The bibliography below is an attempt to gather and organize the rich and varied lexicographical work of Dr. Frank Horace Vizetelly. Dr. Vizetelly’s works include an extensive array of uniligual and bilingual dictionaries, works related to the making of dictionaries and to the preparation of manuscripts, encyclopedias and many prescpitive writings intended to “better your English”. What made the compilation of this bibliography particularly intriguing were the countless subsequent issues and reprintings, especially of the dictionaries. Moreover, minor changes to the titles of the dictionaries (for example: Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language compared to Funk & Wagnalls Standard Universal Dictionary of the English Language) often made it hard to establish whether a certain year was the date simply of a reprint or actually represented a new edition. The two main sources of this bibliography were WorldCat and the Library of Congress Catalogue. Apart from these sources many other catalogues of both public and academic libraries, mainly in the U.S., were consulted in order to obtain all the dates of the reissues and new editions. This project is a work in progress, which we will update as more information is found.

 

          DICTIONARIES                                                          PRESCRIPTIVE WORKS
          Works Related to Dictionaries

ENCYCLOPEDIAS                                                      ARTICLES AND OTHER WORKS

 

 

 

 

DICTIONARIES

 

Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language; prepared by more than three hundred and eighty specialists and other scholars, under the supervision of Isaac K. Funk editor-in-chief, Calvin Thomas consulting editor, Frank H. Vizetelly managing editor. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1913; 1919; 1924; 1928; 1931; 1935; 1938.

Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language; also A standard history of the world / prepared by more than three hundred and eighty specialists and other scholars under the supervision of Isaac K. Funk, editor-in-chief ; Calvin Thomas, consulting editor ; Frank H. Vizetelly, managing editor. New York : Funk & Wagnalls, 1913; 1916; 1917 (c 1913); 1918; 1919; 1923; 1925; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1932; 1933; 1935; 1936; 1937.

F. H. Vizetelly, Charles Earle Funk. Funk & Wagnalls Standard Universal Dictionary of the English Language. Evanston, Ill., New York City [etc.] Row, Peterson and Company, 1939.

The High School Standard Dictionary of the English Language; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of about 83,000 words and phrases in the speech and literature of the English-speaking peoples. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1925; 1929.

Funk & Wagnalls Standard High School Dictionary of English Language; giving the spelling, division, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of 50,000 words and phrases, with illustrative examples of their correct use in English speech and literature, together with 5,000 synonyms and 1,800 pictorial illustrations in half-tone, line, and color, including full page plates. Edited by Frank H. Vizetally and Charles Earle Funk. Evanston, Ill., New York City [etc.] Row, Peterson and Company, 1939.

The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of about 38,000 words and phrases in the speech and literature of the English-speaking peoples, 800 pictorial illustrations, abridged from the Funk & Wagnalls Standard dictionary of the English language, by James C. Fernald . New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1906.

The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language; 1,000 pictorial illustrations. Abridged from the Funk & Wagnalls new Standard dictionary of the English language by James C. Fernald. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1920; 1921; 1923; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1930; 1933; 1934.

The New Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language; giving the spelling, division, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of 50,000 words and phrases, with illustrative examples of their correct use in English speech and literature, together with 5,000 synonyms and 1,800 pictorial illustrations in half-tone, line and color, including full-page plates / edited by Frank H. Vizetelly and Charles Earle Funk. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, c1935; 1938 [1937].

The Desk Standard Dictionary of the English Language; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of about 83,000 words and phrases in the speech and literature of the English-speaking peoples; 1,200 pictorial illustrations; abridged from the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard dictionary of the English language by James C. Fernald. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1919 (new ed., augm. and carefully rev. by Frank H. Vizetelly); 1920 (new ed., augm. and carefully rev. by Frank H. Vizetelly); 1921(a new ed., augm. and carefully rev. by Frank H. Vizetelly); 1922; 1923; 1925; 1926; 1927(new ed., augm. and carefully rev. by Frank H. Vizetelly); 1928; 1929; 1930; c1931; 1932; 1933 (new ed., augm. and carefully rev. by Frank H. Vizetelly); 1934; 1935; 1937 (new ed., augm. and carefully rev. by Frank H. Vizetelly); c1938; 1938.
Note: According to some libraries, among which Harvard University Library, Library of Congress, University of Berkeley Library, University of Texas Library, Iowa State University Library, etc., the editions 1921; 1925; 1929; 1919; 1928; 1920; 1922 were published also under title: The High School Standard Dictionary of the English Language.

