The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-06-29
By J. E. WORCESTER, LII. D.

By J. E. WORCESTER, LIZ D.
One uol,sne, 8Uo. sheep, 1882 pages-Prics SO so.
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony to the excellence of
this standard dictionary.
The execution OF this Dictionary fully answers
to its title. The VOCABULARY ia probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is made to
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such techni-
CAL foreign, obsolete, provincial vulgar. The
lDEFINITI0Ns are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spe-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
TON. His system of Notation, which is easily I'M
derstood, and founded on more complete analysis
of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan Of exhibiting all the
best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
| this work Important advantages as a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRrHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
fuctuating, he has aimed to be consistent and to
reduce to the same rules words Of similar forma-
| ton. The insertion of Grammatical forms and in
Elections OF words 70 a much greater extent than
they given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the photography, the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical local, and Ameri
uses Of words interspersed through the volume,
give TO this work much additional value. The CO.
pious Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names,
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
ana Improved culIOQ Oh dlKcF 3 Acy 10 tnc pro-
nunciation Of Classical and Scripture proper names
are important aPpendages to the Dictionary.
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learning, affords good testimony of its merits We
confidently recommend it as containing an ample
and careful view of the present state of our Ian
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