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
Chapters
1 I. Some Stories of British History told from English Words 23 min 2 II. How we got our Christian Names and Surnames 29 min 3 III. Stories in the Names of Places 18 min 4 IV. New Names for New Places 25 min 5 V. Stories in Old London Names 19 min 6 VI. Words made by Great Writers 16 min 7 VII. Words the Bible has given us 12 min 8 VIII. Words from the Names of People 19 min 9 IX. Words from the Names of Animals 20 min 10 X. Words from the Names of Places 16 min 11 XI. Pictures in Words 23 min 12 XII. Words from National Character 16 min 13 XIII. Words made by War 14 min 14 XIV. Proverbs 11 min 15 XV. Slang 19 min 16 XVI. Words which have changed their Meaning 35 min 17 XVII. Different Words with the Same Meaning, and the Same Words with Different Meanings 21 min 18 XVIII. Nice Words for Nasty Things 14 min 19 XIX. The Moral of these Stories 14 min
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