Brewers Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hutchinson reference classics)

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, E.M. Kirkpatrick

ISBN 10: 1859862861 / ISBN 13: 9781859862865

Published by Hodder & Stoughton 28/01/1999, 1999

About this Item

Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. Seller Inventory # 6545-9781859862865

Bibliographic Details

Title: Brewers Concise Dictionary of Phrase and ...

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton 28/01/1999

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis:

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".

About the Author:

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.