The University of Knowledge Incorporated was a book
publisher
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located in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Ilinous, USA in the early-mid 20th century. It produced a
series of books
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known as the
Wonder Books
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in the 1930s and 1940s. The
editor in chief
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was Glenn Frank,
B.A.
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M.A.
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Litt.D.
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L.H.D.
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LL.D.
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List of Wonder Books
# The Earth Before Man - The story of how things began
# The Story of Man - His earliest appearance and development to the portals of history
# The Dawn of Civilization - And life in the ancient East
# Selected Readings -from much loved books
# The Glories of Ancient History
# History From The Renaissance to Napoleon
# The Outline of Modern History
# Outline History of World Literature
# The World we live in and The people we live with travel
# The World we live in & The People we live with - still more travel
# The World we live in & The People we live with - still more travel (Marvels of Asia and the Orient)
# Great Leaders -Men and women who influenced their times
# Great Inventors and Their Inventions
# The Story of Engineering
# Wonders of Modern Industry - The story of the machine age
# Music and the Great Composers - The story of musical expression
# Trailing Animals Around The World
# Earth and Sky - Wonders of the universe
# Exploring The Mysteries of Physics and Chemistry
# The Story of Living Plants, Their Uses and how they grow
# An Outline History of Art - The Key to Parnassus
# An Outline History of Art - Art of the Middle Ages in Europe of Islam, in the Far East, and of the American Indians
# An Outline History of Art - Art of the European Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern Art
# A Modern Book of Wonders - Amazing Facts in a remarkable world
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