STALIN
A n Appraisal
of the Man
and His Influence
by
Leon Trotsky
Charles Malamut h,
Editor and Translator
This carefully documented book
by Stalin's political opponent–
a man who was also a distin–
guished scholar and writer -
is one of historical importance.
It traces the career of Stalin
from his school days through
his rise to power in the Com–
munist Party. Here also is an
account of Communist politics
during the crucial years when
the USSR was establishing it–
self as a great power.
"One of the great books, not of
the season or the year, but of
our
time."-Phila.delphia In–
quirer.
16 pages of illustrations
At all bookstores
$5.00
HARPER
&
BROTHERS
''gathered
Jorthe
beneftt
&
helpe.
cif
Ladies,Cjentle–
women,or-any
other unskilJull
per~ons"
T
HUS did R obert Cawdrey introduce
the first English Dictionary in 1604,
containing 2,500 words like obnubi–
late, neotericke, barreter and pervicacie.
And even as late as 1753 so staid a
work as John Wesley's The Complete
English Dictionary addressed the reader
ingenuously:
uAs
incredible as it rna
)I
appear,
I
must avow, that this diction.ary
is not published to get money, but to
assist persons of common sense and no
learning, to understand the best English
authors.... I add, that this little dic–
tionary is not only the shortest and
th~
cheapest, but likewise, by many degrees,
the most correct wh1ch
IS
extant at this
day. Many are the mistakes in all other
English dictionaries which I have yet seen.
Whereas I can truly say,
1
know of none
in this . . . for
if
I had, I should have
not left it there."
But this is just a mere taste of what
you will
find
in the most entertaining
and
informative exploration into the
his–
tory of words since H. L. M encken's
American
Langua~e.
You won't be able to
resist its charm, 1ts quaint humor, or its
light, readable touch. Here is your best
chance to learn the fascinating story of
our language as it was written. and spoken
two conturies ago.
$3.
SO
The ENGLISH
DICTIONARY
FROM CAWDREY TO JOHNSON
1604 - 1755
By
D e
Witt T.
Starnes and
Gertrude E. Noyes
THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH CAROLI NA PRESS
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
