Some weeks ago the new Spectator archive ( http://archive.spectator.co.uk/issues ) was brought to my attention. It contains almost all numbers (issues) from 1828 to 2008. I have cobbled together a Perl script which enables the user conveniently to access all the pages from a selected issue (or range of issues) in jpg form, and I hope others will find it as useful as I have. One of the greatest pleasures this brings me is the ability to read a book review in an early number of the Spectator (from as far back as the 1830s say) and then at once turn to the Internet Text Archive ( http://archive.org/details/texts ) and download a djvu or pdf file of the book in question! (In nine cases out of ten it will be there.) There are of course also a great many reviews of concerts, much about the history of the B.B.C. through the decades, and a good deal else of interest.
Full details of the script and its usage are posted at the following address: http://thethird.freeforums.net/index...ead=422&page=1
Full details of the script and its usage are posted at the following address: http://thethird.freeforums.net/index...ead=422&page=1
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