Funk & Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1921.

The Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1931; 1933; 1934; 1936; 1937; 1938.

The College Standard Dictionary of the English Language: designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of over 140,000 words and phrases in the speech and literature of the English-speaking peoples, with synonyms, antonyms, and prepositions; containing also an appendix of foreign phrases used in English speech and literature; 2,500 pictorial illustrations / abridged from the Funk & Wagnalls new Standard dictionary of the English language, by Frank H. Vizetelly. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1922; 1923 [c1922]; 1925 [c1924]; 1927; 1929; [c1931]; 1933; [c1938].

The Vest-pocket Standard Dictionary of the English Language; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, syllabication, and definition of more than 26,000 words in the speech of the English-speaking peoples; with a summary of events in the world war, a gazetteer and other useful information, including maps, of the United States, its foreign possessions, etc. / abridged from the Funk & Wagnalls standard dictionary of the English language by James C. Fernald. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Company [c1920]; [c1922]; [c1931]; [c1933].

The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, and meaning of about 38,000 words and phrases in the speech and literature of the English-speaking peoples; 780 pictorial illustrations. New York, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1923; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1932; 1934; 1936; [c1939]; 1940; [c1940]; 1942; 1942; 1945; 1952.

F. H. Vizetelly, James Champlin Fernald. The Handy Standard Dictionary and Atlas; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, and meaning of about 38,000 terms in the English language, together with faulty diction, foreign words and phrases, and a gazetteer of the world. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1924; [c1929]; [c1931]; 1933 [c1932].

Fernald, James Champlin. The Alliance Ready Reference Standard Dictionary of the English Language; designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of about 83,000 words and phrases in the speech and literature of the English-speaking peoples; 1,200 pictorial illustrations. A new edition, augmented and carefully revised by Frank H. Vizetelly. New York, National Educational Alliance, inc., 1938.

The Modern Home and Office Dictionary; 1,000 pictorial illustrations; prepared by Frank H. Vizetelly, in association with Marion J. Burchard.. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1935; 1936; 1937.

Vizetelly, Frank H. A Dictionary of Simplified Spelling. A dictionary of simplified spelling based on the publications of the United States Bureau of education and the rules of the American philological association and the Simplified spelling board. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1915.

Vizetelly Frank H. The Soldier's Service Dictionary of English and French Terms; embracing 10,000 military, naval, aeronautical, aviation, and conversational words and phrases used by the Belgian, British, and French armies, with their French equivalents carefully pronounced, the whole arranged in one alphabetical order, designed especially for instant use in the United States service. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1917; 1918; 1930.

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Vizetelly, Frank H. The Development of the Dictionary of the English Language. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1915; [1923].

Vizetelly, Frank H. Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary Lessons. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company [c1920].

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

The New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia; prepared under the editorial direction of Joseph Laffan Morse. Based on the Funk & Wagnalls new Standard encyclopedia compiled under the editorship of the late Frank H. Vizetelly. New York, Unicorn Publishers [1949-50].

Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge; prepared under the editorial direction of Frank H. Vizetelly by an editorial staff of experts and specialists with the help of the leading scholars, scientists, and men of affairs of the English-speaking world. New York, Funk & Wagnalls: [c1931]; 1931-1945 (Unicorn Press: newly revised ed.); [c1934]; [c1935]; [c1937]; [1942-43].

Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia Course of Study and Index; prepared under the editorial direction of Frank H. Vizetelly by Warren V. Krehbiel. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, [1936].

Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book. 1932-. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. On spine, 1932- : Funk & Wagnalls new standard year book. Editors: 1932-38, F. H. Vizetelly.1939-46, C. E. Funk. 1947- H. E. Vizetelly; New York, Unicorn Publishers [1949-50], “Based on the Funk & Wagnalls new Standard encyclopedia compiled under the editorship of the late Frank H. Vizetelly”.

A Daily Guide to Knowledge. Compiled under the editorial direction of Frank H. Vizetelly, in consultation with Charles Earle Funk. "Brief sketches that ... enhance the information given in the twenty-seven volumes of the Funk & Wagnalls new standard encyclopedia through which one may follow a systemized course of study". New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company [c1936]; [1944]; c1947; 1948.

Who? When? Where? What?; 20,000 facts on makers of history, art, literature, science, and religion. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, c1920; [1923]; [c1925]; [c1934].

