A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Bartlett, John 1820-1905 creator text utu 2009 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett is a reference work first published in 1855. Born from Bartlett's commonplace book while running a Cambridge bookstore, this collection organizes quotations by author chronologically rather than by subject. Now in its nineteenth edition, it has evolved from 258 pages featuring 169 authors to a comprehensive compilation that sparked debates about balancing literary classics with contemporary culture. The book remains America's longest-lived and most widely distributed quotation collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett%27s_Familiar_Quotations Release date is 2009-01-25 Produced by Melissa Er-Raqabi, Aldarondo, the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net and the booksmiths at http://www.eBookForge.net Original publication data not identified Quotations PN Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27889 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27889 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133633.0 27889