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Subject: November Project Gutenberg Newsletter
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 12:59:52 -0500 (CDT)
This is Project Gutenberg's Newsletter for Wednesday, November 4, 1998
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We need a copy of:
Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
and [all should be pre-1924]
From: Melissa Leigh Beeman <drunknboat@hotmail.com>
We need: Rimbaud Works in French or English
and
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Needs Kafka text called "The Gentle Art of Roasting."
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Change in spelling. . .
Count Bunker, by J. Storer Clousten [cbnkrxxx.xxx]1613
was "Clausen" in last month's Newsletter, not Clousten. . . .Michael
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Here are the 36 Etexts for Februray, 1999, including 4 from March.
Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext]####
Mar 1999 Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, by Balzac[HdB #56][sfaclxxx.xxx]1660
Mar 1999 The Girl with the Golden Eyes, by Balzac [HdB #55][gwtgixxx.xxx]1659
Mar 1999 Phaedo, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 3"]#17[phadoxxx.xxx]1658
Mar 1999 Crito, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 2"]#16[critoxxx.xxx]1657
Feb 1999 Apology, by Plato[AKA"The Death of Socrates 1"]#15[pplgyxxx.xxx]1656
Feb 1999 The God of His Fathers, by Jack London[London #61][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 The Great Interrogation by Jack London[London #60][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 Which Make Men Remember by Jack London[London #59][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 Siwash, by Jack London [Jack London #58][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 The Man with the Gash, by Jack London [London #57][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 Jan, the Unrepentant, by Jack London [London #56][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 Grit of Women, by Jack London [Jack London #55][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 Where the Trail Forks , by Jack London[London #54][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 A Daughter of the Aurora by Jack London[London#53][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 At the Rainbow's End, by Jack London [London #52][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 The Scorn of Women, by Jack London [London #51][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 Tales of the Klondyke, by Jack London [JL #51-#61][klndkxxx.xxx]1655
Feb 1999 An Unsocial Socialist, by George Bernard Shaw [#6][unsocxxx.xxx]1654
Feb 1999 The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas A Kempis [mcrstxxx.xxx]1653
Feb 1999 The Survivors of the Chancellor, by Jules Verne #8[tsotcxxx.xxx]1652
Feb 1999 The Mystery of Orcival, by Emile Gaboriau [EG #1][orcvlxxx.xxx]1651
Feb 1999 The Light of Egypt, Volume II, by Wagner/Burgoyne [2tloexxx.xxx]1650
Feb 1999 Ferragus, by Honore de Balzac[Honore de Balzac#54][frrgsxxx.xxx]1649
Feb 1999 The Trees of Pride, by G. K. Chesterton [G.K.C.#6][trprdxxx.xxx]1648
Feb 1999 The Man Who Knew Too Much, by G. K. Chesterton[#5][mwktmxxx.xxx]1647
Feb 1999 Roads of Destiny, by O. Henry [O Henry #4][rdstnxxx.xxx]1646
Feb 1999 Rhymes a la Mode, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #13][rmalmxxx.xxx]1645
Feb 1999 The Adventures of Gerard, by Arthur Conan Doyle/14[agrrdxxx.xxx]1644
Feb 1999 Meno, by Plato, Trans by Benjamin Jowett[Plato#14][1menoxxx.xxx]1643
Feb 1999 Euthyphro, by Plato, Trans by B. Jowett [Plato#13][uthphxxx.xxx]1642
Feb 1999 The Lesser Bourgeoisie, by Honore de Balzac[dB#53][lsbrgxxx.xxx]1641
Feb 1999 Lilith, by George MacDonald [George MacDonald #5][lilthxxx.xxx]1640
Feb 1999 Eve and David, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac #52][evdvdxxx.xxx]1639
Feb 1999 The New Revelation, by Arthur Conan Doyle[Doyle13][nrvlnxxx.xxx]1638
Feb 1999 Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc, by Kingsley[#7][saslexxx.xxx]1637
Feb 1999 Phaedrus, by Plato, Trans by Ben. Jowett[Plato#12][phdrsxxx.xxx]1636
Feb 1999 Ion, by Plato, Trans. by Benjamin Jowett[Plato#11][ionbpxxx.xxx]1635
Feb 1999 The Foolish Virgin, by Thomas Dixon [fvrgnxxx.xxx]1634
Feb 1999 The Brick Moon, et. al., by Edward Everett Hale [brkmnxxx.xxx]1633
