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Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia
''Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia'' was written by Edward Augustus Kendall and printed in London in 1802 by W. Peacock and Sons,''Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia'', W. Peacock and Sons, London, 1802 Volume I, title page with a second edition in 1811. The full title is "A Pocket Encyclopedia; Or, Library of General Knowledge, Being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature". It is made up of six very small volumes in a choice of 12mo, 18mo or 24mo (5 3/8" tall), and retailed at 18s. The encyclopedia begins with "Abbe, a French word literally meaning an abbot" and ends with "Zootomy, the art or act of dissecting animals or living creatures." A new edition of the ''Pocket Encyclopedia'' was compiled by minister and writer Jeremiah Joyce, and published as a "corrected and enlarged" edition in 1811. The new edition was published in four thicker 12mo volumes, and sold for £1 4s. Legacy An 1803 American version, ''Minor Encyclopedia, Harris' Minor Encyclopedia'', was edited a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Augustus Kendall
Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776 – 1842) was a British translator, social campaigner and miscellaneous writer. Biography Kendall was born about 1776. Though Americans remember him for his ''Travels through the Northern Parts of the United States'', published in 1809, Kendall's main claim to fame are his books for children, in which he represented the characters of animals in new ways, giving them a speaking voice. Whilst there were other writers, including Dorothy Kilner, Sarah Trimmer, Anna Laetitia Barbauld and her brother John Aikin, who made smaller contributions, Kendall played a major and crucial part in shifting the representation of animals in literature from the fabulous, the allegorical and the satirical to the naturalistic and empathetic. His '' Keeper's Travels in Search of His Master'', ''Crested Wren'', and ''Burford Cottage and its Robin Red Breast'', are the natural predecessors of '' Water Babies'' and ''The Wind in the Willows''. Employing new narrative t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |