In this issue:
Today in History -- Sep 09
The golden bow? <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 09>
Etext avail: Cox's _John Carruthers_
Re: The golden bow? <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 09>
The eyes have it!
Tricks, rogues, games #1: Successful audacity
Today in History -- Sep 10
Today in History -- Sep 11
Online digital library of early detective novels
RE: Online digital library of early detective novels
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
RE: Online digital library of early detective novels
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
Re: Composers of summer <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 08>
Today in History -- Sep 12
Re: F.O.C. Darley Exhibit
Today in History -- Sep 13
CHAT: Adobe PDF
Re: CHAT: Adobe PDF
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
Telegraphic addresses <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 11>
Re: Online digital library of early detective novels
Today in History -- Sep 14
Tricks, rogues, games #2: A Yankee dodge
RE: CHAT: Adobe PDF
about Willard Huntington Wright ...
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 02:09:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 09
Interesting things that happened September 9th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1850 Harishchandra, Indian poet, dramatist, father of modern Hindi
In 1853 Frederick R. Spofforth, Australian cricketer (Demon)
In 1868 Mary Austin, feminist, nature writer
In 1887 Alfred Landon, (R) pres candidate (1932)
In 1919 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker
Events worth noting:
In 1839 John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
In 1850 California becomes the 31st state.
+ Territory of New Mexico, Territory of Utah created.
In 1862 Lee splits his army and sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry.
In 1867 Luxembourg gains independence.
In 1892 E. E. Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon.
In 1895 The American Bowling Congress is formed in New York City.
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 12:36:16 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: The golden bow? <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 09>
Bob C. writes about the day:
>Events worth noting:
> In 1895 The American Bowling Congress is formed in New York City.
Would this be lawn-bowling, or had ten-pin been invented yet?
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 12:38:50 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Etext avail: Cox's _John Carruthers_
From: Stephen Davies(at)MRC on 09/09/99 12:38 PM
To: Gaslight-announce(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
cc:
Subject: Etext avail: Cox's _John Carruthers_
(COXMENU.HTM) (Fiction, Chronos, Scheds)
Edmund C. Cox's _John Carruthers_ (1905)
carrut01.sht
carrut02.sht
carrut03.sht
carrut04.sht
carrut05.sht
carrut06.sht
Chapters from _John Carruthers: Indian policeman_ (1905) by
Sir Edmund C. Cox have been read by us before. Here's a new
one for next week's reading: VI: The cotton consignment
Previously released stories in this series are:
I: The fate of Abdulla
II: The Rajapur case
III: The priest and the parchment
IV: The sin of witchcraft
V: The stolen despatch
To retrieve all the plain ASCII files send to: ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
with no subject heading and completely in lowercase:
open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca
cd /gaslight
get carrut01.sht
get carrut02.sht
get carrut03.sht
get carrut04.sht
get carrut05.sht
get carrut06.sht
or visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/coxmenu.htm
Thanks to Patricia Teter for making these stories available.
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 17:18:55 +0300 From: cbishop(at)interlog.com (Carroll Bishop) Subject: Re: The golden bow? <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 09> >Bob C. writes about the day: > >>Events worth noting: >> In 1895 The American Bowling Congress is formed in New York City. > > Would this be lawn-bowling, or had ten-pin been invented yet? > > Stephen D > mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca Doesn't Ichabod Crane play ten-pins or was it nine-pins? Something in that story, anyway.... Carroll
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 15:21:48 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: The eyes have it!
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We've talked about the peculiar old assumption that a murder victim's eyes
retains an image of their last sight. Here's a French novel treating the
subject:
>> from _The reader's digest of books_ (1929 ed.) by Helen Rex Keller
CRIME OF THE BOULEVARD, THE, a novel, by Jules Claretie (1897), is the history
of a crime which occurred in Paris, on the Boulevard de Clichy, in 1896. Pierre
de Rov
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=E8re is found murdered in his apartment. Bernadet, the police agent, =
who
has a passion for photography, takes a picture of the retina of the de=
ad man's
eyes, and finds the image of a man whom he recognizes at the funeral. =
He
arrests this person, who proves to be Rov=E8re's dearest friend, Jacque=
s Dantin.
