The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-08
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.

BY j. T.. WORCESTER, LII. ID
One poilnpe, Spo sheep, 1882 pages-Price $3 80
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 its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united Constant reference is made TO
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
duced, and care is taken TO note such 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 PRosuScIA-
TON His system OF Notation, which is easily
derstood, and founded a moro 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
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives TO
this work important advantages a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoeRAPHY he has made no ar
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huctuating he has aimed to be consistent, and TO
reduce TO the same rules words of similar forma-
ton. The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections OF words TO much greater extent than
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the short critical notes the photography, the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
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can uses OF words interspersed through the volume,
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pious Vocabulary Of Modern Geographical names
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and improved edition of Walkers Key To the pro-
nunciation of Classical and Scripture proper names,
arc important appendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
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among cultivated English readers and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony of lite merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing am ample
and careful view Of the present state Of our Lam
guage.
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Mclean Professor Of Ancient and Modern
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