Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) is rightly regarded as one of the founders of modern anthropology. The Golden Bough, his masterpiece, appeared in twelve volumes between 1890 and 1915. This volume is the author\'s own abridgement of his great......

\"The Wordsworth Dictionary of English Spelling\" is the only spelling dictionary to give concise meanings throughout, and the only full-size spelling dictionary to have boxed features on spelling rules. Quicker, clearer, and easier to use......

Few Victorian writers are as well remembered as Charles Dickens (1812-70). And many of his characters have been widely known since they first saw the light of day in books such as \"The Pickwick Papers\", \"A Christmas Carol\",......

Originally entitled \"The Cynic\'s Word Book\", this justly infamous volume was re-titled \"The Devil\'s Dictionary\" in 1911 and addressed to \'enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to......

Uncle Joe\'s ashes baked in a cake (Delicious!); Granny\'s corpse stolen along with the family car; sewers alive with alligators... all these alleged occurrences - and many, many others - are the stuff of urban legend; the extraordinary things......

A guide to precise phrases, grammar, and pronunciation can be key; it can even be admired. But beloved? Yet from its first appearance in 1926, Fowler\'s was just that....

The Wordsworth Reference Library includes language dictionaries, language guides, historical references, and much more. This popular series covers everything from the familiar and practical to the extraordinary and outrageous....

The Wordsworth Reference Library includes language dictionaries, language guides, historical references, and much more. This popular series covers everything from the familiar and practical to the extraordinary and outrageous. First published in 1911......

First published in 1911 as The Book of Ceremonial Magic, Arthur Edward Wane\'s classic work explains the rites, mysteries and secret traditions of Witchcraft, Sorcery and \'Infernal Necromancy\', and also explores Theurgy, the White Magic which invokes beneficent spirits....

This work brings together the stories of the gods and goddesses of Greece, Rome and Northern mythology. It demonstrates how these images have helped enrich the development of English literature. In addition there is a chapter on Eastern religion and myth....

Whenever struck by campaigns, fads, cults and fashions, the reader may take some comfort that Charles Mackay can demonstrate historical parallels for almost every neurosis of our times....

Dreams have variously inspired and haunted kings, poets, inventors, artists, musicians, statesmen and others since the dawn of recorded experience....

Do you know the difference between \"stubborn\" and \"obstinate\", between \"cackle\" and \"chortle\"? Learners of English often find it difficult to know which word to use. Or you may have used a particular word......

The Wordsworth Reference Library includes language dictionaries, language guides, historical references, and much more. This popular series covers everything from the familiar and practical to the extraordinary and outrageous....

A general purpose dictionary suitable for a great variety of both English and Spanish speakers at all levels of proficiency, this volume contains over 100,000 entries - common and technical words and phrases, slang and idioms - with examples of usage that include many especially chosen to help users express themselves in a natural and fluent style....