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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 11h ago

How Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” Defined Old English Literature www.thecollector.com/chaucer-cant... Chaucer at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature

Walter Appleton Clark created this illustration in 1904 for Percy MacKaye’s modern version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The image shows a group of medieval pilgrims riding together on horseback. In the center, a heavy-set pilgrim wears a thick purple hooded habit with white trim and rides a large brown horse. To his right, a woman in a dark hat and a white wimple over a mauve dress rides alongside him. Next to her, a broad-faced man in dark clothes looks her way. On the left edge, someone in a bright yellow tunic and a large blue headwrap looks ahead. On the far right, a monk or friar rides with another companion.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 13h ago

Can empathy levels predict whether someone goes into the physical sciences? And is there a gendered component? Who are we kidding? Of course there is. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/ald-report... Original article (from the archives): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AdaLovelaceDay

Robert Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions.

This is a psychological model created by Robert Plutchik that arranges eight primary emotions in a circular pattern, with each core emotion shown at varying intensities , and combinations shown between petals to represent secondary/blended emotions.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 14h ago

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin by Elizabeth Wood www.aip.org/library/ex-l... Quoted by Dorothy Hodgkin during her 1964 Nobel Prize Lecture, W. H. Bragg's "Concerning the Nature of Things" is available on PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79146 #books #cristallography #WomenInStem

Dorothy Mary Hodgkin (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994).

Dorothy Mary Hodgkin is shown smiling, wearing a dark blazer and pearl necklace.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · yesterday

Ernest Hemingway’s Personal Library Contained Thousands of Books—Here Are Some of the Authors www.mentalfloss.com/literature/a... All of these authors are at PG: www.gutenberg.org #books #literature

This photo shows Ernest Hemingway in 1950. He appears older, with short gray hair and a white beard and mustache. A curved scar or scratch is visible on his forehead. He is dressed in a dark shirt and a burgundy vest or jacket.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 2d ago

Jules Verne’s Empty Dream of Spaceflight In “From the Earth to the Moon,” scientific advancement is treated as destiny — but no one quite asks why. By: Malka Older thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/jules-vernes... From the Earth to the Moon at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83 #books #literature

An original illustration by Henri de Montaut from the 1868 edition of Jules Verne’s “From the Earth to the Moon."

Illustration depicting a segmented, cylindrical spacecraft/projectile traveling through starry space toward the Moon, which looms large in the upper left with detailed craters visible.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 2d ago

Marvelous Marbled Paper What is marbling? Marbling involves floating paints or pigments on a liquid bath and moving the paint around to create designs before laying down paper to pick up the patterns. by Allison Rein www.aip.org/library/ex-l... #books #literature #MarbledMonday

Endpaper from a book published in Scotland in 1842. Encyclopedia Britannica 7th edition.

A traditional marbled paper, featuring swirling patterns of red, gold, dark green, and blue-gray with white speckled dots throughout, created using the technique of floating colored inks/paints on water and transferring the pattern to paper.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 2d ago

Saki’s “The Boar-Pig” was published in BEASTS AND SUPER-BEASTS (1914) – downloadable as a free ebook from @gutenberg.org 💙📚 www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/269

Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 2d ago

5 Timeless Historical Fiction Books to Read After the ‘Odyssey’ www.mentalfloss.com/literature/b... "A Tale of Two Cities" www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98 "Les Misérables" www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/135 "War and Peace" www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600 #books #literature

This illustration by François-Louis Schmied was created for Homer's "Odyssey." It shows Odysseus meeting the Phaeacian princess Nausicaa on the shore of Scheria. Odysseus is naked and kneeling, holding an olive branch in his right hand and raising his left hand. Nausicaa stands in the center with a tall staff or walking spear. She appears unafraid of Odysseus, while three of her maids stand close behind her.

Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 3d ago

TODAY: In 1869, George Eliot begins writing Middlemarch.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 3d ago

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Blue House in Coyoacán Was a Refuge for Leon Trotsky... Until It Wasn‘t H. Keith Melton and Nigel West on Trotsky and Kahlo‘s Simmering Affair Amidst Political Turmoil lithub.com/frida-kahlo-... #books #literature #history

Kahlo with husband Diego Rivera in 1932

by Carl Van Vechten

Kahlo is shown wearing a chunky beaded necklace and traditional-style dress, while Rivera stands beside her smiling, dressed in a dark suit.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 3d ago

Beatrix Potter's 160 years of Lake District legacy by Federica Bedendo, Mike Zeller, and Joshua Steer www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Books by Beatrix Potter at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Beatrix Potter in 1913.

