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First, Seven More eTexts from Project Gutenberg of Australia:
Nov 2001 The Island of Desire, by Robert D Frisbie [RF#01][010026xx.xxx]0026A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100261.txt ]
Nov 2001 Anne of Windy Poplars, by L M Montgomery [LM#01][010025xx.xxx]0025A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100251.txt ]
Nov 2001 Llana of Gathol, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [EB#05][010024xx.xxx]0024A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100241.txt ]
Nov 2001 Synthetic Men of Mars, by Edgar R Burroughs[EB#04][010023xx.xxx]0023A
[Author's full name: Edgar Rice Burroughs]
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100231.txt ]
Nov 2001 Swords of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [EB#03][010022xx.xxx]0022A
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100221.txt ]
Nov 2001 A Fighting Man of Mars, by Edgar Burroughs [EB#02][010021xx.xxx]0021A
[Author's full name: Edgar Rice Burroughs]
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100211.txt ]
Nov 2001 The Mastermind of Mars, by Edgar Burroughs [EB#01][010020xx.xxx]0020A
[Author's full name: Edgar Rice Burroughs]
[http://gutenberg.net.au/0100201.txt ]
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Mar 2002 Fashions in Literature, by C. D. Warner [CW#13][cwfltxxx.xxx]3109
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Jul 2003 Quotations From Diary of Samuel Pepys, by Widger [dwqspxxx.xxx]4202
Jul 2003 Literary Friends, by W. D. Howells, Entire [WH#57][whelfxxx.xxx]4201
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1666 N.S. Complete [SP#56][sp56gxxx.xxx]4171
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May 2003 Angel in the House, by Coventry Patmore[Patmore#2][anghsxxx.xxx]4099
May 2003 On the Trail of Grant and Lee, Frederick Hill [xtlglxxx.xxx]4098
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May 2003 Alice of Old Vincennes, Maurice Thompson [aovnnxxx.xxx]4097
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09/05/01 27 22.2
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08/22/01 21 22
08/15/01 30 22
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INTEL ANNOUNCES ANOTHER TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH
Intel has developed a new structure and material for making transistors,
enabling the chipmaker to pack more and faster circuits onto silicon chips,
while reducing heat and power consumption. The new technology, dubbed "the
terahertz transistor," will enable Intel to develop chips with capabilities
such as real-time voice and face recognition. The company says the
terahertz transistors will be as small as 15 nanometers across, compared
with the 70 nanometers currently possible. Some elements of the new
technology will begin appearing in Intel chips as early as 2005. (Wall
Street Journal 26 Nov 2001)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB100672410132137880.htm (sub req'd)
SEARCH ENGINES DIG TOO DEEP
Search engines increasingly are unearthing private information such as
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and not blocked to search engines in any way. The primary burden falls to
the people who are incorrectly exposing this information. But at the same
time, we're certainly aware of the problem , and our development team is
exploring different solutions behind the scenes." (CNET News.com 26 Nov
2001)
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7946411.html?tag=lh
FLASH CARD
"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility
on him, and to let him know that you trust him." (Booker T. Washington)
WORTH THINKING ABOUT: LIFESTYLES AND CHOICES
NewsScan Daily subscriber Lynn Kearny writes: "I was really glad to
see ideas from "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" featured in Worth Thinking
About. I've gotten a lot of things worth thinking about from reading
Friedman's book. Here is the concept that I find resonates most in my mind
since reading it, and even more so since the events of 9/11:
"Olive trees are important. They represent everything that roots us,
anchors us, identifies us and locates us in this world -- whether it be
belonging to a family, a community, a tribe, a nation, a religion or, most
of all, a place called home. Olive trees are what give us the warmth of
family, the joy of individuality, the intimacy of personal rituals, the
depth of private relationships, as well as the confidence and security to
reach out and encounter others. We fight so intensely at times over our
olive trees because, at their best, they provide the feelings of
self-esteem and belonging that are as essential for human survival as food
in the belly. At worst, though, when taken to excess, an obsession with our
olive trees leads us to forge identities, bonds and communities based on
the exclusion of others, and at their very worst, when these obsessions
really run amok as with the Nazis in Germany or the Serbs in Yugoslavia,
they lead us to the extermination of others.
"Conflicts between Serbs and Muslims, Jews and Palestinians,
Armenians and Azeris over who owns which olive tree are so venomous
precisely because they are about who will be at home and anchored in a
local world and who will not be. Their underlying logic is: I must control
this olive tree, because if the other controls it, not only will I be
economically and politically under his thumb, but my whole sense of home
will be lost. I'll never be able to take my shoes off and relax. Few things
are more enraging to people than to have their identity or their sense of
home stripped away. They will die for it, kill for it, sing for it, write
poetry for it, and novelize about it. Because without a sense of home and
belonging, life becomes barren and rootless. And life as a tumbleweed is no
life at all.
"So then what does the Lexus represent? It represents an equally
fundamental, age-old human drive -- the drive for sustenance, improvement,
prosperity and modernization -- as it is played out in today's
globalization system. The Lexus represents all the burgeoning global
markets, financial institutions and computer technologies with which we
pursue higher living standards today. Yet, for millions of people in
developing countries, the quest for material improvement still involves
walking to a well, plowing a field barefoot behind an ox or gathering wood
and carrying it on their heads for five miles. These people still upload
for a living, not download.
"For millions of others in developed countries, though, this quest
for material betterment and modernization is increasingly conducted in Nike
shoes, shopping in integrated markets and using the new network
technologies. While different people have different access to the new
markets and technologies that characterize the globalization system, and
derive highly unequal benefits from them, this doesn't change the fact that
they are the defining economic tools of the day and everyone is either
directly or indirectly affected by them...
"What we are looking at and for is how the age-old quests for
material betterment and for individual and communal identity -- which go
all the way back to Genesis -- play themselves out in today's dominant
international system of globalization. This is the drama of the Lexus and
the olive tree."
FLASH CARD
"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness
that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds
are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs." (Christopher Morley)
HONORARY SUBSCRIBER: ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Today's Honorary Subscriber is Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), who
gained fame in his lifetime as a musician, philosopher, theologian, and
medical missionary.
Born in Kaysersberg, a town near Strasbourg (then part of Germany),
he was educated at the universities of Strasbourg, Paris, and Berlin. His
1899 doctoral thesis in philosophy was on the religious philosophy of
Immanuel Kant and a year later he received a second doctorate in theology.
In 1906 he would publish "The Quest for the Historical Jesus" to begin the
worldwide attention paid throughout his lifetime to his research, lectures,
and writings in philosophy and theology.
When he was 21 Schweitzer decided on the course for his life. For
nine years he would dedicate himself to the study science, music, and
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09/12/01 31 22.3
09/05/01 27 22.2
September total 116
08/29/01 25 22
08/22/01 21 22
08/15/01 30 22
08/08/01 20 22
08/01/01 22 22
August total 117
07/25/01 24 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
07/04/01 29 23
July Total 96
06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
06/13/01 17 23
06/06/01 20 23
June Total 77
05/31/01 18 24
05/23/01 16 24
05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
05/02/01 39 25
May Total 109
04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
Weekly Started Here
April total 137
1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg
13 Weeks 326 25.08
And for the 13 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 282 21.69
And for the 16 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 326 20.38
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program, essentially giving agents access to the keys needed to decrypt
files. The Magic Lantern software is part of the FBI's "Enhanced Carnivore
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since it would be possible to observe every keystroke typed by the suspect,
even if a court order specified only encryption keys. The FBI has already
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racketeering case against Nicodemo Scarfo, but had to manually turn the
system on and off in order to comply with the court order.
