The sun., 1916-08-20
Welsh ana English Place Names.

welsh ana English Place Names.
The study Of place names needs no
apologize. for II IL not. and 10 not
thought to be. "a useless. dry a. dust
study" as in the introduction to his
Place Names Of England and Wdles
(Dutton) the Rev. JAMES B. JOHNSTON
pretends II Is considered. We say
"%pretends." because obviously the au-
thor has had to set UP a mark to shoot
at. Being a scholar. the natural APP
proach to his subject Is by way Of an
apologize. None but a scholar ever
could or would perform the prodigious
amount of research that this author
has put into his book. Perhaps none
but q scholar would have tho iuclina-
ton to begin or the perseverance to
carry through an unskipping reading
Of the long list Of names.
But the authors publication Of his
labors Is a%bundantly Justified for the
casual reader In the bits Of strange
and gratifying knowledge which may
he picked up here and there. And 1t
iustifes itself precisely in the terms
Of the predatory apologize. satisfying
a natural curiosity. throwing side
lights on history. revealing racial Aio-
syncrasies. and exhibiting the growth
and changing forms Of words. But
here We stop. one clause short OF the
end. because the Anal specification Is
useful discipline" Of the mind. Leav-
ing that admirable but not tempting
side Of II to the scholars. we shall ex-
hibit some items Of the full catalogue.
extracted without labored processes OF
selection.
Here IL the name Adbaston. II has
been Edbaldestone. Adbaldestone, Al
boldestun and A~lbaldiston. and 4.
means the town Of Eadbeald. The
tongue IL a lazy member or perhaps
| We should say II is the father OF hat
efficiency whose object II economy.
Speech IL long and time Is feeting 1:
| there is so much to say. and the shorter
the words can be made. the more Of
! them can be used In the time avail
able. ADHESION" coming up a hum
dred times a day In local speech. Is a
great time saver yer "Albaldiston."
| Having carried the name In long years
through successive stages Of the alb
br~eviatory process. II becomes an In
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