Apr 10, 2014 1912 the book of knowledge childrens encyclopedia complete set of 20. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library children s library. Platos ethics and politics in the republic stanford encyclopedia of. Full text of wonder stories v02n01 1930 06 internet archive. Like the new book of knowledge, a very new or very old edition in good shape will be worth the most. The new book of knowledge is an encyclopedia intended primarily for children from 3rd to 8th grades. The book of knowledge was an encyclopedia aimed at juveniles first published in 1912, by the grolier society. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library open library books by language additional collections indic manuscripts. Full text of university musical encyclopedia see other formats. These fun doodle notes cover the colonization of the plymouth colony, the. All the articles were signed again, excluding entries in the dictionary index, and an editorial staff of 50 was listed at the.
The outstanding circumstances that governed the policy and production of encyclopaedias for the first 15 centuries were that comparatively few people were able to read. It is now possible to see, in the past 2,000 years of encyclopaedia production, the existence of a pattern closely related to the changing social needs of each age. Encyclopaedia encyclopaedia the kinds of encyclopaedias. The new book of knowledge the childrens encyclopedia volume 20wxyz by editors of grolier and a great selection of related books. He got it in the end, but he had to dig for eight hours, and in that time had to. The rhinoceros bird is about the size of a thrush, and with its shrill note is said to give. The book of knowledge editorsinchief arthur mee holland. Entries are written on a range of reading levels and are the work of qualified specialists.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. It was originally a 24 volume set, but other print runs had 10, 12 or 20 1919 was a 20 volume set as show in the image above, as was 1951. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Encyclopaedia the kinds of encyclopaedias britannica. For more on what the republic says about knowledge and its objects, see. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library open library halesowen chronicle newspaper test202001280839 kidderminster chronicle newspaper mk news newspaper harlow star newspaper books by language additional collections. The poems in chad fariess the book of knowledge play with this idea of changing truth, and also utilize the intersection of text and image to convey this knowledge. Originally largely a reprint of the british childrens encyclopaedia with. Grolier also publishes the encyclopedia americana, the secondlargest encyclopedia in english. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Some readers could have bound their collections, but the first eightvolume sets were published in 1910. The most curiously composed set of fables in the whole encyclopedia. Childrens encyclopaedias 1910 in great britain and the book of knowledge 1912 in the united states.