He is, however, not the real murderer. The mixture of pseudo-science a=
nd
sensational detail in this novel is thoroughly French.
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Stephen D
mailto:sdavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 15:28:11 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Tricks, rogues, games #1: Successful audacity
To give further examples of the kind of conduct described in next week's story
("The cotton consignment" by E. Cox):
from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901)
TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES
Successful Audacity -- A lady went into a
shop and bought a pearl-gray silk dress. The
shopman had noticed a tolerably well-dressed
man standing at the door after the arrival of
the lady, and seeming to watch all her
movements. Stepping up to the cashier's
desk, the lady drew a bank-note from her
purse. At that moment the man outside rushed
into the shop, gave the lady a box on the ear,
and tore the note out of her hands. "I had
forbidden you to buy that dress," cried he, "but
I watched you, and you shall not have it." With
these words he hastened away, the lady
fainted, and the persons employed in the
shop, supposing the intruder to be an
offended husband, made no remark, and let
him go. When the lady recovered, the
proprietor of the establishment expressed his
regret at this violent scene, and pitied her for
being dependent on so brutal a husband. "My
husband!" cried fhe lady eagerly; "sir, that
man is not my husband; I do not know him,
and have never seen him." The pretended
husband was a daring thief.
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 01:00:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 10
Interesting things that happened September 10th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1836 Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Cavalry Commander, Army of Tennessee
In 1839 Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (Funk and Wagnalls)
In 1872 Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Indian cricketer, politician
In 1890 Franz Werfel, Austrian author (40 Days of Musa Dagh)
In 1907 Fay Wray (in Alberta, Canada), actress, King Kong's main squeeze
In 1914 Robert Wise, movie director
In 1915 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Birdman of Alcatraz)
Events worth noting:
In 1813 Comm. Oliver H. Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake
Erie.
In 1846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
In 1869 A Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan to help
his invalid wife get about.
In 1913 Lincoln Highway opens as the first paved coast-to-coast highway.
In 1919 NYC welcomes home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 WW I
soldiers.
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 02:20:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 11
Interesting things that happened September 11th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1835 Brig. Gen. William Wirt Allen, First Alabama Cavalry
In 1862 O. Henry (pen name of William Sidney Porter), short story writer
In 1885 D.H. Lawrence (in Eastwood, England), author (Lady Chatterly's
Lover), Taos pioneer
In 1909 Anne Seymour (in England), actor
+ William Natcher, Democratic Representative from Kentucky
In 1913 Bear Bryant, football coach (Alabama's Crimson Tide)
In 1917 Ferdinand Marcos, former Philippines president
Events worth noting:
In 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, N.Y.; Americans defeat British.
In 1850 `Swedish Nightingale,' Jenny Lind, gives her first US concert.
In 1852 Olympia Columbian is the first newspaper published north of the
Columbia River.
In 1853 First electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt. Lobos.
In 1910 First commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
In 1919 U.S. marines invade Honduras.
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 06:00:13 -0400 From: Blue Pencil <REMOVESPAMbluepencil(at)earthlink.net> Subject: Online digital library of early detective novels After a tomb-like silence, I'm back online. And I have a question for all listmembers and devotees of dusty old detective fiction: For some months I've been doing the groundwork to inaugurate an online digital library of Victorian-Edwardian era detective novels (pre-1923 due to copyright restrictions). Being a long-time devoted member of the Gaslight reading group, I naturally come to you first. My personal collection of detective-mystery books from that era is quite sizeable (in the hundreds) and many of the items are long out-of-print and very hard to find-- although most are simple reading copies and would eventually wind up in a dustbin somewhere if the person perusing them had no knowledge of their literary worth. From the little I know of the process, I can foresee this taking quite a few years to accomplish and requiring a great deal of time and dinero but INHO the preservation of these works is something of enormous historical import that simply must be done. As I once mentioned to Stephen, I have recurring nightmares of those dusty old volumes that I've worked twenty years to locate in out-of-the-way bookshops turning up someday on the dollar table at the local library and then being tossed. Does anyone in the group have an interest in-- or experience with this sort of project? I had even speculated that there might be some way to solicit a government grant once the library starts to take shape and perhaps, if done with dignity, it could qualify to become a sidearm of the Gaslight reading room. To date I have purchased a decent scanner, procured a new blueberry imac and am getting ready to roll. Any comments, suggestions, or dire warnings? With beginner's optimism, Robert G. (alias Bal?) PLEASE note to respond directly to me you must remove the "REMOVESPAM" from e-mail address.
