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Bibliophile who collected dictionaries for years

You are invited to learn more about a bibliophile or "someone who has a strong fondness for books" who in this case was a serious collector of dictionaries. Learn more about this Canadian and his lexicon discoveries by clicking on the link that is shown above.

A dictionary is a book that would be more readable if it did not change the subject so often and it is a reference in which you can find out how a word is spelled only if you already know how to spell it.

-Evan Esar, Esar's Comic Dictionary
This entry is located in the following unit: Log or Blog of Words in the News and from Other Media Sources (page 2)