Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editions of Chambers, in chronological order -- List of tables / List of figures -- Introduction -- 1 Methodological and theoretical foundations of the analysis -- 2 The founders of W. & R. Chambers publishing house -- 3 The origin of the dictionary -- 4 Biographical notes on the editors -- 5 Educational beginnings: Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (Ch-A, 1867) -- 6 Towards the optimal arrangement of entries -- 7 The selection of morphological forms -- 8 The growth of vocabulary -- 9 Defining meaning -- 10 The order and discrimination of senses -- 11 Etymology -- 12 Usage labels -- 13 Syntagmatic and paradigmatic information -- 14 Pronunciation -- 15 Outside matter -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Sample 1 -- Sample 2 -- References -- Index