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I subscribe to Project Gutenberg's rss feed of recently posted or updated ebooks and saw this charming title appear this week; the title is more evocative than the contents, but there is a quaint interest in reading about the world events of the late 19th century. The Great Round World contains selections from the Philadelphia Times compiled as a weekly newspaper for "boys and girls" (and teachers) available in 1897 for an annual subscription of $2.50; this selection in Project Gutenberg includes one issue. Examining writings from more than a hundred years ago about the "Great Round World" provides a smaller picture than we see of the world on the Internet today, but in some ways the news of wars, racial conflicts, politics, floods, and other events is not so different. ____JH
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 27, May 13, 1897 by Various. Language: English [Project Gutenberg Recently Posted or Updated EBooks]
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