i said:
>   well, i have scraped the p.g. default .txt files --
>   http://www.gutenberg.org/files/#####/#####.txt
>   -- from #10000 up, and surprisingly _quickly_.

of course, the idea is to rework these e-texts into z.m.l. format.

although i won't be able to get started on that for a few weeks,
and it will probably take me about 6 months to finish them all,
i did have a chance to do just a wee bit of experimentation...

so, to see a review of the transformation of one such p.g. e-text:
>   http://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/bowerbird/misc/screen1.html

-bowerbird