Librarian's Muse

Colleen Margaretta McCullough   AO  (married name  Robinson , previously  Ion-Robinson ; 1937-2015) was an Australian author known for her...

Where Does The Term 'Gubernatorial' Come From?   Why don't we say gubernator instead of governor?   "Because, if you go b...

Is there anything more fantastically homey than that most marvelous of soft-baked cookies, the snickerdoodle?   The name is thought to hav...

We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes;   But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.   Then one fowl is goose, but two are...

“Holy Toledo” probably refers to the city in Spain, and not the one in Ohio, though some Ohioans would like to think it refers to either ...