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Internet Archive's 2 millionth book

Homiliary on Gospels from Easter to first Sunday of Advent Heiric, of Auxerre, ca. 841-ca. 876 (details | pdf)

The Internet Archive and the University of Toronto is pleased to announce an important manuscript, Homiliary on Gospels from Easter to first Sunday of Advent, as the 2,000,000th free digital text. Internet Archive has been scanning books and making them available for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public for free on archive.org since 2005.

“This 1,000 year old book which has only been seen by a select few people, can, with the technology of today, be shared with millions tomorrow," said Robert Miller, Director of Books of the Internet Archive "Selecting this title for the 2 millionth text is a fitting tribute to the team of scanners in Toronto Canada, who have been carefully working for the past 5 years.”

The Homiliary manuscript was copied on parchment by at least three different scribes at the important medieval Abbey of St. Martin in Tours less than 100 years after having been composed by Heiric of Auxerre and is the oldest known copy of Heiric’s original text.

“Handwritten in Latin by a number of scribes in a script inspired by the court of Charlemagne, this rare and beautiful treasure from the first millennium of Christianity, is one of the gems in the renowned collection of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. The Institute is dedicated to transmitting the inheritance of the Middle Ages to new generations; to deepening our understanding of the life and ideals of Western culture in the time of its first youth," said Jonathan Bengtson, Director of Library and Archives, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto & Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.

250,000th Canadian Text!

The Terrors of the Year Two Thousand By Etienne Gilson (details | pdf)

Internet Archive Canada is pleased to announce another landmark. This is IAC's 250,00th title scanned! Thank you to all the staff in Toronto, for all of your hard work and attention to detail. We would also like to again thank all of our partner libraries and organizations for being so enthusiastic in helping us increase the number of e-books accessible for the world to enjoy. This is truly a global endeavor.

Our 250,000th book is a special title that has been graciously made available by Jonathan Bengtson, Director of Library and Archives for the University of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto and the The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.

The Terrors of the Year Two Thousand was first published by St. Michael's College, Toronto, in 1949. The edition available here was re-issued in 1984 to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of its author, Etienne Gilson.

The following excerpt is from the Preface to the re-issued edition:
St. Michael's honours the memory of its most distinguished professor of philosophy who lectured in its classrooms almost annually from 1929 to 1972, and who was the founder and life-time director of its Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Gilson died in Auxerre in Burgundy, France, on 19 September 1978. PIMS mounts a yearly Etienne Gilson Lecture Series. to carry on his exemplary tradition of teaching.

Professor Gilson, an exemplary Catholic, possibly the most renowned medievalist of his day, influenced hundreds of graduate students, many of whom teach philosophy today in the universities and colleges of the United States and Canada. His thrilling lectures were filled to overflowing. A list of his publications contains over twelve hundred articles and full-length books. Gilson’s bibliography of publication contains over 1200 items.

Gilson’s work enjoyed renewed interest on the cusp of the millennium. Portions of this work were reprinted in-- Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture,Volume 3:1,Winter 2000. The editor remarked that “Etienne Gilson, immersed in the religious, intellectual, and political turmoil of this century in 1948, understood brilliantly what was at stake during the century now ending and offered a prescient account of what was in store in the years approaching the start of the third Christian millennium.” And goes on to conclude that “Terrors of the Year Two Thousand, brings into focus the challenges that Christianity must face if it is to overcome the nihilism represented on many fronts in our time, and ends with a reminder of the Christian source of salvation.”

