Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 3
6. Chapter 2. At Trench’s Suggestion, 1858–1878 14
7. Chapter 3. Murray’s Editorship, 1879–1915 35
8. Chapter 4. Shakespeare’s Dictionary 57
9. Chapter 5. Citing The Shrew 76
10. Chapter 6. A Victorian Canon: The Authors 92
11. Chapter 7. A Victorian Canon: The Titles 113
12. Chapter 8. A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, 1957–1986 128
13. Chapter 9. Modern Citation 145
14. Chapter 10. The Second Edition, 1984–1989 162
15. Chapter 11. The Sense of Omission 176
16. Chapter 12. A Source of Authority 190
17. Appendix of Tables 209
18. Notes 223
19. References 239
20. Index 251