'It is not a coincidence that many of the contributors, including the three Quakers, were women.' Photo: Book cover (and detail) of The Dictionary People, by Sarah Ogilvie
The Dictionary People, by Sarah Ogilvie
Author: Sarah Ogilvie. Review by Lucy Pollard
Friends love wordless silence, of course, but some of us love words too, written or spoken. This book is the latest in a line of fascinating works about the history of the Oxford English Dictionary.