The current Proofread of the Month is

Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope  (1846)
by Hester Lucy Stanhope.

Last month completed: The Story of the Flute
The next scheduled collaboration will begin in April.

 
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Collaboration of the Week

The current community collaboration is collecting works related to
the Eminent Women Series.

Last collaboration: Slavery in the United States (1837)


Wikisource has a number of active Wikiprojects that could use
your help in tackling these large additions to our library.


United States Executive Orders Project
Work: Portal:Executive Orders of the President of the United States

--Longfellow (talk) 15:29, 19 October 2010 (UTC)Reply