Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by zozbot234 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @03:51PM (#47853669)

You might want to add The Reader's Guide to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, PD text available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74039 and scans at https://archive.org/details/readersguidetoen00londuoft - It would fit naturally with the Ancillary material that includes the topic-based index.

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by ahaspel on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:04PM (#47853826)

It would indeed. I will see about working this in, it's highly pertinent.

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by ahaspel on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:04AM (#47888507)

The Reader's Guide has been added to the ancillary material. Thanks for the excellent suggestion.

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by zozbot234 on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:07AM (#47888534)

Thanks for adding this! Do you plan to add back-links in the article pages (and perhaps in contributors pages) pointing to the chapters in the Reader's Guide that mention them, similar to what's done for the subject-based index?

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by ahaspel on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:08AM (#47889697)

Not a bad idea. I'll see what I can work out on that score. But I imagine the far more common path is from the Guide to the encyclopedia than the reverse.

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