The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 23rd July 2003
eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers For Since 1971
Part 2
We have now completed 8704 ebooks!!!
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1) Editorial
Hello,
Slightly quieter this week, with a little cheering as we flash past
8750. Interestingly the pages completed counter over at DP has
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95,010, so this is a real possibility and there is a lot of
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2) News
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Added to the website this week, more ebook listings. This time from
March 1995, and two from 1996. This week's hidden gems include a
Beatrix Potter collection, both constitutions of Japan (for those who
don't know, the constitution of Japan was changed in 1946), and a
rather interesting item entitled 'CodexJunius 11', which is a
selection of translated Anglo-Saxon poetry. Whilst looking for it in
the alphabetical index I noticed the item above was entitled 'Code of
Honor, The, Or Rules For The Government Of Principles And Seconds In
Duelling'. You never get bored here at PG.
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Review: Things Mother Used To Make by Lydia Maria Gurney
Now, it's not often I get a new book to review here at the newsdesk
(for the pedantic, it's a table, but let's leave that to one side). So
when the message hit my inbox with a small beep earlier this week I
was intrigued.
The book was originally published in 1914 and includes recipes that at
the time were one hundred years old. There are also useful household
hints and tips, that tend to get forgotten and made redundant over the
years.
The recipes start with a selection of breads and then range through
cakes, desserts, candies and the essential instructions for how to
boil an egg! As the book is aimed at 'those who have had no
experience, no practice and possibly have little judgment', this
shouldn't be a surprise. There are also instructions for growing yeast
and making pickles, activities that are reviving in the UK at the
moment (well, at least they are in this house).
A fascinating set of recipes is followed by an appendix which provides
an amazing insight into daily life at the beginning of the last
century, such as plans of the working week:
Monday--Wash, if you have it done in the house. If sent out, use
that day for picking up and putting things in order, after the disorder
of Sunday.
Tuesday--Iron.
Wednesday--Finish ironing and bake; wash kitchen floor.
Thursday, Friday--Sweep and dust, thoroughly.
Saturday--Bake, and prepare in every way possible, for the
following day.
There are instructions for making tea and coffee, making use of old
underclothes, cleaning zinc and copper along with a great many others.
Altogether a really good read if you want something short to browse
and are interested in how we used to live. If you want to know how to
make your broom last longer, the best way to stop an iron sink
rusting or how to sweep a room, this is the book to go for.
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Thanks this time go to Brett and George for the numbers, booklists and
suggestions. Mark for the computer fixing (I do wish he would stop
meddling), Greg, Michael, and Larry Wall. Entertainment for the
workers provided by BBC 6music as always. And the band played on.
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