The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-03-12
PROSpECyyyTS

~ A"S "a"t vi d more complete DC
ionaIy of Geography than has vet been
publiihed IN America, has been exteniively
le't by gentlemen of learning and intelli-
gence. Cruttweil's Gazetteer, the mott
complete work of the kind ever publiihcd
III EnSilth, rs too voluminous and expeniive
TO Come into general uie-and with reipeet
TO fb'S eeHntIy, II is too incomplete and in
accurate 10 fatisfy an American. The Ca
7etieers which have been publilhed in Ame-
rica, how well joever they may be adapted
to aniwer the defign Tor which they were
intended, yet, coniidcred as U1iUcrjal Die
f'0HdiicS Of Geography, are exceedingly IN
perfect. They are compiled upon the prinl
cipie OF noticing thoie articles that are of
considerable importance, TO the cxcluiion of
vatt majority OF fuch as are thought ofle!s
consequence. But The articles for which
one mas very frequent location to coniult a
Gazetteer, are tho!e of but little nctor;ety:
work therefore, formed upon fuch princi-
pies viii, az oae tine or other, be found al
together detective. Its indeed impollible
TO determine what articles inGeoyrsphv i'll
be mott intereniDg, without knowing the fan.
ture initery of the world. Places. not i'm
portant in themfelves, are often rendered
highly 10, by events coraected with Them.
Every intelligent man, upon readins the his.
tory OF any memorable trania6tion. feels de-
iirous OF knowing the iituAtion OF the Mace
where II happened. But in the Gazetteers
IN general ule, the towns Of Albuhera Aus.
teriuz, Borodino, I!ohcnljnden, Wapram.
Waterloo, and various others, rendered "a
nous during the la,e wars In Europe. are
not TO be found.
he Gazetteer now propofed will, 70 far
te f!ia MI. =,
eaitern continent, be founded upon the BATS
OF that of Cruttwcll, with additions and COR.
rectlons. On the iubjcct of dHeienf pcogra-
ply, the work of the ceiebr; ted d. Sngine
viii be made the principal BATS. With re-
fpe6t TO America, materials have been COL
ieeted from great variety OF fources-and
the work will be found far more oomplete.
with regard TO this continent, than any that
mas yet been pubiihed. 1t will compriie in
two large volumes, and in enc, alphabetical
IerieS, more tnan TOUR times As MANY ar.iol
o! geography as are contained in the Gazet-
teerS which have been publiihed in Anne
RIGA.
The compiler originally formed the deRgn
OF publinIng in ore volume, Dictionary
Of Geography Under every cleof,ybieh
thoie particulars eahy, Cor SShiSsi 4 Caazet-
teet Is ufuai!y corfu!ted, would be fpccified
With this view he proceeded to make his
preparations. Eut upon calculations, he
found that it would he impeiIible to reduce
his materials to the compass of Gngle 70
lume, without twelling it to an announcement
i've. He has therefore been induced TO al
ter his deiign, and 90 adopt The plan of Civ
ing j more extended account of all the I'M
portant matters. and of publlhins the work
in two volumes, and he hopes rhat by omit
ting hiftory, and every thing not important
to be refined in iuch a work, and conden-
fling what isvaluahie into the narrowed com
pats, by the ufe of authorizations, which will
be made perfettlr Ineligible by a key, he
ihall be able to furnifh, in the fpace OF two
volumes, more complete book of reference
on the fubje6t of Geography, than has vet,
in the form of a Gazetteer, been preiented
to the public. It Will readily be ieen that
the deiign muit require much labor and ex-
pence. The compiler refpe6} fnlly fubmits
it to the public unjer the ilnprellion thar
fuch work Is much needed, and thar, if
well executed, it will be highly ufeful to
gentlemen OF every protection and employ
rnent-and with the hope that he fhail re
ceive fuch encouragement as to enable hir
to render it not altogether unworthy of pa
tronage.
RecOmmendafioa fran tie Rez'. DR.. Dzvieki.
YALE COLLEGE,, Sept. !, 1870.
Mr., Jofeph Emerlon Worceiter has pre-
tented to me, for my Inspection, propolals
for publlhing new work, entitled, An u
niyerlal Gazetteer and Dictionary of Geo
graphy-to which is annexed a fpeciuen of
the manner intended to be purified in the
execution Of his deGgn.
The work propoled will, in my opinion,
be valuable addition TO the exiting means
of acquiring geographical information. No
publication, withinmy knowledge, includes
10 wide circuit Of geographical facts in tll-.
fame comPlis, and mott libraries will fns-
peet be fcarched in vain for the materials
which IT is iatcndcd to fnpply. Every man
who reads hifory, ancient or modern, a
book of travels, voyage, or even news
paper, feels the importance of knowing the
| ieyeral places in which the writer dations
him, and often finds it impoGible to derive
| the nece(Iafy information from any fources
! within his reach, This disadvantage, expe-
7 rienced every where, Mr. Worcelier pro-
/ poles TO remove, and has adopted what feemt
I the hsppef plan for this purpofe.
F! am well plelledwith the fpeemen giver
of the execution; and from my knowledge,
! of the charaSter Of Mr.. Worcclter, feel my.
felt warranted to azure the public, that fnl
/ confidence may be placed in his xiii, fidelity
and accuracy. T.DWlGnT.
coNpITIoNs.
The work fbsll be Handsomely printed il
\ vols. on fine paper, with new aud beau.
| tiful tyrpc