The meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2003
Descript
xxv, 260 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Taking the measure of it all -- THe construction of the pigeon-holes -- The general officer commanding -- Battling with the undertow -- Pushing through the untrodden forest -- So heavily goes the Chariot
SUBJECT
Murray
James Augustus Henry
Sir
1837-1915
Furnivall
Frederick James
1825-1910
Coleridge
Herbert
1830-1861
Oxford English dictionary
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century