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Many times when ocr'ing in a book to the site I find a reference in the footnotes that tweak my interest. In these cases I look to see if there is a pdf file of the book available and if there is I obtain a copy so I can either ocr it onto the site or perhaps take a chapter or two to add as an article. Sometimes I feel the whole publication is worth reading for those that are interested in the subject but know that it is going to be far to difficult to ocr it onto the site. In this latter case I simply copy it to the site so those that are interested can download it and have a read.
And so I find today that as I've gone through my list of books for consideration I've decided to add a few complete pdf files of books that are of interest. These are...
Grasses of Britain. This is a book that was mentioned in the Victorian Farm series and used to find the best grasses to sow on which to rear sheep. I thought it would make an interesting book to add as we already have up the Book of the Farm. You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/grasses.htm
The Grocers Encyclopedia. A compendium of useful information concerning foods of all kinds. How they are raised, prepared and marketed. How to care for them in the store and home. How best to use and enjoy them and other valuable information for Grocers and General Storekeepers. By Artemas Ward (1911). You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/grocers.htm
History of Galloway. Found a couple of good publications about the history of Galloway but as I already have some information on this area of Scotland thought I'd just make these available as pdf files. The publications are:
"The History of Galloway" By Rev. William Mackenzie in 2 volumes and
"History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway" By P. H. McKerlie also in 2 volumes.
These can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/council/galloway.htm
and finally...
Sculptured Stones of Scotland by John Stuart which was printed by the Spalding Club.
I do as it happens have a fair amount of information on the Stones of Scotland and also a section for the "Friends of Grampian Stones". Ideally I'd have liked to have ocr'd this whole 2 volume publication onto the site but it would have been just too much work with all the illustrations and also the print is a bit too faint for it to be an easy job. So I've added a link to the foot of the Grampian Stones page where you can read these two volumes. You can find this at http://www.electricscotland.com/stones/index.htm
Alastair
And so I find today that as I've gone through my list of books for consideration I've decided to add a few complete pdf files of books that are of interest. These are...
Grasses of Britain. This is a book that was mentioned in the Victorian Farm series and used to find the best grasses to sow on which to rear sheep. I thought it would make an interesting book to add as we already have up the Book of the Farm. You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/grasses.htm
The Grocers Encyclopedia. A compendium of useful information concerning foods of all kinds. How they are raised, prepared and marketed. How to care for them in the store and home. How best to use and enjoy them and other valuable information for Grocers and General Storekeepers. By Artemas Ward (1911). You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/grocers.htm
History of Galloway. Found a couple of good publications about the history of Galloway but as I already have some information on this area of Scotland thought I'd just make these available as pdf files. The publications are:
"The History of Galloway" By Rev. William Mackenzie in 2 volumes and
"History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway" By P. H. McKerlie also in 2 volumes.
These can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/council/galloway.htm
and finally...
Sculptured Stones of Scotland by John Stuart which was printed by the Spalding Club.
I do as it happens have a fair amount of information on the Stones of Scotland and also a section for the "Friends of Grampian Stones". Ideally I'd have liked to have ocr'd this whole 2 volume publication onto the site but it would have been just too much work with all the illustrations and also the print is a bit too faint for it to be an easy job. So I've added a link to the foot of the Grampian Stones page where you can read these two volumes. You can find this at http://www.electricscotland.com/stones/index.htm
Alastair