Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Heretics and Heresies by Robert Green Ingersoll Well, you can't go wrong with a title like that. It sounds like the best/weirdest Dungeons & Dragons spin-off ever. Okay, so today's book never gets that wild. But it's interesting nonetheless, and its author is an especially interesting guy. Robert Green … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #22
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Today on Project Gutenberg we have... Pleasures of the Telescope by Garrett P. Serviss This book comes to us all the way from 1901. It presents itself as "An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and A Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers." The author, Garrett Putnam Serviss, was actually … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #21
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Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 159 by various authors The Strand! One of the most famous literary magazines of its days, mainly due to one certain author and his most enduring creation. For those not in the know, The Strand was where Arthur Conan Doyle published his Sherlock … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #20
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Hello again! I hope all my readers are still in good health. With this sudden new emphasis on "social distancing" due to coronavirus concerns, it may be a bit disheartening to see our most prominent sources of entertainment being delayed or shut down one by one. But fear not! If you're desperately looking for something … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #19
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Today on Project Gutenberg we have... The Checquers by James Runciman The full title of this book is The Chequers, being the Natural History of a Public House set forth in a Loafer's Diary. I'm going to cut right to the chase and refer to it as "Drinking Sucks And So Does Being Poor." It's … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #18
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Today on Project Gutenberg we have... From Paper-mill to Pressroom by William Bond Wheelwright What are all the things you never knew about paper-making and didn't really care to know? Well, obviously you couldn't answer that. You don't know. But this book is here to fix that! Published in 1920, the premise of this non-fiction … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #17
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Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard So far, the historical fiction we've found here on PG has ranged from in-depth informational texts to Hans of Iceland punching wolves and bears. With a title like The Pioneers, it could go either way. But this book, upon some examination, manages to … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #16
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Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Shapes of Greek Vases by the Metropolitan Museum of Art "Ah, now this takes me back to my days as an art history student," I say, as if those days were carefree in any way and also more than two or three years ago. But seriously, one of the … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #15
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Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 by various authors A magazine! Have we done a magazine before? I don't think so. These are cool because you get a wider sampling of writing styles and topics to look at. And this particular magazine I've found here seems to be quite … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #14
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Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Young Alaskans by Emerson Hough There's nothing quite like an old-fashioned boys' adventure book. And by that I mean there's usually nothing quite as obnoxious. At least this one isn't G.A. Henty. You've probably never heard of Emerson Hough, who wrote today's book, but he was a successful … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #13