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:10:55 +1000
From: Craig Walker <genre(at)tig.com.au>
Subject: RE: Online digital library of early detective novels
Dear Robert,
All I can say is that I am in awe of what you want to do -
Then thought strikes me that monographs and other publications could
similarly be scanned - I think this is what Project Gutenberg is all about.
However - something specifcally geared for Gaslighters? Again, I am in awe.
Regards
Craig
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
> [mailto:owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA]On Behalf Of Blue Pencil
> Sent: Saturday, 11 September 1999 20:00
> To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
> Subject: Online digital library of early detective novels
>
>
>
> After a tomb-like silence, I'm back online. And I have a
> question for all
> listmembers and devotees of dusty old detective fiction:
>
> For some months I've been doing the groundwork to inaugurate an online
> digital library of Victorian-Edwardian era detective novels
> (pre-1923 due to
> copyright restrictions). Being a long-time devoted member of
> the Gaslight
> reading group, I naturally come to you first.
>
> My personal collection of detective-mystery books from that era
> is quite sizeable (in the hundreds) and many of the items are long
> out-of-print and very hard to find-- although most are simple
> reading copies
> and would eventually wind up in a dustbin somewhere if the
> person perusing
> them had no knowledge of their literary worth. From the
> little I know of
> the process, I can foresee this taking quite a few years to
> accomplish and
> requiring a great deal of time and dinero but INHO the
> preservation of these
> works is something of enormous historical import that simply
> must be done.
> As I once mentioned to Stephen, I have recurring nightmares
> of those dusty
> old volumes that I've worked twenty years to locate in out-of-the-way
> bookshops turning up someday on the dollar table at the local
> library and
> then being tossed.
>
> Does anyone in the group have an interest in-- or experience
> with this sort
> of project? I had even speculated that there might be some
> way to solicit a
> government grant once the library starts to take shape and
> perhaps, if done
> with dignity, it could qualify to become a sidearm of the
> Gaslight reading
> room. To date I have purchased a decent scanner, procured a
> new blueberry
> imac and am getting ready to roll.
>
> Any comments, suggestions, or dire warnings?
>
>
> With beginner's optimism,
>
> Robert G. (alias Bal?)
>
> PLEASE note to respond directly to me you must remove the
> "REMOVESPAM" from
> e-mail
> address.
