The professor and the madman [a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary]

Winchester, Simon.

Book On CD 1999

When editors of the "Oxford English dictionary" put out a call during the late 19th century for "men of letters" to contribute entries, hundreds of responses came forth.

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