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- 1Revisiting a Young Isaac Newton●Revisiting a Young Isaac Newton by Katie Neith, edited by Robert Egan https:// phys.org/news/2026-09-revisiti ng-young-i
A new feature by Katie Neith, edited by Robert Egan, takes a fresh look at Isaac Newton's early years and his path to writing the Principia, the foundational work of classical physics. The piece is being shared alongside the free Project Gutenberg edition of the Principia, giving readers easy access to the original text alongside the modern retrospective.
- 2Distributed Proofreaders marks 26 years with printing history book●Distributed Proofreaders (DP) is celebrating their 26 birthday by highlighting "The Pentateuch of Printing" on their blo
Distributed Proofreaders, the volunteer project that proofreads public domain texts for Project Gutenberg, is celebrating its 26th birthday by featuring "The Pentateuch of Printing" on its blog. The organisation describes the generously illustrated book as covering the history of Western typography and printing from ancient times to the late 19th century, inviting readers to explore the milestone.
- 3Philip Sidney and the Indispensable Parenthesis●Philip Sidney and the Extreme (Dis)graces of the Parenthesis Erasmus called them “little moons” and George Puttenham pra
An essay by Florence Hazrat explores how the parenthesis, a punctuation mark Erasmus called 'little moons' and George Puttenham praised as a 'figure of tolerable disorder', was embraced by Elizabethan writer Philip Sidney. The piece, published via Project Gutenberg, examines how Sidney used parentheses not as a minor device but as an essential tool of his prose and poetry, despite Renaissance warnings that they be used sparingly and not 'too thick'.
- 4Readers point to Wollstonecraft as a lens for Pride & Prejudice●My curiosity was raised by a comment in a recent podcast listen: to understand the framing of 'Pride & Prejudice' it was
A podcast comment recommending Mary Wollstonecraft's 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' as background for understanding the framing of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice' has prompted readers to revisit the 1792 feminist text. Its free availability on Project Gutenberg makes it easy for anyone to follow up on the suggestion.