Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, 18th edition

With its delightful mix of

scholarship and eccentricity,

it is a must for every

twenty-first-century bookshelf.

This flagship title in the

Brewer’s series was first published

in 1870 to supply readers

with material that was both

entertaining and enlightening.

This new edition is filled with

hundreds of new facts, from

designer babies to New York’s

sewer-dwelling alligators, and

brings back more than 200

classic entries, such as magic

garters and poison detectors.