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Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 4, by Eugene Sue [ES#04][es04vxxx.xxx]3342
Jul 2002 The Wandering Jew, Vol. 3, by Eugene Sue [ES#03][es03vxxx.xxx]3341
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Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1665 N.S. Complete [SP#47][sp47gxxx.xxx]4162
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1665 [SP#46][sp46gxxx.xxx]4161
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1665 [SP#45][sp45gxxx.xxx]4160
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May 2003 Sir Walter Scott/Border Minstrelsy, Lang[Lang #34][wsbmsxxx.xxx]4088
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NEWSSCAN NEWS SCANS (FROM NOV.9 AND NOV.13 NEWSSCAN DAILIES):
E-BOOK PROGRAM GOES UP IN SMOKE
When book publishing company Random House established its AtRandom e-book
division a year ago a Random House executive said: "This is the brave new
world we want to see. No printing, no paper and binding, no need for a
sales conference or printed catalog -- we don't know the size of the
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NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS UP 15% IN OCTOBER
The number of Internet users grew 15% last month over October 2000 totals,
with a record 115.2 million people going online, according to new figures
from Nielsen/NetRatings. Although the year-over-year growth rate is
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GATES REFLECTS ON FUTURE HOPES AND PAST SINS
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the reliability of his company's software and conquering the market for
"tablet" computers, the laptop-size computers that can be used like a
clipboard. The tablets can be written on with a special stylus, and the
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and what you don't." (Anatole France)
IBM'S NEW SUPERCOMPUTER UPS THE ANTE
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consuming only one-fiftieth of the energy. The new machine is based on
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sees as the prototype of a new generation that is more geared toward
commercial rather than scientific applications, will be used to simulate
physical phenomena, such as fires and explosions. (Financial Times 9 Nov
2001)
http://news.ft.com/news/industries/infotechnology
EUROPEAN COUNCIL ADOPTS FIRST CYBERCRIME TREATY
The 43-nation Council of Europe has adopted a convention on cybercrime that
criminalizes activities such as fraud and child pornography committed over
the Web and sets up global law enforcement procedures for conducting
computer searches, intercepting e-mail messages, and extraditing criminal
suspects. The convention marks the first treaty on criminal offenses
committed via the Internet. It will enter into force once five states,
including at least three Council of Europe member nations, have ratified
it. States will have that opportunity at a conference on cybercrime to be
held in Budapest on November 23. (Reuters 8 Nov 2001)
http://news.excite.com/news/r/011108/13/net-europe-cybercrime-dc
CYBERSECURITY CHIEF NOT INTERESTED IN NATIONAL ID CARD
Bush Administration cybersecurity chief Richard Clarke is showing little
interest in a proposal from Oracle's Larry Ellison to create a national
identity card as part of the nation's response to the dangers posed by
terrorists. Clarke says that no one he's talked to in the administration
thinks it's a good idea, and civil liberties groups have uniformly opposed
the plan. (ZDNET/USA Today 9 Nov 2001)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/zd/zd1.htm
HONORARY SUBSCRIBER: LOUIS PASTEUR
Today's Honorary Subscriber is the 19th century French chemist Louis
Pasteur (1822-1895), who founded the modern science of microbiology and
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products without damage to the food.
What may not be as well known are his discovery of the bacillus
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ANOTHER BATCH OF NEWSSCAN ARTICLES:
SOME STATES BALK AT MICROSOFT DEAL
Led by California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, at least half a dozen of
the 18 states involved in the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit plan to tell U.S.
District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that they cannot support the
settlement agreement brokered with the U.S. Justice Department last week.
As written, "the agreement is full of loopholes and does little more than
license Microsoft to crush its competition," said Massachusetts Attorney
General Thomas Reilly. "This was thrust on the states at the last minute,
under enormous pressure, without enough time to review the details." If
even a few states reject the settlement, they could force the case back
into court to determine a remedy. Unless Microsoft agrees to further
concessions, California, Wisconsin, Iowa, Connecticut, Kansas, Maryland,
Florida, Massachusetts, West Virginia and the District of Columbia are
favoring opposition, according to states' lawyers. Illinois, Ohio, North
Carolina, New York and Utah are seen as likely to join the settlement, with
the remaining states' positions unknown. (Wall Street Journal 6 Nov 2001)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1005005307683086720.htm (sub req'd)
NAPSTER ALTERNATIVE USE UP 20%
The use of Napster-like peer-to-peer music file-sharing sites like Kazaa,
MusicCity and Grokster rose 20% during the month of October, signaling U.S.
Internet users' insatiable demand for digital music and video downloads.
All three sites use software licensed from FastTrack, an Amsterdam-based
technology company, and share the same network. "The growth of the
FastTrack network continues to be astounding," says a Webnoize analyst.
"During the last four months the number of users typically logged on has
risen by 480%, and in November will likely surpass the 1.57 million
simultaneous users that Napster... enjoyed at its peak... As higher
awareness translates into higher usage, the FastTrack network may
ultimately become many times larger than Napster ever was." Meanwhile, a
recent Jupiter Media Metrix survey shows that song-swapping has declined in
Europe over the same period. According to the report, music downloads are
down by 50% in Europe since February, the point at which Napster usage hit
its zenith. (Reuters 5 Nov 2001)
http://news.excite.com/news/r/011105/14/net-tech-webnoize-dc
HONORARY SUBSCRIBER: FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Today's Honorary Subscriber is the German dramatist and poet
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), whose plays, along with those of Goethe,
established a theatrical renaissance in Germany known as "Weimar
Classicism."
Schiller's father was in the employ of Duke Karl Eugen of
Wirttemberg, and at age 13 Schiller entered the Duke's military academy,
where the Duke insisted he study law. He later switched to medicine, and
when he was 21 he was appointed to the Duke's Stuttgart regiment as a
military surgeon. Repelled by the tyranny of the Duke and his schooling,
Schiller was attracted by the revolutionary spirit of the time, he
expressed his troubled feelings in a play, "The Robbers," which had a
successful run in Mannheim, but so angered the Duke that he was placed
under military arrest and ordered to cease writing plays.
Schiller fled the Duchy, relocating in Mannheim where he began work
in earnest as a dramatist. Later he moved to Leipzig and then Weimar,
eventually settling in Jena. During this period he continued to write
successful plays and expanded his literary output to include poetry and
historical writing. His poem, "Ode to Joy" was later used by Beethoven in
the composer's "Ninth Symphony," and his "History of the Revolt of the
United Netherlands " led to his appointment as Professor of History at the
University of Jena. Other writings for which Schiller is noted are the
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Aesthetic Education of Man."
In 1790, he met and married Charlotte Von Lengefeld, with whom he had
two sons and two daughters. In 1794 a chance meeting with Goethe led to a
lifelong friendship and literary collaboration. Under Goethe's influence,
Schiller resumed his playwriting, which he had neglected for some years in
favor of his other writings. He now undertook to compose his most mature
dramas including "Mary Stuart" (1800), "The Maid of Orleans" (1801), and
"William Tell" (1804.)
In 1799 Schiller re-settled in Weimar, partly to be near Goethe who
was director of the regional theater located there. Together they made the
Weimar Theatre one of the most prestigious theatrical houses in Europe.
Schiller was only forty-six years old when he died of the
tuberculosis that had plagued him for many years.