Additional Titles available on the Internet Archive by Etienne Gilson

200,000th Canadian Text!
	Songs of a Sourdough By Robert W. Service (details \| pdf) *Internet Archive Canada* has reached a milestone, in scanning its 200,000th book! We want to thank everyone involved, who have made Internet Archive Canada a success here in Toronto. First and foremost, the employees of Internet Archive Canada. Without your dedication and tireless efforts, we could not have been able to contribute, all these wonderful texts to the populace at large. Thank you all. From the Archive staff in San Francisco, to the University of Toronto and OCUL members – not to mention all the wonderful Canadian Institutions who have donated material. Your commitment to this great endeavour has helped make “Universal Access to Knowledge” all the more tangible. Our 200,000th book has been generously donated for scanning by the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library The well-known collection of verse, Songs of a Sourdough was the first publication of author Robert W. Service and became instantly popular when it was published in 1907. There were 10 Canadian printings in that first year of publication, totaling 12,750 copies. The collection includes “ The Shooting of Dan McGrew” and “ The Cremation of Sam McGee”. Which have become classics taught in literature classes, recited widely, referenced in films and music such as the 1949 song "Dangerous Dan McGrew" by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. Service initially sent the manuscript of Songs of a Sourdough to the Methodist Book and Publishing House in Toronto to be published at his own expense. The book subsequently came to the attention of editors in the office, and a commercial edition was ordered. The first, “Author's Edition” was 500 copies, but with so many orders even before the date of publication, a second edition of 750 was immediately printed. This first edition copy, contributed by The Thomas Fisher Library is an excellent example of Canadiana, detailing the landscapes of the Northwest and memorable characters involved with the Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory.
Historical Texts
	A dictionary of the English language By Samuel Johnson(details \| pdf) A dictionary of the English language in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar (1785)
A general history of all voyages and travels throughout the old and new world (1708) (details \| read it) The history of the devil, as well ancient as modern (1727) (details \| read it) Pastorals, epistles, odes, and other original poems, with translations from Pindar, Anacreon, and Sappho (1748) (details \| read it) Esprit, maximes et principes de m. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, de Geneve (1764) (details \| read it) Twenty stories from Grimm (1896) (details \| read it)
Photography
Photography in the studio and in the field (1887) (details \| read it) Beginner's guide to photography (1888) (details \| read it) Uncle Alberts manual of practical photography (1890) (details \| read it) Studio light ... a magazine (1910) (details \| read it) The evolution of photography (1890) (details \| read it)
Ephemeral Canadiana
Tremendous Toronto (1914) (details \| read it) Se-ke and the beaver (1920) (details \| read it) Grimsby Park, historical and descriptive; with biographical sketches of the late president Noah Phelps and others (1900) (details \| read it) Canada's scenic grandeur : four thousand miles across Canada ... (1901) (details \| read it) Eaton's Fall and Winter Catalogue 1899-1900 (1899) (details \| read it) English for new-Canadians (1919) (details \| read it)
Religious Texts
The compleat office of the Holy Week : with notes and explications (1687) (details \| read it) The garden of the soul (1775) (details \| pdf) A short essay on the Christian religion (1795) (details \| read it) The antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon church (1810) (details \| read it) The Christian year : thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year (1827) (details \| read it)
Medical Texts
A succinct account of the plague at Marseilles (1721) (details \| read it) Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health (1765) (details \| read it) Gilbertus Anglicus, medicine, of the thirteenth century (1918) (details \| pdf) Notes on nursing : what it is, and what it is not (1860) (details \| pdf) Old-time makers of medicine : the story of the students and teachers of the sciences related to medicine during the Middle Ages (1911) (details \| read it) Stretcher bearers... at the double! (1937) (details \| read it)

This collection is sponsored by Microsoft and many others. Brock University Carleton University Havergal College Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Legislative Assembly of Ontario Library and Archives Canada - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada McMaster University Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador National Institute for Newman Studies Ontario College of Art & Design Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries Ontario Ministry of the Environment Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Queen's University Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library Royal Commissions of Ontario Royal St George's College Ryerson University Saint Mary's College of California - In partnership with the University of Toronto Selwyn House School St. Andrew's College Archives Toronto Public Library:Research and Reference Libraries Trinity College School Tufts University and the National Science Foundation University of Alberta The University of British Columbia University of Guelph University of Ottawa York University Libraries The University of Western Ontario University of Toronto