The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-20
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die.
tionary OF the English Language.


By J. K. WORCESTER, LII. ID
one ooiume, suo. sheep, 1882 pages-Prics So 50
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 it, title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is made
AUTHORITIES with respect To words newly intro
duced, and care is taken 20 note such techni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DEFGNITIoNs are clear and exact, and those per
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spc-
Cially valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
TON His system Of Notation which Is easily un-
dcrstood, and founded on a 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
entity pronounced by different orthoepists gives 10
this work important advantages as a PrQuQancing
Dictionary. In okTHooAAPHT he has made no
bitrary changes, but where usage Is various and
huctuatng, he has aimed 10 be consistent, and TO
reduce 10 the same rules words of similar forna-
ton The insertion Of rammatical forms and in
Elections of words To much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical noes The photography, the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
uon and the peculiar, technical, local, and Amer-
can uses of words interpreted through the volume
give to this work much additional value. The ca
pious Vocabulary " Modern Geographical names.
With tncir pronunciation, and a greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro
nunciation of Classical and Scripture proper names
are important appendagcs to the Dictionary
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was published; aud its already extensive use both
among cultivated English readers, and men of wide
learning, aiiOrdS good te1timOny OF is merits. We
confidently recommend It as containing an ample
and careful view Of the present state of our Ian
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