Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Story of the Alphabet by Edward Clodd We all know our ABCs, but where did they come from? The evolution of our Latin alphabet was a complicated process lasting thousands of years, and many books could be written on the subject. This is one such book. Edward Clodd … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #52
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Today on Project Gutenberg #51
I haven't abandoned this series, I swear. I've simply run into a bad combination of having other projects to work on and not being very interested in any of the possible options I've tried to write about. But I'm going to keep working, and I hope you'll pardon the interlude. Anyway! Today on Project Gutenberg, … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #51
30k in 30 Days: A Writing Guide
As I type this, it's been over a month since the end of April, the month I undertook my plan to write 30,000 words of a story in 30 days. And since I successfully completed that daunting task, I've wanted to write something about how I managed it. Stuff about the planning and prep stages, … Continue reading 30k in 30 Days: A Writing Guide
Today on Project Gutenberg #50
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... London's Underworld by Thomas Holmes The Victorian era turned the subject of poverty into a veritable subgenre of literature. The most famous of these books would be Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, written throughout the 1840s and formally published in 1851. Today's book, London's Underworld, follows … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #50
Today on Project Gutenberg #42
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Heroes of To-Day by Mary Rosetta Parkman "To-Day," in this instance, refers to 1917, when this book was published, and according to author Mary Rosetta Parkman, a hero can mean all sorts of different things. In her mind, the heroes of the late 1910s were "fighting...not against flesh and … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #42
Today on Project Gutenberg #17
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
Today on Project Gutenberg #11
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Inventing for Boys by A. Frederick Collins Ah, the glorious days of yesteryear, when childhood was all about exploring the world and getting your hands dirty! If you were a boy, at least. Not that today's book has an explicit NO COOTIES ALLOWED sign stamped on it, but since … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #11
Today on Project Gutenberg #10
Today on Project Gutenberg we have... The Copeland Method by Vanness Copeland This is a departure from the books we've looked at before in that it's not fiction or a complex educational text. Instead it deals with practical skills and their application. Published in 1908, its full title is The Copeland Method: A Complete Manual … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #10
Today on Project Gutenberg #9
Today on Project Gutenberg we have... More Science from an Easy Chair by Sir E. Ray Lankester From the title of this book, I expected something along the line of simple experiments for schoolchildren in third grade or lower. But what we have here is something much more unusual and substantial, a real melting pot … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #9
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And we're back! Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Curiosities of Heat by Lyman Beecher Tefft This is a strange book. You might assume from the title that it's a purely scientific text, as I did. And eventually it does get there, giving us at the various properties and behaviors of heat. You've got heat … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #2
