The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 11th June 2003
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2) News
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week, a new book is offered by each DJ. (The books belonging to a given month
share some common basis in the mind and heart of that DJ.)
Channel One by Day, second week in June, 2003 :
Mon The Time Machine from the Fishburne Files.
Tues Mozart presents The Jungle Book.
Wen Bugsy treats us all to a live reading of Ring Lardner's The Real Dope,
with music written by Poulanc.
Thur Trout unleashes The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu.
Fri Da Cook tells a few of Howard Pyle's Best Pirate Stories.
Sat Da Cook returns for more Pirate Tales.
Sun The Fishburne Files returns with The Time Machine.
Channel 2 Listings :
Monday Mozart The Jungle Book.
Tuesday Trout The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu.
Wenesday Da Cook Famous Pirate Tales.
Thursday The Fishburne Files presents The Time Machine.
Friday Mozart The Jungle Book.
Saturday Trout The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu.
Sunday Bugsy The Real Dope.
Check back next week for new listings.
Seven new books are available for download!
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As etexts are posted up there are occasional comments and notes that
are worth reading , but don't get recorded. In a bid to make the
newsletter more helpful and interesting (Now there's a challenge -
Ed), I will be including some of these on the usual semi-irregular
basis (i.e. when someone sends to posted with a comment).
Apr 2005 Behind the Bungalow, by EHA [bbngxxx.xxx]7953
[Author AKA: Edward Hamilton Aitken]
[Text in bbng10.txt/.zip, XHTML in bbng10h.htm/.zip]
For those wishing to know: a while ago a journalist
from the Calcutta Times emailed us with a list of fifty
books about Indian social life that he'd like to see us
do. As far as I know this is the first of that list.
It's a comic look at the various relationships that
the English and the native Indians had - of their
misunderstandings of each other and their attempts
at accommodation. There's a very human side
to EHA which takes some of the edge of the
unpleasantness of "days of empire".
Also, the word Bungalow came from India - at
the time the title would have sounded much stranger
than it does to our ears.
Apr 2005 Twenty-Five Village Sermons, by Charles Kingsley [vsrmxxx.xxx]7954
[Text in vsrm10.txt/.zip, XHTML in vsrm10h.htm/.zip]
Well, it's twenty-five sermons that the Rev. Charles Kingsley
preached - probably whilst he was rector at Eversley. This
was early days for Kingsley and one edition has "Charles
Kingsley, Jun." as the author - his father being better known
at that point. Of course Kingsley went on to be one of the
great Victorians and had a substantial impact on his society.
He's now known for The Water Babies, Westward Ho! etc.
and people tend to have forgotten that he was a clergyman.
Of the sermons there's little to say. Kingsley is very Church
of England and so there's an all-inclusiveness in his preaching
and a general theme that everything is getting better.
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ezra Book 15[#35][bib15xxx.xxx]8015
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Chronicles Book 14[#34][bib14xxx.xxx]8014
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Chronicles Book 13[#33][bib13xxx.xxx]8013
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Kings Book 12[#32][bib12xxx.xxx]8012
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Kings Book 11[#31][bib11xxx.xxx]8011
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 2 Samuel Book 10[#30][bib10xxx.xxx]8010
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, 1 Samuel Book 9[#29][bib09xxx.xxx]8009
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Ruth Book 8[#28][bib08xxx.xxx]8008
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Judges Book 7[#27][bib07xxx.xxx]8007
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Joshua Book 6[#26][bib06xxx.xxx]8006
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Numbers Book 5[#25][bib05xxx.xxx]8005
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Deuteronomy Book 4[#24][bib04xxx.xxx]8004
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Leviticus Book 3[#23][bib03xxx.xxx]8003
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Exodus Book 2[#22][bib02xxx.xxx]8002
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Genesis Book 1[#21][bib01xxx.xxx]8001
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Complete Contents [#20][bib00xxx.xxx]7999
Note:
Explanation of this production of "The Project Gutenberg Bible" may be in order.
PG was asked a short while ago to provide all the "Books" of The Bible
in individual files. This provided an opportunity to correct and
update our edition 12 of the King James version to an edition 13.
Posting of the entire series will be completed by the end of this
month. Each book is available in both plain text and htm. I believe
the htm files will be the most useful as they are each provided with
links to the previous Book, the next Book, and the general index: the
user may start in any book and navigate directly up and down the
entire series. At the end of the month a single 8mb htm file
including all the Books will be posted for those whose computers have
the speed and capacity to handle it. So the entire Bible in htm may be
accessed quickly by the slowest computer from any of the small
individual htm files or the tiny 25kb Index htm file:
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext05/bib0010h.htm
Of course this index file will presently only direct to the first fifteen Books
posted today. When the entire 66 Books are posted we hope to have a panel of
biblical scholars review the texts for accuracy.
