The Rebirth of England and English; The Vision of William Barnes by Phillips, Father Andrew - 1996

Chippenham: Anglo-Saxon Books, 1996. 155p., plus publisher's menu (of tours to archaeological sites), trade softbound in 8x6 inch white wraps decorated with a photoportrait of the semi-lexicographer (our coinage) and poet, Slightest signs of handling and age, no ownerships or institutional markings, a nice clean copy. "For the first time Saxon-English words created and used by Barnes in [his] books, have been gathered together and listed next to their foreign equivalents". Immersed in the British gift for language, rural or urban, Barnes coined amongst many words 'skyline' (which took hold in America instantly but was resisted in the UK), 'mindset' to replace mentality, 'birdlore' to replace ornithology.