This is a photograph of author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, shown standing outside near a stone doorway and window, dressed in a long dark skirt, jacket, and holding a wide-brimmed hat in her hands.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 3d ago

A Teenage Orphan Who Died In Battle During The Revolutionary War Once Had No Name — But Forensic Scientists Just Identified Him allthatsinteresting.com/revolutionar... #history #USHistory #science

This engraving, inspired by a painting by Alonzo Chappel, depicts a battle from the American Revolutionary War. It shows Major General Johann de Kalb falling at the Battle of Camden. In the center, Baron de Kalb, wounded, collapses while several soldiers help him. Around them, infantry and cavalry fight intensely in close quarters.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 4d ago

How art invented humanity When early humans first painted cave walls, they began to find out who they really were: our minds emerged from our images by J F Martel aeon.co/essays/human... #art #culture #anthropology

Photograph of Ellen Harding Baker's “solar system” quilt, 1876–ca. 1883.

An embroidered astronomical quilt on black fabric showing the sun at the center with concentric orbital rings representing the planets (including Saturn with its rings), a comet, and a starry background.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 4d ago

Reading by ear: how audiobooks can help people with phonological dyslexia to enjoy books by Nadina Gómez Merino theconversation.com/reading-by-e... Free public domain audiobooks at LibriVox: librivox.org #books #accessibility

Cover art for 'Mine and Thine', a collection of poetry written by Florence Earle Coates.

This is a LibriVox audiobook cover for "Mine and Thine" by Florence Earle Coates, featuring a sepia-toned portrait photograph of the author in Victorian-era dress with a necklace, alongside a handwritten excerpt of one of her poems and her signature on the left side.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 4d ago

This month's Distributed Proofreaders' (DP) blog is about Dutch Advertising Picture Albums blog.pgdp.net/2026/08/01/d... At PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #dp #dpBlog #books

The cover of the Dutch book “Baan’s Album No. 1 Nederlandsche Insecten” (“Baan’s Album No. 1: Dutch Insects”) shows three children—two boys and a girl—chasing butterflies in a grassy field. On the left, a boy wears a straw hat, a blue long-sleeved shirt, dark knickerbockers, and blue-and-white striped socks. He holds a white butterfly net. The girl wears a white bonnet, a pink dress, and striped socks. She reaches out toward the boy in front of her. The boy on the right wears a dark green shirt and blue pants. He leans forward with his hand out as two yellow butterflies flutter near a tree trunk.

Internet Archive @archive.org · 5d ago

🌐 Happy World Wide Web Day! Created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, the World Wide Web transformed how we share knowledge online. In 2025, Sir Tim was honored as an Internet Archive Hero Award recipient for his lasting impact on the web. More 👇 blog.archive.org/2025/11/05/c... #WorldWideWebDay

Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 5d ago

#OTD German astronomer, Caroline Herschel identified a comet and became the first woman to discover one on 1 August 1786. She alerted other astronomers about her discovery, allowing them to study its path.

Caroline Herschel - Infinite Women

Caroline Herschel recorded the observations and did the calculations on the data of her astronomer brother William.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 5d ago

Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge By Anne Lawrence-Mathers via @publicdomainrev.bsky.social publicdomainreview.org/essay/ars-no... #books #old_Manuscripts

Two figures related to the art of astronomy from a manuscript of the Ars notoria (NLI Ms. Yah. Var. 34), ca. 1550–1600. Each contains subordinate figures to be contemplated — while reciting accompanying prayers (orations) — in a prescribed sequence over time and with respect to the cardinal directions.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 5d ago

1,300+ Hand-Colored Wildlife Illustrations Now Available in The Naturalist’s Library Digital Archive By Linnea Pejcha mymodernmet.com/naturalists-... The Naturalist's Library: www.c82.net/naturalists-... Books in Zoology at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #wildlife

TROPICAL AMERICAN HUMMING-BIRDS

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History

Author: Theodore Wood

Editor: Ernest Ingersoll

An illustration plate showing eight different species of hummingbirds, each perched on small branches with leaves, displaying a variety of plumage colors and patterns.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 5d ago

“You will have heard that I am going to commence Poet in print; & to-morrow my works go to the press. I expect it will be a volume of about 200 pages. It is just the last foolish action I intend to do…” Robert Burns’s 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 published #OTD, 31 July, 1786 #BookHistory

Title page:

POEMS
CHIEFLY IN THE
SCOTTISH DIALECT
BY
ROBERT BURNS

THE simple Bard, unbroke by rules of Art,
He pours the wild effusions of the heart:
An if inspir’d, ‘tis Nature’s pow’rs inspire;
Her’s all the melting thrill, and her’s the kindling fire.
ANONYMOUS

