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The claim to fame that Funk & Wagnalls had became a part of popular culture, as it was named repeatedly in skits on television's ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'' and ''The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson'' during the later part of the 20th century.  It was also sold by the volume in grocery stores, with shoppers adding to their personal sets every week<ref>http://historysdumpster.blogspot.com/2012/08/funk-wagnalls.html</ref>.

The claim to fame that Funk & Wagnalls had became a part of popular culture, as it was named repeatedly in skits on television's ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'' and ''The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson'' during the later part of the 20th century.  It was also sold by the volume in grocery stores, with shoppers adding to their personal sets every week<ref>http://historysdumpster.blogspot.com/2012/08/funk-wagnalls.html</ref>.

===Collier's Encyclopedia===

====Collier's Encyclopedia====

Peter F. Collier was a magazine publisher at the end of the 19th century, having made a fortune with his ''Collier's Weekly'' magazine; his publications were known for the excellence of their articles, illustrations, and in many cases the investigative journalism exposing corruption and fraud in high places<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44325/44325-h/44325-h.htm</ref>.  Collier's publishing empire added his encyclopedia in 1902, which over the years would expand its base by being sold door-to-door, with the affordability of paying for and receiving one to two volumes per month.  Meant for high school and college students, it had 20 volumes by 1950; by the time it finished its run in 1997 it had 24 volumes with over 23,000 entries.  The quality of the writing - it had an extensive list of well-known, credentialed authors in its bibliography, and many of its articles were signed - placed ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' alongside ''Encyclopedia Americana'' and ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as one of the great English language general encyclopedias of the 20th century.

Peter F. Collier was a magazine publisher at the end of the 19th century, having made a fortune with his ''Collier's Weekly'' magazine; his publications were known for the excellence of their articles, illustrations, and in many cases the investigative journalism exposing corruption and fraud in high places<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44325/44325-h/44325-h.htm</ref>.  Collier's publishing empire had previously printed and sold ''Chamber's Encyclopedia'' in the 1890s, and in 1902 Collier released his own encyclopedia, which over the years would expand its base by being sold door-to-door, with the affordability of paying for and receiving one to two volumes per month.  Meant for high school and college students, it had 20 volumes by 1950; by the time it finished its run in 1997 it had 24 volumes with over 23,000 entries.  The quality of the writing - it had an extensive list of well-known, credentialed authors in its bibliography, and many of its articles were signed - placed ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' alongside ''Encyclopedia Americana'' and ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as one of the great English language general encyclopedias of the 20th century.

==Young people's encyclopedias==

==Young people's encyclopedias==