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THE ENCYCLOF^BIA BRITANNICA.
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edition As the of the last 'Encyclopaedi...
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The Late Mb. William Rivington.
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edition As the of the last ' Encyclopaedia ( 24 th ) volume Britannica of the ninth ' is to be issued — — — during — —— ^ ^— ^^ - B ^^ B « the - ^ ¦ ^ present «*^ ^^ ^ 1 ^ mbbj ^ ar bv » 4 * ^ r month B » 4 b ^ ^^ *»*¦¦ V ** we ¥ » ^ " ^ take ^^ «^ V »^» - ^^
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record examples . The of c developihent first edition " * of in the publishing work was on
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the edition seems to have been primarily ' ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ * ' > r , .
speciall determined y accomp by Professor lished in Baynes the departments , who , while of
Philosophy tinguished not and less Eng by lish his wide Literature general , was culture
distha The MM ^ V ^^ B ^ BT n work V V b "V y ^^» ^ H «^ V his of ^ B ^ r tf ^ editing ^^ r practical ^ V ^ H ^ M V ^^^ gBh was V V ^^^ P ^^ BV tact practicall V ^^ F ^^^ ^ V ^^ ^ BBV and ^^ ^^ ^^ V ^ 1 ^^^^^^^ ¦ ^* y shrewdness comp " ^ r b ^— ^ ' ' h ~ - ~ ' leted ¦ ^^ - ^ .
before but the the later death half of of Professor the volumes Baynes have in also 1886 had ,
the of Dr special . Rob advantage ertson Smith of the , the superintendence well-known
Cambridge Oriental scjiolar University r ^ gr and who learned * fro " m librarian the date of of
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Professor Baynes—the more onerous and laborious portion of the editorial duties .
liar TJh features ejiinth edition which , while had retaining secured the for pecu the
c ' Dictionary Britannica' of tfre authoritative ArtsSciences position and General as a
Literature ^^^ bb A > , ' disp ^^ ^ lays nrt an , immense A - > t , improvement ^ b ¦ over ^^ r m - ^^ ^^^ ¦ previous ^ ™™ " ^^ ¦ ^^^ ' ^^ ^^*^ p i ^ ones i ^^^^ ^ 'w ¦ h in ™ ^^^^ regard ^^^ - ^ ^^^ k - ^ v ^^—>— - ^^^ especiall ' ^^ -- ^ " ^ h ^ - ^— — - — — — — y » to — the - -
variety the maj of ority its headings of even , the and the smaller excellence articles of .
This will at once be understood when we mention that while the number of contributors «^ h ^ h * v ^ mb ^ ^ m ^^ ^ v b ^* ^ b ^ ^ rm ^^ m ¦¦* vr vb . ^ b' ^ r ^^ w w ^» i ^^ ^^ ^ b « ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ v ^^» m - ^ v ^ h ^ i *^^^^ v ^^ ^^* ^^ ^^ ^^ v ¦¦ ^^ - ^ w ^ ^^ ^^^ *^^^ - — - »~
—to they the reach eighth in edition the present was b edition etween the 200 enormous and 300 ,
bulk total of of these 1 , 145 contributors . When we have remember specially that distin the
guished of which themselves they treat in the and branch that very of knowled many ge of
them are regarded as , the leading authorities on ^ u ^ A Jb , - their W - ^ ^ ^ b ^ -A > ^ K , several fk ^ ^ b ^ T ^ , ^ " > ^ - ^ t subj M ^ u ^ rv ^ I ects ^ aar ^¦ bb > « # Mis' , the ^ V ¦ » i « bt array m-- ^ IK ^ B > w » ¦ of - *_» « talent ^ v ^ ^~ - ^ -- ^^ - * r
enlisted in the service of the * Britannica ' becomes t B fairl H i ¦ y astounding ¦ B H . Indeed ~~ so many
contr r ^^ - ^^ ^ BT ^^^ ^^^^ ibutors ^^ ~ W " - ^^ ^^^^ W ^^^^ W —~ of ^^ ' ^^ P ^ distinguished - «» - »™ _ v ^ ' ^ ^^^^ ' — eminence ™ , g in their ^^ B > ^^^ ^^ . ^^ BBff VBWHV W several ^^ m ^*^ V ^^^^ ^ . BB ^^^* W B ^ f departments ¦¦¦¦ ^^^ BB ^^^ ^ P >^^ ^ . ' ^ P ^^ ^>^ ^^ w ~^> *^^ ^ " ^¦¦ v ^^ *^^^ could ^^^ ^^ ' ^¦ ^ i ^^— ~^ * mw not ^^ ^^^ ^^^ - —^ have ¦ - - ¦ ^ v w - ^ i ^ been r ^— ¦ " ¦ - ¦ ¦
matter supplied of from fact Great the editors Britain have alone selected , and , them as a .
¦ from ^ K ^^ h MB W ^^^^ ^^ ^ B ^ ^^ . ^ ^^^ almost ^*^ " ^ P ^ P p . ^ ^^^^^ ^ BB ^ ^^ , ^ every H ^< V ^ r ^ *^^ ^^^ ^ . ^^ ^^ country *^ ^^^ ^^ ^**^ ^^^~ ^^^ " ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ " in ^ " ^^ " ^ ^^^ the ^ ^^^ civilised ^^ ^^ —^ world I ^ BV . While thus more cosmopoli ¦ ¦ ¦ tan ¦ ¦ than ¦ ¦ i
previous edition ^ ^ ^^^ p ^^ B # ~| i ~ m ^ p ia ones also v f ^^ ff ^ to ^^ B" ^ ^ B | more P ^ in ^^ * " ^ " ^ BPt ^^^^ " » its " ^ cosmopolitan ^^ v ¦ ¦ contributors ¦ ^ ^^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^ p »^ ^^ ^^^~ »^^ " v ^ v » " ^ h - in ^^ ^ m — , its ^ — the - - ^~ subjects »^ ^^ " ninth — — — ~— ^ ™
and its treatment of them ; but a special feature appears to be the attention devoted to
American and Colonial matters . In these days of widely-extended commercial intercourse ,
cyclopaedia this immensel ' as y an increases authoritative the value work of the of re ' En fer - -
ence for the EJhglish-speaking races throughout the rf worldand in «¦ fact tf it might now be more »™^ "
Hhe fitl 1 ^ « # * ^^ y named » widest W ^^^ # ¦• * "fc ^ ^ ^ , H i ^ ' the Vr *^ sense »^ - ^*^ w * Encyclopaedi ^ " ¦ of * v ^ - ^ r ^ r that ^ m v ^ " — ^ ^* X a terra B Ang ^^ ^^ ^^ — ^^ licana than T ^^^ ^^ y - — " ^ the ^— ^ - in ^ - ^»"
with ' Encycl the opsedia circulation Britannica of the . ' work In in connection 'Amenijtt , ;
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1888, page 1433, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111888/page/7/
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