A Dictionary of Modern Quotations [antikvár]

PENGUIN REFERENCE BOOKS A Dl CTIONARY OF MODERN QUOTATIONS J. M. Cohen, bora in London in 1903, is the author of many Penguin translations, including versions for the Classics of Cervantes, Rabelais and Montaigne. He has alsó edited the three volumes of Comic and Curious Verse, and Writers in the New Cuba, and Latin American Writing Today. He has written a good deal of criticism, has broadcast on the Third Programme on a variety of subjects, and has read widely in several languages. His particular interests are poetry and the literature of Spanish America, which he has visited several times. He now lives in the country, and, though his vision no longer enables him to read, continues to work and keep up with his favourite subjects. His third son, M. J. Cohen, is an educational publisher who is married and has three daughters. This dictionary is intended as a complement to their earlier joint production, The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations.