Entries Tagged 'Project Gutenberg' ↓

Broad Grins

Broad Grins; Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish’d Under the Title “My Night-Gown and Slippers.”, by George Colman, the Younger. Published 1839.

When I started Post-processing this, I didn’t think much of the verses. They do have their charms, however, even though they are a bit salacious.

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Assimilative Memory

Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget, by Prof. A. Loisette. Published 1899, ©1896.

This is one of the last projects that the late Laura Wisewell post-processed. She is missed.

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The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse

The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse, by Thornton W. Burgess, Illustrated by Harrison Cady. Published 1915 (1944).

This is another project I picked up randomly. The illustrations turned out quite well, I especially like the top hat on the grumpy owl.

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Children’s Book Week is this month, there will be plenty of new Children’s books posted to PG in the coming days.

Three Things

Three Things, by Elinor Glyn. Published 1915.

I post-processed this book pretty much at random — I was looking for something easy to do and there it was…

Elinor Glyn invented the It girl. In this small book of essays she discusses love, sex, marriage (and divorce) and motherhood.

Moral Principles in Education

Moral Principles in Education, by John Dewey. Published 1909.

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Color Value

Color Value, by C. R. Clifford. Published 1907.

A reference (with black-and-white illustrations!) primarily for interior decoration.

Thanks to Anne Storer for post-processing this project!

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The Uses of Italic

The Uses of Italic, by Frederick W. Hamilton. Published 1918.

Thanks to Jana Srna for post-processing this project!

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Aether and Gravitation

Aether and Gravitation, by William George Hooper. Published 1903.

Thanks to Ronnie Sahlberg for post-processing this project!

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