======== Subject: April-May Project Gutenberg Newsletter From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org> To: Michael Hart <hart@pobox.com> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:11:07 -0600 (CST) This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for April and May, 1998 We were set to announce that we were 1/8 of the way to our Etext #10,000 in this Newsletter, but things went so well this month a new announcement is in order. . .instead of just reaching 12.5%, we have reached 13% of our goal as of today, 50 more Etexts than we had planned to announce today. The Gutenberg Volunteers have really been on fire lately, with a record number of 80 Etexts being posted during the last 31 days, thus requiring a combined Newsletter containing all the titles-- including the two more we posted since the end of March. There will be our usual "Project Gutenberg Needs YOU!" message-- sometime this month, then, hopefully, we will still be ahead for getting May done, and thus post the June Newsletter in May. * We have versions of Madame Bovary, The Waste Land, and Chroicles of Avonlea ready for proofreading. . .as per your requests, just email me to get them. * We need to know who sent which files of Count of Monte Cristo, so we can link up the proper copyright research to the files. * Project Gutenberg Director of Production Needs Help in Boston Dianne Bean is looking for an affordable hotel in the Cambridge/Boston Massachusetts area for June 9-13, within walking distance of Harvard Square. The Doubletree is full. She'll be in town for the Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries annual meeting. Any suggestions appreciated! beandp@primenet.com. * From: straf@uiuc.edu Subject: looking for book > Book: > History of a Free People - banned - unknown author > estimated publication date: 1964 frind of mine howard is looking for above book I'd spend $20 ***** Here are the 81 files we have posted since the last Newsletter: Mon Year Title Author # by Author Filename.Ext #### May 1998 Seven Men, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #4] [svnmnxxx.xxx]1306 May 1998 Enoch Soames, by Max Beerbohm [A New Version] [svnmnxxx.xxx]1306 May 1998 Hilary Maltby and Stephen Braxton, by Max Beerbohm[svnmnxxx.xxx]1306 May 1998 The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac[Balzac #11][blscoxxx.xxx]1305 May 1998 Project Gutenberg's Book of English Verse [Oxford][pgbevxxx.xxx]1304 May 1998 [Formerly:] The Oxford Book of English Verse [pgbevxxx.xxx]1304 May 1998 Bulchevy's Book of English Verse [pgbevxxx.xxx]1304 May 1998 The Scapegoat, by Hall Caine [scpgtxxx.xxx]1303 May 1998 Enemies of Books, by William Blades [nmybkxxx.xxx]1302 [ xxx.xxx]1302 May 1998 The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle[Carlyle#5][frrevxxx.xxx]1301 May 1998 Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey [Grey #7][prpsgxxx.xxx]1300 May 1998 The Heritage of the Sioux by B. M. Bower[Bower #6][hrtsuxxx.xxx]1299 May 1998 The Virginian, Horseman Of The Plains, Owen Wister[vrgnnxxx.xxx]1298 May 1998 The Iron Puddler, by James J. Davis [tirnpxxx.xxx]1297 Apr 1998 The Provost, by John Galt [This is THE John Galt] [prvstxxx.xxx]1296 Apr 1998 Ceres' Runaway by Alice Meynell [Alice Meynell #5][crnwyxxx.xxx]1295 Apr 1998 The Firm of Nucingen by Honore' de Balzac HDB #10][ncngnxxx.xxx]1294 Apr 1998 Sesame and Lilies, by John Ruskin [John Ruskin #2][seslixxx.xxx]1293 Apr 1998 The Way of the World by William Congreve [WC #4][wwrldxxx.xxx]1292 Apr 1998 Herodias, by Gustave Flaubert[Gustave Flaubert #3][hrodsxxx.xxx]1291 Apr 1998 Salammbo, by Gustave Flaubert[Gustave Flaubert #2][slmmbxxx.xxx]1290 Apr 1998 Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens [CD #33-35][3ghstxxx.xxx]1289 Apr 1998 The Trial for Murder, Charles Dickens[Dickens #35][3ghstxxx.xxx]1289 Apr 1998 The Haunted House, by Charles Dickens[Dickens #34][3ghstxxx.xxx]1289 Apr 1998 The Signal Man, by Charles Dickens [Dickens #33][3ghstxxx.xxx]1289 Apr 1998 Dream Days, by Kenneth Grahame[Kenneth Grahame #1][drdayxxa.xxx]1288 Apr 1998 The Poems of Goethe, Transl. Edgar Alfred Bowring [tpgthxxx.xxx]1287 Apr 1998 Tales of Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb [a][tshakxxa.xxx]1286 Apr 1998 The Water Goats et. al., by Ellis Parker Butler [twgtsxxx.xxx]1285 Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton [22tomxxx.xxx]1284 Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton[14tomxxx.xxx]1283 Apr 1998 Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by V. Appleton[07tomxxx.xxx]1282 Apr 1998 Tom Swift & His Aerial Warship, by Victor Appleton[18tomxxx.xxx]1281 Apr 1998 Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters [sprvrxxx.xxx]1280 Apr 1998 Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, [Robert Burns #1][psorbxxx.xxx]1279 Apr 1998 Penelope's English Experiences by Kate D Wiggin #6[penexxxx.xxx]1278 Apr 1998 Melmoth Reconciled by Honore de Balzac [Balzac #9][mlmthxxx.xxx]1277 Apr 1998 The Rhythm of Life, by Alice Meynell [Meynell #4] [rhymlxxx.xxx]1276 Apr 1998 Alexandria and her Schools by Charles Kingsley[#4][alxscxxx.xxx]1275 Apr 1998 Martin Hyde the Duke's Messenger by John Masefield[mhydexxx.xxx]1274 Apr 1998 The Autobiography of a Slander, by Edna Lyall [autosxxx.xxx]1273 Apr 1998 The Riddle of the Rhine, by Victor LeFebure [rrhinxxx.xxx]1272 Apr 1998 Chemical Strategy in Peace and War/Victor LeFebure[rrhinxxx.xxx]1272 Apr 1998 Bygone Beliefs, by H. Stanley Redgrove [byblfxxx.xxx]1271 Apr 1998 In Defense of Women, by H. L. Mencken [ndwmnxxx.xxx]1270 Apr 1998 Soul of a Bishop, by H. G. Wells [H. G. Wells #15][sbshpxxx.xxx]1269 Apr 1998 The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne [Verne #6] [milndxxx.xxx]1268 Apr 1998 Kai Lung's Golden Hours, by Ernest Bramah[Bramah3][klsghxxx.xxx]1267 Apr 1998 Lavender and Old Lace, by Myrtle Reed [lvolcxxx.xxx]1266 Apr 1998 Queen Victoria, by Lytton Strachey [qvctrxxx.xxx]1265 Apr 1998 Wheels of Chance/Bicycling Idyll by H.G. Wells #14[wchncxxx.xxx]1264 Apr 1998 The Glimpses of the Moon, by Edith Wharton [EW#9][tgotmxxx.xxx]1263 Apr 1998 Heritage of the Desert, by Zane Grey[Zane Grey #6][hdsrtxxx.xxx]1262 Apr 1998 Betty Zane, by Zane Grey [Early U.S. Heroine] [#5][bzanexxx.xxx]1261 Mar 1998 Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte [#7 by Bronte's] [janeyxxx.xxx]1260 Mar 1998 Twenty Years After, by Alexandre Dumas [Pere #4] [3muskxxx.xxx]1259 Mar 1998 Ten Years Later, by Alexandre Dumas[Dumas Pere #3][2muskxxx.xxx]1258 Mar 1998 The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas [Pere #2][1muskxxx.xxx]1257 Mar 1998 Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand [In French] [cdbfrxxx.xxx]1256 Mar 1998 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand[HTML Accents][cdbfrxxh.xxx]1255 Mar 1998 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand [In English] [cdbenxxx.xxx]1254 Mar 1998 A Simple Soul, by Gustave Flaubert [Flaubert #1] [ssengxxx.xxx]1253 Mar 1998 Le Mort d'Arthur, by Thomas Malory Volume 2[TM#2][2martxxx.xxx]1252 Mar 1998 Le Mort d'Arthur, by Thomas Malory Volume 1[TM#1][1martxxx.xxx]1251 Mar 1998 Anthem, by Ayn Rand [Alice Rosenblum][Ayn Rand #1][anthmxxx.xxx]1250 Mar 1998 Anthem, by Ayn Rand [Comparison of anthm10 & 10a] [anthmxxz.xxx]1250 Mar 1998 Last of the Great Scouts, by Helen Cody Wetmore [bbillxxx.xxx]1248 Mar 1998 Buffalo Bill [William F. Cody], Helen Cody Wetmore[bbillxxx.xxx]1248 Mar 1998 Second April, by Edna St. Vincent Millay[Millay#2][aprilxxx.xxx]1247 Mar 1998 The House of Dust, by Conrad Aiken [Aiken #1][hdustxxx.xxx]1246 Mar 1998 Night and Day, by Virginia Woolf [Woolf #2][nidayxxx.xxx]1245 Mar 1998 Love for Love, by William Congreve [Congreve #3][lv4lvxxx.xxx]1244 Mar 1998 Hearts of Controversy, by Alice Meynell [Alice #3][hrtcnxxx.xxx]1243 Mar 1998 Unconscious Comedians, by Honore de Balzac [HDB#8][nccmdxxx.xxx]1242 Mar 1998 The Well of the Saints, by J. M. Synge [Synge #3][welstxxx.xxx]1241 Mar 1998 The Playboy of the Western World, by J. M. Synge#2[potwwxxx.xxx]1240 Mar 1998 The Spirit of the Border, by Zane Grey [Grey #4] [sprtbxxx.xxx]1239 Mar 1998 The City of Dreadful Night, by James Thomson [ctdntxxx.xxx]1238 Mar 1998 Father Goriot, by Honore de Balzac [Balzac #8] [frgrtxxx.xxx]1237 Mar 1998 First Across the Continent, by Noah Brooks [landcxxx.xxx]1236 Mar 1998 Lewis and Clark 1st Across the Continent by Brooks[landcxxx.xxx]1236 Mar 1998 Captain Fracasse, by Theophile Gautier [cptnfxxx.xxx]1235 Mar 1998 Organic Syntheses, James Bryant Conant, Editor [rgsynxxx.xxx]1234 Mar 1998 Origin and Nature of Emotions, by George W. Crile [oanoexxx.xxx]1233 Mar 1998 The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli, Tr. Marriott #3[tprncxxx.xxx]1232 Mar 1998 Valentino, by Nicolo Machiavelli, Tr. Marriott #2[tprncxxx.xxx]1232 Mar 1998 Castracani, by Nicolo Machiavelli, Tr. Marriott #1[tprncxxx.xxx]1232 Mar 1998 On the Track, by Henry Lawson [Henry Lawson #3][ontrkxxx.xxx]1231 Mar 1998 Pierre Grassou, by Honore de Balzac [Balzac #7][prgrsxxx.xxx]1230 Mar 1998 Select Poems of Sidney Lanier, Ed. Callaway [SL#3][sposlxxx.xxx]1229 Mar 1998 On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin [#3][otoosxxx.xxx]1228 Mar 1998 Expression Emotion in Man & Animals, by Darwin #2 [eemaaxxx.xxx]1227 Mar 1998 The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 [jap10xxx.xxx]1226 Mar 1998 Faraday As A Discoverer, by John Tyndall [fdaydxxx.xxx]1225 >From Edupage: I WANT MY MINITEL! Almost 20 years ago, France became the first networked nation with the deployment of the Minitel, a low-tech terminal that citizens could use to do everything from check the weather to order a pizza. Now, the country's 35 million subscribers are loathe to give up their beloved Minitel and go online with the Internet: "The Minitel... could end up hindering the development of new and promising applications of information technology," warned Prime Minister Jospin last summer, adding that France's technology gap "could soon have dire repercussions on competitiveness and employment." To bring the populace up to speed, Minitel owner France Telecom is planning to deploy next-generation terminals that will access both Minitel and the Internet, but French Internet-industry executives say such hybrid solutions merely encourage users to keep thinking "Minitel," rather than "Internet." "While we sit and worry about the Minitel and ways to get around it, we could be throwing our whole future away," says one. (Wall Street Journal 26 Mar 98) COPYRIGHT SITUATION IN CHINA Pirated videodisks of the movie "Titanic" were available throughout China last November, a month before its release in U.S. theaters, and about half a million pirated disks are smuggled into China every day from Macao. Chinese officials say there is little they can do about this blatant violation of the intellectual property rights agreement that China reached with the United States in 1995. One official explains: "The profits are so great, they will take any risk. They're like drug dealers. It is very difficult to arrange a crackdown. You have to coordinate all these different departments, the copyright publication department, the police, the Industrial and Commercial Administration. We take copyright violations very seriously. But when it comes to copying a disk, most Chinese people don't see what's wrong." And one merchant who sells pirated material insists: "There's nothing wrong with selling pirated VCDs. My son loves watching them." (New York Times 28 Mar 98) CULTURE, NOT CURRENCY, MAKES A HAVE-NOT COUNTRY Digital guru Don Tapscott says whether a nation remains a technology "have-not" depends on its mindset, not its bank balance: "It's not the poor countries that are blocking progress. It's countries that have a culture that impedes innovation, that cannot find the national will to go forward with technology. What is it about a national culture that enhances curiosity? You need countries to have an environment where companies have the potential to create wealth." (Upside Apr 98) "SPAMFORD" WALLACE AGREES TO STOP SENDING JUNK E-MAIL Sanford Wallace (dubbed "Spamford" for his aggressiveness in "spamming" the Internet with unsolicited commercial messages) to pay $2 million to settle the last of several lawsuits brought by Internet providers against him and his company, Cyber Promotion Inc. Wallace indicated that legal battles have "put Cyber out of the spamming business." 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