The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-05
worcoster's Universal and Critical Die
uonary OF the English Language.
BYJ. z. WoRcksrER, IL. [

One volume, svo. sheep, 1892 pages-Prioe So 80
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following eminent testimony 10 the excellence Of
this standard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dictionary fully answers
to its title. The YocABrLARY i probably more
comprehensive than that Of all preceding English
Dictionaries united Constant reference u made 90
AuTHoRITIrs with respect 10 words newly intro
duccd and care s taken 10 note such az are techni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial. or vulgar The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and thOse per-
tanning TO technical and scientific terms spe-
cially valuable 10 the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on,FRoSUSciA-
TIoS. His system of Notation. which is easily un-
derstoOd, and founded on n more complete analysis
OF the vowel sounds than We have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
beet English authorities In relation 60 words differ
emily pronounced by different ortboopsts, gives 70
this work important advantages az PrOnOuncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoopAPH he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage Is various and
huctuating, lac hss aimed 10 be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words Of similar iOriua-
ton. The Insertion of Grammatical forms and in
hections OF words 10 a much greater extent than
they gwen in other English Dictionaries. aud
the short critical notes on the orthogrs ply the pro-
nuncIation, the grammatical form and cOnstruc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical local. and Amcri-
can uses OF words ntersperscd through the volume,
give tO this work much additional value. The &C
pious Vocabulary Of Modern Geographical namcs
with their pronunciation, and a greatly enlarged
and improved edition Of Walkers Key 20 the pro-
nunclaiion OF Classical and Scripture proper names,
are important appcndages to thc Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
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among cultivated English readers, and men Of wide
learning, affords good testimony VI its merits. VIC
confidently recommend IL as containing an ample
and careful view OF the present state Oi our Ian
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