CATALOG OF DOVER BOOKS 



THE ROMANCE OF WORDS, E. Weekley. An entertaining collection of unusual word-histories 

 that tracks down for the general reader the origins of more than 2000 common words and 

 phrases in English (including British and American slang): discoveries often surprising, often 

 humorous, that help trace vast chains of commerce in products and ideas. There are Arabic 

 trade words, cowboy words, origins of family names, phonetic accidents, curious wanderings, 

 folk-etymologies, etc. Index, xiii 4- 210pp. 53/8 x 8. T710 Paperbound $1.25 



PHRASE AND WORD ORIGINS: A STUDY OF FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS, A. H. Holt. One of the most 

 entertaining books on the unexpected origins and colorful histories of words and phrases, 

 based on sound scholarship, but written primarily for the layman. Over 1200 phrases and 

 1000 separate words are covered, with many quotations, and the results of the most modern 

 linguistic and historical researches. "A right jolly book Mr. Holt has made," N. Y. Times, 

 v + 254pp.' 53/8 x 8. T758 Paperbound $1.35 



AMATEUR WINE MAKING, S. M. Tritton. Now, with only modest equipment and sio prior knowl- 

 edge, you can make your own fine table wines. A practical handbook, this covers every type 

 of grape wine, as well as fruit, flower, herb, vegetable, and cereal wines, and many kinds of 

 mead, cider, and beer. Every question you might have is answered, and there is a valuable 

 discussion of what can go wrong at various stages along the way. Special supplement of 

 yeasts and American sources of supply. 13 tables. 32 illustrations. Glossary. Index. 239pp. 

 51/2 x 8V2. T514 Clothbound $4.00 



SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD. Captain Joshua Slocum. A great modern classic in a 

 convenient inexpensive edition. Captain Slocum's account of his single-handed voyage around 

 the world in a 34 foot boat which he rebuilt himself. A nearly unparalleled feat of seamanship 

 told with vigor, wit, imagination, and great descriptive power. "A nautical equivalent of 

 Thoreau's account," Van Wyck Brooks. 67 illustrations. 308pp. 53/$ x 8. 



T326 Paperbound $1.00 



TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S COINS, Fred Reinfeld. The finest general introduction to numis- 

 matics, non-technical, thorough, always fascinating. Coins of Greece, Rome, modern countries 

 of every continent, primitive societies, such oddities as the 50 lb. stone money of Yap, the 

 nail coinage of New England; all mirror man's economy, customs, religion, politics, philosophy, 

 and art. An entertaining, absorbing study, and a novel view of history. Over 750 illustrations. 

 Table of value of coins illustrated. List of U.S. coin clubs. Bibliographic material. Index. 

 224pp. 6V2 X 91/4 T457 Paperbound $1.75 



HOAXES, C. D. MacDougall. Shows how art, science, history, journalism can be perverted for 

 private purposes. Hours of delightful entertainment and a work of scholarly value, this 

 often shocking book tells of the deliberate creation of nonsense news, the Cardiff giant, 

 Shakespeare forgeries, the Loch Ness monster. Biblical frauds, political schemes, literary 

 hoaxers like Chatterton, Ossian, the disumbrationist school of painting, the lady in black 

 at Valentino's tomb, and over 250 others. It will probably reveal the truth about a few things 

 you've believed, and help you spot more readily the editorial "gander" and planted publicity 

 release. "A stupendous collection . . . and shrewd analysis." New Yorker. New revised 

 edition. 54 photographs. Index. 320pp. 53/8 x 8. T465 Paperbound $1.75 



A HISTORY OF THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY IN CHRISTENDOM, A. D. White. 



Most thorough account ever written of the great religious-scientific battles shows gradual 

 victory of science over ignorant, harmful beliefs. Attacks on theory of evolution; attacks on 

 Galileo; great medieval plagues caused by belief in devil-origin of disease; attacks on 

 Franklin's experiments with electricity; the witches of Salem; scores more that will amaze 

 you. Author, co-founder and first president of Cornell U., writes with vast scholarly 

 background, but in clear, readable prose. Acclaimed as classic effort in America to do away 

 with superstition. Index. Total of 928pp. 53/8 x 8. T608 Vol I Paperbound $1.85 



T609 Vol II Paperbound $1.85 



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