print email comment close Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable URL: http://www.bartleby.com/81/ Description: As any reference librarian knows, Brewer is the first place to look for the meaning and origin of phrase and fable. And although this edition is taken from the 1898 edition of the book, many of the phrases and fables we encounter today will appear in this classic source. The text is browsable or easily searched by keywords. The site is brought to the Web by Bartleby.com, a source for many titles of classic literature. Author: Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham Publisher: Bartleby.com Library of Congress Subject Headings: Allusions in literature -- Dictionaries English language -- Terms and phrases Literature -- Dictionaries Mythology -- Dictionaries LII Database Information: Record 7714 created by Robert Saunderson on 03/18/2000 Last modification on 08/19/2003 Published: 03/18/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/7714