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First, Four More eTexts from Project Gutenberg of Australia this month:
Oct 2001 Klee Wyck, by Emily Carr [EC#02][010013xx.xxx]0013A
[http://au.geocities.com/gutenberg_au/0100131.txt ]
Oct 2001 The House of All Sorts, by Emily Carr [EC#01][010012xx.xxx]0012A
[http://au.geocities.com/gutenberg_au/0100121.txt ]
Oct 2001 Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by T. E. Lawrence [TL#01][010011xx.xxx]0011A
[http://au.geocities.com/gutenberg_au/0100111.zip ]
Oct 2001 To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf [VW#01][010010xx.xxx]0010A
[http://au.geocities.com/gutenberg_au/0100101.txt ]
--=={ REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS }==--
We have posted this file in a new format:
Mar 2003 Robur the Conqueror, Jules Verne [Verne #18][xrobcxxx.xxx]3808
[The HTML version is available in robc10h.htm and robc10h.zip]
We have posted a newly improved 11th editions of:
May 2000 Der Gwissenswurm, by Ludwig Anzengruber [German] [7gwssxxx.xxx]2189
May 2000 Der Gwissenswurm, by Ludwig Anzengruber [German] [8gwssxxx.xxx]2189
[The new files are 7gwss11.txt and .zip and 8gwss11.txt and .zip]
Sep 2002 The Koran/The Q'uran, by Mohammed/Mohammad . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434
Sep 2002 The Q'uran, by Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434
[This is version 11a from a completely different edition than our Etext 2800]
[The new files are koran11a.txt and koran11a.zip]
Jan 2003 The Rosary, by Florence L. Barclay [rosryxxx.xxx]3659
Feb 2003 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin[CD#18][vbglexxx.xxx]3704
[Actual Full Title: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World]
[The new version is vbgle11a.txt and .zip]
Revised Index Entry:
Mar 2003 Hassan, James Elroy Fletcher [Fletcher #2][htshbxxx.xxx]3834
should read:
Mar 2003 Hassan, James Elroy Flecker [Flecker #2][htshbxxx.xxx]3834
We have posted the following L. Frank Baum etexts in new
FORMATs, including Palm Resource (.PRC), and Microsoft
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Jul 1997 Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#17] [Oz#14][14wozxxx.xxx] 961
[The HTML formatted files are 14woz10h.htm and 14woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 14woz10l.lit and 14woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 14woz10p.prc and 14woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Tin Woodman of Oz, by Baum [LFB#16] [Oz#12][12wozxxx.xxx] 960
[The HTML formatted files are 12woz10h.htm and 12woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 12woz10l.lit and 12woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 12woz10p.prc and 12woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Lost Princess of Oz, by Baum [LFB#15] [Oz#11][11wozxxx.xxx] 959
[The HTML formatted files are 11woz11h.htm and 11woz11h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 11woz11l.lit and 11woz11l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 11woz11p.prc and 11woz11p.zip]
Jun 1997 Rinkitink In Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#14] [Oz#10][10wozxxx.xxx] 958
[The HTML formatted files are 10woz10h.htm and 10woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 10woz10l.lit and 10woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 10woz10p.prc and 10woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Scarecrow of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[FB#13][Oz#9][09wozxxx.xxx] 957
[The HTML formatted files are 09woz10h.htm and 09woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 09woz10l.lit and 09woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 09woz10p.prc and 09woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tik-Tok of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [Baum #12] [Oz #8][08wozxxx.xxx] 956
[The HTML formatted files are 08woz10h.htm and 08woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 08woz10l.lit and 08woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 08woz10p.prc and 08woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Patchwork Girl of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[Baum12][07wozxxx.xxx] 955
[The HTML formatted files are 07woz10h.htm and 07woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 07woz10l.lit and 07woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 07woz10p.prc and 07woz10p.zip]
May 1996 The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank Baum[Oz#7/Baum#8][emctyxxx.xxx] 517
[The HTML formatted files are emcty10h.htm and emcty10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are emcty10l.lit and emcty10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are emcty10p.prc and emcty10p.zip]
Feb 1996 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, by L. Frank Baum[#4][dorozxxx.xxx] 420
[The HTML formatted files are doroz10h.htm and doroz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are doroz10l.lit and doroz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are doroz10p.prc and doroz10p.zip]
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Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, Edgar R. Burroughs [ERB #7][effncxxx.xxx]3475
[Author's Full Name: Edgar Rice Burroughs]
[The new version is effnc11.txt and effnc11.zip]
Jul 1996 Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#2][pelluxxx.xxx] 605
[The new version is pellu11.txt and pellu11.zip]
Jun 1996 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#1][atcorxxx.xxx] 545
[The new version is atcor11.txt and atcor11.zip]
Apr 1994 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#1][ecorexxx.xxx] 123
[The new version is ecore11.txt and ecore11.zip]
We have posted a new FORMAT of Alice in Wonderland in PDB format:
Jan 1991 Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll [Carroll #1] [alicexxx.xxx] 11
[The PDB version is in alice30p.pdb and alice30p.zip]
The following etexts have been posted in new formats
(.PRC = Palm ResourCe, .LIT = MicroSoft Reader, and .HTML):
Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [effncxxx.xxx]3475
[The HTML formatted files are effnc10h.htm and effnc10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are effnc10l.lit and effnc10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are effnc10p.prc and effnc10p.zip]
Jan 1998 The Chessman of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#11][cmarsxxx.txt]1153
[The HTML formatted files are cmars12h.htm and cmars12h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are cmars12l.lit and cmars12l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are cmars12p.prc and cmars12p.zip]
Jun 1996 Out Of Time's Abyss, Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#14][ootmaxxx.xxx] 553
[The HTML formatted files are ootma10h.htm and ootma10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are ootma10l.lit and ootma10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are ootma10p.prc and ootma10p.zip]
Jun 1996 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#11][atcorxxx.xxx] 545
[The HTML formatted files are atcor10h.htm and atcor10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are atcor10l.lit and atcor10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are atcor10p.prc and atcor10p.zip]
Nov 1995 The Mad King, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#9][mdkngxxx.xxx] 364
[The HTML formatted files are mdkng10h.htm and mdkng10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are mdkng10l.lit and mdkng10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are mdkng10p.prc and mdkng10p.zip]
Nov 1995 The Oakdale Affair, by Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#8][oakdaxxx.xxx] 363
[The HTML formatted files are oakda10h.htm and oakda10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are oakda10l.lit and oakda10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted fils are oakda10p.prc and oakda10p.zip]
Jul 1994 The Lost Continent, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [#7][lcontxxx.xxx] 149
[The HTML formatted files are lcont10h.htm and lcont10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are lcont10l.lit and lcont10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are lcont10p.prc and lcont10p.zip]
Jan 1994 The Monster Men, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [monstxxx.xxx] 96
[The HTML formatted files are monst10h.htm and monst10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are monst10l.lit and monst10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are monst10p.prc and monst10p.zip]
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars/Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars#4][mmarsxxx.xxx] 72
[The HTML formatted files are mmars10h.htm and mmars10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are mmars10l.lit and mmars10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are mmars10p.prc and mmars10p.zip]
May 1993 Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars #2][gmarsxxx.xxx] 64
[The HTML formatted files are gmars11h.htm and gmars11h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are gmars11l.list and gmars11l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are gmars11p.prc and gmars11p.zip]
The following are Tom Swift files which have been posted
in PRC format (for viewing on a hand-held ebook reader)
.prc = Palm ResourCe:
Aug 2000 Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat, by Victor Appleton [02tomxxx.xxx]2273
[the ebook version is in 02tom10p.prc and 02tom10p.zip]
Feb 2003 Tom Swift & His Electric Rifle, by Victor Appleton[10tomxxx.xxx]3777
[The PRC version is in 10tom10p.prc and 10tom10p.zip]
Feb 2003 Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, by Victor Appleton [08tomxxx.xxx]3734
[The PRC version is in 08tom10p.prc and 08tom10p.zip]
Jan 2002 Tom Swift and His Airship, by Victor Appleton [03tomxxx.xxx]3005
[The PRC version is in 03tom10p.prc and 03tom10p.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters, Victor Appleton[24tomxxx.xxx]1363
[The PRC version is in 24tom10p.prc and 24tom10p.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Undersea Search, Victor Appleton[23tomxxx.xxx]1362
[The PRC version is in 23tom10p.prc and 23tom10p.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Giant Cannon, by Victor Appleton[16tomxxx.xxx]1361
[The PRC version is in 16tom10p.prc and 16tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton [22tomxxx.xxx]1284
[The PRC version is in 22tom10p.prc and 22tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton[14tomxxx.xxx]1283
[The PRC version is in 14tom10p.prc and 14tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by V. Appleton[07tomxxx.xxx]1282
[The PRC version is in 07tom10p.prc and 07tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift & His Aerial Warship, by Victor Appleton[18tomxxx.xxx]1281
[The PRC version is in 18tom10p.prc and 18tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his War Tank, by Victor Appleton [21tomxxx.xxx] 954
[The PRC version is in 21tom10p.prc and 21tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Air Glider, by Victor Appleton [12tomxxx.xxx] 952
[The PRC version is in 12tom10p.prc and 12tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton [09tomxxx.xxx] 951
[The PRC version is in 09tom10p.prc and 09tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
[The PRC version is in 05tom10p.prc and 05tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Submarine Boat, by Victor Appleton[04tomxxx.xxx] 949
[The PRC version is in 04tom10p.prc and 04tom10p.zip
Apr 1996 Tom Swift / Land of Wonders, by Victor Appleton [20tomxxx.xxx] 499
[The PRC format is in 20tom10p.prc and 20tom10p.zip]
--=={103 NEW POSTS }==--
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1662 N.S. Complete [SP#23][sp23gxxx.xxx]4138
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1662 [SP#22][sp22gxxx.xxx]4137
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1662 [SP#21][sp21gxxx.xxx]4136
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1662 [SP#20][sp20gxxx.xxx]4135
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1662 [SP#19][sp19gxxx.xxx]4134
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1661/62 [SP#18][sp18gxxx.xxx]4133
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1661/62 [SP#17][sp17gxxx.xxx]4132
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1661 N.S. Complete [SP#16][sp16gxxx.xxx]4131
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1661 [SP#15][sp15gxxx.xxx]4130
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1661 [SP#14][sp14gxxx.xxx]4129
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul/Aug 1661 [SP#13][sp13gxxx.xxx]4128
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1661 [SP#12][sp12gxxx.xxx]4127
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb/Mar 1660/61 [SP#11][sp11gxxx.xxx]4126
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660 N.S. Complete [SP#10][sp10gxxx.xxx]4125
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov/Dec 1660 [SP#09][sp09gxxx.xxx]4124
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1660 [SP#08][sp08gxxx.xxx]4123
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1660 [SP#07][sp07gxxx.xxx]4122
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1660 [SP#06][sp06gxxx.xxx]4121
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1659/60 [SP#05][sp05gxxx.xxx]4120
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Feb 1659/60 [SP#04][sp04gxxx.xxx]4119
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan 1659/60 [SP#03][sp03gxxx.xxx]4118
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Preface and Life [SP#02][sp02gxxx.xxx]4117
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by F. Young entire [CC#09][cc09vxxx.xxx]4116
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v8 [CC#08][cc08vxxx.xxx]4115
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v7 [CC#07][cc07vxxx.xxx]4114
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v6 [CC#06][cc06vxxx.xxx]4113
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v5 [CC#05][cc05vxxx.xxx]4112
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v4 [CC#04][cc04vxxx.xxx]4111
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v3 [CC#03][cc03vxxx.xxx]4110
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v2 [CC#02][cc02vxxx.xxx]4109
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v1 [CC#01][cc01vxxx.xxx]4108
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by A. Ames entire[MF#07][mf07vxxx.xxx]4107
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v6 [MF#06][mf06vxxx.xxx]4106
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v5 [MF#05][mf05vxxx.xxx]4105
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v4 [MF#04][mf04vxxx.xxx]4104
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v3 [MF#03][mf03vxxx.xxx]4103
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v2 [MF#02][mf02vxxx.xxx]4102
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v1 [MF#01][mf01vxxx.xxx]4101
[The above are Jun 2003 = 4100's listings, those below are May 2003 - 4000's]
May 2003 Sidelights On Astronomy, by Simon Newcomb [slstrxxx.xxx]4065
May 2003 Moonbeams From the Larger Lunacy, by S.Leacock[#4][mftllxxx.xxx]4064
May 2003 Peter Plymley's Letters etc. [Smith #1][ptpmlxxx.xxx]4063
Contains:
Peter Plymley's Letters
Historical Apology For The Irish Catholics
Ireland and England
Moore's Captain Rock
May 2003 Gaston de Latour, by Walter Pater [Pater #11][xgastxxx.xxx]4062
[7-bit and 8-bit versions posted]
May 2003 The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World, Creasy [tfdbtxxx.xxx]4061
[Full Title: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to]
[Waterloo]
[Author's full name: Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.]
