Article 759 of alt.etext: Newsgroups: alt.etext Path: wiretap.spies.com!dell From: dell@wiretap.spies.com (Thomas Dell) Subject: [GUTNBERG-L] July 1994 Gutenberg Newsletter Message-ID: Organization: The Internet Wiretap Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 21:43:56 GMT Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gutnberg Subject: July Gutenberg Newsletter Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 12:43:52 CDT From: "Michael S. Hart" Sender: Project Gutenberg Email List Message-ID: Lines: 270 This is the Newsletter of Project Gutenberg The oldest Information Provider on the Internet Etexts Readable by Both Humans and Computers Since 1971 JULY, 1994 CONTENTS --- 0. NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR - personal messages to our readers. 1. HOT OFF THE PRESS - information new to this edition. 2. THE GUTENBERG PROJECT - a summary for those unfamiliar with the project. 3. ETEXT AVAILABILITY - ways of obtaining the etexts. 4. ADDRESSES - contact addresses for Project Gutenberg. --- 0. 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