The republic., 1851-10-29
Worcester'S Universal and Critical Die
tlonary OF the English Language.
By ]. z. WoRoEsrER, Ii, .

BTJ h. WORCESTER, LII, ID
One oolume, Suo. sheep, 1882 Pages-Priee So so
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony to the excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionaryfully answers
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference ismade to
AuTHoRITtEs with respect to words newly intro
duced and care is taken to note such as aretechn-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms spe-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
TON. His system of Notation which is easily un .
derstood, and founded on more 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
entity pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
dictionary. In oRTHosRARHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuating, he has-aimed to be consistent, and TO
reduce to the same rules words of similar forma- l.
tion. The Insertion of Grammatica forms and in
Elections of words TO much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the photography the pro-
nunclation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical local, and Ameri-
can uses OF twordsinterspersed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value. The &C.
plous Vocabulary of Modern G Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
OF CldSslCaland dSCrlptureprOpcr names,
are important appendages to 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 ofits merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing an ample
and careful view ofthe present state OF our Ian
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