The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-05
Worcester's UmIversaI and Critical Die
tfomary of the English Language.

BYJ. z. WORCESTER, III.
One uoltme, 3vo. sheep, 1882 PGges--PTiee 8 80
The publishers respectfully invite attention the
following eminent testimony tothe excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary fullyanswers
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united Constant reference Is made TO
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
duced and care is taken to note such aretechn-
cal foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. TIE
tanning to technical and scientific terms spe-
cially valuable to the general reader The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUEcIA-
TIoN. 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
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages a Pronouncing
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 forIna-
ton. The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in.
Elections Of words to much greater extent than
they given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the orthography the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construC-
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local. and Ancri
can of word interspersed through the volume,
give to 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-
nunciation of Classicaand Scriptureproper names,
arc 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,
guage.
JARED SPARKS, LII. d.
Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University
JOHN MCLEAN, LII. ID.
Justice U. s. Supreme Court Ohio.
MOSES STUART, d. d.
Professor of Sacred Literature,
Seminary, Andover Mass.
EDWARDS A. PARK, d. ID.
Abbot Professor of Christian Theology ,Theo-
logical Seminary, Andover, Mass.
LEONARD WOODS, Jr., ID. D.
President of Bowdoin College, Me.
President Of Dartmouth College, N. H.
President Of Amherst College, Mass.
MARK HOPKINS, ID. d.
President of Williams College, NIass.
EDWARD T. CHARMING, LII. d.
Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Harvard University.
HENRY w. LONGFELLOW, A. M.
Professor of Bellies Lettres, Harvard Uni-
ALoSzoPorTER, D; P;.p LIP; I
SIDNEY WILLARD, A. M,
BENZ. HALE, d. D.
President of Geneva College, N. Y.
RoBLEY DUNGEISoN, NJ. D.
Professorin Jefferson Med. Col. Philadelphia.
FRANCIS BOWEN, A. M.
Editor of the North American Review.
CHARLES FOLSOM, A. M.
Librarian of the Boston Athengum.
HECTOR HUMPHREY, ID. d.
President of St. john College Mary land.
DAVID l.. SWAIN, LII. d.
President of University OF North Carolina.
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Pres't of the University of Nashville Tonn.
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