Austral English
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About This Book
Edward Ellis Morris (1843-1902) was an educationist and miscellaneous writer. He was educated at Rugby School and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated B. A. with final honours in classics, law and modern history in 1866. He was an assistant master at St. Peter's College, Radley, and at Haileybury, and in 1871 became headmaster of the Bedfordshire middle class public school. From 1875 to 1883 he was headmaster of the Melbourne Church of England grammar school which made steady progress under his care. In 1883 he was elected to the chair of English, French and German languages and literat...
Chapters (41)
- AUSTRAL ENGLISH
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTENTS
- I. ORIGIN OF THE WORK.
- II. TITLE AND SCOPE OF THE BOOK.
- III. SOURCES OF NEW WORDS.
- IV. LAW OF HOBSON-JOBSON.
- V. CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORDS.
- VI. QUOTATIONS.
- VII. AUTHORITIES.
- VIII. SCIENTIFIC WORDS.
- IX. ASSISTANCE RECEIVED.
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF NAMES
- OTHER ABBREVIATIONS
- AUSTRALASIAN DICTIONARY
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
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