PG Weekly Newsletter: Part 3 (2003-08-13)

by Michael Cook on August 13, 2003
Newsletters

The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 13th August 2003
eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers For Since 1971

Part 3

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TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed 13 Aug 2003:   9,036 (incl. 262 Aus.).

Last week the Total Count was 8,961, including 262 at PG of Australia.
This week we added 75 new (incl. 0 at PG of Australia).

RESERVED count:   39

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The following is being re-indexed to include volume number:
Jul 2005 A Sportsman's Sketches, V1, by Ivan Turgenev  [#6][?ivn1xxx.xxx] 8597
[Subtitle: Works of Ivan Turgenev, Vol. I]


The following are being re-indexed with corrected filenames:
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain           Part 3 [#145][eve03xxx.xxx] 8528
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain           Part 2 [#144][eve02xxx.xxx] 8527
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain           Part 1 [#143][eve01xxx.xxx] 8526
Jul 2005 Eve's Diary, by Mark Twain         Complete [#142][eve00xxx.xxx] 8525


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Sep 2005 Dutch Life in Town and Country, by P. M. Hough    [?dlifxxx.xxx] 8823
[Also posted HTML - 8dlif10h.zip and 8dlif10h.htm]
Sep 2005 Les grands orateurs, by Francois-Alphonse Aulard  [?rtrsxxx.xxx] 8822
[Full title: Les grands orateurs de la RTvolution]
[Full author: Frantois-Alphonse Aulard]
[Language: French]
Sep 2005 To the Gold Coast for Gold, by Richard F. Burton  [?goldxxx.xxx] 8821

Sep 2005 A Treasury of War Poetry, by Ed. by G. H. Clarke  [?warpxxx.xxx] 8820
[Subtitle: British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917]
[Ed.: with Introduction and Notes, by George Herbert Clarke]
Sep 2005 In Troubador-Land, by S. Baring-Gould         [#2][?trlnxxx.xxx] 8819
[Subtitle: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc]

[The following 3 entries (#8816-#8818) are Computer-generated audio
  eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
  *index.html and *readme.txt file.]

Sep 2005 Audio: E.G. Bulwer-Lytton, Last Days of Pompeii   [tldopxxx.mp3] 8818C
Sep 2005 Audio: Jack London, The Game                      [tgamexxx.mp3] 8817C
Sep 2005 Audio: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis, Time of Nero[quvdsxxx.mp3] 8816C

Sep 2005 Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia,by Henry Blanc[?cpabxxx.xxx] 8815
[Subtitle: With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and
  People]


[The following 7 entries (#8806-#8813) are Computer-generated audio
  eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
  *index.html and *readme.txt file.]

Sep 2005 Audio: Franz Kafka, The Trial                     [ktriaxxx.mp3] 8813C
Sep 2005 Audio: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden [gardnxxx.mp3] 8812C
Sep 2005 Audio: First Voyage Round the World, James Cook   [cfvrwxxx.mp3] 8811C

Sep 2005 Audio: Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur,  A Tale of the Christ[benhrxxx.mp3] 8810C
Sep 2005 Audio: Aesop, Aesop's Fables                      [aesopxxx.mp3] 8809C
Sep 2005 Audio: A. Kippis, Narrative of Cook's Voyage      [8vcjcxxx.mp3] 8808C
Sep 2005 Audio: Richard Harding Davis, Cuba in War Time    [8cubaxxx.mp3] 8807C
Sep 2005 Audio: The Mucker, Edgar Rice Burroughs           [tmuckxxx.mp3] 8806C

Sep 2005 One Generation to Another,Henry Seton Merriman[#7][?ongnxxx.xxx] 8805
[Full title: From One Generation to Another]
Sep 2005 Drie Vertellingen, by Gustave Flaubert            [?drvtxxx.xxx] 8804
[Language: Dutch]
Sep 2005 Grosse und Kleine Welt, by Honore De Balzac       [?grklxxx.xxx] 8803
[Language: German]
Sep 2005 Elizabeth: The Disinherited Daugheter,E. Ben Ez-er[elizbxxx.xxx] 8802
Sep 2005 Drum Taps, by Walt Whitman                    [#3][?drumxxx.xxx] 8801


Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Dore  Complete[#31][hel11xxx.xxx] 8789
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illst.Dore V10[#30][hel10xxx.xxx] 8788
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V9[#29][hel09xxx.xxx] 8787
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V8[#28][hel08xxx.xxx] 8786

Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V7[#27][hel07xxx.xxx] 8785
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V6[#26][hel06xxx.xxx] 8784
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V5[#25][hel05xxx.xxx] 8783
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V4[#24][hel04xxx.xxx] 8782
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V3[#23][hel03xxx.xxx] 8781

Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V2[#22][hel02xxx.xxx] 8780
Aug 2005 Divine Comedy: Hell, by Dante, Illust.Dore V1[#21][hel01xxx.xxx] 8779
[Full Title:The Vision of Hell, or The Inferno][Full Author: Dante Alighieri]
[Translated by Henry Francis Cary; Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Illustrated HTML zip only in hel??10h.zip]
[Vol. 1-10 average 2.5 mb each; Vol. 11 is 20 mb]

Aug 2005 The Water of the Wondrous Isles, by William Morris[wtwnxxxx.xxx] 8778
[Text in wtwn10.txt/.zip, XHTML in wtwn10h.htm/.zip]
Aug 2005 Authors and Friends, by Annie Fields              [?thrsxxx.xxx] 8777
Aug 2005 The Impostures of Scapin, by Moliere (Poquelin)   [?scapxxx.xxx] 8776

