Preface to the ( a! F$ @3 {7 ~0 I1 d% xFirst Edition ; K5 l- e2 b1 @# B9 d/ Y- t' y 1 i& Z+ F6 F) C! h# AThe book is essentially a glossary of Briticisms for the guidance of Americans , n7 j5 S$ t( t- ]: Y, ~, A
caught in the entrapment of a common language.