Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December,

VariousProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Other Popular ScienceLiteratureEnglish Originals Science and LettersDaily ReflectionsMagazine SelectionPopular Narrative19th CenturyEclectic Reading

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December,Author: Various,Language: English, Class: AP: General Works: Periodicals, Release Date: Jun 24, 2005

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This is a public-domain electronic reproduction of the December issue of Volume XVI of the nineteenth-century English general-interest periodical Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science. Its content covers both popular literature and scientific topics, reflecting the editorial tastes of late Victorian popular knowledge publications. Its value lies not in any single famous piece but in offering a window onto the reading tastes of the contemporary public: the juxtaposition of literary works and scientific reports shows that popular science and entertainment had not yet become sharply separated. The Project Gutenberg edition is convenient for searching and citation, and is suitable as primary material for research on periodical history, Victorian publishing culture, or the history of English reading. Readers should approach it with an awareness of historical context, understanding individual articles within the framework of monthly serialization and the mass market. For general readers, it is more a browsable cultural archive than a continuous text to be read from beginning to end; selecting by section or theme is recommended, with attention to the period attitudes and habits of expression within.

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