>
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 07:55:22 -0700 From: Marta Dawes <smdawes(at)home.com> Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels I've done quite a bit of this with my own collection. It helps if you have two copies of the book, so that you can take apart one of them. It's easier to scan with a flat page. However, if you don't have double copies, you'll have to open the book as far as possible to be able to get scannable print. Some books just don't want to open all the way, and some are so fragile that you'll break the spine if you do. If you have access to a copier it helps to actually copy the pages first on books like these and then scan from the copy; it seems to put less wear and tear on the original. During scanning, I have used a heavy statue or anything with enough weight to hold the book open and flat on the scanner. It's less fatiguing this way, and keeps the book stationary. It hasn't hurt my scanner, either. Also, to speed up the scanning, it helps to do a pre-scan of one full page so you can plot out where you need to put the following pages on the scanner. After that, you can position the page on the scanner platen and just do the scanning without pre-scanning each page. This really saves a lot of time. Xerox Textbridge is the best OCR program I've worked with, so I would recommend that. Marta Blue Pencil wrote: > > After a tomb-like silence, I'm back online. And I have a question for all > listmembers and devotees of dusty old detective fiction: > > For some months I've been doing the groundwork to inaugurate an online > digital library of Victorian-Edwardian era detective novels (pre-1923 due to > copyright restrictions). Being a long-time devoted member of the Gaslight > reading group, I naturally come to you first. > > My personal collection of detective-mystery books from that era > is quite sizeable (in the hundreds) and many of the items are long > out-of-print and very hard to find-- although most are simple reading copies > and would eventually wind up in a dustbin somewhere if the person perusing > them had no knowledge of their literary worth. From the little I know of > the process, I can foresee this taking quite a few years to accomplish and > requiring a great deal of time and dinero but INHO the preservation of these > works is something of enormous historical import that simply must be done. > As I once mentioned to Stephen, I have recurring nightmares of those dusty > old volumes that I've worked twenty years to locate in out-of-the-way > bookshops turning up someday on the dollar table at the local library and > then being tossed. > > Does anyone in the group have an interest in-- or experience with this sort > of project? I had even speculated that there might be some way to solicit a > government grant once the library starts to take shape and perhaps, if done > with dignity, it could qualify to become a sidearm of the Gaslight reading > room. To date I have purchased a decent scanner, procured a new blueberry > imac and am getting ready to roll. > > Any comments, suggestions, or dire warnings? > > With beginner's optimism, > > Robert G. (alias Bal?) > > PLEASE note to respond directly to me you must remove the "REMOVESPAM" from > e-mail > address.
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 08:48:12 -0700 From: "Caroline L. Russom" <caroline.l.russom(at)csun.edu> Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels Have you considered Project Gutenberg? This organization has been publishing online texts since 1971...and they look for volunteers. http://promo.net/pg/history.html __________________ Caroline L. Russom caroline.russom(at)csun.edu University Library (818) 677-4887 California State University, Northridge Fax (818) 677-4136 Northridge, CA. 91330-8327 http://library.csun.edu/crussom/
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 08:51:39 -0700 (PDT) From: John Schilke <schilkej(at)ohsu.EDU> Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels Dear Bal, Your idea is certainly a worthy one. Let me suggest that you check out the website of the Project Gutenberg, which is a (very ambitious) program to put the literature of the world into electronic form for the Web. It might be easier for you to contact them than to re-invent the wheel. The URL is http://www.promo.nt/pg/ Best wishes! Keep us apprised of your doings. John S. On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Blue Pencil wrote: > > After a tomb-like silence, I'm back online. And I have a question for all > listmembers and devotees of dusty old detective fiction: > > For some months I've been doing the groundwork to inaugurate an online > digital library of Victorian-Edwardian era detective novels (pre-1923 due to > copyright restrictions). Being a long-time devoted member of the Gaslight > reading group, I naturally come to you first. > > My personal collection of detective-mystery books from that era > is quite sizeable (in the hundreds) and many of the items are long > out-of-print and very hard to find-- although most are simple reading copies > and would eventually wind up in a dustbin somewhere if the person perusing > them had no knowledge of their literary worth. From the little I know of > the process, I can foresee this taking quite a few years to accomplish and > requiring a great deal of time and dinero but INHO the preservation of these > works is something of enormous historical import that simply must be done. > As I once mentioned to Stephen, I have recurring nightmares of those dusty > old volumes that I've worked twenty years to locate in out-of-the-way > bookshops turning up someday on the dollar table at the local library and > then being tossed. > > Does anyone in the group have an interest in-- or experience with this sort > of project? I had even speculated that there might be some way to solicit a > government grant once the library starts to take shape and perhaps, if done > with dignity, it could qualify to become a sidearm of the Gaslight reading > room. To date I have purchased a decent scanner, procured a new blueberry > imac and am getting ready to roll. > > Any comments, suggestions, or dire warnings? > > > With beginner's optimism, > > Robert G. (alias Bal?) > > PLEASE note to respond directly to me you must remove the "REMOVESPAM" from > e-mail > address. >
