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The Library of Entertaining Knowledge was founded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.[1] The books appeared from 1829 to 1837, published in London by Charles Knight, and complemented the Society's Library of Useful Knowledge.[2]

Number Year Title Author
Comments
1[3] 1829 (31 March) Menageries: Quadrupeds[4] Charles Knight[5]
1828 A Treatise on Optical Instruments[6] Andrew Pritchard
1830 The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties[7] George Lillie Craik
1832–3 Criminal Trials (2 vols.)[8] David Jardine 1835 The Hindoos[9] Revised by Friedrich August Rosen[10]
1837 Secret Societies of the Middle Ages Thomas Keightley; published anonymously and against the author's wishes[11]
Elgin Marbles (2 vols.)[12] Sir Henry Ellis
Townley Marbles (2 vols.)[12] Sir Henry Ellis

Introduction by Brougham.

  • Vol. 1 The Hindoos
  • Pompeii
8vo titles
  • The Horse
  • Planting Trees
  • Natural philosophy
  • History of Greece
  • Geometry, Plane, Solid and Spherical
  • History of Spain and Portugal
  • Macculloch on commerce
  • Animal physiology
  • Roget's treatise on electricity
  • Waddington's History of the Church
  • Lives of Eminent Persons
  • British Cattle
  • 1847 British Husbandry: Exhibiting The Farming Practice In Various Parts Of The United Kingdom - John French Burke, Cuthbert William Johnson
  • 1829, vol. 42 Timber Trees. Fruits[13]

In duodecimo and octavo.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ Sylvanus Urban (1866). The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review -- Vol. 2. p. 266.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Rosemary. "Knight, Charles". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15716. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Robert Bent (1839). The London catalogue of books ... containing the books published in London ... since the year MDCCCXIV to MDCCCXXXIX. p. 131.
  4. ^ Abner OAKES (1850). Catalogue of the Maine State Library. p. 132.
  5. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Knight, Charles (1791-1873)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  6. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Pritchard, Andrew" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. ^ George Lillie Craik (1865). The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation. p. v.
  8. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jardine, David" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  9. ^ The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Hindoos. C. Knight. 1835.
  10. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Rosen, Friedrich August" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Keightley, Thomas (1789-1872)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  12. ^ a b s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ellis, Sir Henry
  13. ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OwsbAAAAYAAJ
  14. ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JUEQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111
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