Project Gutenberg has long been the world leader in providing plain ascii electronic texts. I have found it a wonderful resource over many years. Norman Coombs EASI Chair nrcgsh@rit.edu From: IN%"hart@prairienet.org" "Michael S. Hart" 8-JAN-1997 17:24:50.83 To: IN%"hart@pobox.com" "Michael Hart" CC: IN%"spok+bookpeople@cs.cmu.edu" Subj: January Project Gutenberg Newsletter This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for January, 1997 [Please note changes in our email and snailmail addresses] As you may know, Project Gutenberg has been undergoing massive difficulties over the past year, having lost our support from Benedictine University and the University of Illinois, but we are happy to report that there is light, or at least fireflies, at the end of the tunnel. More about that below. Meanwhile, we still managed to produce 32 Etexts per month last year, which are listed below on our usual format. We are also improving our web pages, and your comments and suggestions are most welcome. 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Nevertheless, it marks a huge change in the support we have received from a community of Internet and other users: and the month before last, received almost enough to pay for keeping Project Gutenberg running in November; the total for both months was enough to keep us running for both months. Thus, we can announce that Panic Day! has been moved back well into March. Information on making donations is included below. Thank you all so much! Michael S. Hart *** During this coming year, we would like to try to produce at least 32 Etexts in each of the following languages: [Please let us know if you, or someone you know would like to help with any of these.] In alphabetical order: 1. Arabic 2. Chinese 3. French 4 German 5. Greek 6. Hebrew 7. Hungarian 8. Italian 9. Korean 10. Japanese 11. Lithuanian 12. Portuguese 13. Romanian 14. Slovak 15. 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Mon Year Title and Author [# of PG books by the author][filename.ext] ### Dec 1996 Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte [#2 by Brontes][wuthrxxx.xxx] 768 Dec 1996 Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte [#1 by Brontes][agnsgxxx.xxx] 767 Dec 1996 David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens [Dickens#14][cprfdxxx.xxx] 766 Dec 1996 The Moon Pool by A. Merritt [mpoolxxx.xxx] 765 Dec 1996 Hans Brinker/Silver Skates/etc by Mary Mapes Dodge[hbossxxx.xxx] 764 Dec 1996 The Round-Up, by John Murray and Mills Miller [rndupxxx.xxx] 763 Dec 1996 British Airships, Past/Present/Future, Geo. Whale [bappfxxx.xxx] 762 Dec 1996 A. V. Laider, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #3] [laidrxxx.xxx] 761 Dec 1996 Enoch Soames, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #2] [enochxxx.xxx] 760 Dec 1996 James Pethel, by Max Beerbohm [Max Beerbohm #1] [pethlxxx.xxx] 759 Dec 1996 LandSat Picture of Washington, DC, USA [Zip File] [wdclsxxx.zip] 758 Dec 1996 50 Bab Ballads, by William. S. Gilbert [50babxxx.xxx] 757 Dec 1996 Arizona Sketches, by Joseph A. Munk [azsksxxx.xxx] 756 Dec 1996 Lady's Life in Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird[llirmxxx.xxx] 755 Dec 1996 The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik van Loon [hmankxxx.xxx] 754 Dec 1996 Arizona Nights, by Stewart Edward White [aznitxxx.xxx] 753 Dec 1996 A Young Girl's Diary, and Letter of Sigmund Freud [ygdsfxxx.xxx] 752 Dec 1996 Autocrat of Breakfast Table, Oliver Wendell Holmes[aofbtxxx.xxx] 751 Dec 1996 The High History of the Holy Graal, Author Unknown[hhohgxxx.xxx] 750 Dec 1996 Barlaam and Ioasaph, by St. John of Damascus [bioasxxx.xxx] 749 Dec 1996 The Brother of Daphne, by Dornford Yates [bdaphxxx.xxx] 748 Dec 1996 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, Gould/Pyle [aacomxxx.xxx] 747 Dec 1996 Burning Daylight, by Jack London [Jack London #5] [bdlitxxx.xxx] 746 Dec 1996 One Divided by Pi, To A Million Digits [math #17] [onepixxx.xxx] 745 Dec 1996 The Golden Mean, To A Million Digits [math #16] [gmeanxxx.xxx] 744 Dec 1996 Thoughts on Man, His Nature, etc, by Wm Godwin [tmnwgxxx.xxx] 743 Dec 1996 Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane [ehnabxxx.xxx] 742 Dec 1996 Thomas Hart Benton's Remarks to the Senate THB#1] [thbrsxxx.xxx] 741 Dec 1996 John C. Calhoun's Remarks in the Senate[Calhoun1#][jccrsxxx.xxx] 740 Dec 1996 Henry Clay's Remarks in House and Senate [Clay #1][hcrhsxxx.xxx] 739 Dec 1996 The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot by Andrew Lang#5[pldlpxxx.xxx] 738 Dec 1996 The Bobbsey Twins at School, by Laura Lee Hope #2?[tbtasxxx.xxx] 737 And, completed while working on this Newsletter and the Index . . . Jan 1997 Hermione's Group of Thinkers, by Don Marquis DM#4 [hlgstxxx.xxx] 776 Jan 1997 When the Sleeper Wakes, by H.G. Wells [Wells #7] [wtslwxxx.xxx] 775 Jan 1997 Essays and Lectures by Oscar Wilde [Wilde #4] [sandlxxx.xxx] 774 Jan 1997 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime etc, by Oscar Wilde #3 [ldascxxx.xxx] 773 Jan 1997 Moral Emblems, by Robert Louis Stevenson [RLS#35] [moremxxx.xxx] 772 Jan 1997 Biog Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells, C. Bronte #3[brntexxx.xxx] 771 Jan 1997 The Story of the Treasure Seekers, by E. Nesbit [tsotsxxx.xxx] 770 Jan 1997 The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura [tboftxxx.xxx] 769 So. . .if we manage to average 32 files in a dozen other languages in 1997, we can still manage to double the number of Etexts on our servers. Please feel free to forward or repost our Newsletter to appropriate sites or persons. One of the lights at the end of our tunnel that I have been made a "Visiting Scientist of the School of Computer Science at the Carnegie Mellon University" This support will take up some of the loss from the last year, and, along with your donations, will hopefully see us though 1997, which would include making our 1,000th Project Gutenberg Electronic Text. Please note changes in our email and snail mail addresses as below. To change your subscription address to Project Gutenberg or to subscribe or unsubscribe send email to: listproc@prairienet.org say: unsub gutnberg unsub gutvol-l Message MUST be sent from the address you subbed from, of course. 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