Quotations

Specialized Dictionaries Of Note

African American Wisdom, edited by Reginald McKnight (San Rafael, Calif., Calif.: New World Library, 1993) JFC 94-2590. Also available at the Schomburg Library.

The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women, compiled by Rosalie Maggio (Boston: Beacon Press, 1992). JFF 97-315.

Newman, Richard. African American Quotations (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1998) Copy on order for the Rose Main Reading Room; another copy is available at the Schomburg Library.

Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations, edited by Peter Kemp (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997). *R-RMRR PN6081 .O89.

Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, 3rd ed., edited by Antony Jay (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006). *R-RMRR PN6084 .P6 O94.

The Quotable Gardener, edited by Charles Elliott. (New York: Lyons Press, 1999). JFC 01-2053.

The Quotable Woman, from Eve to 1799 (New York: Facts on File, 1985) *R-RMRR PN 6081.5 .Q64 b1941528 and The Quotable Woman, 1800-1981 (New York: Facts on File, 1982) *R-RMRR PN6081.5 .Q6. b1793510 These companion volumes, compiled by Claudia B. Alexander, are arranged chronologically by birth date of author; indexes are by author and subject.

The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years, compiled and edited by Elaine T. Partnow (New York: Facts on File, 2001). JFF 01-1459. Arranged chronologically by birth date of the author; indexes are arranged by author, occupation, nationality or ethnicity, and subject.

Quotations in Black (Westwood, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981). Available at the Schomburg Library. Compiled by Anita King, this dictionary of quotations by blacks is arranged chronologically by birth date of author. Indexes are by author and subject/keyword.