User:Jhellingman/Other Works in Progress

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Alberuni, Alberuni's India.

A very important and detailed study of India by the Persian scientist Alberuni from the year 1030.

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James Henry Breasted, A History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest.

——, Geschichte Ägyptens. [German, translation of the above].

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Charles de Coster, The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere, 1918. DP

The Belgian epic in the abbreviated translation of Geoffrey Whitworth. The original French (La Légende et les aventures héroïques, joyeuses et glorieuses d’Ulenspiegel et de Lamme Goedzak au Pays de Flandres et ailleurs) is not yet in PG. A Dutch translation is already in PG as De legende en de heldhaftige, vroolijke en roemrijke daden van Uilenspiegel en Lamme Goedzak in Vlaanderenland en elders.

——, The legend of Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak and their adventures heroical, joyous, and glorious in the land of Flanders and elsewhere, 1922. I, II

The same work, but now in the complete translation by F. M. Atkinson.

——, Flemish legends, 1920. DP

In the translation of Harold Taylor.

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Nienke van Hichtum (1860-1939, biography), Der wier ris in ald wyfke: in ald teltsje, [1908].

Frisian folk tale on an old woman who manages to get an unwilling pig in its cage. This traditional tale was retold in 1908 by Nienke van Hichtum (Nynke fan Hichtum) and published in both a Dutch and Frisian version, with attractive colored and black and white illustrations by Tjeerd Bottema. This book has been reprinted many times. See my distributed translation experiment.

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• Howard Kingscote and Natesa Sastri, Tales of the Sun; or Folklore of Southern India., London, 1890. (Scans: Google Books)

Google books has 4 copies of this title (The first edition, and three reprints.)

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• Carl Lumholtz, Unknown Mexico.

I need your help with preparing the music.

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Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (1884-1942), Argonauts of the Western Pacific.

This monumental work on the Kula system of the Trobriand Islanders was a milestone in the development of modern Anthropology. Also, the institution of the Kula can be considered a predecessor to the work we are doing for Project Gutenberg.

William Marshall, Bilder-Atlas zur Zoologie der Vögel. [German].

Multatuli, Max Havelaar, Minden, 1901. [German].

The Max Havelaar is one of the most significant books in Dutch literature and its colonial history. Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker) a former official in the Dutch East Indies government exposed the way the Dutch government abused the local population for profit. The book, and its author, were controversial from the start.

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Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896.

A detailed and richly illustrated 2-volume account of Fridtjof Nansen's attempt to reach the North Pole, including his relation of how he survived the dark winter on Frans Jozef Land, by shooting ice bears that entered his igloo, and then eating them. Nansen later became a Norwegian diplomat, who helped to save the live of millions of people, and got the 1922 Nobel peace price for his efforts. Vol. I DP, Vol. II DP.

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K. U. Rafy, Folk-tales of the Khasis, (1920) DP

A small collection of Khasi folk-tales. TIA TIA

William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) WP, The Todas. GB

A anthropological classic on the Toda people of Southern India. Other work on the Toda: William Elliot Marshall, George Uglow Pope, A phrenologist amongst the Todas. GB

Alexander Rogers and Henry Beveridge, Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri; or, Memoirs of Jahangir. Two Volumes, 1909-1914.

Translation of the emperor's memoirs. Scans at TIA. An older translation is Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir (1829), by David Price (1762-1835). TIA.

Robert Vane Russell (1873-1915), The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India.

An encyclopedic 4-volume set. Gives an extensive introduction with a general overview, followed by three alphabetic volumes on the various tribes, castes, sub-castes and clans that can be found in the former Central Provinces of India. Currently the area is part of the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

Vol I, Vol II, Vol III DP, Vol IV.

Scans: I, II TIA TIA, III, IV TIA TIA TIA

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Felix Speiser (1880-1949), Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific, 1913.

A report of the Swiss explorer and anthropologist Felix Speiser of his trip to the New Hebrides, now known as Vanuatu.

Otto zur Strassen, Brehms Tierleben; Allgemeine Kunde des Teirreichs (Vierte, vollständig neubearbeitete Auflage) (13 Volumes)

1. Bd. 1: Niedereren Tiere: Einzeller, Schwämme, Hohltiere, Würmer, Muschellinge, Stachelhäuter, Weichtiere und Krebse, neubearb. von Victor Franz, Georg Grimpe, Friedrich Hempelmann [et al.]. 719 p. DP
2. Bd. 2: Vielfüssler, Insekten und Spinnenkerfe, neubearb. von Richard Heymons; unter Mitarb. von Helene Heymons. 716 p.
3. Bd. 3: Fische, unter Mitwirkung von Viktor Franz neubearb. von Otto Steche. 587 p.
4. Bd. 4: Lurche und Kriechtiere Bd. 1: Brückenechsen, Schildkröten, Panzerechsen, neubearb. von Franz Werner. 572 p.
5. Bd. 5: Kriechtiere Bd. 2: Schuppenkriechtiere, neubearb. von Franz Werner. 598 p.
6. Bd. 5: Vögel Bd. 1: Flachbrustvögel, Tauchvögel, Pinguinvögel, Sturmvögel, Storchvögel, Gänsevögel, Raubvögel, neubearb. von William Marshall; vollendet von F. Hempelmann und O. zur Strassen. 498 p.
7. Bd. 7: Vögel Bd. 2: Steisshühner, Hühnervögel, Kranichvögel, Regenpfeifervögel, Kuckucksvögel (Kuckucke), neubarb. von William Marshall; vollendet von F. Hempelmann und O. zur Strassen. 492 p.
8. Bd. 8: Vögel Bd. 3: Kuckucksvögel (Papageien), Rafenvögel, neubearb. von William Marshal; vollendet von F. Hempelmann und O. zur Strassen. 472 p.
9. Bd. 9: Vögel Bd. 4: Sperlingsvögel, neubearb. von William Marshall; vollendet von F. Hempelmann und O. zur Strassen. 565 p.
10. Bd. 10: Säugetiere Bd. 1: Kloakentiere, Beuteltiere, Insektenfresser, Flattertiere, Erdferkel, Schuppentiere, Xenarthra, neubearb. von Ludwig Heck. 580 p.
11. Bd. 11: Säugetiere Bd. 2: Nagetiere, Robben, neubearb. von Ludwig Heck und Max Hilzheimer. 654 p.
12. Bd. 12: Säugetiere Bd. 3: Raubtiere, Wale, Russeltiere, Sirenen, Klippschliefer, Anpaarhufer, neubearb. von Ludwig Heck und Max Hilzheimer. 722 p.
13. Bd. 13: Säugetiere Bd. 4: Paarhufer, Halbaffen, Affen, neubearb. von Max Hilzheimer und Ludwig Heck. 714 p

interesting link: Scanned versions of Brehm, 3rd edition.

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Edgar Thurston (1855-1935), Castes and tribes of southern India, Madras, 1909.

An encyclopedic 7-volume set on the various tribes, castes, sub-castes, and sects of Southern India, mainly covering the current states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. After a short introduction, it treats the subjects in alphabet order. I have all 7 volumes, and will be scanning these one-by-one in the coming months.

Projects: I DP, II DP, III DP, IV DP, V DP, VI DP, VII DP.

Scans at Google Books: I, II, VI.

Scans at The Internet Archive: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII.

——, Omens and Superstitions of Southern India, London, 1912. DP

A shorter work on folk-believes in Southern India, an interesting collection of curious habits and believes, citing freely from older sources, but at times somewhat condescending.