Review: The First English Dictionary, 1604
Katie Haegele reviewed Bodleian Library's The First English Dictionary, 1604 in the Philadelphia Inquirer on July 25th, 2007.
She also interviewed John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, who also edited Cawdrey's dictionary and wrote its introduction. Simpson and Haegele discuss the relative obscurity of Cawdrey's dictionary, the standardization of the English language, and the importance of alphabetical ordering.