The Meaning of Everything

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary.

J.R.R. Tolkien's work with the Oxford English Dictionary is briefly mentioned in the book (pp. 206–7, 246). In the Foreword is recorded that Tolkien was among the 150 men invited to a dinner on 6 June 1928 celebrating the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary, held in Goldsmith's Hall, London (pp. xix–xxv).