The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-22
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.

By J. (. WORCESTER, Ii. ID
One roiume, svo. sheep. 1892 pages-Price SO 80
The publishers respectfully invite attention 10 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 u
AUTHoRITIEs with respect 10 words newly intro
duced, and care Is taken 10 note such echni-
CAL foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning 10 technical and scientific terms are spe-
cially valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoSUScIA-
| TIoS. His system Of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, 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 words differ
entity pronounced by different orthoe pists gives to
this work important advantages a. 1, Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoopAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage IL various and
huctuatng, he has aimed 10 be consistent and TO
reduce 10 the same rules words OF similar iorma-
uon. The Insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
fiections Of words 70 a much greater extent than
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the short critical notes the orthography the pro-
nunclation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local, and Amer-
can uscs OF words intcrsperscd through the volume
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piou- Vocabulary of Modern Geographical nanes,
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
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are important appcndagcs 70 the Dictionary.
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among cultivated English readers, ana men of wide
learning, atiords good testimony of its merits. We
confidently recommend IL az containing an ample
and careful view Of the proscnt state OF our Ian
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