Dear Sir,
in your December newsletter you included a request
for someone to rewrite and "tidy up" the newsletter format.
Accordingly, I respectfully submit the following draft for
your consideration. It is somewhat shorter than the original
text, but this is due (I hope) to the repetition of
information in the original, rather than any omissions.
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Andrew Rae
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DRAFT NEWSLETTER (BASED ON NEWSLETTER DEC. 1993)
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Shakespeare alone represent nearly 150 titles [two Bible editions] and a
new Shakespeare is in the works.
Mon Year Title/Author [filename.ext] ##
Jan 1994 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [LOF] [Shaks10x.xxx] 100C
Jan 1994 Ludwig van Beethoven, 5th Symphony in c-minor #67 [lvb5s10x.xxx] 99
Jan 1994 A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens [CD#1] [2city10x.xxx] 98
Jan 1994 Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott [Math in Fiction] [flat10xx.xxx] 97
Jan 1994 The Monster Men, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [monst10x.xxx] 96
Dec 1993 The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope [zenda10x.xxx] 95
Dec 1993 Alexander's Bridge, by Willa Cather [Cather #3] [alexb10x.xxx] 94
Dec 1993 Tom Sawyer Detective, Mark Twain/Clemens/Wiretap [sawr310x.xxx] 93
Dec 1993 Tarzan, Jewels of Opar, Burroughs [Tarzan #5] [tarz510x.xxx] 92
Nov 1993 Tom Sawyer Abroad, Mark Twain/Clemens/Wiretap [sawy211x.xxx] 91
Nov 1993 Son of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #4] [tarz410x.xxx] 90
Nov 1993 NAFTA, Treaty, Annexes, Tariffs [from September] [naftxxxx.xxx] 89
Nov 1993 Price/Cost Indexes from 1875 to 1989[Est to 2010] [price10x.xxx] 88
Oct 1993 The World Factbook, US CIA, 1993 Edition [world93x.xxx] 87
Oct 1993 A Connecticut Yankee, Mark Twain/Clemens, Wiretap [yanke10x.xxx] 86
Oct 1993 Beasts of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs[Tarzan #3] [tarz310x.xxx] 85
Oct 1993 Frankenstein/Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [frank10x.xxx] 84
Oct 1993 Frankenstein/Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [italic] [frank10a.xxx] 84a
Sep 1993 From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne [moonxxxx.xxx] 83
Sep 1993 Ivanhoe/Scott/OBI/Wiretap [US only please] [ivnho10x.xxx] 82
Sep 1993 Return of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #2][tarz210x.xxx] 81
Sep 1993 The Online World/de Presno [Shareware] [online11.xxx] 80C
Aug 1993 Terminal Compromise/NetNovel, Win Schartau [termc10x.xxx] 79
Aug 1993 Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs[Tarzan#1][tarzn10x.xxx] 78
Aug 1993 House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne [7gabl10x.xxx] 77
Aug 1993 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain/Wiretap[hfinn10x.xxx] 76
Jul 1993 Email 101 by John Goodwin [email025.xxx] 75C
Jul 1993 Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain/Wiretap [sawyr10x.xxx] 74
Jul 1993 Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane [badge10x.xxx] 73
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars [Mars #4] [mmars10x.xxx] 72
Jun 1993 Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau [civil10x.xxx] 71
Jun 1993 What Is Man? Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens] [wman10xx.xxx] 70
Jun 1993 The 32nd Mersenne Prime, Predicted by Mersenne [32pri10x.xxx] 69
Jun 1993 Warlord of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars #3] [wmars10x.xxx] 68
May 1993 Black Experience, Norman Coombs [blexp10x.xxx] 67C
May 1993 The Dawn of Amateur Radio, Norman F. Joly [radio10x.xxx] 66C
May 1993 The First 100,000 Prime Numbers [prime10x.xxx] 65
May 1993 Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars #2] [gmars10x.xxx] 64
Apr 1993 The Number "e" [Natural Log] [ee610xxx.xxx] 63
Apr 1993 A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars #1] [pmars10x.xxx] 62
Apr 1993 The Communist Manifesto,Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels[manif10x.xxx] 61
Apr 1993 The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emmuska Orczy [scarp10x.xxx] 60
Mar 1993 Descartes' Reason Discourse, Rene Descartes [dcart10x.xxx] 59
Mar 1993 Paradise Regained, John Milton [rgain10x.xxx] 58
Mar 1993 Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Traditional [alad10xx.xxx] 57
Mar 1993 NREN, by Jean Armour Polly [nren210x.xxx] 56C
Feb 1993 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum [wizoz10x.xxx] 55
Feb 1993 The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum [ozland10.xxx] 54
Feb 1993 LOC Workshop on Etexts, US LIbrary of Congress [locet10x.xxx] 53
Feb 1993 The Square Root of Two [2sqrt10x.xxx] 52
