In today's post there arrived a copy of "Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection" edited by E.L. McAdam Jr. and George Milne

What a treasure! How many wondrous hours could be frittered away lost inside those pages? I wonder, does your copy include his definition of "internecine"? I read somewhere that the modern usage of that word derives from Johnson mistaking the purpose of the prefix inter- in connection with "necine." I also wonder if this is the right place to mention that the episode of "Blackadder" featuring Dr. Johnson and his dictionary is one of the best out of any of the four series, and certainly one of my favourites.