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The Book of Knowledge was an encyclopedia aimed at juveniles first published in 1912, by the Grolier Society. Originally largely a reprint of the British Children's Encyclopaedia with revisions related to the United States by Holland Thompson , over time the encyclopedia evolved into a new entity entirely.
The Children's Encyclopædia was translated into Chinese and sold well in the United States under the title The Book of Knowledge. Mee exhibited a number of prejudices in his writing, notably anti-Catholic and anti-intellectual (which may best be illustrated by his treatment of Alexander of Hales in the Gloucestershire volume of the 'King's ...
Book of Knowledge (1922) British ed. Returned to this title in 1959 Cassell's Book of Knowledge; Waverley Book of Knowledge; Hammerton Book of Knowledge; Wonderland of Knowledge (1933) New Book of Knowledge (1938-1953)
Kitab al-‘Ilm al-maktasab fi zira‘at adh-dhahab: Book of knowledge acquired concerning the cultivation of gold by Abu 'l-Qasim Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-‘Iraqi (1923; translator) Chemistry to the Time of Dalton (1925) Avicenna De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidum (1927; translator with D. C. Mandeville)
The Children's Encyclopædia was an encyclopaedia originated by Arthur Mee, and published by the Educational Book Company, a subsidiary of Northcliffe's Amalgamated Press, London. It was published from 1908 to 1964. Walter M. Jackson's company Grolier acquired the rights to publish it in the U.S. under the name The Book of Knowledge (1910).
While primarily a one volume publication during this time, two volume versions of the book were available from 1928, with the full index reproduced in both volumes. The encyclopedia was topically arranged and revised at two year intervals. By the 27th edition, published in 1967, it had 3 million words and a 20,000 entry index. [1]
Book of Knowledge is a topical children's encyclopedia first published in 1912. Book of Knowledge may also refer to: Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms a 14th-century Catalan armorial; The New Book of Knowledge, successor to the Book of Knowledge, an alphabetic encyclopedia first published in 1966; Cassell's Book of Knowledge
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