Publisher's Synopsis
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature is a comprehensive reference book compiled by John Bartlett. The book contains a collection of famous quotes and phrases from various authors and sources, including Shakespeare, the Bible, and other literary works. The purpose of the book is to provide readers with the original source of the quotes and phrases that have become common in everyday language. The book is organized alphabetically by author and includes a detailed index, making it easy to find specific quotes or phrases. The book has been widely used as a reference guide for writers, speakers, and scholars for over a century.
 
Macmillan and Co Ltd.; 1925. Tenth edition. Revised and enlarged by Nathan Haskell Dole. xix, 1454 pp. Hardcover- no dust cover. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Corners rubbed and bumped. Top and bottom of spine has some shelf wear. External guttering rubbed. End papers tanned. Binding a little loose but all pages intact. Text clean. No previous owners names/inscriptions or book plates. Preowned. No ISBN.