Wonder Books

The Wonder Books are a series of books produced in the 1930s and 1940s. It was published by the University of Knowledge Incorporated, editor in chief being Glenn Frank. It is not to be confused with the children's book imprint of Grosset and Dunlap.





Books

 * 1) The Earth Before Man - The story of how things began
 * 2) The Story of Man - His earliest appearance and development to the portals of history
 * 3) The Dawn of Civilization - And life in the ancient East
 * 4) Selected Readings -from much loved books
 * 5) The Glories of Ancient History
 * 6) History From The Renaissance to Napoleon
 * 7) The Outline of Modern History
 * 8) Outline History of World Literature
 * 9) The World we live in and The people we live with travel
 * 10) The World we live in & The People we live with - still more travel
 * 11) The World we live in & The People we live with - still more travel (Marvels of Asia and the Orient)
 * 12) Great Leaders -Men and women who influenced their times
 * 13) Great Inventors and Their Inventions
 * 14) The Story of Engineering
 * 15) Wonders of Modern Industry - The story of the machine age
 * 16) Music and the Great Composers - The story of musical expression
 * 17) Trailing Animals Around The World
 * 18) Earth and Sky - Wonders of the universe
 * 19) Exploring The Mysteries of Physics and Chemistry
 * 20) The Story of Living Plants, Their Uses and how they grow
 * 21) An Outline History of Art - The Key to Parnassus
 * 22) An Outline History of Art - Art of the Middle Ages in Europe of Islam, in the Far East, and of the American Indians
 * 23) An Outline History of Art - Art of the European Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern Art
 * 24) A Modern Book of Wonders - Amazing Facts in a remarkable world