![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If economy of space is required in a reference of unsifted an d often irrelevant detail. Indeed the E1tcycloptedz'a Britannz'ca itself would have been rewritten, and not bettered in the process The editors of th is Index believe that in the case of such a work as the Encyclopiedia Britannica the value ofthe Index depends less u po n ex ha usti veness th an u pon i ntelligent selection T here is no more potent cause of mental indig est ion than a mass and arrangement. If every name mentioned, however casually, in t he Encyclojtedz'a Britannz'ca and every sc rap of information had been indexe d the references would have filled a li brary. the Elev'enth Edition, qn Index has been compiled, which, though containing co nsiderably m ore than 500,ooo headings even so only aims at presenting a s elect ion, not a miscellan y of information.To meet this need, as well as to point the reader to information on ot her su bj ec ts, not themselves included among the 4o,ooo article headi ngs of Moreover, the distribution of information over a nu mber ot short articles involves the necessity of c olle ctin g it together agai n in a form convenient for reference. would ha\'e to be written, were every perso n pla ce or thing tr ea te d in a s eparate article. But it still remains true that to make the fu ll est and best use of the book an index of some kind is imperatively needed Since any ency cl opcedia worthy o f th e name m ust t ake all k no wl edge for its province, it is obvious that the wor ld its elf wo uld scarcel y contain the volumes which Need lor ifn Index. " omnibus," articles so c har acteristic of the earlier editions, by a number of shorter art icles easily consulted by t he student. Perhaps, appear at first sig ht �hat an en cyc !o pre dia arrang e d in ��ph abetical order shoul� need no Index volume, more espec 1ally a work hke the El even th Ed1t10n of the Encycloptedta Britannica, wh ich has replaced th e compreh e nsi ve general, or. 342 Madison AvenueĬopyright, in the United State5 of America, 1910. In all countries subscribing Bern ConventionĪRTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION ELEVENTHĮncyclopcedia Britannica, Inc. Ninth edition and eleven supplementary volume, ENCYCLOP.lEDIA BRITANNICA ELEVENTH EDITIONįIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH EIGHTH NINTH TENTH ELEVENTH ![]()
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