Library of Entertaining Knowledge
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 | |
| 1830 | Insect Architecture[8] | James Rennie (anonymous) | |
| 1830 | Insect Transformations[8] | James Rennie (anonymous) | |
| 1831 | Insect Miscellanies[8] | James Rennie (anonymous) | |
| 1831–2 | Pompeii (2 vols.) | William Barnard Clarke (anonymous), later expanded[9][10] | |
| 1831–5 | Historical Parallels (2 vols.)[11] | Arthur Thomas Malkin (anonymous) | |
| 1832–3 | Criminal Trials (2 vols.)[12] | David Jardine | |
| 1835 | The Hindoos[13] | Revised by Friedrich August Rosen[14] | |
| 1837 | Secret Societies of the Middle Ages | Thomas Keightley; published anonymously and against the author's wishes[15] | |
| Elgin Marbles (2 vols.)[16] | Sir Henry Ellis | ||
| Townley Marbles (2 vols.)[16] | 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[17]
Notes
- ^ Sylvanus Urban (1866). The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review -- Vol. 2. p. 266.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Robert Bent (1839). The London catalogue of books ... containing the books published in London ... since the year MDCCCXIV to MDCCCXXXIX. p. 131.
- ^ Abner OAKES (1850). Catalogue of the Maine State Library. p. 132.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ George Lillie Craik (1865). The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation. p. v.
- ^ a b c Samuel Halkett (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. pp. 159–60. GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG.
- ^ Eric Moormann (10 March 2015). Pompeii's Ashes: The Reception of the Cities Buried by Vesuvius in Literature, Music, and Drama. De Gruyter. p. 57 note 219. ISBN 978-1-61451-873-0.
- ^ Shelley Hales; Joanna Paul (17 November 2011). Pompeii in the Public Imagination from Its Rediscovery to Today. OUP Oxford. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-19-956936-6.
- ^ Samuel Halkett (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. p. 54. GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Hindoos. C. Knight. 1835.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ellis, Sir Henry
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OwsbAAAAYAAJ
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JUEQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111