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From the rocky terrain of northern New York and central Maine, sprang generations of people who believed in the importance of education, hard work, self-reliance, and social consciousness and who acted on these values.

"The Humanitarian Gene" explores the inherited values of humanitarianism, social consciousness, and the importance of education that appear and reappear in succeeding generations of two New York and New England families that joined at Oberlin College in the 1890's. Reverend Ernest C. Partridge (Andover Theological Seminary 1898) and two sisters, Winona and Mary...

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16^th century and the American to the late 18^th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word,...

First published in 1940, this book provides a literary dictionary to the New Testament. The treatment of selected words and phrases is not theological, but lexicographical and etymological. Each entry is introduced by illustrative quotations from the New Testament, and the book provides an insightful exploration of these phrases.

One of the great figures of 19th-century Britain, Lord Palmerston had an extensive career both as a domestic politician and as an international statesman. This volume is the first comprehensive bibliography of his life, both public and private. It includes published and unpublished material by and about Palmerston, from his own time to the present.

The book begins with a brief biographical sketch and chronology of Palmerston's life. Over half of the work covers primary source materials and unpublished materials pertaining to Palmerston's career. The following sections deal with his...

First published in 1933 (this edition in 1939), this book sees Partridge introducing the reader to the eccentric lexicographers Wesley and Captain Grose. In an entertaining way, the book jovially explores and discusses various words and phrases such as "bloody," euphemisms, the Devil s nicknames, various versions of slang, and familiar terms of address. He does so with light-worn learning making the book of interest to a whole variety of readers. "