"Rebilius Cruso" at Gutenberg.org

[Carolus_Raeticus]

Salvete,

I just stumbled upon an only recently finished (December 20, 2015) transcription of a novel in Latin:

“REBILIUS CRUSO, in Latin–a book to lighten tedium to a learner” by Francis William Newman (1884)

It was transcribed by one Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Hats off to them! I did not know that they proofread Latin texts as well. Cool!

The book does not seem to be a translation of Daniel Defoe’s work as Mr. Newman says in the preface:

@Newman

I surely need not apologize for taking only the general idea from Defoe. His tale is far too diffuse, too full of moralizing and with too little variety. He was very ignorant of the Botany and Zoology of the tropics, and when his tale is faithfully abridged, its impossibilities become too glaring. The Arabic “Robinson Crusoe” published by the Church Missionary Society cuts down Defoe’s story unmercifully.

It can be downloaded at Gutenberg.org: REBILIUS CRUSO

Valete,

Carolus Raeticus

PS: should the transcriber(s) have intended to announce the publication themselves, please do not be too annoyed. It is always a pleasure to see new Latin material become available to the public in a truly digital edition. I simply could not contain myself

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A list of books translated into Latin (including this one) is available here:

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