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BOOK THE KNOWLEDGE 'Sly^A^'^^^^-^ Digitized by the Internet Archive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/bookofknowledge07meea A PERFECT SPECIMEN OF ANTIQUE BRONZE TCmmThhaoori-rsisdbtsalty.eedx,eqsautaInifrtsdtuiecwtrtwaeiosevoxfeicdfgaoeuvrusrauunetpfditfioiesnaort,net,dhH,tADhe.uetrDgh.chemuta7lb9ntr.aoyonnehzsAuaetsmsva,t,eut—ehwbtsehehiaealctnraheviacltaalhhss-eftaaprtbeadeirsdetfineInecetgatdarllaaiiycstaindafwssochrieottmfynheedtcthohseaveeiecermroaaenrstdtdcrhuiwlxhipwattloeohfuirglslohdaftrvyecatjohforeesiretcotfredoededua,ermmetswph,ewfrcoreearonnkmntdouwtrVeeyal.il^lntbujneduvoforiouneurgedsen.. The Book Knowledge of The Children s Encydopccdia EDITORS-IN-CHIEF ARTHUR MEE Temple Chambers, London HOLLAND THOMPSON, Ph.D. TheCollegeof the Cityof New York WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN H. FINLEY, LL.D. LatePrciidcntofthe Collrge of theCityofNewYork Commissioner A Education of theStateofNewYork DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS All Countries Men and Women The United States M. Alston Buckley Emot A. Bryant Holland Thompson, Ph. D. Natural History Our Own Life The Earth Ernest Ingenoll C. W. Salecby, M.D. Ivin Sickels, M.S., M.D. Plant Life Famous Books Golden Deeds Edward Step J A. Hammerton M. Perry Milk Book of Wonder School Lessons Stories and Legends Arthur Mee A M. Skinner, B.S. Edward Wright Familiar Things Poetry and Rhymes Things to Makeand Do Harold Begbie A. Von Hartmann E. R. Sayre, B.A. Dominion ofCanada W. Peterson, D. Lin., LL. D. "VJolumc VII New York: THE GROLIER SOCIETY London: THE EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO. Text and Illustrations in this work are protected by copyright as follows: Copyright, 1911, 1912. 1918, 1919. 1921, 1923, by The Gro- CopvriRht'! ?9nT9i8, 1921, byThe Educational Book Cboy. M. ropvright, i9io, 1911. 1912, 1918. 1919, 1921. 1922, Perry Mills Copyright, 1908, by Amalgamated Press, Ltd. Copyright, 1868, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1881, 1883. 1884 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1902, 1906, by TiCKNOR & Fields, James R. Osgood & Co.. and Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Copyright, 1874, 1880, 1892, 1894. 1895. 1896, 1904. 1908, by Charles Scribner's Sons Copyright, 1908, 1909, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Bros. Copyright, 1906, by The Baker & Taylor Co. Copyright, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1909. by H. C. White Co. Copyright, 1897, 1907, by The American Book Co. Copyright, 1890, 1899. by James Whitcomb Riley Copyright by Photographische Gesellschaft Copyright by Keystone View Co. Copyright by Underwool & Underwood Copyright by Brown Bros. Copyright by Brown & Dawson Copyright by B. L. Singley -,. u- Ti,nma<! Bailev Aldrich, Phoebe Gary, Ralph Waldo and Celia Thazter included '^*^^.^.^°!j^^^^^^,^^^"^fflin^Company, the iStedbypermissioaofCi.rlesStriboersScos. 