Apr 2005 American Antiquities, J.J. Smith, Series 2 [AA#24][aa24wxxx.xxx]7924
[Full Title: American Historical Antiquities]
[Full Author: John Jay Smith][Includes #7911-7922][22 mb]
[Illustrated HTML, zipped only - aa24w10.zip]
Apr 2005 American Antiquities, J.J. Smith, Series 1 [AA#23][aa23wxxx.xxx]7923
[Full Title: American Historical Antiquities]
[Full Author: John Jay Smith][Includes #7901-7910][22 mb]
[Illustrated HTML, zipped only - aa23w10.zip]
These two full sized books in illustrated html format, complete the American
Antiquities series. At over 20 mb each they are likely more appropriate for those
with broadband connection (or those with a regular phone line modem and great
patience).
Apr 2005 The slave trade, domestic and foreign, by H. Carey[slvtrxxx.xxx]8000
[Author's Full Name: Henry Charles Carey]
[Subtitle: why it exists, and how it may be extinguished]
This book is a milestone of abolitionism, that is supported on
humanitarian but mainly on economical reasons.
The book has a rich index, that is not included in the present
edition, since it still requires a lot of work. An updated edition
will be posted when it is ready.
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A Complete Grammar of Esperanto, by Ivy Kellerman Mar 2005[esperxxx.xxx]7787
The Female Gamester, by Gorges Edmond Howard Apr 2005[fmgstxxx.xxx]7840
[Subtitle: A Tragedy]
A Primary Reader, by E. Louise Smythe Apr 2005[preadxxx.xxx]7841
[Also posted: illustrated HTML, zipped only - pread10h.zip]
The Rise of Iskander, by Benjamin Disraeli Apr 2005[?riskxxx.xxx]7842
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7risk10.txt and 7risk10.zip]
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The Happy End, by Joseph Hergesheimer Apr 2005[?hpndxxx.xxx]7843
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7hpnd10.txt and 7hpnd10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8hpnd10.txt and 8hpnd10.zip]
Three Dramas, by Bjornstjerne M. Bjornson [ Apr 2005?3dramxxx.xxx]7844
[Subtitle: The Editor; The Bankrupt; The King]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 73dram10.txt and 73dram10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 83dram10.txt and 83dram10.zip]
Toward the Gulf, by Edgar Lee Masters [#2] Apr 2005[?gulfxxx.xxx]7845
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3) Notes and Queries
From: Brett Fishburne
The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells is a name that rings with respect in the science fiction community. His first book is a trip into the future of the 29th century. One wonders, however, if this is really a trip to the future. The evils found by the time traveller are not the evils of science, but the evils of social policy intended as a reflection of the "current" industrial policy of his age.
To step from the book to the man for a moment, let us consider Herbert G. Wells. He was born to a modest family in Bromley, Kent in 1866. His father was a professional athelete as well as a shop keeper. Wells was a good student and even studied biology under T. H. Huxley, but did not earn a degree. Wells was twice married (first to his cousin and then to a student in his correspondence school). While his books were often fantasies, he was a sociologist at heart and even joined the famous Fabian Society (headed by George Bernard Shaw). While with this society, he fell into their disfavor and eventually left writing a satire novel feature many of the more prominent members. During both World Wars, Wells was horrified by the events of the time and worked stridently to try to develop and implement world-saving ideas. Wells died on August 13, 1946 pessimistic about the future of mankind.
In this book, Wells attempts to send a message to the upper class of Victorian English Society. He warns, through this cautionary tale, of the dangers of not sharing the largess of societal gains more equally across the classes. Since the disparity between rich and poor has been the downfall of many successful societies, as archeology has shown us, it is well worth paying close attention to what is between the lines in this story of adventure both exciting and fanciful.
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John Gabriël Stedman's Reise naar Surinamen
Currently, DP is processing John Gabriël Stedman's Reise naar Surinamen, the Dutch translation of Narrative of a Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam.
The book is a very nice travelogue. Stedman clearly belongs to the school of 'if you notice it, write it down'.
He writes about plants, animals; a snake with a bulbous belly he cuts open to see what it has eaten. He frees a frog, or so the frog thinks, because Stedman ties it to a rope to see if the eating by a snake has any adverse effects.
He writes about the food he tastes, about the bustling life of Paramaribo: a pretty naked native girl he sees is a starting point for a discussion of his views on how differences in skin color came to be. His view is that the native American bronze must be the original human skin color, at which point the translator feels the need to point to other theories that champion the white skin as the original (and handsomer one).
To me, as a child of the 20th century, the book is full of surprises. Almost every medium of the most recent 20 years has prepared me to see racists as people who feel their 'race' is superiour. Stedman does not have this belief, even though he clearly is a racist. He is constantly marvelling about superiour traits in 'negroes' and 'indians'.
The book is also an indictment of maltreating slaves. From what I understand (I have only proofed 70 or so pages so far), Stedman was pro-slavery. To him, that did not mean slaves had to be treated badly. So, ironically enough, his book became an argument for the abolishionists. Even now, William Blake's etchings in the book are well known.
As a travelogue, the book is an exciting read. But it also served as a shocking indictment of the treatment of slaves, and so is an historically important book.
The language of the book may be offensive to some. I hope the original English version will also go through the site.
Branko Collin
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