OXFORD BOOKS OF REFERENCE 



THE value of the great works of reference published by the 

 Oxford University Press is everywhere recognized the 

 Oxford English Dictionary (which began to be published in 1884, 

 and of which nine volumes are now complete, the tenth and con- 

 cluding volume being in course of publication) ; the Dictionaries of 

 Hebrew and Syriac, Sanscrit, Greek and Latin, Icelandic, Anglo- 

 Saxon (the ^4nglo-Saxon Dictionary by BoswORTH and TOLLER is 

 now complete), and Middle English, and the great Etymological 

 Dictionary of SKEATj the Dictionary of National Biography, 30,000 

 Lives in 30,000 pages, now published by the Press; the Oxford 

 Survey of the British Empire in six volumes 5 Mr. PoOLE's Historical 

 ^ttlas. 



But these monuments of industry and learning, though all may use 

 them in public libraries, only the fortunate few can buy and house. 

 To the larger and non- specialist public the Press offers a series of 

 more compendious works, which, it is believed, combine with the 

 Oxford standard of accuracy that brevity and simplicity which are 

 essential for popular use. 



The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, adapted from the 

 great Oxford Dictionary by H. W. and F. G. FOWLER, containing 

 1,072 pages (including ^ddenda~) y is the only dictionary which is in 

 all its elements (save the concluding letters, for which the Great 

 Dictionary was not available) based directly and cum privilegio upon 

 the unique authority of the parent work. The price of ordinary 

 copies in stout cloth is js. 6d. net. There are also editions in 

 leather bindings, on thin paper, from us. 6d. net, and on India 

 paper, from 14^. net. Over i jo,ooo copies have been sold. 



e If there is a better or handier friend of the literary man than 

 this I should like to hear of it.' Mr. E. V. LUCAS in Pttnch. 



The I\ing 3 s English, by the same authors, first published in 1907 

 and frequently reprinted, has been recognized as a classic. The 

 price is 6s. net. There is an abridged edition for schools^ 3^. net. 

 'I am afraid to set pen to paper.' ANDREW LANG. 



