A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Vol. 2
Samuel Austin Allibone · 1858
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Volume Two of Allibone's Critical Dictionary appeared in 1872, fourteen years after the first, covering K to Q. Samuel Allibone had spent the interval gathering still more notices. The delay shows in the volume's fullness.
Entries continue the pattern: brief lives, full lists of writings, and quoted opinions from the press. American authors receive generous space beside their British cousins. Allibone's own judgments are plain and sometimes sharp, in the manner of a working bookseller. The middle volume carries the dictionary through the heart of the alphabet, a reference no literary library of the age lacked.
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| CREATOR | Samuel Austin Allibone |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1858 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12831912 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |