Livy
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Livy. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
liv'i, a Roman historian much read in college. Partly from conjecture, authorities have said that he lived from 59 B. C. to 17 A. D., that he was wealthy and well educated, and that he passed the greater part of his life in Rome. He lived in the Augustan age of Latin Literature. His History of Rome was written in 142 books. Like all literary works of that day, the only possible copies were made by hand. Only thirty-five books, and two of these are incomplete, have survived fire and the ravages of time. One hundred seven books are lost wholly. Instead, then, of a history of Rome from the fabled founding of the city to the writer's own time, we have only a few valuable fragments. The thirteen books giving the wars with Hannibal are exceedingly valuable. While the material of Livy's History, especially the earliest portion, is largely fable and tradition, he gives no doubt the national history of Rome as currently held by the more intelligent people of that city. Livy is a fine storyteller. His style is careless but attractive. Even a college freshman cannot fail to enjoy Livy's way of putting things, nor fail to feel that Livy stood for the best there was in Roman character. Goldsmith, and Walter Scott in his Tales of a Grandfather, are thought to remind the reader of Livy's narrative style. See Latin
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
TITUS LIVIUS PATAVINUS, a Roman historian of the Augustan age; born in Patavium (now Padua), Italy, 59 b. c., according to Varro, or in 61 according to Cato; appears to have gone to Rome during the reign of Augustus, where his literary talents soon obtained for him the favor and patronage of the emperor. As an admirer of the ancient institutions of his country, Livy attached himself in opinion to the party of Pompey. Augustus, entertaining a sincere regard for the historian, did not allow his friendship and patronage to be affected by political opinions, though they seemed to call in question the right by which he ruled the destinies of Rome. Having spent the greater part of his life in the metropolis, he returned in old age to the town of his birth, and there died A. D. 18, in the 77th year of his age. Livy has erected for himself an enduring monument in his "History of Rome." This great work, which he modestly designated "Annales" (Annals), contained the history of the Roman State from the earliest period till the death of Drusus, 9 B. C., and originally consisted of 142 books. Only 35 of these have descended to us; of the others, with the exception of two, we possess "Epitomes," or short summaries, but the books themselves have been entirely lost.