**A book of english idioms**: Mr. Collins, renowned champion of the English language against misuse, presents a collection of idioms employed most frequently today. The success of the first edition, the author states, has given him gratifying opportunity, much sooner than he had dared to hope, of seeing incorporated in a second and a third edition a number of corrections and revisions. It has also encouraged him to compile a sequel entitled A Second Book of English Idioms. The book will be of great value to all who wish to use contemporary English expertly and intelligently, whether in speech or writing. A majority of the corrections and revisions have been made as a direct result of the many criticisms offered not only by Mr. Collins's friends but by strangers who have written to him.
