University of Knowledge Incorporated
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The University of Knowledge Incorporated was a book publisher located in Chicago, Ilinois, USA in the early-mid 20th century. It produced a series of books known as the Wonder Books in the 1930s and 1940s. The editor in chief was Glenn Frank, B.A., M.A., Litt.D., L.H.D., LL.D.[1][2]
List of Wonder Books
[edit]- The Earth Before Man - The story of how things began
- The Story of Man - His earliest appearance and development to the portals of history
- The Dawn of Civilization - And life in the ancient East
- Selected Readings -from much loved books
- The Glories of Ancient History
- History From The Renaissance to Napoleon
- The Outline of Modern History
- Outline History of World Literature
- The World we live in and The people we live with travel
- The World we live in & The People we live with - still more travel
- The World we live in & The People we live with - still more travel (Marvels of Asia and the Orient)
- Great Leaders -Men and women who influenced their times
- Great Inventors and Their Inventions
- The Story of Engineering
- Wonders of Modern Industry - The story of the machine age
- Music and the Great Composers - The story of musical expression
- Trailing Animals Around The World
- Earth and Sky - Wonders of the universe
- Exploring The Mysteries of Physics and Chemistry
- The Story of Living Plants, Their Uses and how they grow
- An Outline History of Art - The Key to Parnassus
- An Outline History of Art - Art of the Middle Ages in Europe of Islam, in the Far East, and of the American Indians
- An Outline History of Art - Art of the European Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern Art
- A Modern Book of Wonders - Amazing Facts in a remarkable world
References
[edit]- ^ Mabel Cook Cole (1940). Glenn Frank and Fay-Cooper Cole (ed.). The Story of Primitive Man: His Earliest Appearance and Development.
- ^ Robert Marten Engberg (1940). Glenn Frank and Fay-Cooper Cole (ed.). The Dawn of Civilization: and Life in the Ancient East.