Stories That Words Tell Us
by Elizabeth O'NEILL (1877 - 1951)
A history of English words, written for younger readers.
Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms which may cause offense to the modern reader. - Summary by Kazbek
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Stories That Words Tell Us:
III. Stories in the Names of Places ,
IV. New Names for New Places ,
IX. Words from the Names of Animals ,
V. Stories in Old London Names ,
VI. Words made by Great Writers ,
VII. Words the Bible has given us ,
VIII. Words from the Names of People ,
X. Words from the Names of Places ,
XI. Pictures in Words ,
XII. Words from National Character ,
XIII. Words made by War ,
XIV. Proverbs ,
XIX. The Moral of these Stories ,
XV. Slang ,
XVI. Words which have changed their Meaning ,
XVII. Different Words with the Same Meaning, and the Same Words with Different Meanings ,
XVIII. Nice Words for Nasty Things