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Summary

An abridged edition of a reference work originally compiled in 1870. It contains over 15,000 entries giving the meaning and origin of phrases, words and proper names.

Brewers Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Summary

Brewers Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Listed

This is the first abridged edition of the legendary reference work, "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable", compiled by Dr Brewer in 1870, which has since gone through many editions and sold millions of copies.

It has enjoyed great popularity ever since its first publication, and is a veritable treasure-trove of interesting pieces of information - some snippets, some larger articles, some extended lists - always fascinating and charming, and frequently amusingly idiosyncratic.

It contains over 15,000 entries which give the meaning and origin of words, phrases, proper names, figures in mythology and history, and terms in religion, magic, philosophy, literature, geography, history, and the sciences.

This is an extraordinary miscellany of knowledge, including lists of traditional animal calls, patron saints, wedding anniversaries, heraldic terms, how to play nine men's morris, and much more.

As the Editor says in her Introduction, it is "a unique and fascinating collection of information invaluable to anyone who reads or writes".

Brewers Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Reviews

A classic reference work - The Times Educational Supplement

A browser's joy - Sunday Express

One of the great reference books - The Independent

Brewer's has always been the source of last resort for puzzling questions that are not answered in conventional dictionaries and encyclopedias - The Times

About Listed

Originally conceived and produced by the great polymath Dr Ebenezer Cobham Brewer in 1870, this concise edition has been sensitively abridged and completely updated by Betty Kirkpatrick, editor of several well-known dictionaries and thesauri, including Roget's Thesaurus.

Additional information

GOR001488711
9781859862865
1859862861
Brewers Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Listed
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Murray Press
2000-01-01
1136
N/A
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