The Home book of proverbs, maxims and familiar phrases
By: selected and arranged by Burton Stevenson.
Contributors: Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962.
Publisher: Macmillan Co.
Published: 1948
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2957
Subjects: Proverbs.; Maxims.
Description: A compendium of "proverbs, maxims, and familiar phrases commonly used in America and England, traced from their sources through variations to their modern forms, and arranged alphabetically by subject"--Retail bookseller.
Notes: "Important early collections of English proverbs": p. [vii]
Includes index.