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worcester's Uuiversai and Critical Die
tionary OF the Engiis Language.
By j. h. WoKcEsTER, LII. ID

BYJ. h. w oKcEsTER, LII.
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to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that Of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is made W
AUTHORITIES with respect 10 words newly intro
duccd, and is taken to note such are techni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar The
pKFIsITIoNs 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 rKosuSoIA'
TIoN. His system of Notation, which is easily un.
derstood and founded on a more complete analysis
OF the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere me
with together with his plan of exhibiting all tn.
best English authorities In relation 20 words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives {,
this work important advantages as a Pronouncinl
Dictionary. In oRThoGRAPBY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage H. various snt
fuctuating, he has aimed 10 be consistent, and Il
reduce 10 the same rules words OF similar forma'
ton The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections OF words To much greater extent thar
they are gwen IN other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the photography the pro-
nunciaton, the grammatical form and construc-
uon, and the peculiar, technical, local, and Ameri-
can uses OF words interspcrscd through the volume
give To this work much additional value. The &C
pious Vocabulary OF Modern Geographical names.
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and improved edition OF Walkers Key 10 the pro-
nunciation OF Classical and Scripture proper naIncs
are important appendages 10 the Dictionary.
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confidently recommend u ms containing an ample
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