Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas

Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas was published in New York by D. Appleton & Company.

The 1902 edition is now in the public domain.

Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, published between 1887 and 1889, contained several dozen fictitious biographies. The writers for "Appleton's Cyclopedia" were paid by the word, and insufficient editorial control was exerted. The "Cyclopedia" was republished, uncorrected, by the Gale Research Company in 1968 and remains on many American public library shelves, in spite of Dr. George Sarton's warning in 1937: "Beware of the "Appleton's Cyclopedia"!"

See also

* Cyclopaedia

References

* Wynne, John J. (1859-1948): "A chapter of errors in Appleton's universal cyclopaedia and atlas"; an article entitled "Poisoning the wells" reprinted from The Messenger, published in New York, The Messenger [1900] , 20 p., bound with this is: "Poisoning the Wells - II"; the eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 18 p. [N.Y., Meany printing co., 1911] [http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1R206580Q85Q4.21994&profile=liball&uri=link=3100009~!908589~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab103&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!silibraries&term=Appletons%27+universal+cyclopedia+and+atlas.&index=]