1 CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME This is a short guide only to the principal contents of this volume. It is not possi- ble to give the titles of all the Poems and Rhymes, Legends, Problems, color pages, questions in the Wonder Book, and many other things that come into the volume; but in all cases the pages where these parts of our book begin are given. The full list of these things comes into the big index to the whole work. THE BOOK OF THE .EAR.TH.. THE BOOK OF OUR OWN LIFE TWTohhreeldWMsooonindn,etrhtehoefSkLtihaeesmSpunof Night .. 221029805795 TTThhheee MHMaooiuurttahhnaadnntddheEtahNetaiiTnlegseth .. ... 221109778117 THE BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS THESTBAOTOEKS OF THE .UNT.Ti:.n . How the Lion-Heart Forgave 2019 ATmheeriBcroatnheTresr'riWtaorry Across the Seas . 22104471 TAAhWeFrouGmigraallnVH\.e'AhrgooaiWonafslt.kAaendcKiietnnotgLRoonmdoen. ... 222022323506 . THE BOOK OF FAMILIAR THINGS THE STORY OF FAM.OUS.BO.OK.S \W\hheerree tOhuerNWuattserCoCmoem.eFsroF.mrom... 21199175 MastTehremaTn.\Rleesadoyf C.apt.ain M.\rry.\t 2025 A Stick of Chocolate 2253 Peter Simple and Some of His Stories 2028 The Stories of Ch.arl.es D.ick.ens THE BOOK OF WONDER A Christmas Carol in Prose 2197 . Why Do We Count in Tens? 2005 Capture of the Inca 2223 WhyDoesa.Mot.h Fly.Aro.unda.Can.dle?. 2(K)6 THE BOOK OF STORIES WhF\a-irA?re Some People Dark and Some 2007 Hop-o'-My-Thumb 1985 Why Won't a Third To.oth.Ciro.w? . 2008 KiNc. -Arthir .\nd His Kmchts Why DoOnions MakeOurEyesWater?.. 2009 Geraint and Enid 1988 W hat Is a \acuum? 2010 The Dog and the Wolf 199 WHiolwl tChaenIcIet ASgneowCoamnde RAagianinT?ogether?.. 22008811 WThheenLittthleeBPlriinndceLseidntthheeBTloiwnedr 11999924 WWhhaytDCoauSsoesmeChPielobpllaienGs?et Bald? . . 22008823 SLnegoewnddrsopofaPnldactehseiDnwEanrgflsand 21095995 WWWhhhaayttI.sM\arIetkeStashtauttrhnSe'.osnN:oReii.sTnergesWe.hsMeaFndloe.waeoGfr??u.n is... 22008864 TTInhheethLMeaaDgnaidcyosfPWe^nh'oeounfthTMreunthWer.e Good 222000666122 Fired? 2244 The Princes of the Ivor>' Castle 2062 OWIsfhatWhtheaCEtaauristsehGsuHanonplloEowawdretIhrnqsuiMdaaekd?ee?? . .. 222222444574 THhoMewootWrhasenFdre.ernicnhg.ReSah.cehpehde.rMdeoss.scowof the 22006634 Why Does Our Breath Rise in the .Air?. 2248 The Three Maid-Servants 2065 HowDidthe PlanetsGet TheirNances? 2249 Mother Shipton 2065 Why Does Ammonia Clean Things? . 2251 TThhee .MAangnelWohfothGea.Dviem.pAlweas.y . . 22117757 THE BOOK OF NATURE The Story of Little Red Riding-Hood 2178 .... SBiormdes TSihnagtinSgwiBimrdasnd Climb . 21190715 iAC^astTocaphl'iesnogFfaabClhTerhsiiesftmas Eve 222111878190 Familiar Bird Friends . 2213 The True Story of Father Christmas 2184 THE BOOK OF CANADA THE BOOK OF POETRY Railways in Canada 2273 Gray's Elegy 2021 THE BOOK OF MEN AND WOMEN TMhyeMPiilngdritmo Me a Kingdom Is 22002223 The Writers of the Hymns 2013 Sigh No More, Ladies. 2023 Women Writers of the L^n.ited States. 2095 O Sweet Content 2023 Men Who F"ound Electricity . . 2161 The Nymph's Reply . 2023 Good-Children Street .