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• Down the line with John Henry, by George V. Hobart, illust. by McKee Barclay (Gutenberg ebook)

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• The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1919), by H. L. Mencken (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States (second edition; New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1921), by H. L. Mencken (HTML at Bartleby)
• Americanisms and Briticisms, With Other Essays on Other Isms (New York: Harper and Bros., 1892), by Brander Matthews (Gutenberg text)
• Americanisms and Briticisms, with other essays on other isms (Harper and brothers, 1892), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• A vocabulary study of "The gilded age" (Mark Twain society, 1930), by Alma Borth Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Word-coinage; being an inquiry into recent neologisms, also a brief study of literary style, slang, and provincialisms (Crowell, 1902), by Leon Mead (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some questions of good English, examined in controversies with Dr. Fitzedward Hall (H. Holt and co., 1897), by Ralph Olmsted Williams and Fitzedward Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• American words and ways, especially for German Americans. (The Viking press, 1943), by John Whyte (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English language in America (The Century Co., for the Modern Language Association of America, 1925), by George Philip Krapp and Modern Language Association of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of American English on historical principles (University of Chicago Press, 1938), by William A. Craigie and James R. Hulbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• A vocabulary; or, Collection of words and phrases, which have been supposed to be peculiar to the United States of America. To which is prefixed an essay on the present state of the English language in the United States. Originally published in the Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and now republished with corrections and additions. (Pub. by Cummings and Hilliard, No. 1 Cornhill;, 1816), by John Pickering (page images at HathiTrust)
• An American glossary : being an attempt to illustrate certain Americanisms upon historical principles (F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1962), by Richard Hapwood Thornton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of Americanisms. (Little, Brown, and company; [etc., etc.], 1859), by John Russell Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americanisms--old & new. (Priv. print. by T. Poulter & sons, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parts of speech; essays on English (C. Scribner's sons, 1901), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amerikanisches englisch; leitfaden der amerikanischen umgangs- und handelssprache. (J. Bielefeld, 1929), by Hermann Ulrich Meysenbug (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Political Americanisms; a glossary of terms and phrases current at different periods in American politics (Longmans, Green & Co., 1890), by Charles Ledyard Norton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early New England pronunciation as reflected in some seventeenth century town records of eastern Massachusetts. (G. Wahr, 1927), by Anders Orbeck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early New England pronunciation as reflected in some seventeenth century town records of eastern Massachusetts. (G. Wahr, 1927), by Andres Orbeck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americanisms; the English of the New world. (C. Scribner & company, 1872), by M. Schele de Vere (page images at HathiTrust)
• American English (A.A. Knopf, 1921), by Gilbert M. Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eastern dialect words in California (American Dialect Society ;, 1954), by David W. Reed and Francis Wright Bradley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A new dictionary of Americanisms; being a glossary of words supposed to be peculiar to the United States and the dominion of Canada (L. Weiss, 1900), by Sylva Clapin, Brander Matthews, Edward Burnett Tylor, Edward Eggleston, and William Hickman Smith Aubrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of English (McGraw-Hill ;, 1947), by Clarence Stratton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Englisches englisch; über den treffend richtigen, form-vollendeten ausdruck in der englischen sprache und über den amerikanischen sprachgebrauch (J. Bielefelds verlag, 1922), by Paul T. Heyne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Glossary of supposed Americanisms. (J. B. Lippincott, 1859), by Alfred Langdon Elwyn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why? (Seaside Printing Company], 1922), by H. L. Dodge (page images at HathiTrust)
• How words grow; a brief study of literary style, slang, and provincialisms (T. Y. Crowell & co., 1907), by Leon Mead (page images at HathiTrust)
