English Cyclopaedia


The English Cyclopaedia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge, was published by Charles Knight, based on the Penny Cyclopaedia, of which he had the copyright. He was assisted by Alexander Ramsay and James Thorne. It was sometimes popularly referred to as "Knights Encyclopedia".
It is in four divisions, each alphabetical, and very unequal:
  1. Geography
  2. Natural history
  3. Biography
  4. Arts and sciences
A supplement in four volumes, one for each section, was published between 1869 and 1873, together with a synoptical index. No further editions of the English Cyclopaedia, however, it served as the basis of the Everyman's Encyclopaedia in 1913.