Familiar English Quotations

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Twenty - five years ago I published a volume of Familiar Quotations, which was almost immediately out of print. This I believe was the first book on the subject which gave in a collected form the quotations in daily use, with the places named in the works whence the ex tracts were taken. About seventeen years ago a more comprehensive edition of the work was which met with a large sale, and which was the precursor of numerous books of a simi lar character. I had, however, long ago enter tained the idea that a volume of a smaller and more handy character than the above named was required, and the present small publication is the result. I hope it may be found to be a use ful addendum to the Latin and French Quotation Books which have already appeared.