COMPLETE Australia, New Zealand and Some Islands of the South Seas - mas

[BettyB]

Australia, New Zealand and Some Islands of the South Seas by Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/australia-by-frank-g-carpenter/

Travel stories of the land "Down Under" from 100 years ago. Native life and scenery and commerce of islands such as Tonga and Fiji as well as the bustling city of Sydney. ( BettyB)

1. Text source (only read from this text!): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b58503&view=
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[BettyB]

The MC and DPL for this new venture will be MaryAnn Spiegel!

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Betty,

Checking in. I'm away from home at a mini retreat, but will be able to set up your MW tomorrow when I'm home.

Looking forward to this one!

MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Betty,

Your MW is ready. Wow, that is quite a title! And I've made it even longer by staying with the approach we took on Alaska. So now it's Carpenter's World Travels: Australia, New Zealand and Some Islands of the South Seas.

For the file names, we can just use australia, and you can drop the Carpenter's World Travels in the intros. I did that so that folks would know in the catalog that they are part of a series.

And to emphasize the series nature of these books for the catalog, I've added Carpenter's World Travels to the titles for Scandanavia and the Holy Land.

And we are off! Looking forward to learning more about this part of the world - lot of countries in this area that I don't know much about as far as history or geography.

MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Betty,
You are PL OK through 3.
I love it when he relates things to the US - like the size of Australia, or the length of the Great Barrier Reef.
MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Betty,
You're good through 10. That's a lot of sheep and rabbits!
MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Betty,

Would you please check 34 for a pause at 3.19? It sounds a bit long to me, but it's your call.

Also, around 13.35, there is a throat clear.

MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

I thought the bit on Stevenson was interesting. Didn't know that!

You are PL OK on the other sections.

MaryAnn

[BettyB]

Chapter 34 is tweaked and ready for spot PL.
And I think that wraps this one up nicely.
Hope you enjoyed it and thanks as always for heading up these projects!!

Off to the continent of Asia...
Betty

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Betty,
34 is now PL OK. I'll get this in the catalog.
MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/australia-by-frank-g-carpenter/