The Words Gotten Out [Hardcover]

Willard R. Espy (Author)

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From Library Journal

The eighth in Espy's inimitable "words at play" series, this compendium includes verses, quotations, rebuses, limericks, acrostics, anagrams, pangrams, palindromes, and Espy's own commentary in verse. We can learn interesting information, we can have a good laugh, and we can feel frustrated by impossible word puzzles. Espy is a bit sexist, a bit too old-fashioned, and a bit pedantic with his Latin and Greek, but he has a wide following among lovers of languages and language games. Every library should have his complete works.
- Kitty Chen Dean, Nassau Coll., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (November 16, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517079402
• ISBN-13: 978-0517079409
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,013,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quite an Interesting and Easy Read, December 12, 1998

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This review is from: The Word's Gotten Out (Hardcover)

Following the commonplace book genre, Espy has compiled a variation of anecdotes, notes, poems, riddles, and many other such chronicles and jottings. Many peculiar and interesting insights are to be gained from its reading. However, do note that it is not a textbook but a commonplace book.