The Reception of the Third New International Dictionary

THE RECEPTION OF THE THIRD NEWINTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY TED HAEBLER This annotated bibliography of reactions and responses to Webster 's Third New International Dictionary is arranged in approximate chronological order. The compiler regrets the Editor 's decision to omit allegedly redundant information, e.g., issue numbers and dates for continuously paginated journals. He will be happy to provide this omitted information on request . R. W. B. Ives, Sumner. "An Outline Commentary on Webster's Third New International Dictionary: General Introduction ." Merriam-Webster, 1961. Angelí, Richard C. "Webster's Third New International Dictionary ." New Mexico Quarterly 31 (1961): 179-82. Feynn, J. Robert. "Webster's Third New International Dictionary ." New Mexico Quarterly 31 (1961): 182-83. Phillips, McCandlish. "Webster Soups Up Its Big Dictionary ." New York Times 7 Sept. 1961: 7. "Dig Those Words." New York Times 10 Sept. 1961, sec. 4: 2E. Myers, A. B. "Use of Ain't Queried." Letter to the editor re. 7 Sept. 1961. New York Times 15 Sept. 1961: 32. "Webster's Way Out Dictionary." Business Week 16 Sept. 1961: 89. 165 166Ted Haebler McGeachy, J. B. "No Dictionary Can Catch Up with the English Language." Financial Post [Toronto] 16 Sept. 1961. "New Webster's Unabridged Dictionary to Be Issued." Publisher 's Weekly 18 Sept. 1961: 33-34. Glixon, David M. "One Hundred Thousand Words More." Saturday Review 30 Sept. 1961: 19-20. J. F. F. "The Word Watchers." Saturday Review 30 Sept. 1961: 19. Haefher, E. W. "450,000 Words." Letter to the editor re. 16 Sept. 1961. Business Week 30 Sept. 1961: 6. "I. Riverside Press's Production of Big Merriam Dictionary." Publisher's Weekly 2 Oct. 1961: 64-67. "We Ain't Responsible. Who Says Ain't Ain't in the Dictionary ? It Just Ain't True Anymore." Scholastic Teacher 4 Oct. 1961: 6. Continued 14 Sept. 1963. "Vox Populi, Vox Webster." Time 6 Oct. 1961: 49. "Vocabulary Explosion Recognized in New Dictionary." Quill [from Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic society ] Oct. 1961: 29. Hecht, George J. "Review of Words." Letter to the editor re. 6 Oct. 1961: 49. Time 13 Oct. 1961: 8. New York Times 1 Oct. 1961: sec. 4: 8. [Review ofthe Week.] Subtitles: (1) Sam Johnson's Dictionary; (2) When Shakespeare Was Too Modern; (3) France and England Led the Way; and (4) But English Keeps Growing . "Webster's New Word Book." Editorial. New York Times 12 Oct. 1961: 21. The Reception of WNIDS167 "Announcing the Publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary." Word Study Oct. 1961: 1-2. Gove, Philip B. "Linguistic Advances and Lexicography." Word Study Oct. 1961: 3-8. "Webster's Third New International Dictionary." Wall Street Journal 12 Oct. 1961: 12. Gove, Philip B."Webster's Disputes Editorial in Times." Reply to previous item. New York Times 14 Oct. 1961: 21. Cron, Theodore 0. "Dropped from the Lips." Reply to 6 Oct. 1961. Time 20 Oct. 1961: 12. Rader, Jim. "Dropped from the Lips." Reply to 6 Oct. 1961. Time 20 Oct. 1961: 12. Chamberlaine, Lynne E. "Dropped from the Lips." Reply to 6 Oct. 1961. Time 20 Oct. 1961: 12. Harris, Sidney J. "Good English Ain't What We Thought." Chicago Daily News 20 Oct. 1961, sec. 1: 10. Pannitch, A. L. "Distress Signals." Reply to 30 Sept. 1961. Saturday Review 21 Oct. 1961: 31. Sanders, A. L. "Distress Signals." Reply to 30 Sept. 1961. Saturday Review 21 Oct. 1961: 31. Surtees, Eric. "Distress Signals." Reply to 30 Sept. 1961. Saturday Review 21 Oct. 1961: 31. Longyear, Marie. "Distress Signals." Reply to 30 Sept. 1961. Saturday Review 21 Oct. 1961: 31. Pei, Mario E. "'Ain't' is in, 'Raviolis' Ain't." Book review. New York Times 22 Oct. 1961, sec. 7: 6. 168Ted Haebler Kalmus, Allan H. "Mamtaining Order in Language." Letter to the editor. New York Times 23 Oct. 1961: 28. Stevens, Julie I. "Proper Usage of Webster." Letter to the editor. New York Times 23 Oct. 1961: 28. "Non-word Deluge: Webster's Third New International Dictionary ." Life 27 Oct. 1961: 4. Silberman, Raisha. "Webster Releases First Dictionary in Twenty-Seven Years." The Pitt News [Univ. of Pittsburgh student newspaper] 25 Oct. 1961: 5. R. A. S., Jr., ed. "Big Dictionary...