The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness, and the Oxford English Dictionary

Preface 1. The Dead of Night in Lambeth Marsh 2. The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle 3. The Madness of War 4. Gathering Earth's Daughters 5. The Big Dictionary Conceived 6. The Scholar in Cell Block Two 7. Entering the Lists 8. Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat 9. The Meeting of Minds 10. The Unkindest Cut 11. Then Only the Monuments Postscript Author's Note Acknowledgments Suggestions for Further Reading