Christiania
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Christiania. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and port, the capital of Norway, at the head of the long narrow inlet called Christiania Fjord, about 60 miles from the open sea or Skagerrack. The houses are mostly of brick and stone, generally plain buildings, devoid of architectural pretension. Important public buildings are the royal palace, the house of representatives, or Storthing, the governor's palace, and the cathedral. An interesting building is the fine old castle of Aggershuus, with its church and citadel crowning a point jutting out into the fjord. Attached to the university-the only one in Norway, opened in 1813-is a museum, containing a fine collection of antiquities and a library with over 500,000 volumes. The manufactures of the city consist of woolen cloth, ironware, tobacco, paper, leather, soap, spirits, glass, etc., and there are extensive breweries. The exports are principally timber and iron. It has a very spacious harbor, regular steamship connection with many foreign countries, including the United States, and handles about one-half the imports and about one-third the exports to and from Norway. The environs are exceedingly beautiful. Pop. (1918) 259,445.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the capital and metropolis of Norway. It is situated at the head of a fiord or inlet of the same name, about sixty miles from the open sea. The site is picturesque, being an amphitheater surrounded at a distance by high hills. The present city was founded in 1624 by Christian IV, whose name it bears. The port is defended by the fine old castle of Akershus, dating from 1300. The royal palace, the cathedral, the university founded in 1811, with its library and museums, are among the prominent buildings of the city. The city is screened from the north winds and enjoys a much milder climate than St. Petersburg. There are extensive breweries and manufactories of woolen cloth, soap, glass, tobacco, paper, and iron ware. The principal exports are lumber and iron. The harbor is closed by ice for about two months in the dead of winter. The population of the city proper is given at 227,-626. With its suburbs and port, the city has not far from one-third of a million inhabitants. See Bergen ; Norway