The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-30
worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.

By J l.. WoRcEsTER, LII.
one uoltune, sDo sheep, 1892 pages-Prics SO 80
The publishers respectfully invite attention 10 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 smadc 10
AUTHoRITIEs with respect 10 words newly intro
duced and care IL taken to note such as are tcchn
cal, foreign, obsolete. provincial, or vulgar. The
pEFiNIrIoNs arc clear and exact, and those per-
tanning TO technical and scientific terms arc spc-
cially valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNCtA-
TON His system Of Notation, which IL easily un-
dcrstood and founded on n more complete analysis
Of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
WITH together with hls plan Of exhibiting all the
best English authorities In relation 10 words dticr
emily pronounced by different orthocpists, gives to
this work important advantages a. a PrOnOuncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY hc has made mo- ar
bitrary changes, but where usage IL various and
tuctuating, hC has aimed 20 be consistent, aud TO
reduce to the same rules words Of similar iOrma-
ton. The insertion OF Grammatical forms and in
hectiOns OF words 10 a much greater extent than
they given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes on the photography, the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and cOnstruc-
tiOn and the peculiar, technical, local, and Ameri-
uses Of words intcrspcrscd through the volume,
give ~ this work much additional value. The &C
pious Vocabulary Of Modern Geographical namcs,
with their pronunciation, aud greatly enlarged
and improved edition Of Walkers Key 90 the pro-
nunciaton Of Classicaland Scripture proper naincs,
arc important appcndagcs to the Dictionary.
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among cultivated English readers, and men Of wide
learning. affords good testimony of ils merits. We
confidently recommend Il as containing an ample
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