Jan 1993 Anne of the Island, Lucy Maud Montgomery [GG#3] [iland10x.xxx] 51
Jan 1993 Pi [circumference/diameter] [pimil10x.xxx] 50
Jan 1993 Surfing the Internet, Jean Armour Polly [Surf10xx.xxx] 49C
Jan 1993 The World Factbook, US CIA, 1992 Edition [world192.xxx] 48
Jan 1993 Clinton's Inaugural Address, US Pres Bill Clinton [clintonx.xxx] na
Dec 1992 The Gift of the Magi-O Henry [magi10.txt] na
[This is too short to zip, and will join xmasx.xxx]
Dec 1992 Anne of Avonlea, Lucy Maud Montgomery [GG#2] [avon10xx.xxx] 47
Dec 1992 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens [carol10x.xxx] 46
Nov 1992 Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery [GG#1] [anne11xx.xxx] 45
Nov 1992 Song of the Lark, Willa Cather [Cather #2] [song10xx.xxx] 44
Oct 1992 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde #2 Robert Louis Stevenson [hydea10x.xxx] 43
Oct 1992 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde #1 Robert Louis Stevenson [hyde10xx.xxx] 42
Oct 1992 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving [sleep10x.xxx] 41
[The Plain Vanilla ASCII Etext has been withdrawn at the request of NUSIRG]
Sep 1992 NorthWestNet NUSIRG Internet Guide [nusirgxx.xxx] 40C
Sep 1992 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet, Ed Krol [hhgi10xx.xxx] 39
Aug 1992 The Hackers' Dictionary of Computer Jargon [jargn10x.xxx] 38
Aug 1992 The 1990 US Census [2nd], US Census Bureau [uscen902.xxx] 37
Jul 1992 The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells [Herbert George][warw10xx.xxx] 36
Jul 1992 The Time Machine, H.G. Wells [Herbert George] [timem10x.xxx] 35
Jun 1992 Zen & the Art of Internet], Brendan P. Kehoe [zen10xxx.xxx] 34
[Zen has NOT been withdrawn from circulation at the request of the author]
Jun 1992 The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne [scrlt10x.xxx] 33
May 1992 Herland [for Mother's Day], Charlotte P. Gilman [hrlnd10x.xxx] 32
May 1992 Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy [Three Greek Plays] [oedip10x.xxx] 31
Apr 1992 New Etext of Bible [KJV] [From many editions] [bible10x.xxx] 30
Apr 1992 Data From the 1990 Census, US Census Bureau [uscen901.xxx] 29
Mar 1992 Aesop's Fables [Advantage] [Our Second Version] [aesopa10.xxx] 28
Mar 1992 Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy [Hardy1] [crowd13x.xxx] 27
Feb 1992 Paradise Lost [Raben] [originally in all CAPS] [plrabn11.xxx] 26
Feb 1992 1991 CIA World Factbook, US CIA, 1991 Edition [world91a.xxx] 25
Jan 1992 O Pioneers! Willa Cather [Cather #1] [opion10x.xxx] 24
Jan 1992 Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of [duglas10.xxx] 23
Dec 1991 Roget's Thesaurus [roget12x.xxx] 22
Dec 1991 Roget's Thesaurus [roget11x.xxx] 22
Nov 1991 Aesop's Fables [aesop11x.xxx] 21
Oct 1991 Paradise Lost, John Milton [plboss11.xxx] 20
Sep 1991 The Song of Hiawatha [hisong11.xxx] 19
Aug 1991 The Federalist Papers [feder12x.xxx] 18
Jul 1991 The Book of Mormon [mormon13.xxx] 17
Jun 1991 Peter Pan [for US only]**, James M. Barrie [peter14a.xxx] 16
May 1991 Moby Dick [From OBI]*, Herman Melville [mobyxxxx.xxx] 15
Apr 1991 1990 CIA World Factbook, The US CIA [world12x.xxx] 14
Mar 1991 The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll [snark12x.xxx] 13
Feb 1991 Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll [lglass16.xxx] 12
Jan 1991 Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll [alice29x.xxx] 11
[These two Roget's are not exactly the same]
*Moby Dick is missing Chapter 72
**Please do not download Peter Pan outside the US
***Earlier Dates Are Approximations***
1980-1990 Various Editions of Shakespeare and The Bible
[The Shakespeare Was Never Released (due to copyright problems)]
Hence the changed file names and number from older index.
Aug 1989 The Bible, Both Testaments, King James Version [kjv10xxx.xxx] 10
Dec 1984 The Bible, The New Testament, King James Version [biblexxx.xxx] xx
The Bible and Shakespeare represented the entire effort for the 1980's
and the Bible alone is about 1,000 times larger than our first file,
the U.S. Declaration of Independence. [So is Shakespeare.]
Dec 1979 Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address [linc1xxx.xxx] 9
Dec 1978 Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address [linc2xxx.xxx] 8
Dec 1977 The Mayflower Compact [mayflxxx.xxx] 7
Dec 1976 Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death, Patrick Henry [liberxxx.xxx] 6
Dec 1975 The United States' Constitution [constxxx.xxx] 5
Nov 1973 Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln [gettyxxx.xxx] 4
Nov 1973 John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address [jfkxxxxx.xxx] 3
Dec 1972 The United States' Bill of Rights [billxxxx.xxx] 2
Dec 1971 Declaration of Independence [whenxxxx.xxx] 1
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