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EVERY teacher of geography knows that the derivation of place-names never fails to excite the interest of intelligent scholars. It is satisfactory, therefore, that there should have been a demand for a third edition of Mr. Blackie's excellent book, in which he presents in plain and simple language many of the most suggestive results established by students of topographical etymology. The work has been carefully revised, and in its present form ought to be of service to many a “general reader ” and tourist, as well as to schoolmasters and their pupils. Prof. J. S. Blackie contributes to the volume an introductory essay, in which he offers, in his lively way, many useful hints as to the spirit in which the study of topographical etymology ought to be pursued.
A Dictionary of Place-Names.
By C. Blackie. Third Edition, revised. (London: John Murray, 1887.)
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A Dictionary of Place-Names . Nature 37, 151 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/037151a0
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