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PRESCRIPTIVE WORKS

Vizetelly, Frank H. Conjunctions: Their Use and Abuse; illustrated by examples drawn from classic English literature, with rules indicating how to use them correctly in speech and writing. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1924.

Vizetelly, Frank H. Prepositions, how to use them; with an explanation of their relation to other words in the formation of sentences, and 2,500 examples of usage drawn from English literature. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1924.

Vizetelly, Frank H. Essentials of English Speech and Literature; an outline of the origin and growth of the language, with chapters on the influence of the Bible, the value of the dictionary, and the use of the grammar in the study of the English tongue. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1915; 1915 (New York: Grosset & Dunlap); [c1917]; [1924].

Vizetelly, Frank H. Punctuation & capitalization; how to make use of them; one hundred rules and quotations illustrative of their application, with rules for the compounding of English words and forms of address. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, [1921].

Vizetelly, Frank H. A Desk-book of Twenty-five Thousand Words Frequently Mispronounced; embracing English words, foreign terms, Bible names, personal names, geographical names, and proper names of all kinds current in literature, science, and the arts, that are of difficult pronunciation, carefully pronounced, annotated, and concisely defined, and indicating the preferences of the leading dictionaries from 1732 to 1916. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls, 1917; 1919; 1924 [c1919]; [c1929].

Vizetelly Frank H. A Desk-book of Errors in English; including notes on colloquialisms and slang to be avoided in conversation. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1906; 1909; 1910; 1915 [c 1906]; [c1920]; 1920 (New York : Grosset & Dunlap).

Vizetelly Frank H. and Leander J. de Bekker. A Desk-Book of Idioms and Idiomatic Phrases in English Speech and Literature; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1923; 1923 (New York, Grosset & Dunlap); 1926; 1932; 1935 (New York, Grosset & Dunlap); 1970 (Detroit, Gale Research Co, Reprint of the 1923 ed).

Vizetelly, Frank H. Words We Misspell in Business; ten thousand terms, showing their correct forms and divisions as used in printing and writing, with rules governing the orthography of English words. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1921.

Vizetelly, Frank H. How to Speak English Effectively; a guide to the art of correct enunciation, with a list of some words often mispronounced from coast to coast. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.

Vizetelly, Frank H. How to Use English Effectively; a guide to correct speech and writing. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1932; 1933; New York : Grosset & Dunlap; [c1932]; 1933.

Vizetelly, Frank H. Mend Your Speech; one thousand hints on words, their use and abuse. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1910; c1920.

Vizetelly, Frank H. S. O. S., Slips of Speech and How to Avoid Them. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company [c1922].

Vizetelly, Frank H. Foreign Phrases in Daily Use; a readers' guide to popular and classic terms in the literature of seven languages with explanations of their meanings. New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1906.

Vizetelly, Frank H. Foreign Phrases in Daily Use; a guide to popular and classic terms in the literature of eight languages with explanations of their meanings in English. New York [etc.] Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1933.

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ARTICLES AND OTHER WORKS

Vizetelly, Frank H. “The Boers in Bermuda”. The Independent. December 12, 1901, p. 2949 - 2956.

Vizetelly, Frank H. “Balmy Bermuda: The Island Paradise of the Summer Sea”. The Four – Track News, vol. V, no. 3, September, 1903, p. 131 - 134.

Vizetelly, Frank H. “The Riviera of the Atlantic”. Journal of Education, vol. LXIII, no. 8, February 22, 1906, p. 202 - 203.

Vizetelly, Frank H. “The Riviera of the Atlantic”. The New Age Magazine, vol. IX, no. 5, November 1908, p. 389 - 396.

Vizetelly, Frank H. The Preparation of Manuscripts for the Printer; containing directions to authors as to the manner of preparing copy and correcting proofs, with suggestions on the submitting of manuscripts for publication. 8th ed. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1905; 1906; c1911; c1912; 1913; 1918; c1924; 1929; [1932].

Halsey, Francis W., ed. Great Epochs in American History, described by famous writers from Columbus to Roosevelt. Vol. X. (Our own times: 1877-1934.): With an introduction by Frank H. Vizetelly. 1877-1934. New York, Funk & Wagnalls company, [c1934].

Cassell's New French-English, English-French Dictionary; with key to pronunciations and an appendix of proper names, weights and measures, etc.; edited by Ernest A. Baker ... with an introduction by Frank H. Vizetelly. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Company [c1930].

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