The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-09-12
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.
BrJ.E. WORCESTER, LID


One poltrne, svo sheep, 1882 pages-Priee SO so
The publishers rei ei7cctfully invite attention 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 more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference is made 10
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
duced and care 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 rRoSUSCIA-
TON. His system OF Notation, which Is easily un-
dcretood, and founded on more complete anulys sic
of the vowel sounds than We have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan Of exhibiting all the
best English authorities IN relation 20 words differ
emily pronounced by different orthocpists, gives to
this work important advantages as a PronOuncing
Dictionary. In oRTBooR Apply he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
fiuctuating, he has aimed ~ be consistent, and 10
reduce 90 the same rules words of similar iorma-
ton The insertion oi g Grammatical forms and IN
Elections of worus 10 "A much greater extent than
they gwen in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the photography, the pro-
nunciauon, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local, and Ameri-
can of words interspersed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value. The &C
pious Vocabulary OF Modern Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition OF Walkers Key 10 the pro-
nunclaton Of Classical and Scripture proper names,
are important Pppcndagcs TO the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
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 il as containing ample
and careful view Of the present state OF our Ian
guage.
JARED SPARKS, LII. d.
Mclean Professor Of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University
JOHN MCLEAN, LII. ID.
Justice U. 5. Supreme Court, Ohio
MOSES STUART, ID. ID.
Professor of Sacred Literature,
Seminary, Andoyer, Mass.
EDWARDS a. PARK, ID. ID.
Abbot Professor of Christian Theology, Theo-
logical Seminary, AndOvcr, Msss.
LEONARD WOODS, Jr., ID. D.
President of BOwdoin College, Me.
NLoRD, ID.
President of Dartmouth College, n. H.
EDWARD HITCHCOCK, ID. d., Ii. ID.
President of Amherst College, Mass
MARK HOPKINS, ID. ID.
President of Williams College, Mass
EDWARD r. CLAIMING, LII. ID.
BoystOn Professor OF Rhetoric aud Oratory,
Harvard University.
HENRY w. LONGFELLOw, A. NJ
Professor Of Bellies Lettres, Harvard Uni
ALoNZO POTTER, d. D., Ii D.
Bishop of Pennsylvania
Late Professor OF Hebrew, 4 C., Harvard Uni
versty.
BENZ. HALE, ID. ID.
President of Geneva College, N. Y.
ROBLEY DUNGLlSON, NJ. ID.
Professor in jefferson Med. Col, Philadelphia.
FRANCIS BOWEN, A. NJ.
Editor of the North American Review.
CHARLES FOLSOM, A. NJ.
Librarian Of the Boston Athcnnum.
HECTOR HUMPHREY, ID. ID.
President of St Johns College, Maryl land.
DAVID L. SWAIN, LII ID.
President of University of North Carolina.
PHILIP LlNDSLEI, ID. ID.
pres't of the University of Nashville, Tenn.
n LAWRENCE LINDSBEY, A. NJ.
Professor OF Ancient Ian guages aud Litera
ture, Cumberland University, Tenn.
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