May 2003 The Renaissance, by Walter Pater [#10][xrnsnxxx.xxx]4060
[See also #2398 rnsncxxx Nov 2000]
May 2003 Miscellaneous Studies, by Walter Pater [#9][xmstdxxx.xxx]4059
May 2003 Marius the Epicurean, Vol. II, by Walter Pater[#8][xmrs2xxx.xxx]4058
May 2003 Marius the Epicurean, Vol. I, by Walter Pater [#7][xmrs1xxx.xxx]4057
[The four above are posted as both 7- and 8-bit texts]
May 2003 Two Festivals, Eliza Lee Follen [Follen #10][twfstxxx.xxx]4056
May 2003 The Future of the Colored Race in America, Aikman [tfcraxxx.xxx]4055
[Author's Full Name: William Aikman]
[Filenames are tfcra10.txt and tfcra10.zip and tfcra10x.xml and tfcra10x.zip]
May 2003 Gold Diggings of Australia, by Ellen Clacy [lvtgdxxx.xxx]4054
[Full title: A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53]
[Full Author: Mrs Charles (Ellen) Clacy]
May 2003 Nuttie's Father, Charlotte M. Yonge [Yonge #14][xnuttxxx.xxx]4053
[8-bit accents are included in 8nutt10.*, plain characters are in 7nutt10.*]
May 2003 Address to the Inhabitants, by Richard Johnson [nswnixxx.xxx]4052
May 2003 Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Rosa Praed[lbnnlxxx.xxx]4051
May 2003 Mates at Billabong, by Mary Grant Bruce [mtsbbxxx.xxx]4050
May 2003 Piccolissima, by Eliza Lee Follen [Follen #9][pcclsxxx.xxx]4049
May 2003 The Talkative Wig, by Eliza Lee Follen [ELF#8][tktvwxxx.xxx]4048
May 2003 The Leavenworth Case, by Anna Katherine Green [#6][lvnwrxxx.xxx]4047
May 2003 The Garden of Survival, by Algernon Blackwood [grdnsxxx.xxx]4046
May 2003 Omoo, by Herman Melville [Melville#5][omoosxxx.xxx]4045
[Full Title: Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas]
May 2003 What the Animals Do and Say, by E.L.Follen [ELF#7][wtnmlxxx.xxx]4044
May 2003 The Dynasts, by Thomas Hardy [Hardy#24][dynstxxx.xxx]4043
May 2003 Mozart:The Man and the Artist, by Kerst & Krehbiel[wammaxxx.xxx]4042
[Full Title: Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as revealed in his own words]
[Author: Friedrich Kerst, translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel]
May 2003 Conscience, by Eliza Lee Follen [Follen#6][cnscnxxx.xxx]4041
May 2003 The Pedler of Dust Sticks, by Eliza Lee Follen[#5][pdlrdxxx.xxx]4040
May 2003 Volpone; Or, The Fox, Ben Jonson [Jonson #5][vlpnrxxx.xxx]4039
May 2003 Imagionary Portraits, Walter Horatio Pater [#6][ximagxxx.xxx]4038
[unaccented version in 7imag10.txt and 7imag10.zip, accented versions in ]
[ 8imag10.txt and 8imag10.zip]
May 2003 Appreciations, With An Essay on Style, Pater [#5][xawaexxx.xxx]4037
[Author's full name: Walter Horatio Pater]
[unaccented version in 7awae10.txt and 7awae10.zip, accented versions in ]
[ 8awae10.txt and 8awae10.zip]
May 2003 Essays From 'The Guardian', Walter Pater [#4][xessgxxx.xxx]4036
[Author's full name: Walter Horatio Pater]
[unaccented version in 7essg10.txt and 7essg10.zip, accented versions in ]
[ 8essg10.txt and 8essg10.zip]
May 2003 Greek Studies:A Series of Essays,Walter Pater [#3][xgsasxxx.xxx]4035
May 2003 The Untilled Field, George Moore [tullfxxx.xxx]4034
May 2003 Who Spoke Next, Eliza Lee Follen [whspkxxx.xxx]4033
May 2003 Atlantis:The Antideluvian World, Ignatius Donnelly[xatawxxx.xxx]4032
[The plain version is 7ataw10.txt and .zip, accents in 8ataw10.txt and .zip]
May 2003 The London Prodigal, Shakespeare Apocrypha [1ws50xxx.xxx]4031
May 2003 Travellers' Stories, by Eliza Lee Follen [ELF#3][trvstxxx.xxx]4030
May 2003 True Stories About Dogs and Cats, by Follen[ELF#2][tsdgcxxx.xxx]4029
May 2003 Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Tr. Symonds [7cllnxxx.xxx]4028
May 2003 Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Tr. Symonds [8cllnxxx.xxx]4028
May 2003 Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Tr. Symonds [7cllnxxh.xxx]4028
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May 2003 Little Songs, by Eliza Lee Follen [Follen#1][lttlsxxx.xxx]4027
May 2003 The First Man, by Eugene O'Neill [O'Neill#3][frsmnxxx.xxx]4026
May 2003 Anna Christie, by Eugene O'Neill [O'Neill#2][nnchrxxx.xxx]4025
May 2003 The Man of Destiny, by G. B. Shaw [Shaw#28][tmndsxxx.xxx]4024
May 2003 Candida, by George Bernard Shaw [Shaw#27][cnddaxxx.xxx]4023
May 2003 Coral Reefs, by Charles Darwin [Darwin#20][crvsgxxh.xxx]4022
[This is a HTML version of the complete book from which PG texts Coral Reefs
(#2690), Volcanic Islands (#3054) South American Geology (#3620) were made.]
