American Heritage Publishing Co.

T _J^L_his Dictionary of the English language is an entirely new work. It has been produced by the American Heritage Publishing Company, publishers of American Heritage, the magaziné of history; of Horizon, a quarterly devoted to culture and the arts; and of a wide spectrum of books. Since these...

Preface In these pages, we have endeavored to give something more than a catalog of quaint facts about the customs of our ancestors. . Outmoded rituals can make entertaining reading for their own ^ sake, but they can also tell us much about the hopes and aspira- tions of the people who have...