contains: THE TRIMMED LAMP A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH HIGHBALL THE PENDULUM TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O'ROON BRICKDUST ROW THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER VANITY AND SOME SABLES THE SOCIAL TRIANGLE THE PURPLE DRESS THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99 THE LOST BLEND A HARLEM TRAGEDY "THE GUILTY PARTY"--AN EAST SIDE TRAGEDY ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS A MIDSUMMER KNIGHT'S DREAM THE LAST LEAF THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST THE COUNTRY OF ELUSION THE FERRY OF UNFULFILMENT THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER ELSIE IN NEW YORK Feb 2003 The Valiant Runaways, by Gertrude Atherton [valruxxx.xxx]3706 05 Feb 2003 Happy Hawkins, by Robert Alexander Wason [hhwknxxx.xxx]3705 Feb 2003 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin [#18] [vbglexxx.xxx]3704 [This is based on the 11th paper edition, 1890, first edition was 1860] [This file [vbgle10a] is the significantly improved version of: Jun 1997 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin [#1] [vbglexxx.xxx] 944 [Actual Full Title: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World] Feb 2003 Dot And The Kangaroo, by Ethel Pedley [dkangxxx.xxx]3703 Feb 2003 Foul Play, by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault [foulpxxx.xxx]3702 Feb 2003 Letters From High Latitudes, by Lord Dufferin [hilatxxx.xxx]3701 [Author's Full Name: The Marquess of Dufferin] Jan 2003 The Courtship of Susan Bell, Anthony Trollope[#17][crtsbxxx.xxx]3700 Jan 2003 Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, by Trollope [#16][sarjkxxx.xxx]3699 [Full Names: Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, Jamaica, by Anthony Trollope] Jan 2003 The Task and Other Poems, by William Cowper [#1][ttaskxxx.xxx]3698 Jan 2003 A Century of Roundels, by Swinburne [Swinburne #4][cnrndxxx.xxx]3697 [Author's Full Name: Charles Algernon Swinburne] Jan 2003 The Prince and the Page, by Charlotte M. Yonge[12][prcpgxxx.xxx]3696 Jan 2003 Every Man Out Of His Humour, by Ben Jonson[Ben #2][emohhxxx.xxx]3695 Jan 2003 Every Man In His Humour, by Ben Jonson [Jonson #1][emihhxxx.xxx]3694 Jan 2003 Louisa of Prussia and Her Times, by L. Muhlbach #7[luisaxxx.xxx]3693 [Variant spellings: Louisa, Louise, Luise Muhlbach; and Luise von Muhlbach] Jan 2003 The House of Life, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti [thslfxxx.xxx]3692 Jan 2003 Little Wars, by (H)erbert (G)eorge Wells[Wells#20][ltwrsxxx.xxx]3691 Jan 2003 Floor Games, by (H)erbert (G)eorge Wells[Wells#19][flrgmxxx.xxx]3690 Jan 2003 Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1, Paris To Rome [1loflxxx.xxx]3689 [Full Title: Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1] [From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso] Jan 2003 The Chronicles of Clovis, by Saki [H. H. Munro] #6[clovsxxx.xxx]3688 Jan 2003 The Ruby of Kishmoor, by Howard Pyle [Pyle #5][rubykxxx.xxx]3687 Jan 2003 The Army of the Cumberland, Henry M. Cist [xcmbrxxx.xxx]3686 [8-bit accents are included in 8cmbr10.*, plain characters are in 7cmbr10.*] Jan 2003 Egypt (La Mort De Philae), by Pierre Loti[Loti #7][egyptxxx.xxx]3685 Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, All, by Winston Churchill [#9][wc09vxxx.xxx]3684 Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, V. 3, by Winston Churchill[#8][wc08vxxx.xxx]3683 Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, V. 2, by Winston Churchill[#7][wc07vxxx.xxx]3682 Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, V. 1, by Winston Churchill[#6][wc06vxxx.xxx]3681 [This author is a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill the English Prime Minister] Jan 2003 Cartrefi Cymru, by Owen M. Edwards[O M Edwards #2][crtcmxxx.xxx]3680 [In Welsh, available in plain text as crtcm10.