The Nuttall Encyclopædia is named for Dr.
Peter Austin Nuttall (d. 1869), whose works, such as
Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language (published in 1863), were eventually acquired by
Frederick Warne, and would be published for decades to come. The title page proclaims this encyclopedia to be "a concise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopædias, and specially dealing with such as come under the categories of
history,
biography,
geography,
literature,
philosophy,
religion,
science, and
art". The entries or articles in this work are generally very short, and are mostly about individuals and places; while it has entries for fictional characters from
Charles Dickens' books, the encyclopedia lacks entries for
fruit. It often reflects the personal
worldview of the author, viewing events from a definite perspective. This can be seen in entries like
Dates of Epoch-Making Events. As another example, the entry for
Venezuela presents a British view of an
1899 event: In 2004,
Project Gutenberg published a version of the 1907 edition, which is now in the
public domain. ==References==