The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897

VariousProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.5

Word count: 53K words
Chapters: 6

Summary

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.The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897Author: Various,Language: English, Class: D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere, Release Date: Apr 14, 2005

Editor's review

This is an issue of a general current-affairs weekly published on June 3, 1897, being Volume 1, No. 30, of The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It. Through a digest of news, it records the political, social, and technological developments around the world at the time, a vivid sample for observing how people at the end of the nineteenth century understood the world. The content is arranged by column, with short, information-dense items covering both international affairs and social oddities, in a late Victorian reporting style. For historians it is primary material for studying the forms of journalism, the issues the public followed, and the discourse of the era; for general readers it is a window back to 1897 for casual browsing. As a single issue from a weekly's bound volume, the content is scattered and unsystematic, better used as historical fragments or leisure historical reading than as a textbook for systematic study.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Historians studying late nineteenth-century press history and current-affairs reporting
General history readers interested in Victorian social life
History enthusiasts who need primary source fragments for writing or teaching
Casual readers who enjoy old periodicals and browsing at will

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting a systematic general history or coherent narrative
Readers who need a Chinese translation and are unused to old English periodical style
Readers seeking analysis of contemporary current affairs

Reading tips

Jump by column, scanning headlines first and then choosing items of interest to read closely.
Use background materials on late nineteenth-century world history to understand the context behind the news.
Treat the single issue as a sample of historical material, reading it against other issues or periodicals of the same period.

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FAQ

Is the content of this weekly issue systematic?

No. It is a single issue of a weekly, compiling various short news items by column; the content is scattered and broad in coverage but lacks a coherent theme. It is suitable as historical fragments or casual browsing, not as a systematic textbook.

What is the value of reading this old weekly?

It preserves the original appearance of the issues the public followed, news writing, and social discourse at the end of the nineteenth century. It is primary material for studying the journalism and social life of the time, and lets general readers directly feel that era's worldview.

Can I read it without understanding old English style?

You can try, but some English reading ability is needed. The reporting bears the stylistic features of late Victorian English, with sentences and wording that differ from contemporary English; read slowly with a dictionary and background materials.

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About the author

Various Author

Various is not a real person but a collective attribution used in book cataloging and databases for works with multiple authors, commonly applied to anthologies, compilations, or publications with too many contributors to list individually. On this Chinese book site, this attribution covers as many as 3,387 titles, spanning encyclopedic entries, historical documents, and trial records. Representative works include several volumes of the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the record of the trial of the major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Available public information is limited: nationality, birth and death dates, and common categories are not clearly recorded, making it difficult to summarize a unified writing style or personal biography. Readers should understand it as a cataloging convention rather than a single author.