A Historical Study of English Lexicography in UK, USA and Japan

This work is a collection of my essays which appeared in some journals and several appendices of various materials. All of them deal with the historical study of English lexicography.
My interest has been focused on English lexicography in Japan in the perspective of the world history of English dictionaries, especially in the Netherlands, Britain and America.
Contents
1. The Emergence of Dictionaries in Britain and Japan
2. The Mainstream of English-Japanese Lexicography
3. Webster’s Influence on English-Japanese Lexicography in the Meiji Period
4. The Indication of Pronunciation in English Dictionaries during the 18th and 19th Centuries, and its Influence on English-Japanese Lexicography
5. Fifty-nine Self-quotations in Johnson’s Dictionary
6. Obsolete Words and Meanings in Johnson’s Dictionary
Appendix I. A Chronological List of English-Japanese Dictionaries
Appendix II. A List of Webster’s Dictionaries
1. An Alphabetical List of Webster’s Dictionaries.
2. A Classification of Webster’s Dictionaries
3. The Total Number of Entry Words in Webster’s Dictionaries
Appendix III. Transcription of the Preface to A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language (Noah Webster, 1806)