May 2003 Dear Brutus, by J. M. Barrie [Barrie#6][brtusxxx.xxx]4021
May 2003 Arcadian Adventures, by Stephen Leacock[Leacock#3][rcddvxxx.xxx]4020
[Full Title: Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich]
May 2003 The Lure of the Labrador Wild, by Dillon Wallace [tlolwxxx.xxx]4019
May 2003 Japanese Fairy Tales, by Yei Theodora Ozaki [jpnftxxx.xxx]4018
May 2003 The Hollow Needle, by Maurice LeBlanc [LeBlanc#2][hlwndxxx.xxx]4017
May 2003 Prince Eugene, by Louisa Muhlbach [Muhlbach#10][prncgxxx.xxx]4016
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May 2003 The Hairy Ape, by Eugene O'Neill [hryapxxx.xxx]4015
May 2003 Arsene Lupin, by Edgar Jepson & Maurice Leblanc [rsnlpxxx.xxx]4014
May 2003 Das Buch Henoch, translated by A. G. Hoffmann [xenchxxx.xxx]4013
[The Book of Enoch, translated and edited by Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann]
[8-bit accents are included in 8ench10.*, plain characters are in 7ench10.*]
May 2003 The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins [LFP#3][dtchtxxx.xxx]4012
May 2003 Epicoene: Or, The Silent Woman, Ben Jonson[Ben#4][eotswxxx.xxx]4011
May 2003 Marmion, ed. Morley, by Walter Scott [Scott#15][marmnxxx.xxx]4010
May 2003 Victories of Love, by Coventry Patmore [Patmor#1][viclvxxx.xxx]4009
May 2003 Count Julian, by Walter Savage Landor [Landor#2][cntjlxxx.xxx]4008
May 2003 Gebir, by Walter Savage Landor [Landor#1][gebirxxx.xxx]4007
May 2003 Yesterdays, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [#6][yestrxxx.xxx]4006
May 2003 Herb of Grace, by Rosa Nouchette Carey [hrbgrxxx.xxx]4005
May 2003 Preface to Androcles and the Lion, by Shaw[GBS#26][ndrcpxxx.xxx]4004
May 2003 Androcles and the Lion, by G. B. Shaw [GBS#25][ndrclxxx.xxx]4003
May 2003 The Honor of the Name, by Emile Gaboriau [thtnmxxx.xxx]4002
May 2003 Widger's Quotations PG "French Immortals" series [dwqimxxx.xxx]4001
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May 2003 Count Julian, by Walter Savage Landor [Landor#2][cntjlxxx.xxx]4008
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Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, Edgar R. Burroughs [ERB
#7][effncxxx.xxx]3475
[Author's Full Name: Edgar Rice Burroughs]
[The new version is effnc11.txt and effnc11.zip]
Jul 1996 Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#2][pelluxxx.xxx] 605
[The new version is pellu11.txt and pellu11.zip]
Jun 1996 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#1][atcorxxx.xxx] 545
[The new version is atcor11.txt and atcor11.zip]
Apr 1994 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#1][ecorexxx.xxx] 123
[The new version is ecore11.txt and ecore11.zip]
We have posted the following L. Frank Baum etexts in new
FORMATS, including Palm Resource (.PRC), and Microsoft
Reader .LIT, as well as .HTML:
Jul 1997 Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#17] [Oz#14][14wozxxx.xxx] 961
[The HTML formatted files are 14woz10h.htm and 14woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 14woz10l.lit and 14woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 14woz10p.prc and 14woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Tin Woodman of Oz, by Baum [LFB#16] [Oz#12][12wozxxx.xxx] 960
[The HTML formatted files are 12woz10h.htm and 12woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 12woz10l.lit and 12woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 12woz10p.prc and 12woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Lost Princess of Oz, by Baum [LFB#15] [Oz#11][11wozxxx.xxx] 959
[The HTML formatted files are 11woz11h.htm and 11woz11h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 11woz11l.lit and 11woz11l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 11woz11p.prc and 11woz11p.zip]
Jun 1997 Rinkitink In Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#14] [Oz#10][10wozxxx.xxx] 958
[The HTML formatted files are 10woz10h.htm and 10woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 10woz10l.lit and 10woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 10woz10p.prc and 10woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Scarecrow of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[FB#13][Oz#9][09wozxxx.xxx] 957
[The HTML formatted files are 09woz10h.htm and 09woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 09woz10l.lit and 09woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 09woz10p.prc and 09woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tik-Tok of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [Baum #12] [Oz #8][08wozxxx.xxx] 956
[The HTML formatted files are 08woz10h.htm and 08woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 08woz10l.lit and 08woz10l.zip]
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Jun 1997 The Patchwork Girl of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[Baum12][07wozxxx.xxx] 955
[The HTML formatted files are 07woz10h.htm and 07woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 07woz10l.lit and 07woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 07woz10p.prc and 07woz10p.zip]
May 1996 The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank Baum[Oz#7/Baum#8][emctyxxx.xxx] 517
[The HTML formatted files are emcty10h.htm and emcty10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are emcty10l.lit and emcty10l.zip]
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Feb 1996 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, by L. Frank Baum[#4][dorozxxx.xxx] 420
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Mar 2003 Robur the Conqueror, Jules Verne [Verne #18][xrobcxxx.xxx]3808
[The HTML version is available in robc10h.htm and robc10h.zip]
We have posted a new FORMAT of Alice in Wonderland in PDB format:
Jan 1991 Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll [Carroll #1] [alicexxx.xxx] 11
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We have also posted the following Edgar Rice Burroughs etexts
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Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [effncxxx.xxx]3475
[The HTML formatted files are effnc10h.htm and effnc10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are effnc10l.lit and effnc10l.zip]
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Jan 1998 The Chessman of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#11][cmarsxxx.txt]1153
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Jun 1996 Out Of Time's Abyss, Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#14][ootmaxxx.xxx] 553
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Jun 1996 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#11][atcorxxx.xxx] 545
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[The LIT formatted files are atcor10l.lit and atcor10l.zip]
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Nov 1995 The Mad King, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#9][mdkngxxx.xxx] 364
[The HTML formatted files are mdkng10h.htm and mdkng10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are mdkng10l.lit and mdkng10l.zip]
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Nov 1995 The Oakdale Affair, by Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#8][oakdaxxx.xxx] 363
[The HTML formatted files are oakda10h.htm and oakda10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are oakda10l.lit and oakda10l.zip]
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Jul 1994 The Lost Continent, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [#7][lcontxxx.xxx] 149
[The HTML formatted files are lcont10h.htm and lcont10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are lcont10l.lit and lcont10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are lcont10p.prc and lcont10p.zip]
Jan 1994 The Monster Men, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [monstxxx.xxx] 96
[The HTML formatted files are monst10h.htm and monst10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are monst10l.lit and monst10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are monst10p.prc and monst10p.zip]
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars/Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars#4][mmarsxxx.xxx] 72
[The HTML formatted files are mmars10h.htm and mmars10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are mmars10l.lit and mmars10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are mmars10p.prc and mmars10p.zip]
May 1993 Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars #2][gmarsxxx.xxx] 64
[The HTML formatted files are gmars11h.htm and gmars11h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are gmars11l.list and gmars11l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are gmars11p.prc and gmars11p.zip]
We have posted a new and significantly revised edition of:
Feb 2003 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin [#18] [vbglexxx.xxx]3704
[Actual Full Title: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World]
[The new version is vbgle11a.*]
We have posted a new Illustrated FORMAT of Alice in Wonderland in PDB
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Jan 1991 Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll [Carroll #1] [alicexxx.xxx]11
[The PDB version is in alice30p.pdb and alice30p.zip]
We have posted a newly improved VERSION of:
Sep 2002 The Koran/The Q'uran, by Mohammed/Mohammad [koranxxx.xxx]3434
Sep 2002 The Q'uran, by Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet
[koranxxx.xxx]3434
[This is version 11a from a completely different edition than our Etext 2800]
We have released an improved 11th edition of:
Jan 2003 The Rosary, by Florence L. Barclay
[rosryxxx.xxx]3659
We have released improved 12th editions of:
Jun 1994 The $30,000 Bequest, by Mark Twain [Twain #9] [beqstxxx.xxx] 142
[The files are beqst12.txt and beqst12.zip]
Oct 2002 Jo's Boys, by Louisa May Alcott[Louisa M Alcott#8][jsbysxxx.xxx]3499
[The files are jsbys12.txt and jsbys12.zip]
Oct 1995 Dracula, by Bram Stoker [Halloween Request #5] [dracuxxx.xxx] 345
[The files are dracu12.txt and dracu12.zip]
We have LOTS of newly formatted Etexts for LOTS of Tom Swift files:
Apr 1996 Tom Swift / Land of Wonders, by Victor Appleton [20tomxxx.xxx] 499
[The plain-text format is in 20tom10.txt and 20tom10.zip]
[The PRC format is in 20tom10p.prc and 20tom10p.zip]
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Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
[The HTML version is in 05tom10h.htm and 05tom10h.zip]
We have posted the following file in HTML, PRC, and LIT format:
Aug 2000 Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat, by Victor Appleton [02tomxxx.xxx]2273
[The HTML version is in 02tom10h.htm and 02tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 02tom10l.lit and 02tom10l.zip]
