Talk:Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia

The "New UE"
Since our department (of mathematics, at the University of Stockholm) owns a set of the 15 volumes of the "New UE", I added a few lines about it. From its preface, it is clear that the first "New" edition was completed "only a couple of weeks" before the death of John Hammerton. Apart from that, and that its production was rationaled by the many factual changes emanating from the second world war, I know nothing about that edition. However, I would surmise that also that edition was published by Caxton, since else the preface ought to have mentioned the change of publisher.

The spelling "Encyclopedia" (in lieu of "encyclopaedia") is no mistake; it is consistently printed thus in our set. JoergenB (talk) 21:55, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

The 1922 edition also calls itself Encyclopedia
Not Encyclopaedia - so we should rename this article ? - Rod57 (talk)

The 12 volume 'special edition' is a separate printing
Article makes it sound like the 9 or 12 volumes could be a bookbinding choice but each volume has its own frontispiece, title page and the first content page identifies the volume. FWIW I have vols 3,7,8,10 & 11 (of 12). Some pages in vol 11 after p7000 refer to dates in 1922. - Rod57 (talk) 09:15, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

More volumes now available online
Not just volume 5, but volumes 6, 9, and 10 are also available at archive.org. I remember as a child often looking through these volumes, acquired by my grandfather I expect in periodic instalments, which he had had bound into volumes - the third option. I hope the remaining volumes will become available. There is a lot of similar material to be found at archive.org under the name "harmsworth", rather than "harmsworth's". 92.3.52.28 (talk) 12:51, 10 March 2018 (UTC)