Library of Entertaining Knowledge

Portrait of a Kshatriya from The Hindoos (1835), in the "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, 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) Menageries: Quadrupeds[6] Charles Knight[7]
1828 A Treatise on Optical Instruments[8] Andrew Pritchard
1830 The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties[9] George Lillie Craik
1830 The New Zealanders[10] George Lillie Craik
24 1830 Insect Architecture[11] James Rennie (anonymous)
1830 Insect Transformations[11] James Rennie (anonymous)
1831 Insect Miscellanies[11] James Rennie (anonymous)
The Architecture of Birds[12] James Rennie
35 1831–2 Pompeii (2 vols.) William Barnard Clarke (anonymous), later expanded[13][14]
1831–5 Historical Parallels (2 vols.)[15] Arthur Thomas Malkin (anonymous)
12 1832–3 Criminal Trials (2 vols.)[16] David Jardine
1835 The Hindoos[17] Revised by Friedrich August Rosen[18]
1837 Secret Societies of the Middle Ages Thomas Keightley; published anonymously and against the author's wishes[19]
18, 19 1833[20] Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles (2 vols.)[21] British Museum (Sir Henry Ellis)
Townley Marbles (2 vols.)[21] Sir Henry Ellis
1833 Timber Trees: Fruits[22]
1836 Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (2 vols.)[23] Edward William Lane[24]

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. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Robert Bent (1839). The London catalogue of books ... containing the books published in London ... since the year MDCCCXIV to MDCCCXXXIX. p. 131.
  6. ↑ Abner OAKES (1850). Catalogue of the Maine State Library. p. 132.
  7. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Knight, Charles (1791-1873)". Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Pritchard, Andrew". Dictionary of National Biography. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  9. ↑ George Lillie Craik (1865). The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation. p. v.
  10. ↑ George Lillie Craik (1830). The New Zealanders. Charles Knight.
  11. 1 2 3 Samuel Halkett (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. pp. 159–60. GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG.
  12. ↑ The Westminster Review. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1831. p. 195.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Samuel Halkett (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. p. 54. GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG.
  16. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jardine, David". Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  17. ↑ The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Hindoos. C. Knight. 1835.
  18. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Rosen, Friedrich August". Dictionary of National Biography. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  19. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Keightley, Thomas (1789-1872)". Dictionary of National Biography. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  20. ↑ Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1833.
  21. 1 2 s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ellis, Sir Henry
  22. ↑ Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1833.
  23. ↑ Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1836.
  24. ↑ Edward W. Lane (1 January 2010). Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. Cosimo, Inc. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-61640-504-5.
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