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We have posted the following files in HTML and LIT format:
Feb 2003 Tom Swift & His Electric Rifle, by Victor Appleton[10tomxxx.xxx]3777
[The HTML version is in 10tom10h.htm and 10tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 10tom10l.lit and 10tom10l.zip]
Feb 2003 Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, by Victor Appleton [08tomxxx.xxx]3734
[The HTML version is in 08tom10h.htm and 08tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 08tom10l.lit and 08tom10l.zip]
Jan 2002 Tom Swift and His Airship, by Victor Appleton [03tomxxx.xxx]3005
[The HTML version is in 03tom10h.htm and 03tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 03tom10l.lit and 03tom10l.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters, Victor Appleton[24tomxxx.xxx]1363
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Moore's Captain Rock
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10/24/01 31 23.09
10/17/01 31 22.90
10/10/01 22 22.70
10/03/01 29 22.74
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09/26/01 27 22.59
09/19/01 31 22.47
09/12/01 31 22.3
09/05/01 27 22.2
September total 116
08/29/01 25 22
08/22/01 21 22
08/15/01 30 22
08/08/01 20 22
08/01/01 22 22
August total 117
07/25/01 24 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
07/04/01 29 23
July Total 96
06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
06/13/01 17 23
06/06/01 20 23
June Total 77
05/31/01 18 24
05/23/01 16 24
05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
05/02/01 39 25
May Total 109
04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
Weekly Started Here
April total 137
1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg
13 Weeks 326 25.08
And for the 13 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
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And for the 16 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
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WEEKLY UPDATE PROGRESS -- 2001 Year-To-Date
10/31/01 23
10/24/01 31
10/17/01 31
10/10/01 17
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10/03/01 30
09/26/01 27
09/19/01 31
09/12/01 31
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08/29/01 24
08/22/01 22 22
08/15/01 25 22 N/A
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Yr-To-Date 788
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07/25/01 25 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
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Yr-To-Date *669*
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06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
06/13/01 17 23
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05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
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04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
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INTERNET ANNALS ERECT BILLIONS OF WEB PAGES BACK IN TIME
People will be able to view and research the history of the
Internet as far back as 1996 through the Internet Archive, a free
repository of more than 10 billion Web pages (those still in use
and defunct) that is five times the size of the Library of
Congress. "It will allow researchers to study the evolution of
the Web in a way that is unprecedented," declared Ed Chi of the
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. The archive is the brainchild
of former supercomputer technologist Brewster Kahle. The archive,
which is updated every two months, uses bots to probe the Web for
pages to add; pages that require passwords are ignored, while page
owners can request that their pages not be captured if they so
desire. However, Stanford University's Lawrence Lessig warned that
Kahle could be sued for copyright infringement because of the
repository. The Internet Archive was funded by the Library of
Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Science
Foundation, and Compaq Computer. (Los Angeles Times, 25 October 2001)
[You heard it suggested here first. . .! ]
COLLEGES TURN TO BANDWIDTH SHAPERS TO THROTTLE NEEDLESS USE
Colleges are employing bandwidth shapers to prioritize certain
transmissions so that recreational traffic does not overwhelm
more critical traffic. For example, Loyola University uses a
bandwidth shaper to prevent congestion caused by the KaZaA
file-sharing service and allow its students easier access to
downloadable course materials and assignments. The shaper was
even more helpful in the aftermath of last month's terrorist
attacks, when students and faculty were trying to reach friends
and family by e-mail; the device was used to lower recreational
Web surfing and give e-mail more consideration. Bandwidth shapers
were originally created with commercial applications in mind. The
U.S. Navy, for instance, uses them to prioritize military transmissions.
(Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 24 October 2001)
[but this might take even more bandwidth, but save money]
COLLEGES EXPERIMENT WITH IP TELEPHONY
An increasing number of colleges are routing telephone calls over
the Internet. The institutions have found IP telephony to be less
costly than charges for local services. Menlo College, for
example, has reduced its monthly fees for its 100 administrative
phones from about $11,000 to about $1,000 since implementing an
IP phone network, according to director of information technology
Patrick Olson. He also noted that phone service consumes
relatively little of the networks' bandwidth. In addition, Menlo
has set up two call-management servers to add redundancy. Keeping
IP telephone service campus-bound allows colleges "to control the
links from both ends" while dodging local charges, said Texas A&M
University's Walter R. Magnussen Jr. The largest cost savings of
IP telephony will come when a method for automatically updating
network databases to reflect any changes or movements of student
telephones is worked out, noted Columbia University's Henning G.
Schulzrinne. (Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 23 October 2001)
[Remember what Heinlein said about ID cards. . .he would say
it's already too late so save the country from totalitarians]
NATIONAL ID CARD FAILING TO ATTRACT SUPPORTERS
Neither the Bush administration nor congressional leaders have
embraced Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's proposal to create a national
ID card system. Conservatives and civil liberties groups have
come out against the measure, citing concerns about racial
profiling and the potential for misuse and error. Although
Ellison discussed his proposal with Sen. Dianne Feinstein
(D-Calif.), among others, she reportedly has not endorsed it.
Instead, Feinstein is focusing on legislation to issue biometric
ID cards to non-citizens entering the country, and to build a
database of criminal records that the immigration authorities can
reference. Smart cards may also be used in a wider capacity by
military and law enforcement officials, such as enhanced cards for
special airline passengers, according to the FAA's Paul Takemoto.
(Los Angeles Times, 24 October 2001)
APPLE SHINES NEW IBOOKS, POWERBOOKS
Apple Computer's new iBook and PowerBook G4 models were released
this week without the usual fanfare, but the upgrades and
upper-tier price cuts are significant steps forward for the
notebook lines. Besides making the customary increases in
processing power and hard-drive capacity to the higher-end
PowerBooks and the midrange iBooks, Apple also started integrating
the 802.11b standard AirPort wireless networking card with some
models. The card was included standard in all PowerBooks and
could be connected to built-in wireless antennas in the iBooks.
Technology Business Research analyst Tim Deal said Apple had done
a good job of cutting prices while adding functionality to their
notebooks. (ZDNet, 16 October 2001)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY UPGRADES ITS SUPERCOMPUTER
The IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer at Indiana University will be
capable of one trillion calculations per second following a major
upgrade announced on Wednesday. This capability will make it the
most powerful university-owned machine in the nation, according
to officials. IBM will receive $5 million from the university for
the upgrade, which is expected to triple the computer's
computational and storage capacity. The supercomputer will be
used in genomics research. One of its major operations will be
matching genomic data to the university's patient-record database,
explained university CIO Michael A. McRobbie. The supercomputer
will also be used to supplement genomic research projects with
three-dimensional visualization, high-speed network connections,
and the development of new research applications.
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 October 2001)
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APPLE UNVEILS iPOD MUSIC PLAYER
Apple Computer has launched its iPod digital music player, which can store
as many as 1,000 songs on its hard drive. The $399 device sports a 5GB hard
drive and connects to a Mac via FireWire. "This is going to be the hottest
gift this holiday season" for Mac fans, says CEO Steve Jobs. The iPod is
about the size of a deck of cards and features an LCD display that
identifies the artist, song and album title of the music playing. Using the
FireWire port, people can download an entire CD onto the iPod in under 10
seconds, and 1,000 songs in less than 10 minutes, according to the company.
(CNet News.com 23 Oct 2001)
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7627927.html?tag=mn_hd
BELL LABS DEVELOPS NANO-TRANSISTOR
Bell Labs, the famed research division of Lucent Technologies, has
developed a transistor created from molecules of carbon, hydrogen, and
sulfur, and Bell Labs researchers have designed a simple logic circuit
using a pair of organic transistors. Nano-transistors, which eventually
will allow further shrinkage of the size of computing devices and increase
their processing power, can be developed without the use of expensive chip
lithography tools. Bell Labs physicist Hendrik Schoen says of the new
transistors: "Instead of fancy optics, they used molecules as the spacers
and as the active devices. We have an exquisite degree of control here. We
know the precise structure of the molecules. We can make a whole jar of
them." (AP/Washington Post 18 Oct 2001)
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Contents
Overview
0.
Etexts in Various Languages
1.
Copyright
2.
Scanning and Typing
3.
Proofreading
4.
FTP and WWW Sites
5.
Donations
6.
Raiders of the Lost Archives
7.
