The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897

VariousProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.8

Word count: 46K words
Chapters: 5

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. 41, August 19,Author: Various,Language: English, Class: D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere, Release Date: May 27, 2005

Editor's review

This is Vol. 1, No. 41 of the same publication, dated August 19, 1897, two weeks apart from No. 39, making it convenient to read side by side and observe how the same current-events digest carries over and shifts its topics over a short span. Its core value lies in continuity: a single issue reads as scattered news, but read together the two issues show how the editors tracked international events, balanced sections, and which topics were revisited. As a public-domain electronic text from Project Gutenberg, it is easy to search and excerpt in full, and suits supplementary use in periodical history, modern international relations, or the style of old English-language newspapers. Note that such publications prioritized rapid reporting, lacked deep analysis, and reflected the standpoint of the English-speaking world of the time; read with historical criticism and do not treat their commentary as neutral conclusions.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Modern-history readers who want continuous textual analysis against No. 39
Scholars studying how late-19th-century English current-events periodicals were edited
Teachers and students needing public-domain English periodical corpora for linguistic analysis
General readers interested in late-Victorian international news writing

Not a good fit for

Readers hoping for full historical background or modern annotation
Those who prefer literary narrative and lack patience for news digests
Readers who need only Chinese material and do not plan to read the English original

Reading tips

Read alongside No. 39 and mark events and figures that recur within two weeks.
Make brief excerpts by section and compare how much space the editors give news from different regions.
Read headlines and opening sentences first, then decide which paragraphs deserve close reading.
Pull out evaluative sentences separately and practice distinguishing reporting from opinion.

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FAQ

How does this issue differ from No. 39?

The two issues are two weeks apart and have similar section structures, but specific events and commentary change as news develops. Reading them together shows how the same publication carries over topics, makes choices, and adjusts its line over a short span—precisely the value of continuous reading.

Is it suitable for learning English?

It can serve as reading material for old-style periodical English, but its long sentences and many proper nouns make it unsuitable for beginners. Aim to understand the style and build historical vocabulary, look things up when stuck, and avoid word-by-word parsing.

Why is only the English original available?

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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.