“What encyclopedia should I buy?” This writer, in one or another of his capacities as professor of politics, newspaper columnist, editor of the University Bookman, author of this page in national review, or general man of letters, is forever being asked that question — particularly by parents who (the encyclopedia salesmen tell them) owe their offspring a set of reference works.
“What encyclopedia is unbiased?” That worries the prospective purchaser more than anything else. I am compelled to tell inquirers that no American encyclopedia is wholly innocent of bias, though some are guiltier than others.
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