<P> The novelist Herman Melville is known to have used the Penny Cyclopædia while writing Moby - Dick and other novels, and scholar Paul McCarthy has suggested that the encyclopedia's coverage of moral insanity and monomania may have influenced Melville's characters in Moby - Dick and other writings . </P> <P> Vol. 1 . A-And--Vol. 2 . And - Ath--Vol. 3 . Ath - Bas--Vol. 4 . Bas - Blo--Vol. 5 . Blo - Buf--Vol. 6 . Buf - Cha--Vol. 7 . Cha - Cop--Vol. 8 . Cop - Dio--Vol. 9 . Dio - Ern--Vol. 10 . Ern - Fru--Vol. 11 . Fue - Had--Vol. 12 . Had - Int--Vol. 13 . Int - Lim--Vol. 14 . Lim - Mas--Vol. 15 . Mas - Mur--Vol. 16 . Mur - Org--Vol. 17 . Org - Per--Vol. 18 . Per - Pri--Vol. 19 . Pri - Ric--Vol. 20 . Ric - Sca--Vol. 21 . Sca - Sig--Vol. 22 . Sig - Ste--Vol. 23 . Ste - Tai--Vol. 24 . Tai - Tit--Vol. 25 . Tit - Ung--Vol. 26 . Ung - Wal--Vol. 27 . Wal - Zyg </P>

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