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w LILLIAN Fl. SWAN
WEBSTER'S
dictionary and Spelling Book.

/ Nok SALE by DORR &. HOWL4.ND
= ana other booksellers generally through
out the country, Webster sElen.entary Speli;no
Book, and his Octauo and School DictionarieS
constructed on the plan of uniform orthooraph,
and pronunciation
Inc great variety of Spelling Books and Diction,
aries no" used IN schools, no two of which aoree
In orthography and pronunciation. is a real iniurv
, 10 the purity of our language and the treatment
changes OF books is serious Inconvenience Ma
ny OF the Spelling Books lately introduced into
sGhooiS IN some parts OF the country are construct.
eu on the plan of Walkers Dictionary; on The
Snpposltlon that it is the standard work IN ENGLAND
I ms Is great mistake. 1t has been fully 3scer
tanned that Walker has never been standard of
pronunciation In England. In many classes of
words, ne is conradlcted by all the later writers
! on the subject; and his old orthopraphv royo;cE
mu$tck Gritimetick, errO,r inferiolr terro,,r S,c
mas Deen obsolete for more than half century
| Doth IN Great Britain and the United States How
prePoserous then to put books of such orthography
into the hands of our youth
DIR. Webster's Dictionaries beinq now used "a
the standard Of the language, BY Congress. and
most II not all our highest authorities il is desira-
Die that our youth should learn the same orthoora
Phy ana pronunciation. that uniformity may prevail
over our extensive country. This is recommended
~ svntiemen IN Congress as national object and
a. ~ "VoSters elementary books are intended for
| TINS purpose. They are already extensively Mood
~ several States and in some instances School
O"niuli.ees nave determined to use them perna.
nehtiy' 10 the exclusion Of all other hooks of the
H M mere Is the more propriety in this as Dr.
Webster was the author of the improvements in tbo
diVlsion oil syllabes and the classification of yords
"hlch nave very much facilitated elementary in
struction and which have been introduced ;nto
| other books in violation of his rights
numerous recommendations have been received
by the publishers of DIR. Websters Dictionaries and
Spelling Book The following distinguished schol.
ars, among others, have highly commended Or
| Webster books:
President Day of Yale College; Professors Sill
man, kingsby, Goodrich, and Olmstead Hon. Da-
va Daggett, Judge of the Superior Court; Presi-
dent Bates Of Middlebury College; Professors
nTongh' Fowler, and Turner Hon. Joseph Story,
S%Goge OF Ihe supreme Court of 7. s.; Hon. VIM.
Cranch, Judge of the Supreme Court in the Dis
triG1 OF Columbia; President Wayland, &c.
The following testimonial is subscribed bv more
than one hundred Senators and Representatives in
Congress from every State in the Union:
= washington, FEB. 1881. The subscribers
| mghiv appreciate DR.. Webster's purpose and at
TEN pit to improve the English language by render
ing Its photography more simple. regular and uni.
form, and by removing difficulties arising from its
anomahes. II is very desirable tina: one standard
Dictionary should be used by the numerous mil
mons OF people who to inhabit the vast extent
OF territory belonging to the United States as the
use OF such standard may prevent the formation
OF dialects in States remote from each other and
impress uponthe language uniformity and stability
II is desirable also that the acquisition of the Ian
guage should be rendered easy, not only to our
own citizens, but to foreigners who wish to gain
access to the rich stores of science which it con-
tains We rejoice that the american Dictionary
bids fair to become such standard and we sin
cerely hope that the authors elementary books for
primary schools and academies will commend
themselves to the general use of our fellow oiti-
zens.D Sept.7