Feb 1999 A Book of Scoundrels, by Charles Whibley [abkosxxx.xxx]1632
Feb 1999 A Monk of Fife, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #12][mnkffxxx.xxx]1631
Feb 1999 Little Novels, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #19][lnvlsxxx.xxx]1630
Feb 1999 I Say No, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #18][isyanxxx.xxx]1629
Feb 1999 My Lady's Money, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #17][mlmnyxxx.xxx]1628
Feb 1999 The Evil Genius, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #16][vlgnsxxx.xxx]1627
Feb 1999 After Dark, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #15][ftrdkxxx.xxx]1626
Feb 1999 The Frozen Deep, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #14][frzdpxxx.xxx]1625
Feb 1999 The Two Destinies, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #13][2dstnxxx.xxx]1624
Feb 1999 The New Magdalen, by Wilkie Collins [Collins #12][nmgdlxxx.xxx]1623
Feb 1999 The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins[Collins11][lwldyxxx.xxx]1622
Feb 1999 Miss or Mrs?, by Wilkie Collins[Wilkie Collins#10][miomsxxx.xxx]1621
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>From Edupage:
UNIVERSITIES PUSH PROFESSORS TO RETAIN COPYRIGHTS
There's a growing movement among academicians and their institutions to
retain the copyright on articles published in scholarly journals, rather
than turning those rights over to the publisher as is usual. The California
Institute of Technology will be hosting a three-month-long discussion of the
subject on an electronic network, beginning Oct. 1. "It became clear to
me," says Caltech provost Steven Koonin, "that copyright is the linchpin. If
you're going to change that system, copyright is the nexus that you have to
go after." Other universities now considering turning the tables on
publishers include Yale University and the University of Kansas. Koonin
says he'd like to see Caltech and its faculty members jointly own the
copyrights to journal articles and license those rights to publishers on a
limited basis. "The publishers have basically been getting a free good up
to this point -- which is the copyright." Meanwhile, publishers are not
enthusiastic about the movement, and an Elsevier Science VP says she has
"serious reservations" about a university policy that would require its
professors to retain their copyrights. (Chronicle of Higher Education 18
Sep 98)
THE CHECK IS STILL IN THE MAIL...
More than 47.4 billion business and personal checks were printed last year,
up 1.4% from 1996. "Checks are a U.S., Canada and U.K. phenomenon," says a
Citibank VP. "In the U.S., having more than 12,000 banks and savings and
loans makes it hard to agree on electronic standards, which encourages
checks." Not only that, but banks benefit from selling all those checks, to
the tune of $1.7 billion last year -- that doesn't include the additional $1
billion they made charging for bounced checks. And issuing paper checks
enables the banks to keep closer tabs on their customers. When people move,
one of the first things they do is order new checks. But all this may be
changing -- a new standard called IFX is due out in February, which will
enable consumers to receive bills online from any vendor, and analysts say
people are much more likely to pay an electronic invoice electronically
(and, conversely, a paper bill with a paper check). "When checkless
transactions do catch on, the adoption rate will be tremendous," predicts a
Deutsche Bank analyst. (Investor's Business Daily 22 Sep 98)
NET SURFING VS. CHANNEL SURFING
As people become active surfer on the Internet, do they watch less
television? A study commissioned by Discovery Networks has concluded that,
as households begin to use the Internet, television use by teenagers tends
to drop but use by everyone else tends to increase. (New York Times 21 Sep 98)
FREE INTERNET SERVICE IN THE U.K.
British consumer electronics retailer Dixons Group and telecommunications
firm Energis are teaming up to provide a free Internet service to citizens
in the U.K. Users will not be required to pay any registration or usage
fees, but will be charged $1.68 a minute for technical support. The move is
expected to force other Internet service providers in that country to
reevaluate their pricing structures. (Wall Street Journal 23 Sep 98)
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