The Library of Entertaining Knowledge was founded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.[1] 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.[2][3] The volumes were priced at 4s. 6d, more expensive than rival non-fiction series.[4]
| Number | Year | Title | Author Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1[5] | 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[6] | George Lillie Craik (anonymous) | |
| 1830 | The New Zealanders[7] | George Lillie Craik (anonymous) | |
| 24 | 1830 | Insect Architecture[8] | James Rennie (anonymous) |
| 1830 | Insect Transformations[8] | James Rennie (anonymous) | |
| 1831 | Paris and Its Historical Scenes (2 Vols.) | George Lillie Craik (anonymous) | |
| 1831 | Insect Miscellanies[8] | James Rennie (anonymous) | |
| 1831 | The Architecture of Birds[9] | James Rennie (anonymous) | |
| 35 | 1831–2 | Pompeii (2 vols.) | William Barnard Clarke (anonymous), later expanded[10][11] |
| 1831–5 | Historical Parallels (2 vols.)[12] | Arthur Thomas Malkin (anonymous) | |
| 1832 | Vegetable Substances Used for The Food of Man | ||
| 12 | 1832–3 | Criminal Trials (2 vols.)[13] | David Jardine (anonymous) |
| 1832-6 | The British Museum. Egyptian Antiquities (2 vols.) | George Long (anonymous) | |
| 18, 19 | 1833[14] | The British Museum. Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles (2 vols.)[15] | 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.)[16] | Revised by Friedrich August Rosen[17] | |
| 1835 | The Faculties of Birds | James Rennie (anonymous) | |
| 1836 | The British Museum. The Townley Gallery (2 vols.)[15] | Sir Henry Ellis (anonymous) | |
| 1836 | Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (2 vols.)[18] | Edward William Lane[19] | |
| 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[20] | |
| 1838 | Distinguished Men of Modern Times (4 Vols.) | Henry Malden (anonymous) |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.)
- ^ Royal A. Gettmann (10 June 2010). A Victorian Publisher: A Study of the Bentley Papers. Cambridge University Press. pp. 13–4. ISBN 978-0-521-15320-1.
- ^ Aileen Fyfe (28 February 2012). Steam-Powered Knowledge: William Chambers and the Business of Publishing, 1820-1860. University of Chicago Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-226-27651-9.
- ^ Robert Bent (1839). The London catalogue of books ... containing the books published in London ... since the year MDCCCXIV to MDCCCXXXIX. p. 131.
- ^ George Lillie Craik (1865). The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation. p. v.
- ^ George Lillie Craik (1830). The New Zealanders. Charles Knight.
- ^ a b c Samuel Halkett (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. pp. 159–60. GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG.
- ^ The Westminster Review. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1831. p. 195.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1833.
- ^ a b s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ellis, Sir Henry
- ^ The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Hindoos. C. Knight. 1835.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1836.
- ^ Edward W. Lane (1 January 2010). Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. Cosimo, Inc. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-61640-504-5.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.