The idea and plans of the Dictionary originated with Dr. Funk, whose first managing editor was Dr. Daniel Seeley Gregory. The _Standard Dictionary_ was projected in 1890 and completed in 1893. Dr. Funk was editor-in-chief of all the publications of Funk & Wagnalls Company, and in his work on the _Standard Dictionary_ was assisted by Dr. Rossiter Johnson, John Denison Champlin, Dr. Francis A. March, Sr., and Dr. Arthur E. Bostwick. The _New Standard Dictionary_ was projected in 1909, and was issued under the editor-in-chiefship of Dr. Funk, with Calvin Thomas as consulting editor, and Frank H. Vizetelly as managing editor, 1903-1913, editor of the same since 1914. The abridgments of the _Standard Dictionary_ were produced under the general editorship of Dr. Funk, by Dr. James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly, and others. The office of Secretary has been held, sometimes in addition to other offices, by the following persons: Robert J. Cuddihy, 1891-1898; Henry L. Raymond, 1898-1904; Robert Scott, 1904-1913; Wilfred J. Funk, 1913-1915; and William Neisel, 1915 to the present time. Following the death of Dr. Isaac K. Funk in 1912, Dr. Adam W. Wagnalls was elected President of the Company; Benjamin Franklin Funk, Vice President. On the death of Benjamin Franklin Funk in 1914, Wilfred J. Funk became Vice President and William Neisel, Secretary. The editorial policy of Funk & Wagnalls Company is directed by the Executive Committee, under the guidance of the General Manager, Robert J. Cuddihy. The Manager of the Educational Department is Mr. Wilfred J. Funk. Inclusive of the Dictionary and its abridgments, the first educational books published by the Company were Fernald’s _English Synonyms, Antonyms, and Prepositions_ and his _Connectives of English Speech_. Of the firm’s publications circulated most widely in the schools, _The Literary Digest_ takes first rank. It maintains an educational service among 15,000 teachers and circulates in more than 10,000 schools. In 1904, Francis Whiting Halsey became literary adviser of the Company and editor of the book department of _The Literary Digest_. Under his supervision were produced: _Great Epochs in American History_, _Seeing Europe with Famous Authors_, and with the assistance of William Jennings Bryan, _World’s Famous Orations_, and in conjunction with Henry Cabot Lodge, _Best of the World’s Classics_. Mr. Halsey died, November 24, 1919. The officers and the principal editors of the Company are: President, Dr. Adam W. Wagnalls; Vice President, Wilfred J. Funk; Treasurer and General Manager, Robert J. Cuddihy; Secretary, William Neisel; _Homiletic Review_, Editors: George Gilmore, Robert Scott; _Literary Digest_, Editor: William Seaver Woods; _Standard Dictionary_, Managing Editor, Frank H. Vizetelly.