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SR,-Having carefully examined your
Compe1dieus Dictionary, am happy to e1-
prefs my favorable opinion Of the work, IS
exhibiting IN exteniye fnryey, critical re-
fearches, JUN concluiions ana uistul improve
ments in our NAIVE language Every ikifal
endeavor to develope the principles OF fsi-
ence fc conducive 20 the haPpineis OF mar,
and to reduce il TO correa and chaftc rules Vt
practice, is juaIy entitled TO the approbssiou
and announcement Ct all candid aud eniigh,-
ened minds.
may allure you that the protectors Of this
in!fitutiou, who have examined the persor-
nance, accord with me 10 their favorable o.
pinion of IFS merit and in contemplating the
future advantage rciuiting from IL TO the 10
tereits of civil iocie,y. and the republic of let
tiers.
Pieafe to accept the aIrances OF my great
confederation, and believe me 10 be, Sir,
Your very refpecafal, and obedieut fer
JOHN wHEELock.
WILLIAMS CoIIsor, Drc. 10 1906.
We the underfgned. having exmincd with
care and attention, a Competitions Dictionary
of the Englifh Language by Noah Webaef,
Efq. are much pleaied with the work. III
photography, pronunciation, esymology. and
the definition Of words, il corrects many err
rors and abufes found in the beft Dictionaries
now in uR. II 10 n,nch more copious and
gives more full and accurate dchnition Of
many words, than any other compendium;
and may therefore ferve very well zs fnbRi-
tute for an octave Dictionary. The compi-
Ter, in his refearches INTO the origin CT the
Engliih language, and in his accurate knowl-
edge and developsment OF It's principles, far
paHes, in our opinion, the comp,lers Of all
other Dictionaries, with which we are ac-
qnainted. The work, in our view, highly
merits the appreciation and patronage of all
the friends Of literary improvement IN Amerl-
ca and England. We WIFI The writer fucctts
in the compilation of the larger work, in-
which we uader0and, he is ailidiouay engs-
ged.
EBENEzER FITCH, President
CAMALIEL 5. ODDS, ffsf Of afash.
axd ha,wai Pill.
TIMOTHY y. CILLET, : r,,.,,
HOAATlO WALDO. AA""
HENRY STARR, Pfrnpa,r sf me
Gamma, SchVc!.
Exfs9 sfs ..f,s, frs sie Rec Joesiat At1pst-
~, P,sfka If Mi4asbs,y Csiiys, date. 0as-
DsAR STA,
highly approve O! yosr Coriperdioas
in general, and have 40 hsh a'ioa
in giving my opinion. thai il will in time. he
received INFO eS,enlve uie in this part OF a.
merica. ! have ever though. that as ei,igens
of an independent nation. we onght not TO
RELY fcrv.ley on the Engiih nation for books
TO explain the language fpoken ia our coun
try truli that .su will perfesere In your
laudabls puriuit, and pc elshled to accom-
pliih you- principal defgn. An enlightened
ruhlic will fooner or later do jlilce 10 your
hishly meri.or,cus eIertions.
am, s,s,ieipeaiaily, your obedirnt fer
>iIAu ATwsTEa,
The foregoing BOOKS are fold
bv moi Of the Rcokf,iisrs IN Msdachuietts,
Nsw-Haupfnre and Maine.
~ The author Of ,hefe ieverll publications
/. engaged in compiling Complies Dictons-
" of the Eugliih Lar ,uagc, wcrk OF val.
abor and e,penle inleaded a. valuable M
,rovemeat of the bea Dictionaries row IN ufe.
His means are inadeafate rothe neeetiary ex-
,enies 70 be incurred; but more general
Ne of his School Baos. inths United stae,,
would ensble lid, "a eofnpe,s The work.
: hoped thar 'hsfs'casls OF literature will aid
i'm as far as may be eonvsnieu, aud that an
.ales where his h,oks are jecNed a. s0od IS
,,hers Of ike kind. hey will give hem
reference The plan ~ his Dictionary has
eceived tlie app obatiSa - emiaea' 'cho'afs'