«aak Italian league nf America 
Incorporated 
Defender of Woods, Waters, and Wildlife 
WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAPTER 
“The National Chapter” 
Nov•19,1948 
Dr William M.Mann,Author 
National Zoological Park 
W a shingt on,D.C. 
Dear Author:- ^Outside of the scientific Latin names 
in your book of the various species of ants,there are 
io?d°fS? r i7 0rdS 1 ?0t understand - 1 really mean one 
word,but it occurs twice. It is called "horrendous". 
Because we live in a four room and kitchen 
apartment,we are not very well educated. We do not have** 
room for a big dictionary like you see on stands in a 
public library. The only one we have is the College 
„ an . ar!l Dictionary, its first page boasts in large print 
^Designed to give the or$hography,pronunciation,meaning, 
and etymology of over 140,000 words and phrases in the 
speech and literature ojj-the English-speaking peoples,with 
synonyms,antonyms,and prepositions." ’ 
But it 
does not give any interpetation of 
does this wrvrr? m/^Q-nr "nci-tvorr Trnv.tr -T 1 „ * 
"horrendous". What does this word mean! Being very facile 
minded I immediately think up "tremendously horrible" Am 
I correct? 1 * 
We started rising to a higher intellectual 
S ^ me years a S° when we joined the Book of the Month 
2^1; v ??7 good wife made me sto P m y membership when 
I smarted piling books on our dining room table. In a verv 
gracious way,she remarked "Do you want to eat or read?" ~ 
r i . J?\ was just before breakfast. I was quite hungry 
so I stopped this Book of the Month business and have been 
T £ ese details may bore you,but I think 
tney will indicate why my educational effort has been some- 
w. at arrested and why i do not know what "horrendous" means. 
