Contents: Preface. Errata. Abbreviations used in this book. English language. Prefixes. Suffixes and their significations. Foreign words and phrases. 1. Dictionary. 2. Abbreviations. 3. Biographical dictionary. 4. English Christian names and their meanings. 5. Principal countries, towns, etc. 6. Forms of address, etc. 7. Greek and Roman deities, heroes, etc. 8. English weights and measures. 9. Signs of the Zodiac. 10. Miscellaneous signs. 11. The Greek alphabet. 12. Roman figures.

From the preface: "A pronouncing English-Sinhalese Dictionary, available at a price within the reach of all, has been a long-felt want chiefly with the native students of English. The present work is intended to supply this want and thereby encourage the study of the English language, a knowledge of which is now-a-days felt by every one to be both useful and indispensable. This Dictionary, it is hoped, will also be useful to foreign students of the Sinhalese languages."