KILMARNOCK:
PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON

M,DCC,LXXXVI.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 5d ago

Banshees Were the Notorious Wailing Horrors of Celtic Myth A common legend in Celtic folklore, the banshee is a frightening spirit whose wailing signifies death. www.thecollector.com/banshees-cel... Banshees at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #mythology

In the black-and-white drawing, an old figure in a cloak sits hunched by a twisted tree, looking out over a body of water. In the distance, a castle stands beneath a crescent moon.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 6d ago

How Shakespeare and his contemporaries used music to rouse emotions by Shirley Bell theconversation.com/how-shakespe... Books by Shakespeare at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature #music

The Chandos portrait, likely depicting Shakespeare, c. 1611

It shows Shakespeare with a receding hairline, dark curly hair, a gold hoop earring, mustache and small beard, wearing a black doublet with a white collar against a dark background.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 6d ago

DNA and Archeological Research Reveal the Overlooked History of Japan’s Women Warriors By Sage Helene mymodernmet.com/japan-women-... Books about Japanese fiction at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature #history

"Hangakujo". The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). From the series "Yoshitoshi mushaburui: A series of warriors by Yoshitoshi." Published in "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e," essays by Sandy Kita, New York, 2001, no. 72, p. 135. Exhibited at "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

A woodblock print depicting an onna-musha (female samurai warrior) mounted on a rearing white horse. She wears red and black lacquered armor with a quiver of arrows on her back, and holds a bow.

American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 6d ago

At ALA Annual 2026, ALA Council passed a resolution calling for the adoption and recognition of the Librarians’ and Library Workers’ Bill of Rights, a landmark framework affirming the dignity, safety and professional rights of library workers across all sectors. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pW49FN

LIBRARIANS’ & LIBRARY WORKERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS

Article I: The Right to a Safe, Respectful, and Discrimination- Free Workplace

Article II: The Right to Recognition and Respect for the Librarian’s Role in Fostering Intellectual Freedom

Article III: The Right to Fair Compensation and Ongoing Professional Development

Article IV: The Right to Reflect and Respect the Diversity of the Human Experience

Article V: The Right to Protection from Workplace Harassment and Threats

Article VI: The Right to Fair Treatment and Due Process

Adopted by ALA Council at the 2026 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 6d ago

Bending Toward Justice Rejecting the “race riot” myth means facing the ugly truth theamericanscholar.org/bending #history #USHistory

In the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, dozens of men stand in front of and on top of a burned-out building. They are dressed in dark suits, coats, and hats, which were common in the late 19th century. Many of them hold long rifles or shotguns. This white supremacist mob is celebrating after destroying The Daily Record, the only Black-owned and edited newspaper in the city.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 7d ago

The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language Plus Some Bonus Poems, Because We Love You by Emily Temple (from the archives) lithub.com/the-32-most-... Books in Poetry at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #literature #poetry

Title: Poetry of the Supernatural

Author: Various

A black-and-white pen-and-ink illustration, showing two robed, ghostly or tree-spirit-like figures standing among gnarled trees in a dark forest.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 7d ago

Seven Brilliant Black Inventors You Never Learned About In History Class By Natasha Ishak From George Washington Carver to Madam C.J. Walker to Lonnie Johnson, meet some of the most iconic African American inventors who shaped history. allthatsinteresting.com/black-invent... #culture #history

Alice Augusta Ball in 1915.

She is wearing academic graduation attire including a mortarboard cap and gown.

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · last wk.

7 People Who Saved the Most Lives in History While tyrants may dominate public memory, there are many heroes who helped mankind and saved millions of lives. www.thecollector.com/people-saved... #history Florence Nightingale

This is a photograph of Florence Nightingale taken by Henry Hering. She appears young and looks straight ahead. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and pulled back smoothly over her ears. She wears a light-colored, ruffled lace cap on her head. Her dress is dark with a white lace collar.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · last wk.

The eerie short story “The Music on the Hill”, by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870–1916), was published in THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS in 1911. You can download the whole collection as a free ebook from @gutenberg.org 💙📚 www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3688

The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · last wk.

Beatrix Potter was obsessed with fungi – and she was quite the naturalist by Joni Wildman theconversation.com/beatrix-pott... Books by Beatrix Potter at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature #bookillustration

Title: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

Author: Beatrix Potter

Illustration showing an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a pink-and-white striped garment, peeking out from a small doorway surrounded by round green leaves (like nasturtiums).

Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Author: Beatrix Potter

Illustration showing a small brown field mouse standing upright, nibbling on a bit of foliage beside a large ripe strawberry that appears sliced open, with more strawberries and greenery in the background.