* and in HTML as crtcm10h.*] Jan 2003 Getting Gold, by J. C. F. Johnson [Miner Handbook][ggoldxxx.xxx]3679 Jan 2003 Jonah, by Louis Stone [jonahxxx.xxx]3678 Jan 2003 On Our Selection, by Steele Rudd [onssrxxx.xxx]3677 [Steel Rudd is pseudonym for Arthur Hoey Davis][Story of Australian Pioneers] Jan 2003 The Firefly Of France, by Marion Polk Angellotti [fiofrxxx.xxx]3676 Jan 2003 Die Versuchung des Pescara, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer[xversxxx.xxx]3675 [This Etext is in German, 8vers10.* has accents, 7vers10.* has no accents.] Jan 2003 The Dragon and the Raven, by G. A. Henty[Henty #3][tdatrxxx.xxx]3674 Jan 2003 Essays Before a Sonata, by Charles Ives [ivessxxx.xxx]3673 Jan 2003 The 2000 CIA World Factbook[CIA Factbook#10][No#7][world00x.xxx]3672 Jan 2003 Christie Johnstone, by Charles Reade[Chas Reade#8][crstixxx.xxx]3671 Jan 2003 Peg Woffington, by Charles Reade[Charles Reade #7][pgwofxxx.xxx]3670 Jan 2003 The Woman-Hater, by Charles Reade[Charles Reade#6][wmnhtxxx.xxx]3669 Jan 2003 The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, Baker[angbnxxx.xxx]3668 [Author's Full Name: Samuel White Baker [Baker #8] Jan 2003 Wolfville Days, by Alfred Henry Lewis [wlfdzxxx.xxx]3667 Jan 2003 Andreas Hofer, by Lousia Muhlbach [Muhlbach #6] [hoferxxx.xxx]3666 [Variant spellings: Louise Muhlbach, Luise Muhlbach and Luise von Muhlbach] Jan 2003 Maurine and Other Poems, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox[5][maurnxxx.xxx]3665 Jan 2003 Yvette, by Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant [GM#17][yvttexxx.xxx]3664 Jan 2003 The Girl From Keller's, by Harold Bindloss [tgfksxxx.xxx]3663 [Alternate Title From The UK: Sadie's Conquest] Jan 2003 Oscar Wilde, His Life & Confessions, Frank Harris [owhlcxxx.xxx]3662 Jan 2003 Quotations from The Essays of Montaigne, by Widger[dwqmnxxx.xxx]3661 [#12 in our series of Widger's Quotations by David Widger] Jan 2003 Out Of The Triangle, by Mary E. Bamford [outrixxx.xxx]3660 Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V8, by Richard Burton[81001xxx.xxx]3442 Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V7, by Richard Burton[81001xxx.xxx]3441 Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V6, by Richard Burton[61001xxx.xxx]3440 Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V5, by Richard Burton[51001xxx.xxx]3439 *** Our Total For The Year Is About 670 For The First 7 Months, or 96 Per Month. . .This Would Yield Abour 1146 For The Year Weekly Newsdate Etexts Avg/wk 08/01/01 22 22 07/25/01 24 22 07/18/01 22 22 07/11/01 21 23 07/04/01 29 23 July Total 96 06/27/01 22 23 06/20/01 18 23 06/13/01 17 23 06/06/01 20 23 June Total 77 05/31/01 18 24 05/23/01 16 24 05/16/01 18 24 05/09/01 18 25 05/02/01 39 25 May Total 109 04/25/01 15 24 04/18/01 11 25 04/11/01 12 26 Weekly Started Here April total 137 1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg 13 Weeks 326 25.08 And for the 13 Weeks Ending on 07/25/01 We totaled 282 21.69 And for the 16 Weeks Ending on 07/25/01 We totaled 326 20.38 *** Excerpts from NewsScan Daily and Edupage are in the weekly Newsletters. *** About the Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter: [Goes out approximately first Wednesday of each month. 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