Chapter 1 Introduction Language, history and the formation of cultural identity; Chapter 2 John Locke; Chapter 3 Jonathan Swift; Chapter 4 Samuel Johnson; Chapter 5 Thomas Sheridan; Chapter 6 James Buchanan; Chapter 7 Noah Webster; Chapter 8 John Walker; Chapter 9 John Pickering; Chapter 10 T. Watts; Chapter 11 Archbishop R.C. Trench; Chapter 12 Proposal; Chapter 13 G.F. Graham; Chapter 14 Henry Alford; Chapter 15 Henry James; Chapter 16 Henry Newbolt; Chapter 17 Henry Wyld; Chapter 18 A.S.C. Ross; Chapter 19 Alison Assiter; Chapter 20 John Marenbon;