Encyclopedia Britannica Eleventh Edition

Encyclopedia Britannica ^ | 1911 | Legion

[Doctor Stochastic]

Recommended as the last scholarly edition.

Encyclopedia Britannica Eleventh

[Doctor Stochastic]

I can't tell if the first attempt posted.

[Constitution Day]

It did.

[js1138]

Pretty cool. Does this mean it's in public domain? Was the limit 95 years?

Who will be the first to offer it as as CDROM or downloadable file?

[Doctor Stochastic]

Ugh. I can't get the hand of the new stuff any better than I did the old. Or maybe things didn't change and I'm still failing.

[TxGrandMom]

Gee. I happen to have the "Handy Volume Issue" of the 11th edition. It had belonged to my grandfather.

I have used it for historical references because it is more informative than most modern encyclopedias.

[Slip18]

That is really cool, Doctor Stochastic! I checked out Afghanistan. I guess you have to go a subject earlier than the one you are looking to find. This is great!

I'm bookmarking for historical enjoyment. Thank you!

[Bob J]

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[WillaJohns]

Thank you so much for this. I've been over there for a while, very interesting. This was scanned and there are many scanning-type errors, more than one would think necessary, but even so, a real find.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Now, when asked where I got the information, I have a link to refer to. Of course my print edition has an index and list of contributors. I haven't found either at the 1911 site. Still, for things before 1910 or so, it's good.

Missing naturally are articles on Yugoslavia, the USSR, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Mao, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, lasers, TV, antibiotics, and Pakistan.

[VERITAS25]

You are right. The 1911 Edition of the Britannica is a classic; written before the age of "political correctness." Its authors had opinions and were not afraid to state them.

If you can find a set, buy it and keep it. It can only go up in value.

One of the most dreadful developments is that the Britannica Publishers have ceased publication of the encyclopaedia entirely. This will be the death of culture. Our history will be forgotten and unretrievable. It will mean the final dumbing-down of our civilization.

[LarryLied]

I'm not Catholic but really enjoy the 1908 edition of The Catholic Encyclopedia. History I've found no where else.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I didn't think that they had ceased publishing. Last week they sent me an ad to buy their print version or their CD version. The University of Chicago has been publishing them for about 50 years. I don't know if UC has spun them off.

I decided not to update any of my edition (1768, 1911, 1968) when they split into two parts.

[LarryLied]

Had a great encyclopedia when I was a kid. Think we got it around 1964. Enormous tome. Heard references it was the best but I can't remember the name. Have any idea? I'ld like to find a copy.

[LarryLied]

I meant to write "dictionary", not encyclopedia.

[farmfriend]

I actually have this set at home. Love it. Falling apart though.

[headsonpikes]

11th Edition Bump!!!

I have a lovely morocco-leather edition, with fresh as new onion-skin pages.

Absolutely irreplaceable. They're always available at good 2nd-hand bookstores(usually in library bindings), and no better intellectual investment is possible. ;^)