The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 25th June 2003
eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers For Since 1971
Part 3
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= [ Here Are The Updated Listings For This Past Week ] =
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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed 25 Jun 2003: 8,352 (incl. 241 Aus.).
Last week the Total Count was 8,221, including 239 at PG of Australia.
This week we added 52 new (incl. 2 at PG of Australia).
RESERVED count: 39
=-=-=-=[ CORRECTIONS, REVISIONS AND NEW FORMATS ]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, xxxxx11.txt, and
prior to 1998, occasionally a new eBook number.
VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, xxxxx10a.txt, as
well as a new eBook number.
--Please note the following changes, corrections and improvements:
The following have been posted in new formats as indicated:
Mar 1998 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand [In English] [cdbenxxx.xxx]1254
[HTML in cdben10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 Within The Tides, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #14] [wthntxxx.xxx]1053
[Text in wthnt10.txt/.zip, XHTML in wthnt10h.htm/.zip]
Sep 1997 A Reading of Life, Other Poems, by George Meredith[rdlifxxx.xxx]1042
[Text in rdlif10.txt/.zip, XHTML in rdlif10h.htm]
The following has been re-posted in an updated 11th Edition, and in a new
format as indicated:
Feb 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francis Rabelais [ggpntxxx.xxx]1200
[Illustrated HTML in ggpnt11h.zip (8 mb)]
[Illustrator: Gustave Dore]
(See also new HTML files of each individual book #'s8166-8170,
averaging 2.5mb)
The following has been re-posted in an improved 12th Edition:
Apr 2001 Indian Summer of a Forsyte, by John Galsworthy[#5][isoafxxx.xxx]2594
Contains:
Indian Summer of a Forsyte
In Chancery
[This is Volume 2 of the Forsyte Saga, also see: #2559 & #2596]
The following have been re-posted in an updated 11th Edition:
Aug 2003 The Forsyte Saga, complete, by Galsworthy [JG#38][fsagaxxx.xxx]4397
[Author: John Galsworthy]
(This file is a compilation of #2596 Awakening & To Let, and #2594 Indian
Summer of a Forsyte, and #2559 Man of Property)
The following are being re-indexed to include subtitles:
May 2005 Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan,Lafcadio Hearn[#7][?glm2xxx.xxx]8133
[Subtitle: Second Series]
May 2005 Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan,Lafcadio Hearn[#6][?glm1xxx.xxx]8130
[Subtitle: First Series]
Dec 2004 Specimens of Greek Tragedy, by Goldwin Smith [?grtrxxx.xxx]7073
[Subtitle: Specimens of Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus and Sophocles]
The following are being re-indexed to correct the order of posting (Numbers
before Deuteronomy):
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Deuteronomy Book 5[#25][bib05xxx.xxx]8005
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Numbers Book 4[#24][bib04xxx.xxx]8004
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Jun 2006 The History of Rome, v1, by Theodor Mommsen [hrom1xxx.xxx]10701
[Tr.: William Purdie Dickson]
[See Also #3060 for the original German]
May 2005 Contes de la Montagne, by Erckmann-Chatrian [?mntgxxx.xxx]8173
[Language: French]
May 2005 History of Astronomy, by George Forbes [?hsrsxxx.xxx]8172
[Also posted HTML as 8hsrs10h.zip - zipped only]
[Also posted Unicode - 8hsrs10u.txt and 8hsrs10u.zip]
May 2005 Modern Italian Poets, by W. D. Howells [?mdipxxx.xxx]8171
[Subtitle: Essays and Versions]
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book V [rab05xxx.xxx]8170
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book IV [rab04xxx.xxx]8169
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book III [rab03xxx.xxx]8168
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book II [rab02xxx.xxx]8167
May 1998 Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, Book I [rab01xxx.xxx]8166
[Full Author: Francois Rabelais]
[Translated into English by Sir Thom. Urquhart of Cromarty and P. A. Motteux]
[Illustrated HTML, zipped only - rab0?10h.zip][Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
May 2005 The Geste of Duke Jocelyn, by Jeffery Farnol [#5][?jocexxx.xxx]8165
May 2005 My Man Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse [#27][?jeevxxx.xxx]8164
May 2005 Handbook of Universal Literature,A. C. Lynch Botta[?unltxxx.xxx]8163
[Full author: Anne C. Lynch Botta]
May 2005 Modern Painting, by George Moore [?mdptxxx.xxx]8162
May 2005 Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, by James MacPherson [?fgapxxx.xxx]8161
[Subtitle: Collected in the Highlands of Scotland and Translated from
the Galic or Erse Language]
May 2005 Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth,G. Brandes[?rchyxxx.xxx]8160
