The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-29
worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionnry OF the English Lang usge
By J. L. WoRcHsrER, Ii. ID

One volume. SEQ sheep, 1892 pdges-I'rice So so
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 70
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
duced and care Is taken TO note such as techni
cal, foreign, obsolete provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those por-
tanning TO technical and scientific terms are spe-
cially valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
rIoS. His system of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, and founded on more complete ANALYSIS
of the vowel sounds than have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
best English authorities In relation 10 words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepsts gives to
this work important advantages a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
btrary changes, but where usage is various and
fuctuatng, lac has aimed 10 be consistent, and 10
reduce 70 the same rules words of similar forma-
ton. The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections OF words 10 much greater extent than
they arc gwen in other English Dictionaries aud
the short critical notes the orthography the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar technical, local, and Amer-
can uses of words interpreted through the volume,
give 10 this work much additional value The &C
pious Vocabulary OF Modern Geographical names,
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key TO the pro-
nunCldtlOn OF tihbslCal scripture proper
are important appcndagcs 90 the Dictionary
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
published; and its already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers, and men Of wild,
learning, affords good testimony of It's merits. w,
confidently recommend it as containing smpl,
and careful view Of the present state OF our Ian
guagc.
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| Mclean Professor Of Ancient and Modern
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Justice u s. Supreme Court, Ohio.
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Professor Of Sacred Literature,
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Abbot Professor Of Christian Theology, Thco-
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President Of Bowdoin College, Me.
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Precedent Of Dartmouth College. N. II.
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President of Amherst College, Mas.
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President Of williams College, Mass.
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Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory,
Harvard University.
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Professor of Bellies Lettrcs, Harvard Uni
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Bishop of Pennsylvania
Late Professor of Hebrew, &C, Harvard Uni
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President Of Geneva College, n. Y.
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Professor in Jefferson Med. Col. Philadelphia.
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Editor Of the North American Review.
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Pres't of the University of Nashville, Tenn.
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