The Reverend James Wood was the editor of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. According to the title page of the encyclopedia, Wood was also the editor of "Nuttall's Standard Dictionary" and the compiler of "The Nuttall Dictionary of Quotations".
Wood,James. The Nuttall Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern,English and Foreign Sources. New edition Compiled by A.L.Haydon, with Supplement. London: F.Warne, 1930. (Editor-owned copy)