======== Subject: May Project Gutenberg Newsletter From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org> To: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 22:59:16 -0500 (CDT) *This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for *Wednesday, May 5, 1999* 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 Well, we managed to finish the 1999 Etexts 8 months ahead of schedule, though it has been a struggle to do 36 Etexts each month of 1999 after doing 72 a month for the last half of 1998. This is somewhat replying to those who have asked why don't we make a more difficult schedule in the year 2000. . .right now there is no way we could be doing more for each month than we are. . .we are barely getting the 36 Etexts done in time for the Newsletter each month, which often gives us a few days of extra time, which we are glad to take advantage of. We hope you will take the opportunity to volunteer to do your favorite book[s] from before 1923, and to look over our new volunteers' site at promo.net, which should make volunteering much more effortless. Also, you can email me and the other Project Gutenberg Directors listed. . . ***Announcement*** May 16, 1799 In honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Honore de Balzac (1799 - - 1850) Project Gutenberg is proud to present English translations of the entire "Human Comedy." Portraying over two thousand characters and with immense attention to detail, this massive collection of just under one hundred novels and shorter works brings to life the social history of France during the first half of the 19th century. Team Balzac is seeking a qualifying biography of Honore de Balzac and any non-Human Comedy works. Except for The Human Comedy and Droll Tales we have been unable to locate any qualifying editions. 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It's certainly a lot simpler than all the auction nonsense, tho' perhaps not as much fun. . . . **** And here are the books to finish out the year 1999, and start 2000 ***** Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext]#### *****A "C" Following a Project Gutenberg Etext Number Indicates Copyright**** Dec 1999 The Library, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #20][lbrryxxx.xxx]2018 Dec 1999 The Dhammapada, Translated by F. Max Muller [dhmpdxxx.xxx]2017 Dec 1999 The 1998 CIA World Factbook[CIA Factbook #8][No#7][world98x.xxx]2016 Dec 1999 A Miscellany of Men, by G. K. Chesterton [GKC #13][miscyxxx.xxx]2015 Dec 1999 The Lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes [tldgrxxx.xxx]2014 Dec 1999 The Pit Prop Syndicate, by Freeman Wills Croft [ptprpxxx.xxx]2013 Dec 1999 The Children, by Alice Meynell [Alice Meynell #8][chldnxxx.xxx]2012 Dec 1999 Rudder Grange, by Frank R. Stockton [Stockton #4][rgrngxxx.xxx]2011 Dec 1999 The Autobiography of Charles Darwin [Darwin #6][adrwnxxx.xxx]2010 Dec 1999 Origin of Species, 6th Ed., by Charles Darwin [#5][otoos610.xxx]2009 Dec 1999 Mazelli, and Other Poems, by George W. Sands[GS#1][mzllixxx.xxx]2008 Dec 1999 We Two, by Edna Lyall [wetwoxxx.xxx]2007 Dec 1999 A Fair Penitent, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #23][frpntxxx.xxx]2006 Dec 1999 Piccadilly Jim, by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse [#1][pccjmxxx.xxx]2005 Dec 1999 "Pigs is Pigs," by Ellis Parker Butler [pgpgsxxx.xxx]2004 Dec 1999 Spirits in Bondage [Lyrics Cycle], by C. S. Lewis [spbndxxx.xxx]2003 Dec 1999 Spirits in Bondage [Lyrics Cycle], Clive Hamilton [spbndxxx.xxx]2003 Dec 1999 Sonnets from the Portuguese, by E. B. Browning[#1][snprgxxx.xxx]2002 Dec 1999 [Reserved for 2001, by Arthur C. Clarke] [ xxx.xxx]2001 Dec 1999 Don Quijote, by Cervantes in Spanish .txt & .htm [2donqxxx.xxx]2000 Dec 1999 Crome Yellow, by Aldous Huxley [Aldous Huxley #1] [crmylxxx.xxx]1999 Dec 1999 Thus Spake Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche #1 [spzarxxx.xxx]1998 Dec 1999 Paradise, Divine Comedy, Dante, Tr. by Norton [3ddcnxxx.xxx]1997 Dec 1999 Purgatory, Divine Comedy, Dante, Tr. by Norton [2ddcnxxx.xxx]1996 Dec 1999 Hell/Inferno, Divine Comedy, Dante, Tr. by Norton [1ddcnxxx.xxx]1995 Dec 1999 Adventures among Books, by Andrew Lang [Lang #19][advbkxxx.xxx]1994 Dec 1999 Told After Supper, by Jerome K. Jerome [JKJ #15] [tldspxxx.xxx]1993 Dec 1999 Fragmenta Regalia, by Robert Naunton [Published] [trvfgxxx.xxx]1992 Dec 1999 Travels in England, by Paul Hentzner [as 1 Book] [trvfgxxx.xxx]1992 Dec 1999 Old Friends, Epistolary Parody, by Andrew Lang[18][oldfnxxx.xxx]1991 Dec 1999 The Bedford-Row Conspiracy, by Thackeray [WMT #11][bdfrcxxx.xxx]1990 Dec 1999 The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz [fldctxxx.xxx]1989 Dec 1999 History of Tom Thumb, etc. Edited by Henry Altemus[thumbxxx.xxx]1988 Includes: The Stories of the Cat and the Mouse [and] Fire! Fire! Burn Stick! Dec 1999 The Outlet, by Andy Adams [outltxxx.xxx]1987 Dec 1999 Life and Death of Mr. Badman, by John Bunyan[JB#3][badmnxxx.xxx]1986 Dec 1999 Men's Wives, by William Makepeace Thackeray[WMT10][mnwvsxxx.xxx]1985 Dec 1999 [Reserved: George Orwell's 1984/Did it come true?][o1984xxx.xxx]1984 Dec 1999 Monsieur Beaucaire, by Booth Tarkington [BT #8] [mbeauxxx.xxx]1983 and Jan 2000 Nostromo, by Joseph Conrad [Joseph Conrad #24][nstrmxxx.xxx]2021 Jan 2000 Tarzan the Terrible, by Edgar R. Burroughs[TARZ#8][tzntrxxx.xxx]2020 Jan 2000 The Bat, by M. R. Rinehart & Avery Hopwood [MRR13][thbatxxx.xxx]2019 ** 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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