[Full Author: George Brandes]
[Also posted: accented HTML in 8rchy10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 Wanderings In South America, by Charles Waterton [?wnsaxxx.xxx]8159
[Also posted: accented in HTML 8wnsa10h.htm, with images in 8wnsa10h.zip]
May 2005 Barlasch of the Guard, by H. S. Merriman [brlsxxxx.xxx]8158
[Also posted: XHTML in brls10h.htm/.zip]
May 2005 Esther Waters, by George Moore [?esthxxx.xxx]8157
May 2005 Twilight And Dawn, by Caroline Pridham [?twltxxx.xxx]8156
[Subtitle: Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation]
[Author AKA: Mrs. L. G. Wait]
May 2005 Colonel Thorndyke's Secret, by G. A. Henty [thornxxx.xxx]8155
[Also posted HTML - thorn10h.zip and thorn10h.htm]
May 2005 Revolutionary Heroes, &c, by James Parton [?revhxxx.xxx]8154
[Full Title: Revolutionary Heroes, And Other Historical Papers]
May 2005 Young Engineers in Arizona, H. Irving Hancock [#2][azengxxx.xxx]8153
May 2005 Henrik Ibsen, by Edmund Gosse [?ibsnxxx.xxx]8152
[HTML version in 8ibsn10h.htm and illustrated HTML in 8ibsn10h.zip]
May 2005 Miss Merivale's Mistake, by Mrs. Henry Clarke [?mmvmxxx.xxx]8151
May 2005 A Street of Paris, by Honore De Balzac [parisxxx.xxx]8150
[Full title: A Street Of Paris And Its Inhabitant]
[Also posted in Illustrated HTML, zipped only - paris10h.zip]
May 2005 Jean Christophe: In Paris, by Romain Rolland [?jeanxxx.xxx]8149
May 2005 Youth and Egolatry, by Pío Baroja [?yegoxxx.xxx]8148
May 2005 The Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard Kipling [?kingxxx.xxx]8147
[Also posted HTML - 8king10h.zip and 8king10h.htm]
May 2005 Victor Roy, A Masonic poem, Harriet Annie Wilkins [vcroyxxx.xxx]8146
[Also posted HTML - vcroy10h.zip and vcroy10h.htm]
May 2005 Life And Times Of Washington, V2, by Schroeder, &c[?ltw2xxx.xxx]8145
[Subtitle: Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched]
[Full Author: John Frederick Schroeder]
May 2005 Acetylene, Principles, &c, by Leeds & Butterfield [?acetxxx.xxx]8144
[Full Title: Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use]
[Subtitle: A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and
Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat,
and Power]
[Full Authors: F.H. Leeds and W.J. Atkinson Butterfield]
[Also posted: HTML with accented characters plus images in 8acet10h.zip only]
May 2005 The Shadow of the East, by E. M. Hull [#2][?shadxxx.xxx]8143
May 2005 The Riot Act, by British Parliament [rtactxxx.xxx]8142
[Also posted HTML - rtact10h.zip and rtact10h.htm]
May 2005 Der Nachsommer, by Adalbert Stifter [#2][?nsomxxx.xxx]8126
[Language: German]
May 2005 Early Bardic Literature, Ireland, Standish O'Grady[?eblixxx.xxx]8109
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Romans Book 45[#65][bib45xxx.xxx]8045
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Acts Book 44[#64][bib44xxx.xxx]8044
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, John Book 43[#63][bib43xxx.xxx]8043
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Luke Book 42[#62][bib42xxx.xxx]8042
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Mark Book 41[#61][bib41xxx.xxx]8041
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Matthew Book 40[#60][bib40xxx.xxx]8040
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Malachi Book 39[#59][bib39xxx.xxx]8039
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Zechariah Book 38[#58][bib38xxx.xxx]8038
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Haggai Book 37[#57][bib37xxx.xxx]8037
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Zephaniah Book 36[#56][bib36xxx.xxx]8036
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Habakkuk Book 35[#55][bib35xxx.xxx]8035
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Nahum Book 34[#54][bib34xxx.xxx]8034
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Micah Book 33[#53][bib33xxx.xxx]8033
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Jonah Book 32[#52][bib32xxx.xxx]8032
Apr 2005 The Bible, King James, Obadiah Book 31[#51][bib31xxx.xxx]8031
=-=-=-=[ 2 NEW EBOOKS FROM PROJECT GUTENBERG OF AUSTRALIA ]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
June 2003 Saint Michael's Gold, by H Bedford-Jones [030092xx.xxx]0241A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300921.txt or ZIP]
June 2003 D'Artagnan, by H Bedford-Jones [030091xx.xxx]0240A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300911.txt or ZIP]
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Credits
Thanks this time go to Brett and George for the numbers, programming help and
the booklists. Mike Eschman for the RG updates, Mark for the beer,
Greg, Michael, and Larry Wall. Entertainment for the workers provided
by Andrew Collins, goodbye to Gary Bales, and thanks for improving our
knowledge of the 'Red House Painters'.
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