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| Discipline | English language, English literature, lexicography, history |
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| Language | English |
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| History | 1849 to present |
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| ISO 4 | Notes Queries |
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| ISSN | 0029-3970 |
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Notes and Queries, also styled Notes & Queries, is a long-running quarterly scholarly journal that publishes short articles related to "English language and literature, lexicography, history, and scholarly antiquarianism".[1] Its emphasis is on "the factual rather than the speculative".[1] The journal has a long history, having been established in 1849 in London;[2] it is now published by Oxford University Press.
The journal was originally subtitled "a medium of inter-communication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc".[2] It is now subtitled "For readers and writers, collectors and librarians".[1] Its motto was once "When found, make a note of",[2] the catchphrase of Capt. Cuttle, a character in Dickens's novel Dombey and Son.
It is the 250th-most-quoted source in the Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.), giving 1,633 quotations, many being first evidence of a word or a particular meaning.[3]
- ^ a b c From the inner sleeve of all modern issues of Notes and Queries.
- ^ a b c Notes and Queries, Series 1, Volume 1, Nov 1849 - May 1850, via Internet Archive
- ^ "Notes and Queries". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 27 February 2016.