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 09:53:02 -0700 From: Patricia Teter <pteter(at)getty.edu> Subject: RE: Online digital library of early detective novels Robert G. wrote: <<Does anyone in the group have an interest in-- or experience with this sort of project? I had even speculated that there might be some way to solicit a government grant once the library starts to take shape and perhaps, if done with dignity, it could qualify to become a sidearm of the Gaslight reading room. To date I have purchased a decent scanner, procured a new blueberry imac and am getting ready to roll.>> Robert, this is a fantastic project! Most of this material is disappearing due to deteriorating conditions or ignorance , and if we do not begin saving it, the next generations will miss out on an entire era. I highly recommend an online format similar to Gaslight, unlike Project Gutenberg. PG is admirable, and I understand why they have adopted the plain text format, for ease of migrating to new platforms, however, I find it to be so unappealing to readers. Plus the fact that they never list the book's edition! For scholars, this is a major problem. A huge oversite on their part from the beginning! I've heard of other serious faults with their texts as well, but have never compared texts firsthand. University of Virginia has an excellent online literature site, that far outshines PG in looks and accuracy. Take a look at it. I have a few other sites I can recommend for you once I am back at the office next week. A few industrious websites are releasing etexts in Adobe PDF format, which can, if planned, reproduce the physical look of the book pages, page by page. Readers simply download the Adobe Acrobat Reader, and they are set to go. I am not aware of any drawbacks to this system at this moment, other than the downloading of the Reader. Has anyone else had experience with Adobe Acrobat PDF? The look of the final text is very appealing. Marta wrote: <<Xerox Textbridge is the best OCR program I've worked with, so I would recommend that. >> I've heard very good things about this OCR software. Omni-Page Pro is highly recommened as well, however, the Xerox software is more affordable. <g> Robert, let's talk more about this. best, Patricia p.s. Last week when I sent an email to the group, an error message regarding an attachment followed as well. There was no attachment on my original mail, and the entire episode is yet another of those email mysteries. Patricia A. Teter PTeter(at)Getty.edu
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:45:24 -0400 (EDT) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels <A HREF="http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/Classic/CATALOG">http://wiretap. a rea.com/.../Classic/CATALOG</A> http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/Classic/CATALOG Might want to check this catalog. Carol Digel
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 14:19:19 -0800 From: Robert Raven <rraven(at)alaska.net> Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels Robert G., A commendable and worthy project for sure. I note that several people have suggested checking out Gutenberg, and I concur (I'll chase down the URL for you if you need it). I know they have a number of early detective novels already in ASCII form, and they are freely available for anyone's use, with some minor restrictions outlined in a lengthy preface they tag onto each text. Certainly Gaslight should be interested in many of the things you create in this format. And, thirdly, I create and edit e-texts for a U.S. site called Litrix (http://www.litrix.com) as a similar labor of love, and would be happy to provide editing/proofing services to you, and Litrix would be happy to post texts of this nature as well. I have a couple of detective texts you may be interested in myself, and am going to work on others, and you are welcome to them. I actually hand-type the texts I create, so I can't help you with scanning advice, but I have proofed some scanned texts provided by others, and you will find a significant number of initial errors no matter how carefully you scan or how good your scanner is; the only way to correct these is with a direct proofread and mechanical correction, which I know is what Gutenberg does, too. I have encountered an unfortunate number of literary sites on the Web that have beautifully formatted texts full of errors, clearly not proofed after scanning. In an event, best wishes, and I'd love to hear further how this goes. Robert Raven
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 18:14:12 +0300 From: cbishop(at)interlog.com (Carroll Bishop) Subject: Re: Composers of summer <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 08> Add Dvorak's opera RUSALKA -- heard a beautiful violin version today on PBS of the song translated as "O Silver Moon," one of my favorites. It's about a water nymph. Sad story. Carroll
