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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st May 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 473

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      May i , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 473

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      I SHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED , Txnsri ^ 'oiaayc -witih : c JL ^ Gro rr . a-zstid sxjja . o 5 tc 3-, ' A NEW AND ORIGINAL SLANG DICTIONARY , I ETYMOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL . First and only Complete Edition , printed exclusively for Private Circulation , and limited to j 650 Copies ( 500 for England and 150 for America )^ each Copy numbered . 2 vols . fcp . 4 to . printed in antique style on hand-made paper , with , good margins , price to Subscribers , £ 1 . 11 s . 6 d . per volume ; or £ 2 . 2 s . in Roxburghe . SLANG , JARGON , AND CANT . A DICTIONARY OF UNCONVENTIONAL PHRASEOLOGY . EMBRACING ENGLISH , AMERICAN , and COLONIAL SLANG ; TINKERS , YIDDISH , PIDGIN , and ANGLO-INDIAN SLANG ; QUAINT EXPRESSIONS , VULGARISMS , THEIR ORIGIN , MEANING , AND APPLICATION . Compiled and Edited by JHL XJ B E ZR . T BARRERE , Ofncier de l'lnstruction Publique ; Professor R . M . A ., Woolwich ; Author of ' Argot and Slang ' & c . ANT ) O JEtflLXfclrfJE S G- X ^ EXjAN ^ D , JVt . A ., & c , Author of * The English Gypsies and their Language ' Sec , * Hans Breitmann' & c . IN CO-OPERATION WITH P . BERESFORD HOPE . Rev . BLOMFIEL . D JACKSON , M . A ., King ' s E . BROOKSMITHB . A . College . , Sir PATRICK COL . QUHOUN , Q . C ., LL . D ., JOHN HOLLINGSHEAD . K . C . M . S ., G . C . S . G . HAMON LE STRANGE . The EARL of SUFFOLK and BERKSHIRE . CHARLES MACKAY , LL . D . EGERTON CASTLE , M . A ., F . S . A . JOHN A . P . PRICE , M . A ., M . D ., Oxon . Major ARTHUR GRIFFITHS . Professor DOUGLAS B . W . SLADEN , B . A ., Rev . J . W . HORSLEY , M . A . Oxon . ; B . A ., LL . B ., Melbourne . ALFRED GERMAN REED . And others . The work treats of the fashionable and unfashionable Slang of Modern Society , the special colloquialisms of the arts , professions , diplomacy , journalism , and commerce , the jargon of the sporting world , and the ' patter ' and flash phrases of thieves and the disreputable classes generally . It gives those every-day colloquialisms current in the United States and adopted in England , and also the rich and racy slang of the fifth Continent , the mighty Australian Commonwealth of the future . Information in every case has been gathered at the very source from all classes of society , anct in every branch of slang , contributors have been employed ( more than twenty in number ) who have been assisted by several gentlemen specially engaged to search the literature of the day for words and expressions . JPXJTaT , 1 * UOS 1 * JSCTUS JE > O 8 T-FJil 2 E O 7 V JLJfJ ^ TjACjITZON . GENTLEMEN WISHING ^ TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THIS WORK ARE REQUESTED TO SEND IN THEIR NAMES AT AN EARLY DATE . The right is reserved to raise the price after a certain number have been sold . Applications for Copies to be made to * G . MAY ( Messrs . WHITTAKER & CO . ) , jfci — ' . ¦ ¦ 4 White Hart . ' . Street _ , , Paternoster . .. , .:, L , Square ' , London , E . C . -7 mtk wrw

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1888, page 473, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051888/page/35/