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woreester's Universal and Critical Dss.
tionary OF the English Language.
BY ]. Z. WoRcEsrrK, IL d.

By ]. Z. WORCESTER, LII. d.
One oolime, sro. sheep, 1882 Pagss-Prios 80 %
The publishers respectfully invite attention "a The
following eminent testimony 10 the excellence Of
this standard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dictionary fully answers
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably mors
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united, Constant reference - made la
AUTHORITIES with respect 10 words newly intro
duced, and is taken To note such are tcchni'
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar The
DEFINITIONS 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 PRoSuScIA-
TON. His system of Notation, which is easily un-
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 10 words differ
emily pronounced by different orhoepsts, gives %
this work important advantages as a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuatng, he has aimed to be consistent and TO
reduce to the same rules words OF similar iorina-
ton. The insertion of Grammatical forms and in
Elections of words To a much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries and
the short critical notes the orthoSraphy the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local. and Ameri-
can 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
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciaton of Classical and Scripture proper names,
are important appendages TO the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
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| confidently recommend 1t as containing an ample
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