First published in 1855, BARTLETT’S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS has been completely updated and revised for the seventeenth edition by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan. This 17th edition, under Kaplan’s splendid direction, contains over 20,000 quotations, representing 2,500 authors, 90 of whom are new to BARTLETT’S. New comers include Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Tony Kushner, Tammy Wynette, Margaret Atwood, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou, Frank O’Hara, Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis, Mother Teresa, Jacques Cousteau, Rudolph Giuliani, Alfred Hitchcock, L. M. Montgomery, Eric Ambler, Jerry Seinfeld, J.K. Rowling, Katharine Graham, and Emma Goldman. With quotations presented in chronological order, in the famous BARTLETT’S tradition, BARTLETT’S gives the reader a vast panorama of the world, from the ancient Egyptians to the latest movie, from the inspirational and the beautiful to the sardonic and the downright funny.
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Changes in new edition It should be noted that some reviews here refer to editions PRIOR to the new 17th edition of Bartlett’s. For example, Ronald Reagan’s Berlin speech “…tear down this wall…” is included in this latest edition along with other updates and revisions.I would agree with others that it is probably worthwhile to hold onto earlier editions of timepieces/repositories of additional quotes that, with the march of time, get squeezed out of current and future edtions. Every home should have at…
Invaluable, authoritative, probably the “best” Comparing this, the 17th edition of the best known and arguably the most authoritative collection of quotations (“familiar,” memorable, or just plain quotable–you choose the terminology), to its predecessor the 16th edition, the question arises, should you upgrade? I own both books and have examined them in some detail. I have used the 16th for many years.The 17th is set in a new typeface which is both slightly narrower and less bold than that of the 16th. The result is a…