Oxford Manual of Style
Throughout the twentieth century, The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors and Hart's Rules grew to be indispensable sources for all those who deal with the written word. Now, for the first time, The Oxford Style Manual combines in one volume these two classic reference books in their latest forms: the second edition of The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, and The Oxford Guide to Style - the new Hart's Rules. Together they offer unrivalled guidance on words and how to treat...
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Two classics are combined in this single reference intended for students, scholars, publishers, and anyone concerned with the rules for handling abbreviations, capitalization, punctuation, scientific and mathematical symbols, quotations, illustrations, tables, notes, indexes, and foreign languages. One is The Oxford Guide to Style, which is the revised and enlarged edition of Horace Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford; known as Hart's Rules, it has seen 39 editions since its first publication in 1893. The other classic is the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors—an expanded and updated edition of the 1981 original (which was itself successor to 11 editions of the Authors' and Printers' Dictionary first published in 1905). Editor R.M. Ritter has brought information up to date; US usage and spelling are clearly indicated when they differ from the British. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Library Journal In this single volume, Ritter, who worked for more than ten years in the Academic Division of Oxford University Press, has compiled the work of generations of writers and editors into a useful and readable guide. The result is a wonderful combination of The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (first published in 1905 as Authors' and Printers' Dictionary) and Hart's Rules (a.k.a. The Oxford Guide to Style, first published in 1893), which started out as Oxford's house style guide. The lessons of the ages have held up over the years. The first part of the book, devoted to the style guide, takes us from a description of the parts of a book all the way to an explanation of indexing, with stops along the way to learn about numbers, illustrations, and other languages. This section is arranged by subject and is indexed at the back of the book. The book's second part is the dictionary, which provides proper spellings, British English to American English translations, and general, high-level definitions. If your library already owns one of the standard style manuals (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, The Associated Press Stylebook, or William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White's The Elements of Style) and cost is a concern, then adding this book may not be necessary. But if money is not an issue, or your library needs a new style manual, this fine guidebook is an excellent choice. Writers and editors with room for only one style guide would be well served if this were it. Highly recommended for academic libraries and recommended but not indispensable for public libraries.-Manya S. Chylinski, Ernst & Young Ctr. for Business, Boston Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Introduction to The Oxford Style Manual The Oxford Guide to Style Preface Acknowledgements Contents to The Oxford Guide to StyleRecommended works of referenceThe Oxford Guide to Style main textThe Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors Contents to The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and EditorsEditor's Note How to use this Dictionary List of AbbreviationsThe Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors main textIndex to The Oxford Guide to Style
\ Library JournalIn this single volume, Ritter, who worked for more than ten years in the Academic Division of Oxford University Press, has compiled the work of generations of writers and editors into a useful and readable guide. The result is a wonderful combination of The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (first published in 1905 as Authors' and Printers' Dictionary) and Hart's Rules (a.k.a. The Oxford Guide to Style, first published in 1893), which started out as Oxford's house style guide. The lessons of the ages have held up over the years. The first part of the book, devoted to the style guide, takes us from a description of the parts of a book all the way to an explanation of indexing, with stops along the way to learn about numbers, illustrations, and other languages. This section is arranged by subject and is indexed at the back of the book. The book's second part is the dictionary, which provides proper spellings, British English to American English translations, and general, high-level definitions. If your library already owns one of the standard style manuals (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, The Associated Press Stylebook, or William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White's The Elements of Style) and cost is a concern, then adding this book may not be necessary. But if money is not an issue, or your library needs a new style manual, this fine guidebook is an excellent choice. Writers and editors with room for only one style guide would be well served if this were it. Highly recommended for academic libraries and recommended but not indispensable for public libraries.-Manya S. Chylinski, Ernst & Young Ctr. for Business, Boston Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \
