Do you find Henshall's (Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters) etymological analyses of kanji useful?

I'm asking because I have two nice hardcover copies of Henshall's book I've never really used (Heisig was much more useful for me) and I'm thinking of getting rid of them. But then I thought, maybe eventually the etymological explanations will be useful for learning compounds so maybe I should keep one of the copies.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

I eventually got rid of mine; the etymologies are interesting but I never found the book useful for learning kanji or words.

yudantaiteki Wrote:I eventually got rid of mine; the etymologies are interesting but I never found the book useful for learning kanji or words.

Thanks. I'm leaning towards taking both copies to the local Goodwill.

Maybe? It's a good book, but I never use it to remember words. I just remember the words. I don't bother with intermediate steps anymore.

If I want to look up a kanji, I use kanjigen on my electronic dictionary, read the Japanese definitions, and save myself the worry of going through someone else's translation.

Come to think of it, I should probably sell my copy of Henshall. >_>a

I really liked it when I was first starting out, and found it more helpful than Heisig. Now, like rich_f says, I just learn kanji - I don't particularly care about looking up the etymology.

I don't think that's a good use of time