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:08:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu> Subject: Today in History -- Sep 12 Interesting things that happened September 12th: Birthdays on this date: In 1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor of hand-cranked machine gun In 1829 Charles Dudley Warner, US newspaperman, author In 1852 H.H. Asquith (Liberal), British prime minister (1908-16) In 1880 Henry L. Mencken, newspaperman, critic, Baltimore's son In 1888 Maurice Chevalier, actor, singer (Gigi), ultimate Frenchman In 1892 Alfred A. Knopf, US publisher In 1902 Margaret Hamilton, actor (Wizard of Oz) In 1913 Jesse Owens, athlete, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:31:56 -0400 (EDT) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: Re: F.O.C. Darley Exhibit <A HREF="http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m465.htm">Inventing the American Past: The Art of F.O.C. </A> http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m465.htm "Inventing the American Past: The Art of F.O.C. Darley, opened this weekend at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. Darley was often called the father of American illustration. He was Dickens' American illustrator. Carol Digel LoracLegid(at)aol.com www.focdarley.org
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:36:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu> Subject: Today in History -- Sep 13 Interesting things that happened September 13rd: Birthdays on this date: In 1819 Clara Wieck Schumann, German pianist, composer In 1851 Walter Reed, who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever In 1857 Milton S. Hershey, US chocolate manufacturer, philanthropist In 1860 Gen. John J. "Blackjack" Pershing, US commander in World War I In 1863 Arthur Henderson, British socialist, disarmament worker (Nobel '34) In 1874 Arnold Schoenberg, composer In 1876 Sherwood Anderson, American author, publisher (Winesburg, Ohio) In 1903 Claudette Colbert, entertainer Events worth noting: In 1882 Britain invades Egypt. In 1906 First airplane flight in Europe.
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:20:01 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: CHAT: Adobe PDF >A few industrious websites are releasing etexts in Adobe PDF >format, which can, if planned, reproduce the physical look of the book pages, >page by page. Readers simply download the Adobe Acrobat >Reader, and they are set to go. I am not aware of any >drawbacks to this system at this moment, other than the >downloading of the Reader. Has anyone else had experience >with Adobe Acrobat PDF? The look of the final text is very appealing. My office sells a psychiatric interview (the DIS, if that means anything to anyone) which we just recently computerized. We decided to include the text of the interview on its CD, and I decided to put the interview into PDF format so users wouldn't be limited by their word processor choice. It's worked pretty well. One simply installs it, and then writes the PDF file from the word processor of choice, using a PDF printer driver. Word even has a plugin button for writing PDF, which is very handy. It's not much harder than simply printing a file. Kiwi
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 11:41:08 -0700 From: Patricia Teter <PTeter(at)getty.edu> Subject: Re: CHAT: Adobe PDF Kiwi writes: <<One simply installs it, and then writes the PDF file from the word processor of choice, using a PDF printer driver. Word even has a plugin button for writing PDF, which is very handy. It's not much harder than simply printing a file.>> Many thanks, Kiwi, for more information on Adobe PDF files. Normally, I would never advocate that websites require or expect a web-reader to download extras just to read or view information on their site. It is time consuming, memory consuming, and irritating. <g> However, Adobe PDF has been well worth the few minutes of downloading time, just for the presentation capabilities alone. One has the possibility of recreating a book, page by page, which is very nice, if, like me, you are interested in maintaining the integrity and feel of an older book. best, Patricia
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:54:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gregory R. Pierce" <gpierce(at)hamilton.edu> Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels Hi Robert: Are you familiar with the grant that Syracuse University received for their pulp fiction project? Their project is a model of its kind, but involves microfilming rather than digitizing the materials. Below is the email address for the project. http://libwww.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/Street/index.html I share your enthusiasm for the project. My wife and I have several hundred mystery/detective novels from that era and enjoy them a great deal. What damage is done to the books in scanning them? I assume that the book isn't quite the same after the process? Best wishes, Greg Pierce *********************************************************** Gregory R. Pierce, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Students (Academic) Associate Professor, Psychology Department Hamilton College Clinton, NY 13323 (315) 859-4600 (office) (315) 859-4077 (fax) gpierce(at)hamilton.edu
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:31:50 -0500 (CDT) From: AJ Wright <MEDS002(at)UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU> Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels take a look at a modest book page I maintain, "Book Sources" http://www.anes.uab.edu/book.htm ...there are links to numerous electronic book projects, resources, etc.. aj wright
