Title: A Stem Dictionary of the English Language
Subtitle: For Use in Elementary Schools
First published: 1890
Description: This book is an alphabetical list of mostly Latin bases and Greek combining forms for use in building vocabulary.  The author has inserted footnotes for some of the entries that provide entertaining stories about words.  In addition, the book also contains quotations in which example words for the bases and combining forms are illustrated.  This book contains an outstanding compilation of word stems.  In fact, it is so good that another publisher has more or less reprinted the book ans *Word Stems,* published by Soho Press, Inc.
Subjects: Latin bases, Greek combining forms, affixes, suffixes, prefixes, word history, vocabulary development, building word power, word stems, Etymology, Word formation, Dictionaries, English language
People: Frequent references to Greek and Roman heros, gods, and other creatures (such as the Sphinx).