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The New International Encyclopedia was an American encyclopedia first published in 1902 by Dodd, Mead and Company.^[1] It descended from the International Cyclopaedia (1884) and was updated in 1906, 1914 and 1926.

History

The New International Encyclopedia was the successor of the International Cyclopaedia (1884).

Initially, the International Cyclopaedia was largely a reprint of Alden's Library of Universal Knowledge, which was a reprint of the British Chambers's Encyclopaedia with American additions (including many biographical entries for Americans).

The local Cyclopaedia was much improved by editors Harry Thurston Peck and Selim Peabody. The title was changed to New International Encyclopedia in 1902, with editors Harry Thurston Peck, Daniel Coit Gilman, and Frank Moore Colby.

In 1906 the New International Encyclopedia was expanded from 17 volumes to 20. The 2nd edition appeared in 1914 in 24 volumes, set up from new type and thoroughly revised. It was very strong in biography.^[2]

The 1926 material was printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by The University Press. Boston Bookbinding Company of Cambridge produced the covers. Thirteen books enclosing twenty-three volumes comprise the encyclopedia, which includes a supplement after Volume 23. Each book contains about 1600 pages.^[3]

Features

A great deal of biographic material is recorded in the New International Encyclopedia. An early description of Adolf Hitler and his activities from 1920 to 1924 is in the supplement to the 1926 edition. Many of the names used to describe the scientific identities of plants and animals are now obsolete.

Numerous colorful maps which display the nations, states, colonies, and protectorates which existed early in the twentieth century are included. The maps are valuable for their depictions of national and colonial borders in Europe, Asia, and Africa at the time of World War I. Drawings, illustrations, and photographs are plentiful.

Contributors and office editors

More than 500 men, and some women, submitted and composed the information contained in the New International Encyclopedia.

Editors of the First Edition

• Daniel Coit Gilman, LL.D., President of Johns Hopkins University (1876–1901), President of Carnegie Institution.
• Harry Thurston Peck, Ph.D., L.H.D.
• Frank Moore Colby, M. A., formerly Professor in New York University.

Editors of the Second Edition

• Frank Moore Colby, M. A.
• Talcott Williams, LL.D., L.H.D., Litt. D. Director of the School of Journalism, Columbia University.

References

1. New International Encyclopedia
2. "Encyclopedias," in The Encyclopedia Americana, (1988) Volume 10, Page 333
3. Bessie Graham, Bookman's manual (1928) - Page 28

External links

Gilman, Daniel Coit; Peck, Harry Thurston; Colby, Frank Moore, eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia. New York: Dodd, Mead.

vol	Edition	Internet Archive	Wikisource (incomplete)	Year	From	–	To	Notes
1	1st	IA 1	WS 1	1905	A	–	Aristogoras
2	1st	IA 2	WS 2	1905	Aristarchus	–	Bessières
3	1st	IA 3	WS 3	1905	Bessus	–	Cairns
4	1st	IA 4	WS 4	1905	Cairo	–	Classification of Ships
5	1st	IA 5	WS 5	1905	Classis	–	Da Vinci
6	1st	IA 6	WS 6	1905	Davioud	–	Ellery
7	1st	IA 7	WS 7	1905	Ellesmere	–	Fontanel
8	1st	Not available	WS 8	1903	Fontanes	–	Goethe	Alternatives Google Books: GB 8 (this volume is not universally accessible). 1903 edition, from the Ontario Council of University Libraries digitized in 2009, in the Internet Archive: IA 7 (1903) Ethics – Fuller, Maitland IA 8 (1903) Fullers Earth – Halithrum
9	1st	IA 9	WS 9	1905	Goethite	–	Heritable Jurisdictions
10	1st	IA 10	WS 10	1905	Herjulfson	–	Ishpeming
11	1st	IA 11	WS 11	1905	Ishtar	–	Latitudinarians
12	1st	IA 12	WS 12	1905	Latium	–	Manna
13	1st	IA 13	WS 13	1905	Manna-Croup	–	Morganitic Marriage
14	1st	IA 14	WS 14	1905	Morgan City	–	Omul
15	1st	IA 15	WS 15	1905	Ona	–	Pickering	The Internet Archive edition is missing pp. 6-7, but see the 1906 volume for the first edition at Google Books, which appears to be about the same thing, and does have these pages.
16	1st	IA 16	WS 16	1905	Pickersgill	–	Reid
17	1st	IA 17	WS 17	1905	Reifferscheid	–	Servian Wall
18	1st	IA 18	WS 18	1905	Service-berry	–	Tagus
19	1st	IA 19	WS 19	1905	Taharka	–	Vampire
20	1st	IA 20	WS 20	1905	Van	–	Zyrians

New International Encyclopedia (incomplete)

Volume	Edition	Year	copyright last	From	–	To
Volume 3	2nd	1928	[1924]	Bazaine	–	Brock
Volume 4	2nd	1928	[1924]	Brockelmann	–	Chaeremon
Volume 5	2nd	1914		Chæronia	–	Consuelo
Volume 6	2nd	1928		Consul	–	Didymograptus
Volume 8	2nd		[1922]	Enteritis	–	Foraker
Volume 10	2nd	1928	[1922]	Glacial	–	Havre de Grace
Volume 12	2nd	1915		Imaginary	–	Jouy
Volume 13	2nd	1915	[1915]	Jovanovich	–	Leprohon
Volume 17	2nd	1916		Newfoundland	–	Panjab
Volume 18	2nd	1916			–
Volume 20	2nd	1916	[1916]	Riggs	–	Shilluck
Volume 21	2nd	1916		Shiloh	–	Tarsus
Volume 22	2nd	1916		Tartaglia	–	Valiant
Volume 24	Sup	1930	1930	Abbe	–	Lyons
Volume 25	Sup	1930	[1930]	Municipal	–	Zweig

• 1914 second ed.