Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia
Encyclopedia
Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia is an encyclopedia
edited by John Hammerton and published in London
, England
by The Education Book Co. Ltd in 1921/2.
Aimed at a middle-income market around the world, the main encyclopaedia is prefaced with a series of "New Horizons" articles penned by 'eminent publicists'. These include
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
edited by John Hammerton and published in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
by The Education Book Co. Ltd in 1921/2.
Aimed at a middle-income market around the world, the main encyclopaedia is prefaced with a series of "New Horizons" articles penned by 'eminent publicists'. These include
- "Where we Stand" by John GalsworthyJohn GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy OM was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter...
- "The Nations and the New Era" by Lord Robert Cecil MPRobert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of ChelwoodEdgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH, PC, QC , known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom...
- "Science and the Future" by Lord Moulton
- "The Aerial Age" by Viscount NorthcliffeViscount NorthcliffeViscount Northcliffe, of St Peter in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, It was created in 1918 for the press baron Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Baron Northcliffe. He had already been created a Baronet in 1904 and Baron Northcliffe, of the Isle of Thanet in the County of...
- "Industry and the Future" by Lord AskwithBaron AskwithBaron Askwith, of St Ives in the County of Huntingdon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the civil servant and arbitrator Sir George Askwith. The title became extinct upon his death in 1942...
- "The Future of Labour" by George Nicoll BarnesGeorge Nicoll BarnesGeorge Nicoll Barnes CH PC was a Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party.Barnes was born in Lochee, Dundee, the second of five sons of James Barnes, a skilled engineer and mill manager from Yorkshire, and his wife, Catherine Adam Langlands...
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Editions
- 1920-22 was published first as a fortnightly series in 1920-22 and sold twelve million copies throughout the English-speaking world
- 1921? Nine volumes bound in brown leather
- 1922? Nine volumes bound in red board with corrections
- 1922? Twelve volumes bound in brown board
External links
- http://www.archive.org/details/harmsworthsunive06hammuoft provides the full text of volume 6 of the encyclopyedia.