Special Requests
8.
Programming
9.
New Etexts Needing Proofreading
Followed By More Detailed Information On Most Of These Subjects
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0.
Etexts in Various Languages
As you may be aware, this last year we have greatly expanded our
output of Etexts in languages other than English, including:
1. English
2. Latin
3. French
4. Italian
5. German
6. Spanish
7. Chinese
8. Japanese
9. Swedish
10. Danish
11. DNA/ATGC
12. Welsh
13. Portuguese
14. Old Dutch [pre 1949]
15. Bulgarian
16. Dutch/Flemish
17. Greek* Almost ready!
18. Hebrew*
19. Old French*
20. Polish*
21 Russian*
22. Romanian*
[Those with an * are still in need of work]
1.
Copyright
Project Gutenberg will do copyright research for you if you send us
xeroxes of the title page [both sides, even if one side is blank.]
[We will do this even for people working on other eText projects.]
We need people to hunt through libraries or bookstores for editions
that we can use to legally prepare our Electronic Texts [Etexts.]
Germany, Italy and Great Britain have each extended their copyright
to "life + 70 years," as opposed to the "life +50 years" of "Berne"
copyright conventions. Residents of those areas will have to be an
extra bit careful, as a million items that used to be Public Domain
in those countries reverted to copyright status, even though a vast
majority of them are no longer for sale. This is now true for some
other countries, including France and perhaps Brazil and Portugal.
These are the latest lists I have received: [NOT authoritative]
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, El Salvador,
Iceland, Japan, (South) Korea, Latvia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand,
Panama, the Philippines, Poland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad
and Tobago, and Ukraine are all "life plus 50 years" countries,
or were last I checked.) and Portugal. I have been told Turkey
should be included, can anyone verify that?
Life + 75: In Guatemala and Mexico, copyrights tend to last for the
lifetime of the author plus 75 years, with certain exceptions.
Life + 70: Poland and much of EU, and Brazil
More on the United States Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 in a
"More Detailed Information" section below.
2.
Scanning and Typing
Once we have located some proper edition[s], then our volunteers do
the books by scanning or typing them into the computer. Usually it
is the same person who does the proofreading, but not necessarily.
If you would like to help us make eTexts available in the future,
please contact the following:
Greg Newby <gbnewby@ils.unc.edu>
Brett Fishburne <william.fishburne@verizon.net>
Jim Tinsley <jtinsley@pobox.com>
with a cc: to me at hart@pobox.com
3.
Proofreading
We have a variety of ways for you to help with Project Gutenberg.
Often the only way for many of our volunteers to work on Etexts for
us is if they can ship their book to one of us, have it scanned in
and then returned to them for proofreading.
If you could do the scanning for them, it would help us immensely.
4.
FTP and WWW Sites
We would very much like to provide better access to Etext for sites
in Africa and South America, and other locales. If you know anyone
who might be able to help with this, please read this:
We are always in search of more FTP and World Wide Web sites, so an
increasing number of people can download our books without unusual,
even often fatal, delays and glitches in transmission.
If you, or someone you know, can spare a gigabyte on their servers,
please have them contact us about creating more mirror sites. This
is a particular need for countries south of the equator, where text
files are only available on one server that we know of. If you can
help us get our books into South America, Africa, and further, this
would be a great help. We have something restarted in New Zealand,
with extensions into Australia, but the load this server can handle
is probably going to be easily exhausted.
Some local research is required to find out what copyright laws and
other regulations must be satisfied to operate such servers.
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Anything you can do in these states would be greatly appreciated,
since we are at this juncture, helping us get more Public Relations
coverage of our just released 4,000th Etext.
As I said, anything would be greatly appreciated. This SHOULD BE a
great time to get some PR. . .but it still appears, even though the
project has been written up probably about 200 times, that they are
going to write us up when THEY have a reason to rather than when WE
have a reason, and we feel it is now time to try to break out of an
entirely too limiting niche in the computer oriented media, and get
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Etexts for education or entertainment. This is a majority of world
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If you have any "ins" in the press or with the corporate world, this
would be a good time to use them.
6.
Raiders of the Lost Archives
As you may be aware from several events of a month ago, and earlier,
there is a downside to having Etext archives in limited distribution
modalities, simply because if one site, or one person, or even whole
countries, change their minds about what they are going to archive--
then the whole world loses access to those files.
A good example was the loss of The Oxford Book of English Verse from
Project Bartleby. We have taken great pains to get this book, which
is undoubtedly important, back on the Net. If you want to see which
sites have lost this file, just do a Yahoo search for the book, then
count the vast number of sites that have blank entries for the book,
once it was deleted from a multiplicity of links; this is an example
of how important it is for Etexts to be posted on many sites, rather
than just one site will many links to it!!!
We need volunteers who will search the world for every possible book
and help us preserve it.
Project Gutenberg will not release any of this material until we can
do the copyright research and prove it belongs in the Public Domain.
We realize that many of our volunteers sometimes get frustrated that
we do this research, which possibly takes half our time, but it will
become more and more apparent why this is a good policy as copyright
laws become stiffer and stiffer, and world intellectual property can
be limited in greater and great ways. It is quite likely that it is
going to be some time in the next calendar year that a United States
law killing off another 20 years of public domain in the US will get
passed, to join the countries listed above, in eliminating a million
books from potentially being posted as Etexts, even though 99% are a
dead issue, out of print for decades. . . .
[It did pass. October 27, 1998 - the U.S. went from life plus 50 to
life plus 70 for works created after 1/1/78, and from 75 to 95 years
for many works published before 1978. . .but this doesn't change the
items that had already entered the public domain in the US, unlike a
reversion from public domain status to copyright status in countries
in the European Union and other locales. Thus, the US copyright for
most works still cuts in at 1923. . .and this is scheduled to stay a
cutoff date until around 2020.]
So the rule of thumb we use most is that anything pre-1923 is ok.
7.
Special Requests
We occasionally receive scanned material which could have benefitted from
more cleanup before it was sent to us. What we need is proofers with
patience to read through an etext and take out stray letters, clean up the
punctuation, and send a list of questionable lines to the person who
scanned it so they can send corrections to be inserted. This usually takes
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Programming
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assortment of other scripts that will assist our proofreaders, and
our editors, in dealing with page numbers, markups, italics and an
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Most of these are fairly trivial and can be solved with a one line
script for each of the particular situations and we just need some
people to either run the scripts we already have, or to write some
new ones from time to time when a particularly rough Etext version
arrives at our doorstep. These scripts, which take minutes to set
up, and seconds to run, can save HOURS of proofreaders' time. You
can be a BIG help just running some of these scripts for us, or in
writing or rewriting some of them on occasion.
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More Detailed Information
1.
Copyright
Copyright Extension Is Also Happening in the United States
Since Project Gutenberg began in 1971, millions of copyrights in
the US should have expired, but are being prevented from expiring
by various political action groups.
2.
Scanning and Typing
We don't really want to get into a public recommendation about what
scanners and OCR [Optical Character Recognition] programs work best
. . .it is really the case that some do better on some books, while
others do better on other fonts, page coloration, etc.
However, we ARE willing to share our experience if you ask.
3.
Proofreading
Our official accuracy level that we try to maintain has been 99.9%,
for our first release, which is usually raised to 99.95% before the
vast majority of people ever see them, and this standard has been a
standard that has been adopted by most Etext providers, including a
new effort toward Etext by the Library of Congress and the national
libraries of Great Britain and other countries.
What we hope you realize is that any serious effort to get an Etext
to 100% accuracy should take MORE effort than to create an entirely
new Etext with an accuracy level of 99.9% to 99.95%.
While many, even most, of the Project Gutenberg Etexts are accurate
to an amazing degree, even more amazing when you compare then to an
entire world of Etexts prepared by both the scholarly or commercial
Etext enterprises, we do not feel that the additional doubling of a
more than massive effort, to possibly reduce the errors, by another
.02% perhaps, would have anywhere near the value of the preparation
of an entirely new Etext with the same amount of effort.
Nevertheless, even the most famous universities of the world have a
collection of Etexts, many of which have vastly more errors than in
our collection. This is also true of the commercial Etexts. Don't
be afraid that your efforts won't be as good as all the others, the
process of improving Project Gutenberg Etexts is never ending.
In addition, there are many volunteers who would prefer to have an
Etext or at least an author selected for them to work on. As some
of you already know, _I_ have been reluctant to choose for anyone,
not wanting to bias the formation of our collection with my choice
of what are the great books of human history.
More on:
Proofreading: We could also use people who know how to use DIFF or
Word's "compare" that point out differences between two files, even
programmers that might only be able to search our files for matched
and unmatched quotes. [Remember that when quoting many paragraphs,
each internal paragraph gets only an opening quote.]
Our proofreading is a never-ending story. . .we run spell-checkers,
and other varieties of programs, on our Etexts, and have real human
proofreaders go over them in pretty incredible detail, but we would
be remiss if we did not tell you that over 99% of the books we work
from have their own errors, and that while we catch some of those--
we undoubtedly introduce errors of our own, and even though we will
gladly keep updating our editions, ad infinitum, the odds that this
will catch ALL the errors in the near future are virtually 0%.
Therefore. . .we need you to email us when you have suggestion, and
comments, and when you find possible errors that need correction.
4.
FTP and WWW Sites
We are willing to adjust the bandwidth on various sites by adjusting
the publicity various sites receive, and also by asking our users to
only use certain sites at certain times of the day or night. So the
drain on sites volunteering to mirror Etexts should not suffer any.
Remember:
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You are the backbone of our support.
We could barely survive otherwise.
6.
Raiders of the Lost Archives [This needs a rewrite]
This is going to be particularly evident if the raggedy performances
that are destroying 99% of the Public Domain continue by raiding the
Public Domain, taking a million works out of the Public Domain, over
a period of 20 years, and putting perhaps 1% of 1% of them back in a
print version so that those who owned the copyrights for the past 75
years and made millions from them, can make another million per year
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Mar 2003 Robur the Conqueror, Jules Verne [Verne #18][xrobcxxx.xxx]3808
[The HTML version is available in robc10h.htm and robc10h.zip]
We have posted a newly improved 11th editions of:
Sep 2002 The Koran/The Q'uran, by Mohammed/Mohammad . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434
Sep 2002 The Q'uran, by Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434
[This is version 11a from a completely different edition than our Etext 2800]
[The new files are koran11a.txt and koran11a.zip]
Feb 2003 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin[CD#18][vbglexxx.xxx]3704
[Actual Full Title: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World]
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Aug 2000 Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat, by Victor Appleton [02tomxxx.xxx]2273
[the ebook version is in 02tom10p.prc and 02tom10p.zip]
Feb 2003 Tom Swift & His Electric Rifle, by Victor Appleton[10tomxxx.xxx]3777
[The PRC version is in 10tom10p.prc and 10tom10p.zip]
Feb 2003 Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, by Victor Appleton [08tomxxx.xxx]3734
[The PRC version is in 08tom10p.prc and 08tom10p.zip]
Jan 2002 Tom Swift and His Airship, by Victor Appleton [03tomxxx.xxx]3005
[The PRC version is in 03tom10p.prc and 03tom10p.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters, Victor Appleton[24tomxxx.xxx]1363
[The PRC version is in 24tom10p.prc and 24tom10p.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Undersea Search, Victor Appleton[23tomxxx.xxx]1362
[The PRC version is in 23tom10p.prc and 23tom10p.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Giant Cannon, by Victor Appleton[16tomxxx.xxx]1361
[The PRC version is in 16tom10p.prc and 16tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton [22tomxxx.xxx]1284
[The PRC version is in 22tom10p.prc and 22tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton[14tomxxx.xxx]1283
[The PRC version is in 14tom10p.prc and 14tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by V. Appleton[07tomxxx.xxx]1282
[The PRC version is in 07tom10p.prc and 07tom10p.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift & His Aerial Warship, by Victor Appleton[18tomxxx.xxx]1281
[The PRC version is in 18tom10p.prc and 18tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his War Tank, by Victor Appleton [21tomxxx.xxx] 954
[The PRC version is in 21tom10p.prc and 21tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Air Glider, by Victor Appleton [12tomxxx.xxx] 952
[The PRC version is in 12tom10p.prc and 12tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton [09tomxxx.xxx] 951
[The PRC version is in 09tom10p.prc and 09tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
[The PRC version is in 05tom10p.prc and 05tom10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Submarine Boat, by Victor Appleton[04tomxxx.xxx] 949
[The PRC version is in 04tom10p.prc and 04tom10p.zip
Apr 1996 Tom Swift / Land of Wonders, by Victor Appleton [tom20xxx.xxx] 499
[The PRC version is in tom2010p.prc and tom2010p.zip]
[We may have to change this one to 20tom*.*]
And Here Are Your 31 New Project Gutenberg Etexts:
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660 N.S. Complete [SP#10][sp10gxxx.xxx]4125
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov/Dec 1660 [SP#09][sp09gxxx.xxx]4124
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1660 [SP#08][sp08gxxx.xxx]4123
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1660 [SP#07][sp07gxxx.xxx]4122
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1660 [SP#06][sp06gxxx.xxx]4121
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Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1659/60 [SP#05][sp05gxxx.xxx]4120
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Feb 1659/60 [SP#04][sp04gxxx.xxx]4119
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan 1659/60 [SP#03][sp03gxxx.xxx]4118
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Preface and Life [SP#02][sp02gxxx.xxx]4117
[The above are Jun 2003 = 4100's listings, those below are May 2003 - 4000's]
May 2003 The Future of the Colored Race in America, Aikman [tfcraxxx.xxx]4055
[Author's Full Name: William Aikman]
[Filenames are tfcra10.txt and tfcra10.zip and tfcra10x.xml and tfcra10x.zip]
May 2003 Gold Diggings of Australia, by Ellen Clacy [lvtgdxxx.xxx]4054
[Full title: A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53]
[Full Author: Mrs Charles (Ellen) Clacy]
May 2003 Nuttie's Father, Charlotte M. Yonge [Yonge #14][xnuttxxx.xxx]4053
[8-bit accents are included in 8nutt10.*, plain characters are in 7nutt10.*]
May 2003 Address to the Inhabitants, by Richard Johnson [nswnixxx.xxx]4052
May 2003 Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Rosa Praed[lbnnlxxx.xxx]4051
May 2003 Mates at Billabong, by Mary Grant Bruce [mtsbbxxx.xxx]4050
May 2003 Piccolissima, by Eliza Lee Follen [Follen #9][pcclsxxx.xxx]4049
May 2003 The Talkative Wig, by Eliza Lee Follen [ELF#8][tktvwxxx.xxx]4048
May 2003 The Leavenworth Case, by Anna Katherine Green [#6][lvnwrxxx.xxx]4047
May 2003 The Garden of Survival, by Algernon Blackwood [grdnsxxx.xxx]4046
May 2003 Omoo, by Herman Melville [Melville#5][omoosxxx.xxx]4045
[Full Title: Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas]
May 2003 What the Animals Do and Say, by E.L.Follen [ELF#7][wtnmlxxx.xxx]4044
May 2003 The Dynasts, by Thomas Hardy [Hardy#24][dynstxxx.xxx]4043
May 2003 Mozart:The Man and the Artist, by Kerst & Krehbiel[wammaxxx.xxx]4042
[Full Title: Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as revealed in his own words]
[Author: Friedrich Kerst, translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel]
May 2003 Conscience, by Eliza Lee Follen [Follen#6][cnscnxxx.xxx]4041
May 2003 The Pedler of Dust Sticks, by Eliza Lee Follen[#5][pdlrdxxx.xxx]4040
May 2003 Volpone; Or, The Fox, Ben Jonson [Jonson #5][vlpnrxxx.xxx]4039
May 2003 Imagionary Portraits, Walter Horatio Pater [#6][ximagxxx.xxx]4038
[unaccented version in 7imag10.txt and 7imag10.zip, accented versions in ]
[ 8imag10.txt and 8imag10.zip]
May 2003 Appreciations, With An Essay on Style, Pater [#5][xawaexxx.xxx]4037
[Author's full name: Walter Horatio Pater]
[unaccented version in 7awae10.txt and 7awae10.zip, accented versions in ]
[ 8awae10.txt and 8awae10.zip]
May 2003 Essays From 'The Guardian', Walter Pater [#4][xessgxxx.xxx]4036
[Author's full name: Walter Horatio Pater]
[unaccented version in 7essg10.txt and 7essg10.zip, accented versions in ]
[ 8essg10.txt and 8essg10.zip]
May 2003 Greek Studies:A Series of Essays,Walter Pater [#3][xgsasxxx.xxx]4035
May 2003 The Untilled Field, George Moore [tullfxxx.xxx]4034
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09/05/01 27 22.2
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08/01/01 22 22
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07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
07/04/01 29 23
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06/06/01 20 23
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05/02/01 39 25
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13 Weeks 326 25.08
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