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 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)

Portrait of a Kshatriya from The Hindoos (1835), in the "Library of Entertaining Knowledge"

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. George Lillie Craik (1865). The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation. p. v.
  7. George Lillie Craik (1830). The New Zealanders. Charles Knight.
  8. Samuel Halkett (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. pp. 159–60. GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG.
  9. The Westminster Review. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1831. p. 195.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Samuel Halkett (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. p. 54. GGKEY:XNNP1DZ3NZG.
  13. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jardine, David" . Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  14. Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1833.
  15. s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ellis, Sir Henry
  16. The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Hindoos. C. Knight. 1835.
  17. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Rosen, Friedrich August" . Dictionary of National Biography. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  18. Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1836.
  19. Edward W. Lane (1 January 2010). Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. Cosimo, Inc. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-61640-504-5.
  20. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Keightley, Thomas (1789-1872)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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