"First HarperPerennial edition published 1999. Reissued 2005"--T.p. verso.
Contents
The dead of the night in Lambeth Marsh -- The man who taught Latin to cattle -- The madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- The big dictionary conceived -- The scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat -- The meeting of minds -- The unkindest cut -- Then only the monuments.
Summary
Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-242).