(2/4/99)
LONDON (Reuters) - ``The Romance of Leprosy'' competed on Thursday with ``On Cancer of the Scrotum in Chimney Sweeps and Others'' as the most bizarre book title of all time.
But they could be run close by ``Do-it-yourself Coffins for Pets and People'' and ``Hand Grenade Throwing as a College Sport.''
Authors Russell Ash and Brian Lake have compiled a list of the world's weirdest book titles.
They offer a section on inappropriate authors with ``Motorcycling for Beginners'' by Geoffrey Carless, ``Death in Early America'' by Margaret Coffin, and ``Niagara Falls'' by I. P. Freely.
Another category is ``Books to make the heart sink'' with prime contender being William Tebb and Edward Vollum for ``Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented.''