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"""The World's Greatest Books, Vol. XX"" is writing by way of J. A. Hammerton and is part of a big literature series. This collection tries to include the great works of literature from round the sector, such as works from many unique genres and nations. Volume XX of the series has a cautiously chosen choice of long works that take readers on a wide range of literary journeys. In this series of famous fiction and non-fiction works, the writing skills of famous writers are proven off. Hammerton preference of pieces' objectives to seize the spirit of human creativity and expression. They range from timeless classics to important current works. The collection covers a huge range of topics, consisting of philosophy, history, fiction, and poetry. This suggests how wealthy and sundry the canon of literature around the sector is. This series became prepare by way of J. A. Hammerton, who is regarded for his editorial drawings and contributions to famous encyclopedias. He has a sturdy sense of literature that comes thru in his paintings. By giving snippets and summaries of these critical works, Hammerton offers readers a valuable way to learn about and appreciate the records of literature round the sector. ""The World's Greatest Books, Vol. XX"" is a literary manual that shall we readers hook up with the intellectual and artistic works of people from all around the world and time."

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"Dictionary of National Biography Calls Sir John Alexander Hammerton ""the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known"" (he was born on February 27, 1871, in Alexandria, Scotland and died on May 12, 1949, in London). Hammerton first job as a journalist was in Nottingham, where he met Arthur Mee, who would become his lifelong partner and friend. He joined Alfred Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press in 1905. The Harmsworth Self-Educator was made by him and Mee. Hammerton helped with the first version of Mee's Children's Encyclopaedia. It came out every two weeks from 1908 to 1910 and was later collected in eight big books. Hammerton contributed by putting together pieces about ""Poetry"" and ""Famous Books."" Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia was Hammerton's most important work. It was first released every two weeks from 1920 to 1922. Twelve million books of the Encyclopedia were sold all over the English-speaking world. Other parts of the text were changed and published as articles in Hammerton's later six-volume self-help series called Practical Knowledge for All."

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