“India, Old and New” on PG
w00t! The second book for which I did post-production (editing, assembly, format conversion, etc) is up on Project Gutenberg: “India, Old and New“, by Sir Valentine Chirol, originally published in 1921.
This follows the very cheesy “Our Holidays: Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas“, originally published in 1906, a vomitously sicky-sweet children’s book, full of childhood stories of inspiring historical characters (Whittier’s Boyhood; Washington’s Boyhood), nasty racial vignettes (Christmas in the South; Chinese New Year in California) and really bad blank verse (”Sing, little children, sing!”).
Actually, come to think about it, I’m vaguely ashamed of my part in the re-publication of “Our Holidays” - did that one really need to be preserved for prosperity? Surely no one would inflict it on their children?