Author: YORKSHIRE DIALECT. BARON (Joseph):
Title: T'Yorksher Lingo A Dickshonary ov Gooid Owd Tykes' Words.
Description: London Milner & Co..., no date [1900 - 1920[. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 186 x 123 mms., pp. [iii - vii]. viii - x [9] 10 - 83 [84 blank], original cloth; title-page very browned, spine chipped at base, with the non-authorial presentation inscription on the front paste-down end-paper from 1930: "From [?Prudence] / With compliments / 17/11/30". Joseph Baron (1859 - 1924) is probably the Blackburn-based poet of that name who often wrote in Lancashire dialect, though he writes in Yorkshire dialect here; he is identified as the author of Ribble-land; its Scenery, History, and Legendary Life; James Sharples, Blacksmith and Artist and other books on the title-page. If I'm reading George Hull correctly, in his anthology The Poets and Poetry of Blackburn (1902), Hull refers to a serialized version of Baron's T'Yorksher Lingo, though not by title, in the closing sentence of this paragraph: "Among the most popular of his published works is his "Blegburn Dickshonary," which, in its enlarged form, has now obtained a wider fame as the "Lankisher Dickshonary." Under the former title it was written for and originally published in the "Blackburn Times" over twelve years ago; and under the latter, after its enlargement, it appeared in the "Liverpool Weekly Post," the "Manchester Weekly Courier," and ten other Lancashire weeklies. Still later the "Dickshonary" was published in book form. It evoked a commendatory letter from Mr. Gladstone, together with many favourable press notices, and went out of print within two months. Then came a new edition, with further additions; and this is now well into its second 50,000. The work has also been adapted to the Yorkshire dialect, the words peculiar to Lancashire being omitted; and in this form it has appeared with great success in the columns of the "Yorkshire Post."" Uncommon. Copac locates copies in Leeds University Library and York Minster Library and the National Trust (2). WorldCat lists a copy at Special Collections Library of the University of Michigan.

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