The New English Dictionary. October, 1902. "Q." Edited by W.
A. Craigie, M.A. (Clarendon Press. 2s. 6d.)—This part is the beginning of VoL VIII. With it we seem to get a somewhat clearer and more definite view of the end. There are sixteen letters in the alphabet before "Q," and nine after it. As to the part itself, it is certainly not less interesting than those that have preceded it. It shows the Dictionary as not less superior to its rivals than before. It has considerably more than double the number of entries in the most complete of other dictionaries, while in the number of illustrative quotations there is really no comparison, as it has 9,480 to 1,316 of the most copious among the others. Of course, this is the strong point of The New English Dictionary. Its method is historical. The native English words in this part are few, but some of them are important; "quick," for instance, which occupies about six pages.
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