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: It captures a worldview dominated by a belief in inevitable human progress, just years before the start of World War I. Pros and Cons for the Modern Reader The magic of Encyclopedia Britannica's 11th edition

: This edition abandoned long, cumbersome treatises in favor of a "dictionary plan," doubling the number of articles to roughly 40,000 across the full set to make specific topics easier for the "intelligent reader" to find. Encyclopedia Britannica. 11th edition. Volume 1

: Articles were written by the preeminent scholars of the early 20th century, providing a level of detail and individual "voice" rarely found in later, more standardized editions. : It captures a worldview dominated by a