The Dean's English: a criticism on the Dean of Canterbury's essays on the Queen's English
1865 · New York
by Moon, G. Washington
New York: Alexander Strahan & Co, 1865. Fourth edition, small 8vo, pp. xlvi, 180, 24. Strahan catalogue dated May, 1866, appended at the rear; some foxing, else a very good copy in original green cloth. A censure of Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury's "The Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling" (and related essays), bolstered by 24 pp. of reviews from the press at the front, and another 40 pp. of supporting criticism at the rear. Kennedy 5550. (Inventory #: 42290)