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Library of Entertaining Knowledge
The Library of Entertaining Knowledge was founded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The books appeared from 1829 to 1838, published in London by Charles Knight, and complemented the Society's Library of Useful Knowledge, which had not sold as well as hoped. The volumes were priced at 4s. 6d, more expensive than rival non-fiction series.
| Number | Year | Title | Author | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comments | ||||||||||
| author=Robert Bent | title=The London catalogue of books ... containing the books published in London ... since the year MDCCCXIV to MDCCCXXXIX | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f4kIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA131 | year=1839 | page=131}} | 1829 (31 March) | The Menageries. Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn From Living Subjects | James Rennie (anonymous) | |||
| 1829 | A Description and History of Vegetable Substances used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy: Timber Trees: Fruits | Robert Mudie (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1830 | The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties | George Lillie Craik (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1830 | The New Zealanders | George Lillie Craik (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 24 | 1830 | author=Samuel Halkett | author-link=Samuel Halkett | title=Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRfBroP_QZ4C&pg=PA159 | year=1926 | publisher=Ardent Media | pages=159–60 | id=GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG}} | James Rennie (anonymous) |
| 1830 | Insect Transformations | James Rennie (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1831 | Paris and Its Historical Scenes (2 Vols.) | George Lillie Craik (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1831 | Insect Miscellanies | James Rennie (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1831 | The Architecture of Birds | James Rennie (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 35 | 1831–2 | Pompeii (2 vols.) | William Barnard Clarke (anonymous), later expanded | |||||||
| 1831–5 | Historical Parallels (2 vols.) | Arthur Thomas Malkin (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1832 | Vegetable Substances Used for The Food of Man | |||||||||
| 12 | 1832–3 | Criminal Trials (2 vols.) | David Jardine (anonymous) | |||||||
| 1832-6 | The British Museum. Egyptian Antiquities (2 vols.) | George Long (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 18, 19 | title=Library of Entertaining Knowledge | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gg0bAAAAYAAJ | year=1833 | publisher=Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge}} | The British Museum. Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles (2 vols.) | Sir Henry Ellis (anonymous) | ||||
| 1833 | Vegetable Substances: Materials of Manufacture | |||||||||
| 1833 | The Domestic Habits of Birds | James Rennie (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1834 | History of British Costume | James Planché (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1834-5 | The Hindoos (2 Vols.) | Revised by Friedrich August Rosen | ||||||||
| 1835 | The Faculties of Birds | James Rennie (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1836 | The British Museum. The Townley Gallery (2 vols.) | Sir Henry Ellis (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1836 | Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (2 vols.) | Edward William Lane | ||||||||
| 1836 | The Chinese. A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants (2 vols.) | John Francis Davis | ||||||||
| 1836 | The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer | Catharine Parr Traill (anonymous) | ||||||||
| 1837 | Secret Societies of the Middle Ages | Thomas Keightley; published anonymously and against the author's wishes | ||||||||
| 1838 | Distinguished Men of Modern Times (4 Vols.) | Henry Malden (anonymous) |
Notes
References
- Sylvanus Urban. (1866). "The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review — Vol. 2.".
- Mitchell, Rosemary. "Knight, Charles".
- Royal A. Gettmann. (10 June 2010). "A Victorian Publisher: A Study of the Bentley Papers". Cambridge University Press.
- Aileen Fyfe. (28 February 2012). "Steam-Powered Knowledge: William Chambers and the Business of Publishing, 1820-1860". University of Chicago Press.
- Robert Bent. (1839). "The London catalogue of books ... containing the books published in London ... since the year MDCCCXIV to MDCCCXXXIX".
- George Lillie Craik. (1865). "The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation".
- George Lillie Craik. (1830). "The New Zealanders". Charles Knight.
- Samuel Halkett. (1926). "Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature". Ardent Media.
- (1831). "The Westminster Review". Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy.
- Eric Moormann. (10 March 2015). "Pompeii's Ashes: The Reception of the Cities Buried by Vesuvius in Literature, Music, and Drama". De Gruyter.
- (17 November 2011). "Pompeii in the Public Imagination from Its Rediscovery to Today". OUP Oxford.
- Samuel Halkett. (1926). "Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature". Ardent Media.
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- (1833). "Library of Entertaining Knowledge". Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
- [[s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ellis, Sir Henry]]
- (1835). "The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Hindoos". C. Knight.
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- (1836). "Library of Entertaining Knowledge". Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
- Edward W. Lane. (1 January 2010). "Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians". Cosimo, Inc..
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