The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 47, September 30,

VariousProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.1

Word count: 34K words
Chapters: 4

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. 47, September 30,Author: Various,Language: English, Class: D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere, Release Date: Jun 8, 2005

Editor's review

This is Volume 1, No. 47 of The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, continuing the periodical's format of compiling world news and geographical reports for young and general readers. The single issue is moderate in length and plain in style, offering both historical reference value and suitable material for English extensive reading. As a public-domain Project Gutenberg ebook, it is easy to search, cite, and use in class, making it a useful supplementary reader for understanding late nineteenth-century international news writing and layout. Readers should note its editorial perspective and period limitations, placing it within the context of modern history rather than treating it as a systematic general history. For those interested in news history, popular reading matter, or English teaching, it is a light but practical source of primary texts.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in modern news history and public-domain historical sources
Learners who need English current-affairs texts for extensive reading practice
History or English teachers looking to enrich classroom materials
Readers who enjoy short news compilations and fragmented reading

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking in-depth academic analysis or a systematic general history
Readers whose English reading ability is still at an early stage
Readers expecting contemporary issues and the latest information

Reading tips

Skim by news-item headings to build a map of the issue's contents
Select items related to known historical events for close reading and annotation
Read alongside No. 46 to observe changes in topic selection across consecutive issues
Collect period vocabulary and place names into a simple reference table

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FAQ

How does this issue relate to No. 46?

Both belong to Volume 1, with adjacent issue numbers and the same format, compiling world news and geographical reports. Reading them together reveals shifts in topic emphasis and layout across consecutive issues, but each issue stands alone and need not be read in order.

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It can serve as supplementary material for intermediate and advanced learners doing extensive reading and news-style analysis. Teachers should preselect items, add background notes, and guide students to compare period language with contemporary usage.

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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.