Charles Earle Funk

"An individual collection of phrases, fancied by the author because of their place in our language, this sometimes goes back 2,000 years for the original practice, and gives an. . . account of the altering of meanings, and clues by which he traced the story of the sayings."

Previously published in four separate volumes, this collection presents the history of over 2000 curious words, expressions, and sayings.