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LUDUS PATRONYMICUS, or the ETYMOLOGY
OF CURIOUS SURNAMES.
By RICHARD STEPHEN CHARNOCK, Ph.Dr.,
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF
THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE
NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
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FROM PROPER NAMES.
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"The book necessarily contains some instructive, and in many cases amusing in formation, which will to some readers be entirely new, and it is particularly well suited for the use of schools and teachers."—The London Review.
"There are few etymologists who can afford to dispense with the book. The plan is well conceived and happily carried out."—Reader.
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LOCAL ETYMOLOGY:
A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names.
London: Houlston & Sons, 65, Paternoster Row.
"Contains a large selection of names most likely to be sought for, ans is carefully compiled."—Examiner.
"An immense amount of industry has been brought to bear upon the compilation of this dictionary."...."Those interested in such a study will, in this dictionary, find a help such as they have hitherto found the want of."—Morning Post.
"Contains the etymology of about 3000 names of most interest to the general reader; but the reader may, by applying the information furnished by Dr. Charnock with reference to the prefixes and affixes of local names, carry the work far beyond the limits within which the author has confined himself."—Notes and Queries.
"A Volume on which Dr. Charnock has spent much labour, with corresponding success."—Athenœum.
"The genealogies have been followed out with much labour and research through numerous languages."—Globe.
"As a compilation, it indicates a considerable amount of philological attainment, and less
