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Roger’s International Thesaurus, compiled by Peter Mark Roget, is a comprehensive treasury of almost two and a half lakh words and phrases, grouped by ideas. Summary of the Book We all face times when we try finding a word for the context of an idea or a thought and it just doesn’t strike the mind at the time. Here is a book that will help you find the word and a whole string of suitable such words if you know what subject of thought to refer to. The book also has the Biography of Peter Mark Roget, Introduction by Ivor Brown, guide on How to Use This Book, Synopsis of Categories, Thesaurus of English words and phrases, Index and Abbreviations. A must have book in everyone’s collection. About Peter Mark Roget Peter Mark Roget was a renowned British natural theologian, physician and lexicographer. The Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases or Roget’s Thesaurus was first published in the year 1852. It was a classified assortment of related words. Some of his notable works are Treatises on Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, and Electro-magnetism, Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. Part I: The Mechanical Functions, and Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. Part II: The Vital Functions.