The New International Encyclopedia

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The New International Encyclopedia was an American encyclopedia first published in 1902 by Dodd, Mead & Co. It descended from the International Cyclopaedia (1884) and was updated in 1906, 1914 and 1926.

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History

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First edition, volume eight

The New International Encyclopedia was the successor of the International Cyclopaedia (1884). Initially, The International Cyclopaedia was largely a reprint of Alden's Library of Universal Knowledge, which itself was a reprint of the British Chambers's Encyclopaedia . The title was changed to The New International Encyclopedia in 1902, with editors Harry Thurston Peck, Daniel Coit Gilman and Frank Moore Colby. [1]

The encyclopedia was popular and reprints were made in 1904, 1905, 1907 (corrected and expanded to 20 volumes), 1909 and 1911. The 2nd edition appeared from 1914 to 1917 in 24 volumes. With Peck and Gilman deceased, Colby was joined by a new editor, Talcott Williams. [1] This edition was set up from new type and thoroughly revised. It was very strong in biography. [2]

A third edition was published in 1923, however this was mostly a reprint with the addition of a history of the First World War in volume 24, which had previously been a reading and study guide. A two-volume supplement was published in 1925 and was incorporated into the 1927 reprint, which had 25 volumes. There was a further two-volume supplement in 1930 along with another reprint. [3]

The final edition, in 1935, was published by Funk & Wagnalls. This edition included another updated supplement, authored by Herbert Treadwell Wade. Some material from The New International would be incorporated into future books published by Funk and Wagnalls such as Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopaedia . [3]

The 1926 material was printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Yale University Press. Boston Bookbinding Company of Cambridge produced the covers. Thirteen books enclosing 23 volumes comprise the encyclopedia, which includes a supplement after Volume 23. Each book contains around 1600 pages. [4]

Like other encyclopedias of the time, The New International had a yearly supplement, The New International Yearbook, beginning in 1908. Like the encyclopedia itself, this publication was sold to Funk and Wagnalls in 1931. It was edited by Frank Moore Colby until his death in 1925, and then by Wade. In 1937, Frank Horace Vizetelly became editor. [3] The yearbook outlasted the parent encyclopedia, running to 1966. [5]

More than 500 men and women submitted and composed the information contained in The New International Encyclopedia.

Volumes

Gilman, Daniel Coit; Peck, Harry Thurston; Colby, Frank Moore, eds. (1905). The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.
volEdition Internet Archive Wikisource (incomplete)YearFrom – ToNotes
11st IA 1 WS 1 1905A – Aristogoras
21st IA 2 WS 2 1905Aristarchus – Bessières
31st IA 3 WS 3 1905Bessus – Cairns
41st IA 4 WS 4 1905Cairo – Classification of Ships
51st IA 5 WS 5 1905Classis – Da Vinci
61st IA 6 WS 6 1905Davioud – Ellery
71st IA 7 WS 7 1905Ellesmere – Fontanel
81stNot available WS 8 1905Fontanes – Goethe
91st IA 9 WS 9 1905Goethite – Heritable Jurisdictions
101st IA 10 WS 10 1905Herjulfson – Ishpeming
111st IA 11 WS 11 1905Ishtar – Latitudinarians
121st IA 12 WS 12 1905Latium – Manna
131st IA 13 WS 13 1905Manna-Croup – Morganatic Marriage
141st IA 14 WS 14 1905Morgan City – Omul
151st IA 15 WS 15 1905Ona – PickeringThe Internet Archive edition is missing pp. 6-7, but see the 1906 volume for the first edition at Google Books, which appears to be about the same thing, and does have these pages.
161st IA 16 WS 16 1905Pickersgill – Reid
171st IA 17 WS 17 1905Reifferscheid – Servian Wall
181st IA 18 WS 18 1905Service-berry – Tagus
191st IA 19 WS 19 1905Taharka – Vampire
201st IA 20 WS 20 1905Van – Zyrians
New International Encyclopedia (incomplete)
VolumeEditionYearcopyright lastFrom – To
Volume 3 2nd1928[1924]Bazaine – Brock
Volume 4 2nd1928[1924]Brockelmann – Chaeremon
Volume 5 2nd1914Chæronia – Consuelo
Volume 6 2nd1928Consul – Didymograptus
Volume 8 2nd[1922]Enteritis – Foraker
Volume 10 2nd1928[1922]Glacial – Havre de Grace
Volume 12 2nd1915Imaginary – Jouy
Volume 13 2nd1915[1915]Jovanovich – Leprohon
Volume 17 2nd1916Newfoundland – Panjab
Volume 18 2nd1916Panjabi – Poliziano
Volume 19 2nd1916[1916]Polk – Rigging
Volume 20 2nd1916[1916]Riggs – Shilluck
Volume 21 2nd1916Shiloh – Tarsus
Volume 22 2nd1916Tartaglia – Valiant
Volume 24 Sup19301930Abbe – Lyons
Volume 25 Sup1930[1930]Municipal – Zweig

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Walsh 1968, p. 120.
  2. ↑ The Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 10. 1988. p. 333.
  3. 1 2 3 Walsh 1968, p. 121.
  4. ↑ Graham, B. (1928). Bookman's Manual. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Colby, Frank Moore, ed. (1908). The New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress for the Year. Dodd, Mead & Co. OCLC   183333553.

Sources

  • Walsh, S. P. (1968). Anglo-American general encyclopedias: a historical bibliography, 1703–1967. New York, NY: Bowker. OCLC   577541.
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