; THE ENCYCLOPADIA BRITANNICA (11th Edition) 
-~ A Work of International Scholarship 
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Continuous Editorial Control 
3- For the first time the contents of the Encyclo- 
edia Britannica have been written simultaneously, so 
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tecture should be as up to date as the article on Zoology. 
and, finally, to allot the space under all headings accord. 
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any one. of the volumes, therefore, are of an even 
date Get itors have, further, by t 
method of uous control, been able to eliminate 
repetitions and inconsistencies, and to prevent over- 
lapping. The information 
under each heading is com- 
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edition, as a matter of fact, contains more than twice 
as much information as the Ninth. 
cise Treatment 
- Another important improvement upon the last 
edition i is sims somratathy. The Encyclopedia Bri- 
annica (11t ition) combines comprehensiveness 
with brevity, peri tee oe of major subjects 
with greater facility of ref 
ones, which are now deal gens 
separate headings. 
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be found in the new work. 
There the Ninth Edition 16,400 articles, but in 
the hese, "Edition there are over 4o, 
” Headings 
5. The decision to effect a wide departure from 
the principle of c omprehensive treatmen 
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Unfamiliar words, especially 
those of a scientific character, or having to do with the 
investigations o of specialists, are explained either under 
their own headings after the manner of a dictiona ary or 
in the body of the text as they occur. So convenient 
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it was estimated at the time the Ninth Edition appeared, 
that it contained 10,000 strange words not to be found 
even in the largest English dictionary. The new edi- 
Hon of the Encyclopaedia Britanni ica _ explains thou- 
of science and discovery has introduced wit hin recent 
years, as well as all older words, which have an inter- 
esting history or a complicated meaning. 
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