The Public School Word-book by John Stephen Farmer

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53336.html.images 750 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53336.epub3.images 568 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53336.epub.images 573 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53336.epub.noimages 345 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53336.kf8.images 1.0 MB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53336.kindle.images 745 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53336.txt.utf-8 589 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/53336/pg53336-h.zip 528 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Farmer, John Stephen, 1854-1916
Title The Public School Word-book
A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities
Note Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)
Summary "The Public School Word-book" by John Stephen Farmer is a descriptive glossary compiled around the late 19th century. This work serves as a collection of words, phrases, and expressions unique to England's public schools, providing historical context for those terms and illustrating their usage through quotations from past and contemporary authors. The text is meant to appeal not only to those familiar with these institutions but also to scholars and general readers interested in linguistic development. The opening of this glossary establishes the author's purpose and the scope of the work. Farmer expresses a desire to fill a notable gap in the documentation of school-specific vernacular, clarifying that this is not merely a collection of school slang but a detailed analytical resource. He outlines his method of gathering terms historically and compares them to other established works, emphasizing their significance in understanding English public school customs and language. The approach promises insights into both historical and modern usage as the text introduces a variety of terms relevant to public school life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject Endowed public schools (Great Britain)
Subject Students -- Great Britain -- Language
Subject English language -- Great Britain -- Slang -- Dictionaries
Category Text
EBook-No. 53336
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 157 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!