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:47:14 -0600 From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: Telegraphic addresses <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 11> Bob C. wrote: >Interesting things that happened September 11th: >... >Events worth noting: >... In 1853 First electric telegraph in use, Merchant's >Exchange to Pt. Lobos. Looking back on ads and business cards subsequent to the introduction of the telegraph, it is interesting to see how the truly savvy entrepreneurs incorporated their individual telegraphic address into the layout, just as we would now expect to see email or URLs. Stephen D
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:53:46 -0600 From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels Forwarded by the listowner. (The message was bounced by Majordomo for containing the word "sub scribe".) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 09:30:25 -0400 From: Kay Douglas <gwshark(at)erols.com> Subject: Re: Online digital library of early detective novels Dear Robert G., What a commendable project! There's a mailing list that you might like to subscribe to for information on electronic text projects, The Book People mailing list. The people on this list are extremely knowledgeable and helpful, and I'm sure they could give you some useful advice. The information below was taken from the initial message I got when I sub scribed: "The Book People mailing list is a forum for announcing and discussing electronic books that can be freely read on the Internet. The purpose of the mailing list is to aid and inspire the culture of volunteers and projects that are providing literary works to the Net at large, and to give the readers and fans of on-line books a forum in which they can discuss what they enjoy, and would like to see, in texts on the Internet." More details on about this list can be found on the Web at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/bookpeople.html The Book People also maintain an archive which you can consult at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/bparchive/ Best of luck! Kay Douglas grateful and enthusiastic reader of e-texts
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:32:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu> Subject: Today in History -- Sep 14 Interesting things that happened September 14th: Birthdays on this date: In 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, pioneer in psychology In 1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, helped form League of Nations (Nobel 1937) In 1867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew the "Gibson Girl" In 1879 Margaret Sanger, feminist, nurse, birth control proponent In 1899 Hal Wallis, movie producer In 1914 Clayton Moore, actor (the REAL Lone Ranger) Events worth noting: In 1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow. In 1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner." In 1847 U.S. troops capture Mexico City. In 1848 Alexander Stewart opens the first department store in the U.S. In 1886 The typewriter ribbon is patented. In 1899 While in New York, Henry Bliss becomes first automobile fatality.
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:31:38 -0600 From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: Tricks, rogues, games #2: A Yankee dodge from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901) TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES A Yankee Dodge.-Some American raftsmen being obliged to return home without selling their timber, were out of cash, and had no mode of replenishing their whiskey keg. "Let me have it," said one; "I will try what I can do." So putting in half a gallon of water, he stepped into a store and asked for half a gallon of whiskey, which was measured and poured in. "You must wait until we come down again for your pay," said the raftsman; "we have left our timber, and shall return next week." But the storekeeper refused to give trust. "You must then take the whiskey back," said the fellow. So the storekeeper measured back his half gallon of grog, and the raftsman rejoined his companions with two quarts of strong whiskey-and-water.
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:43:43 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)iname.com> Subject: RE: CHAT: Adobe PDF Website developers need to keep in mind that not everyone has a fast Internet connection. Where I live I'm lucky to get 28.8k. PDF looks great but takes forever to download, and if you retain the file it takes up a lot of hard-drive real estate. HTML should always be an option. HTML is efficient and still allows the inclusion of graphics. For online reading it's unbeatable, and still allows creative use of font types and sizes. PDF books should be made available in self-extracting Zip format for offline reading. The software to do this is cheap or free and the user doesn't have to do anything except double click on the icon to extract the files. Cheers from the front lines of Hurricane Floyd in S. Fla, Jim
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:20:14 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: about Willard Huntington Wright ...
I see Peter Blau has mentioned on other lists that last week's author, Willard
Huntington Wright, himself wrote mysteries under the penname of S.S. Van Dine.
Wright is coy in his article when referring to Van Dine's mysteries and tenets
for mystery-writing. I was hoping someone would notice this.
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/grtdtecs.htm
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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