• An American glossary, being an attempt to illustrate certain Americanisms upon historical principles (J.B. Lippincott company, 1912), by Richard H. Thornton and Louise Hanley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Mark Twain lexicon (Russell & Russell, 1963), by Robert L. Ramsay and Frances Guthrie Emberson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Parts of speech; essays on English. (Scribner, 1910), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Our common speech: six papers on topics connected with the proper use of the English language, the changes which that tongue is undergoing on both sides of the sea, and the labors of lexicographers to explain the meaning of the words of which it is composed. (Dodd, Mead and company, 1895), by Gilbert M. Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of Americanisms: a glossary of words and phrases usually regarded as peculiar to the United States. (Little, Brown, and Company, 1877), by John Russell Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Current Americanisms; a dictionary of words and phrases in common use. (Saxon, 1897), by T. Baron Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americanism; what it is (D. Appleton and Co., 1919), by David Jayne Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lebensbejahung. Eine Darstellung des Ursprungs und der Mission des amerikanischen Geistes. (E. Diederichs, 1903), by Charles Ferguson and Cecilie Mettenius (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The study of American English (The Clarendon press, 1927), by William A. Craigie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The English language in America. (F. Ungar Pub. Co, 1952), by George Philip Krapp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Woordenbock van Americanismen (J. Noordvyn en Zoon, 1854), by John Russell Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americanisms - old & new : a dictionary of words, phrases and colloquialisms peculiar to the United States, British America, the West Indies, etc. etc., their derivation, meaning and application, together with numerous anecdotal, historical, explanatory, and folk-lore notes (Gryphon Books, 1971), by John Stephen Farmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The American language : a preliminary inquiry into the development of English in the United States (A.A. Knopf, 1919), by H. L. Mencken (page images at HathiTrust)
• An American glossary, being an attempt to illustrate certain Americanisms upon historical principles (Francis & Co., 1912), by Richard H. Thornton and Louise Hanley (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new dictionary of Americanisms : being a glossary of words supposed to be peculiar to the United States and the dominion of Canada (Funk & Wagnalls, 1902), by Sylva Clapin, Brander Matthews, Edward B. Tylor, Edward Eggleston, and William Hickman Smith Aubrey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Americanisms, old & new a dictionary of words, phrases and colloquialisms peculiar to the United States, British America, the West Indies, etc., etc., : their derivation, meaning and application, together with numerous anecdotal, historical, explanatory and folk-lore notes (Privately printed by T. Poulter, 1889), by John S. Farmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amerikanische redensarten und Volksgebräuche. Mit dem Anhang: Folkloristisches in Longfellow's "Evangeline". (Teutonia Verlage, 1907), by Karl Knortz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A word-list from east Alabama (Austin, Tex., 1909), by Leonidas Warren Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
• An American glossary : being an attempt to illustrate certain Americanisms upon historical principles. (Lippincott, 1912), by Richard H. Thornton and American Dialect Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A glossary of words & phrases usually relating to the U.S. (Little, 1860), by John Russell Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die amerikanische sprache (das englisch der Vereinigten Staaten) (B. G. Teubner, 1927), by H. L. Mencken, Heinrich Spies, and Johannes Schmidt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An American glossary : being an attempt to illustrate certain Americanisms upon historical principles (American Dialect Society, 1939), by Richard H. Thornton and Louise Hanley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Exclamations in American English (s.n., 1924), by E. C. Hills (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of 10,000 Briticisms, Americanisms, colloquialisms, etc. (Standard Book Co., 1883), by Samuel Fallows (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americanisms; the English of the New world. (C. Scribner & company, 1872), by M. Schele de Vere (page images at HathiTrust)
• The little Yankee; a handbook of idiomatic American English treating of the daily life, customs and institutions of the United States, with the vocabulary and phraseology of the spoken language incorporated in the text (J. Bielefeld, 1927), by Alfred Diehl Schoch and Richard Kron (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wörterbuch der Americanismen : Eigenheiten der englischen Sprache in Nordamerika ; eine unentbehrliche Zugabe zu jedem englischen Wörterbuche (P. Reclam jun., 1866), by Friedrich Köhler and John Russell Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tall talk in America in the nineteenth century. ([Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1927., 1927), by William Riley Richardson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dictionary of Americanisms : a glossary of words and phrases usually regarded as peculiar to the United States (Little, Brown and Co., 1896), by John Russell Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americanisms : the English of the new world (Scribner, 1872), by M. Schele de Vere (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parts of Speech: Essays on English, by Brander Matthews (Gutenberg ebook)
• The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States, by H. L. Mencken (Gutenberg ebook)

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