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Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840) was a London-born author and publisher of educational textbooks who used a vast array of pseudonyms, including that of Reverend C. C. Clarke. Phillips' marketing techniques - the systematic borrowing of famous (living or deceased) authors' names for his textbooks, along with the multiplication of easy to produce related educational products - were key to his success. No doubt meant as an accessible encyclopaedia, this 40th edition of 1834 - attributed to Phillips himself - is a surprisingly vast and heterogeneous survey, which compiles natural and man-made curiosities across the world. The Himalayas and Mont Blanc share a chapter with the Peak of Derbyshire; famous rivers lead to mysterious subterranean forests; and Stonehenge is closely followed by St Paul's cathedral. Halfway between reference book and textbook, this richly illustrated volume is a fascinating catalogue of the world's wonders as perceived in the early nineteenth century.

面臨絕路，他們全力思考出路──從現代倫敦的誕生一窺英格蘭的政治與文化基因 一代人的才智與堅忍，在災害與憂患之中，閃爍發光。翻轉英國命運，就看這關鍵半世紀。 「日不落帝國」不是一日造成的。倫敦在十九世紀成為歐洲最大城，透過軍事與貿易的影響力宰制全球，今日仍是世界最大金融中心與精英薈萃之地──透過跨國企業的金錢運作，延續往昔帝國的榮景。若我們追溯起源，給予英國首善之都今日面貌的，竟然是十七世紀的一群知