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5 unusual facts about Universal Cyclopaedia


Carl Darling Buck

In his early career, he concentrated on the Italic dialects, including among his published work, Der Vocalismus der oskischen Sprache (1892), The Oscan-Umbrian Verb-System (1895), and Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, with a collection of inscriptions and a glossary (1904), and a précis of the Italic languages in Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia.

Universal Cyclopaedia

The name was changed to Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas in 1902, with editor Rossiter Johnson.

Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia in turn was a revision of the 1876 Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia, which was published in 4 volumes by Alvin J. Johnson & Co., and edited by Frederick Barnard and Arnold Guyot.

The Universal Cyclopaedia was derived from the 1893 Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia, also edited by Charles Kendall Adams, and published in 8 volumes by Alvin J. Johnson & Co..

The 12 volume Universal Cyclopaedia was edited by Charles Kendall Adams, and was published by D. Appleton & Company in 1900.



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