The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-31
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary or the EnglisirLanguage
BY J z. WoRcEsrrR, IL. ID


/ one Uolums, SEQ. sheep, 1892 pagos-Priee So 80
The publishers respectfully invite attention TO the
following eminent testimony 10 the excellence OF
/ this standard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dictionary fully answers
To It's title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is made "a
AUTHORITIES with respect 10 words newly intro
duced and IL taken 10 note such as are tcchni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DErSTIoNs arc clear and exact, and those per
tanning 20 technical and scientific terms arc spc-
cially valuable 90 the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNctA-
TioN. His system OF Notation, which is easily un-
dcrstoOd, and founded on more complete analy ysis
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 ortbOcpsts gives "a
this work important advantages a PrOnOuncing
Dictionary. Ia oE71foGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuntlng, lac has aimed to be consistent, and 20
reduce 20 the same rules words Of similar fDrma
tion. The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections Of words 70 a much greater extent than
they are given In other English Dictionaries. and
The short critical notes the photography, the pro-
nunciati0n, the grammatical form and coustruc-
tiOn and the peculiar, tee huical, local, and Amcri-
can uscs Of words interpreted through the volume,
give "a this work much additional value. The &C.
pous Vocabulary Of Modern Geographical Nance
with their pronunciation, and a greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key 70 the pro
nunciatOn Of Classicalsnd Scripture proper names,
are important appcndagcs 20 the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passcd since this Dictionary
was published; and its already extensive usc both
among cultivated English readers, and men Of wide
learning, affords good testimony OF its merits. We
confidently recommend IL a. containing am ample
and careful view Of the prescnt state oi our Ian
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