[Next project] The National Being by George William Russell

[Lukas Bystricky]

Transcription: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8104

Scans: https://archive.org/details/natlbeingsometho00russiala/

Should be a simple, relatively short production (around 42,000 words). I'd like to use one of Russell's own paintings for the cover. It was surpassingly hard to find usable PD proof of his work. The overlap of what I found in PD books, and what I could find in museums or on Wikimedia was extremely small. I considered this, but I couldn't find a crop I liked, so instead I went with this one. 

[Alex Cabal]

OK! David can you manage this with Vince reviewing?

On 12/7/24 5:25 AM, Lukas Bystricky wrote:
> Transcription: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8104

> <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8104>
> Scans: https://archive.org/details/natlbeingsometho00russiala/

> <https://archive.org/details/natlbeingsometho00russiala/page/n5/mode/2up>

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> Should be a simple, relatively short production (around 42,000 words).
> I'd like to use one of Russell's own paintings for the cover. It was
> surpassingly hard to find usable PD proof of his work. The overlap of
> what I found in PD books, and what I could find in museums or on
> Wikimedia was extremely small. I considered this

> <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/george-william-russell/the-plough-and-the-earth-spirit>, but I couldn't find a crop I liked, so instead I went with this one <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/george-william-russell/the-shining-shallows>.

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[David]

Can do!

David / Fife, UK

[Lukas Bystricky]

Alright I think this is ready for review: https://github.com/lukasbystricky/george-william-russell_the-national-being. 

[Vince]

You proofed since yesterday? Man, I thought I was a fast reader…

[Lukas Bystricky]

Haha I'd already read and proofed it before deciding I would produce it. I've been burned before by starting to produce books and then regretting my choice halfway through.

[Vince]

Good job as usual, Lukas. I opened an issue with a few small nits.

[Vince]

All right, Alex, I believe this is ready for you.

Russell’s pseudonym was Æ, but it’s usually represented, at least on the books I looked into, as A. E., as here. According to Wiki, it’s from “Æon, signifying the lifelong quest of man…” As such, the letters don’t really stand for a name, i.e. are not initials. I don’t know if they should be considered an abbreviation? Anyway, the letters aren’t tagged.

[Weijia Cheng]

In the Story of Utopias, I had Lukas editorially change A. E. to Æ, since in my mind that makes it clearer that it is a pseudonym and not an abbreviation. Should we try to make that consistent here?

[Lukas Bystricky]

That's definitely one option. I actually prefer Æ; as Vince pointed out it's short for Æon and I used Æ in the long description. The only reason I didn't make that change in the text is because Russell himself signed the dedication as A. E. so I thought that going with what he preferred was the safest route. I'm happy to change that though.

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[Bob R. Kenyon]

Also, ligatures look cool.

Bob

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[Alex Cabal]

Yes I think Æ is fine. That's the weird pen name he chose, it's not an
abbreviation per se. We should be consistent.

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[Lukas Bystricky]

Ok, I've changed that. I think it's ready for you now Alex.

[Alex Cabal]

Good work, I've released it. Thanks!

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[Jason Livermore]

In the long description there appears to be an extra word:

In the The National Being Russell outlines a vision of how the an independent Ireland could create a unifying national spirit.

[Weijia Cheng]

Thanks Jason, I submitted a change to delete the extra "the."