The Book of Knowledge

Also known as: “The Children’s Encyclopaedia”

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    In encyclopaedia: Children’s encyclopaedias

    (1910) in Great Britain and The Book of Knowledge (1912) in the United States. The contents comprised vividly written and profusely illustrated articles; because the system of article arrangement was obscure, much of the success of the work as a reference tool resulted from its splendidly contrived index, which remains…

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