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THE ENTIRE WORK UNABRIDGEI
N one volume crown Quarto. Containing a,
LINE matter OF DR.. Webster's original work. hi
improvements up to the time of his death, an,
now thoroughly revised and greatly impr owe,
PROF. c. A. GOODRICH, Of Pale COLLEGE.
,.G-PRIcE REDUCED TO SER
ms edition contains THREE TIMES the amoun
o. matter found IN any other English Dictonar,
compiled In this country, or any Abridgment o
TINS work, yet is sold at triAing advance aboy,
the price OF other and limited works
The definitions are models Of condensation
and purity ."-Hon. VIM. B. Calhoun.
TESTIMONIALS.
FROM the London Literary Gasette, April l, Is4s.
In the present edition, Prof. Goodrich has
seen ably assisted by several eminent men, each
distinguished in his own sphere Of inquiry; and
the result is in the highest degree satisfactory
Inc work IS noble monument of eruditon land
indeiat,gable research: and the style and accu.
racy oil It's typography would do honor to the
press OF any country IN Europe. This volume
must lind Its way into all our public and private
Libraries, for it provides the English student
with mass OF the most valuable information
which he would in vain seek for elsewhere.
"The new edition of Webster's Dictionary in
crown Quarto, seems to US deserving of general
patronage.
THE MOST COMPLETE, ACCURATE &
RELIABLE DICTIONARY OF THE LAM
GUAGE.o
Signed by the following gentlemen, March,
Theodore Frelinghuysen, Cchancel!or Of Uni
versiiy Of New York
William H. Campbell, editor NJ Y. District
School Journal.
Daniel Webster, U. S. Senator,
Ihos. Il. Benton, g g
Jefferson Davis, {. 8
5. A. Douglass, &c /"
George N. Briggs, Governor of Massachu.
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William B. Calhoun, Secretary Of State of
Massachusetts. 7
Richard S. Rust, Commissioner of Common
Schools in New Hampshire.
Theodore +. Kiag, Superntenden t of Schools
in New Jersey.
Robert c. Winthrop, Speaker of the United
States House OF Representatives.
Edmund BIZ! Ike, Commissioner OF Patents.
John Young, Governor of New York.
Christopher Morgan, Secretary OF State, and
Superintendent of Common Schools in New
York.
Alvah Hunt, Treasurer Of New York.
Willard Fillmore. Comptroller
Rev. Samuel II. Cox, D. D.
Lyman Beechcf, d. D. President of Lane
Seminary.
Calvin f. Stowe, D. D., d. H. Allen, Pro-
fessors in do.
Rev. Heman Humphrey. D. D. late Presi-
dent Of Amhes COLLEGE.
Rev. Ezra Keller, D. d. Pres Of Wittenberg
College, @.
NJ. A. Dieh', N. A. Geger, Professors in do.
Benjamin l.arabee, d. d. President Middle
bury college, and other distinguished gentle-
men.
Tie previous edition Of Wehster's Quarto
Dictionary, received the following recommen-
dation, from Daniel Webster, Levi Woodbury.
Theodore Frelinghuysen and 10l other mem
bers of Congress.
s.It is very desirable that one standard die
tionary should be used by the numerous mil
lions Of people who are TO inhabit the vast ex-
tent OF terriiory belonging TO the United States:
as the use CT such standard may prevent the
formation Of dialects in states remote from each
other. and impress upon the language unlformi-
ty and stability. II is desirable, also, that the
acquisition of the language should be render ed
easy, not only to our own citizens, but to for
eigners who wish TO gain access to the rich
stores Of science which it contains. We ejoice
tina, the American Dictionary bids fair 10 be-
come such s!antard.''
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