Aug 2005 Poems, by Victor Hugo                        [#12][?hugoxxx.xxx] 8775
Aug 2005 Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. 1,byWilliam Wordsworth [pwdw1xxx.xxx] 8774
Aug 2005 Birth Control, by Halliday G. Sutherland          [?bctrxxx.xxx] 8773
[Subtitle: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians]
Aug 2005 The Learned Women, by Moliere (Poquelin           [?lwomxxx.xxx] 8772
[Tr.: Charles Heron Wall]
Aug 2005 Jurgen, by James Brance Cabell                [#2][?jurgxxx.xxx] 8771
[Subtitle:  A Comedy of Justice]

Aug 2005 Milton, by Mark Pattison                          [?mltnxxx.xxx] 8770

[The following 22 entries (#8748-#8769) are Computer-generated audio
  eBooks; each are comprised of multiple .mp3 files, and have corresponding
  *index.html and *readme.txt file.]

Aug 2005 Audio: The Efficiency Expert, Edgar Rice Burroughs[effncxxx.mp3] 8769C
Aug 2005 Audio: Tarzan the Terrible, Edgar Rice Burroughs  [tzntrxxx.mp3] 8768C
Aug 2005 Audio: Tarzan the Untamed, Edgar Rice Burroughs   [tarz7xxx.mp3] 8767C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Chessmen of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [cmarsxxx.mp3] 8766C

Aug 2005 Audio: Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs           [pelluxxx.mp3] 8765C
Aug 2005 Audio: People Out of Time, Edgar Rice Burroughs   [poftmxxx.mp3] 8764C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs       [tlttfxxx.mp3] 8763C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Outlaw of Torn, Edgar Rice Burroughs   [otornxxx.mp3] 8762C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Oakdale Affair, Edgar Rice Burroughs   [oakdaxxx.mp3] 8761C

Aug 2005 Audio: The Mad King, Edgar Rice Burroughs         [mdkngxxx.mp3] 8760C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Lost Continent, Edgar Rice Burroughs   [lcontxxx.mp3] 8759C
Aug 2005 Audio: Jungle Tales of Tarzan,Edgar Rice Burroughs[tarz6xxx.mp3] 8758C
Aug 2005 Audio: At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs  [ecorexxx.mp3] 8757C
Aug 2005 Audio: The Monster Men, Edgar Rice Burroughs      [monstxxx.mp3] 8756C

Aug 2005 Audio: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Burroughs   [tarz5xxx.mp3] 8755C
Aug 2005 Audio: Son of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs        [tarz4xxx.mp3] 8754C
Aug 2005 Audio: Beasts of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs     [tarz3xxx.mp3] 8753C
Aug 2005 Audio: Return of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs     [tarz2xxx.mp3] 8752C
Aug 2005 Audio: Thuvia, Edgar Rice Burroughs               [mmarsxxx.mp3] 8751C

Aug 2005 Audio: War-lord of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs     [wmarsxxx.mp3] 8750C
Aug 2005 Audio: Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs         [gmarsxxx.mp3] 8749C
Aug 2005 Audio: A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs   [pmarsxxx.mp3] 8748C

Aug 2005 Wordsworth, by F. W. H. Myers                     [?wordxxx.xxx] 8747
Aug 2005 History of Modern Mathematics, David Eugene Smith [hsmmtxxx.xxx] 8746
[Subtitle: Mathematical Monographs No. 1]
[Available only in TeX in hsmmt10t.tex/.zip, and PDF in hsmmt10p.pdf/.zip]

Aug 2005 Wulf the Saxon, by G. A. Henty               [#22][wulfsxxx.xxx] 8745
[Subtitle: A Story of the Norman Conquest]
Aug 2005 A Sportsman's Sketches, V2, by Ivan Turgenev  [#7][?ivn2xxx.xxx] 8744
[Subtitle: Works of Ivan Turgenev, Vol. II]
[Also posted HTML - 8ivn210h.zip and 8ivn210h.htm]
Aug 2005 Mary Schweidler, The Amber Witch, Ed. by Meinhold [?ambwxxx.xxx] 8743
[Ed.: William Meinhold] [Tr.: Lady Duff Gordon]
Aug 2005 Scientific American Sup. No. 392, by Various      [?0392xxx.xxx] 8742
[Full title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883]
[Also posted illustrated HTML - 8039210h.zip; and 8039210h.htm]
Aug 2005 The Brass Bowl, by Louis Joseph Vance             [?brssxxx.xxx] 8741

Aug 2005 In the Arena, by Booth Tarkington            [#19][?arnaxxx.xxx] 8740
[Subtitle: Stories of Political Life]
Aug 2005 Thermidor, by Ernest Hamel                        [?thmrxxx.xxx] 8739
[Subtitle: D'apres les sources originales et les documents authentiques
  avec unportrait de Robespierre grave sur l'acier. Deuxieme Edition.]
[Language: French]
Aug 2005 Fasti, by Ovid                                    [?fstixxx.xxx] 8738
[Author AKA: Publius Ovidius Naso] [Intro. and Notes: Thomas Keightley]
[Language: Latin]


Aug 2005 The Hermits, by Charles Kingsley                  [hrmtxxxx.xxx] 8733
[Text in hrmt10.txt/.zip, XHTML in hrmt10h.htm/.zip]


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Credits

Thanks this time go to Brett and George for the numbers and
booklists. The sun for the tea, Greg, Michael, and Larry
Wall. Entertainment for the workers provided by Andrew Collins.

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