The Washington Post

Book review: ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure,’ edited by C.D. Rose

Chekhov once wrote that you need to be a god to distinguish success from failure in life without making a mistake. While none of the 52 writers in C.D. Rose’s invaluable book is a household name, to ...
Nature

Encyclopaedia Biblica; a Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible

WHEN the plan of the “Encyclopædia Biblica” was first announced several years ago, the most favourable anticipations were formed with regard to the new project by all advocates of a moderate and ...
Arizona Daily Wildcat

‘The Lover’s Dictionary’ puts a literary spin on the love story

Could you tell a love story by picking out words from a dictionary? A- arcane, B-bolster, C-candid. Alone, they seem unrelated, but together, they can speak of a cherished love. Picking the right ...
The Australian Financial Review

Book review | ‘The Biographical Dictionary Of Literary Failure’

Chekhov once wrote that you need to be a god to distinguish success from failure in life without making a mistake. While none of the 52 writers in C.D. Rose’s invaluable book is a household name, to ...
Nature

Encyclopaedia Biblica, a Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible

THIS work, now completed, contains, as the publishers inform us, about as much printed matter as twelve volumes of the “Dictionary of National Biography.” They have also published a thin-paper edition ...