The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-24

Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tiOnary Of the English Language.
By J. e. WORCESTER, IL. d.

tionary OF the English Language
By J. E. WORCESTER, LII. d.
One voltssne 500. SHEEP, 1882 pagss-Prics S3 so.
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony TO the excellence Of
The execution of this Dictionary fully answers
to its title The VOCABULARY is 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 is taken to note such are techni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS 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 PnoNuNcIA-
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 oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar.
bitrary changes, but WHARF usage 10 various and
fluct,mtng, he has aimed TO be consistent, and To
reduce TO the same rules words OF similar lorna
ton. The insertion of Grammatical forms and in
Elections of words TO much greater extent than
they are 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
can uses of words nterspersed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value. The CO.
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
n,mciation of Classical and Scripture proper names,
are important aPpendages 70 the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was published; and its already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers, and men Of wide
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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