Names and Their Histories

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Excerpt from Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature The favour accorded for more than thirty years to successive editions of a volume entitled Words and Places has encouraged me to undertake another work on the same subject, but written on a different plan, and with a different intention. The object of the former book was to show how an acquaintance with the etymology of local names may be of use to students of such sciences as Ethnology, Mythology, or History. Regret has frequently been expressed that I did not Venture beyond the definite plan I had proposed to myself, and especially that I had left several classes of local names Without explanation. The object of the present book is to supply some of these omissions by giving an account of certain names, especially those of philological interest or Of geographical importance, whose origin or etymology has been ascertained, and then tracing historically the changes Which have taken place in their forms or in their geo graphical significance. Such names, for example, as America, Austria, Scotland, Saxony, Africa, or Peru have now a very different application from that which they originally possessed, and the history of their migrations, extensions, or transformations is a subject of investigation net destitute of interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.