单词 | mudie |
释义 | Mudien. I. Compounds. 1. attributive and in the genitive. Designating the circulating library opened by Charles Mudie in London; (also) designating items associated with this library. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > specific libraries Bodleian1663 Mudie1853 1853 Notes & Queries 10 Dec. 580 (advt.) From sixty to six hundred copies of each of the following works are in circulation at Mudie's Select Library [etc.]. 1859 H. C. Robinson Diary 26 May (1967) 300 I subscribed to Mudie's Library, as I have long intended. 1879 C. M. Yonge Magnum Bonum III. xxxii. 675 ‘It is the advantage of having no Mudie boxes,’ said his mother. ‘We are taking up our Southey.’ 1885 C. M. Yonge Nuttie's Father I. xvi. 191 She could only have recourse to Mudie's box to try to drive dull care away. 1888 Bks. for Presents & Prizes: Catal. Bks. Best Authors (Mudie's Select Library) Aug. 1 A few Choice Books in Mudie Calf, Extra Morocco, and other Superior Bindings are also kept in Stock. 1908 Mrs. H. Ward Diana Mallory i. vi. 113 The Book-Club..embraced some ten families who drew up their Mudie lists in common, and sent the books from house to house. 1922 H. Walpole Cathedral i. ii. 28 He looked at them all, with their light yellow Mudie labels, their fresh bindings. 1970 G. L. Griest (title) Mudie's Circulating Library and the Victorian novel. 1992 J. West Strange Rise Semi-literate Eng. (BNC) Books with their yellow Mudie's label still appear in large numbers, and their contribution to the literary culture of the time must have been high indeed. II. Simple uses. 2. Frequently in the genitive, used absol. Mudie's library. ΚΠ 1857 Littell's Living Age 14 Mar. 683/2 I have shut up my book-shelves; I have sent home a barrowful of volumes to Mudie; I have taken to drinking in despair. 1859 H. C. Robinson Diary 30 May (1967) 300 I went to Mudie's for the poems of Macdonald. 1864 E. C. Gaskell French Life i, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 439/2 They have nothing equivalent to ‘Mudie’ in Paris. 1890 Universal Rev. 8 518 I believe I have the smallest library of any literary man in London... I keep my books at the British Museum and at Mudie's. 1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School ii. 44 He..said you had written a novel... I must get Mudie's to send it down with their next batch. 1966 W. T. Berry & H. E. Poole Ann. Printing 230/2 As the watch-dog of contemporary literary morals, Mudie soon became a ruthless dictator as to what the people should read... ‘What will Mudie say?’ became the proverbial question when new fiction was under consideration in publishers' offices. 1992 W. J. West Strange Rise Semi-literate Eng. 32 At first the public lending libraries did not compete with Mudie's and their kin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1853 |
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