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Preface;
1. Introduction: Johnson's 'Mind ... on the stretch': A Dictionary of the English Language;
2. 'The plan of my undertaking': the composition and purpose of the Plan of a Dictionary;
3. 'I can do it in three years': a false start on the Dictionary;
4. 'Ended, though not completed': the first edition published;
5. 'I know not how to get loose': the fourth edition;
6. 'Unexpected truth': the use of poetical authorities;
7. 'Factious in a factious age': theology and politics in the fourth edition;
8. 'The world must, at present, take it as it is': Johnson's Dictionary after 1773; Appendices; Notes; Revised and expanded index.
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Timothy Charters
reviewed The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773 on May 20, 2019
The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773
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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