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1. The best of times and the worst: a prologue;
Part I. Philip Gove and The Genesis of Webster's Third:
2. Gove's formative years: the road to Springfield;
3. The Webster and Merriam tradition;
4. The new editor takes hold;
Part II. The Making of the Dictionary: Gove's Intentions:
5. The meaning of words: definers at work;
6. The origins of words: the etymologist's task;
7. The sound of words and other matters;
8. Usage and final tasks;
Part III. The War of Words:
9. Early Returns: the fuse is lit;
10. The controversy heats up;
11. 1962: calamity or calumny?;
12. Commercial intrusions: trademarks, takeover threats, competition;
13. Ideology and politics in the running debate;
14. The judgment of peers;
Part IV. Sorting It All Out:
15. Gove and Webster's Third: the legacy;
16. Concluding words.
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Raymond Rundus
reviewed Story of Webster's Third: Philip Gove's Controversial Dictionary and its Critics on September 09, 2007 Story of Webster's Third
We know that it's possible to write entertainingly about the process of writing a dictionary -- Simon Winchester has done it twice. Henry Hitchings doesn't have the knack. The word that comes to mind that best describes this book is "plodding".
The copy I bought was remaindered at $3.88. I can't say I was surprised.
A dull, pedestrian, aimless book. Though I dare say the scholarship was accurate.
Hitchings has recently come out with another book: "The Secret Life of Words". According to The New Yorker , "Hitchings offers a rich array of anecdotes and extracts, but the absence of a strong over-all argument deprives his account of momentum".
If you're looking for a present for the word addict on your holiday gift list, "Alphabet Juice", by Roy Blount Junior, looks to be a better bet (based on the first chapter, which I read in the New York Times).
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