re: #2 jamesfirecat

…Though why a 1911 edition of Britannica? Does anybody here have any ideas?

The Encyclopdia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopdia Britannica’s transition from a British to an American publication…Some articles have special value and interest to modern scholars as cultural artifacts of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Also:

“…While it may have been a reliable description of the general consensus of its time, for some modern readers, the Encyclopedia has several glaring errors, ethnocentric remarks, and other issues:

* Contemporary beliefs about race and ethnicity are included in the Encyclopedia’s articles. For example, the entry for “Negro” states, “Mentally the negro is inferior to the white… the arrest or even deterioration of mental development [after adolescence] is no doubt very largely due to the fact that after puberty sexual matters take the first place in the negro’s life and thoughts.”[4] The article about the American War of Independence attributes the success of the United States in part to “a population mainly of good English blood and instincts”.[5]

Oh yeah, and it’s public domain, so you can have children photocopy the pages for you to distribute…