The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-26
Worcester Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.
BYJ. L. WoRcEsrnR, LII. ID


One volume, sro. sheep, 1892 page,-Price % 50
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 its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding glish
Dictionaries united. Constant reference is made to
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
duced, and is taken TO note such are techni
cal, foreign, obsolete provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS 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 lly6r on rRosuscIA-
rIos. His system of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, and founded on a more complete analysis
Of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere m et
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
best English authorities in relation 10 words differ
entity pronounced by different orthoepsts, gives TO
this work important advantages as a Pronouncing
Dicton6fy. In oRTHooRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage il various and
huctuating, he has aimed 10 be consistent, and 10
reduce to the Same rules words of similar forma-
ton. The insertion OF Grammatical forms and in
Elections of words 10 much greater extent than
they are gwen IN other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the orthogra ply the pro-
nuncIation, the grammatical form and cOnstruc-
ton, and the peculiar technical local, and Amcri-
can uses Of words Interpreted through the volume
give To this work much additional value. The &C
pious Vocabulary OF Modern Geographical names,
with their pronunciation, and a greatly enlarged
nunciation of Classical and Scripture proper Names
arc important appendage5 10 the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was published; and It's already extensive use both
among cultivated English readers, and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony of lie merits. We
confidently recommend il az containing an ample
and careful view OF the present state Of our Ian
guagc.
JARED SPARKS, Ill. d.
Mclean Professor Of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University.
JOHN MCLEAN, LII. ID.
Justice U. S. Supreme Court, Ohio
MOSES STUART, ID. ID.
Professor of Sacred Literature,
Seminary, Andover, Mass.
EDWARDS A. PARK, ID. ID.
Abbot Professor Of Christian Theology, Theo-
logical Seminary, Andover, Mass.
LEONARD WOODS, Jr., ID. ID.
N. LORD. d. D. '''
President of Dartmouth College, n. H.
EDWARD HITCHCOCK, D. d., LII. ID.
President of Amherst College, Mass
MARK HOPKINS, ID. ID.
President of Williams College, Mass.
EDWARD I. CLAIMING, LII. ID.
Boyston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Harvard University.
HENRY w. L0NGFELLOw, A. NJ.
Professor of Bellies Lcttres, Harvard Uni
ALoNZo POTTER, ID. D., LII. d.
,. Bishop of Pennsylvania
Late Professor of Hebrew, &C, Harvard Uni
versity.
BENZ. HALE, ID. ID.
President Of Geneva College, ". Y.
ROBLEY DUNGLISON, NJ. ID.
Professor in Jefferson Med. Col. Philadelphia.
FRANCIS BOWEN, A. NJ.
Editor of the North American Review.
CHARLES FOLSOM, A. M.
Librarian of the Boston Athcnmum.
HECTOR HUMPHREY, ID. ID.
President of St. Johns College, Maryland.
DAVID l.. SWAIN, LII, ID.
President of University of North Carolina
PHILIP LlNDSLEY, ID. ID.
Pres't Of the University of Nashville, Tenn.
N. LAWRENCE LlNDSLEY, A. Nj
Professor OF Ancient Languages and Liters
ture, Cumberland University, Tenn
Published by WILKINS, CARTER, & co,
10, Watsr street, Boston
And for sale BY the Booksellers generally,
Boston, June 29-tf