The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-23
NAKING An ENCYCLOPEDIA
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ss~tah and intr' 1ary - executive ~d.'inE
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ooarici~r themselves historically and N no
other hxh' there = nothing @hout The
labo- involved "a compiling an sncy-
s-lopasci-a noe the methods % SoTsmanahIp
used IN any % the gree, cOmPsndAums II
learn.ng
whsa So- -e~SinE Axnt 90 this poiGt
w~ua 20 the oric> Of ono ~ the ssii'OSs
u an encyciop@dsa yesterday aftsrnOa
anA asksd him 20 dstail in sbo'' al hours
time all that vas understandable IN the
rnakiaa Of a work such a. that upon winch
he had oesn Engaged FOR more than Ave
y~ars che ssf,Or smiled qrIizn c,liy
yes AID ~ hoaSg.' was his 90 mmsnt
sYou want tn kno- al AhoG' The making
% an encyclopedia u an hour must
admit thai thOg On there are sons very
snaden~~d encyclopedia IN s,istenc@ to-
slAv : beiievs that the ed.,or in chief ~
the brief~st % ths-s U"ssld find q the
hardest tax he ~T@r undertook 10 give
you the ~ elston Ou.iEs % the work in
VOWED IN publishing an enoycionSCiiA
within the time limit you have 80.
This editor and Others q no we're sought
IGNORED any hAndiosp- according to their
discretion and their tune p~rmii'sd and
told all that they coJid tel On the spur
a. sxtsmporization.
IRE bdIs II the ts-5 % encyclOp~7iA
editing varies a. hundred f"tAilz and m
atJenc-s NAV vary Asthe aim may ~ com
p-ehensiv ~ even - the uT'~rtnO~t word
IN the summation 81 human know ledge or
a I, nav ~ r~strictsd 10 dxrd channels
% end-avor amt maze no pr-t"Hce 10
stefnit vens@a - tho tass ~ getting out
an encyclopedia - greater Or only great
70 10 never small Several enrycinp7 die
editors ~ 10 were ia their prime rh-'l they
first began on thear ra1gHyin ms died.
before the last volume - a. IN print some
"a he great bs,Dss Rave been ouiv 80
years ~ the making. some hay" been
thirty and one encyclopaedia which -
nOw N r-,srse % publication siil never -
compIetsd. according - the scheme Of
ifs editors end publishers. but vii ron
tinn~ 10 h. revised and srrpiii"d n long
a. The company Nhich prodUc~- 81 finds
thar -ich = coIr-s IL profitable
In the cider days % tine encyclopaedia
DE Wo.y< VS. usually the n ork 10 one man.
Who tried - put an record all that he
thouRht 10 knsp about tho progress 81
human isslsfn To-Day 'he sn~ycip-
ISsis - a great work IT cuoI."rs'tpu rs
several hun,irsd men. and no tax q ~.
editors IN ChI~i - not - d'-f,lay thew
cathnlis1ty - kno- edge bat - k-@p
"a esr hands IN the II'-tra'- mac in-ry
- detail " i'ion governs AZ tt'- 0IoiI~Ta-
ton and rosnd- 10 into cor p.stsns-r-
TO-DAY 'h"g" are Two general methods
e editing either through a large central
star whirh reviews tabuli,s~ AMI 'rit,-
cise- th- Thousands - contributions or
Gered froW rIeC.--! -s:tsrS and Nhi'Th 'los--
a kro1i share 90 the actual creative WOTA
ai1nR general lines lt-..lf. or through a
small editing stan which Relies largely
lIpon having - Nork ~TIftet4 Dy Hs-i E,u-
fnent and Wbioh throws nost % H.. r'-
sYonstbiiI'y Tor the optnp.ei'1 i-rnh Ii1n
fhe shcAisferz 0f the oJntriiufors IT,
the first cass there b. aotaal crratiOn and
Intsntlvs aTplicAil0u ~ ssiitprIal Judg-
ment and disCT Elimination, u tt@ -s-cynd
rhe getting Out 81 the encyclopaedia -
largely matter ~ c"mpiiaN"n AMI
a.1sOrtfnent Of material The sincere
sditors 81 enc vclOTYEsiias today fo.lOs
almost ~ ctil. iysly the first method. theirs
v the psrfr, ION ~ cen -oT-hIp and fh-
rnlEinR % editorial sup.ryIAIOt ~ the
highest I0lnt They prefer 10 have the
contents 81 their bros -'te@Ued ia ano
nymIry rather than thar the Contributors
should max. the piIblssh"ra responsible
With them for what they may write.
The ideal -ncy'lopTdia. 80 the three
HlllhlN IN fllAfA ~ NIte- Wv NffffHaAtgNnN
EEeRcL- pRdid Writ. - that Which
cumbins@ fDur attributes. frs. accuracy
- statement second. comprehensive
nsss 81 scope third. licidity and at
convsnienc- 81 arrangement That
sach % these attributes msv 10 achieved
q specAi editorial policy and special
prOVlsi0n IN the machinery 80 editing
and ootnpiistion has 90 10 determined
UPON and slher~o to Not all ~ 'hess
chArartsris'Icr could he - iss ~ Were th..
writer's for the encyclopedia through
assignment allowed 10 he thstus@iys.s the
real authors ~ the COmpl-'.-i WORK
ONLY through the employment - a large
central stan and the infu,f. ,Oprdina-
ton ~ one small! detail Ia the great wOTk
Nth another. by careful ssfiiOftal suffer
vislon and preliminary plating 81 th-
whole grand -chsfne Couid AZ sncycio-
tssdla ~ evolved which should IssSsss--
ihe fD,lr AttrtDut~s - l-hs,i Tor Nv the
stiitOrs quoted above.
An editor in cfi-f who starts To- ret
out a new chiffon - an Old sncyclOps-,i a
has a. a Bs,ss - work upon and al ~d
tHTial policy ~ follow that standard
already set !Dr him In the old book Even
tho mschAn.C- ~ compilation ar. am
t,liRs.d for him But what wolIld H.. th..