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Doctor Shipley' s book is an effective guide ,to the history, the origins, the background, and the psycholigical usage of words. The story behind each word is given with its associated terms so that the dictionary makes easy and interesting reading. Recent words from science, from warfare, and from politics have been included. Burton Rascoe says of the book: "There is great fun as well as a liberal education, in reading Dr. Shipley's fascinating study of words. It is a much-needed supplement to allthe dictionaries."