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THE loving labour of an average lifetime, “studies in leisure hours extending over some thirty years and more,” this work is an eloquent testimony to the value of the science of philology in the elucidation of historical materials. It is both a history and a valuable guide to the philology of British place-names “as they occur chronologically in authentic historical documents from 54 B.C. until A.D. 1154.” In his last paragraph, the author explains why he draws a line at Stephen's death.
British Place-names in their Historical Setting.
By Edmund McClure. Pp. 349. (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1910.) Price 5s.
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GRIFFITH, J. British Place-names in their Historical Setting . Nature 85, 131 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/085131a0
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