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The River-Names of Europe

The River-Names of Europe

by Robert Ferguson

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Author
Ferguson, Robert, 1817?-1898
Credits
Produced by Steven Gibbs, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
Subject
Rivers -- Europe
Category
Text
eBook-No.
35900
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35900
Release Date
April 18, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE RIVER-NAMES OF EUROPE.
  2. 2.BY ROBERT FERGUSON.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. — ON THE ENDINGS a , en , er , es , et , el .
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. — ON THE MEANING OF RIVER-NAMES.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — APPELLATIVES. — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. — THAT WHICH RUNS RAPIDLY, FLOWS GENTLY, OR SPREADS WIDELY. — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — CHARACTER OF COURSE. — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — QUALITY OF WATERS. — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — THE SOUND OF THE WATERS. — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — JUNCTION OR SEPARATION OF STREAMS. — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. — BOUNDARY OR PROTECTION. — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — VARIOUS DERIVATIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — CONCLUSION.
  16. 16.ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.
  17. 17.INDEX.

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