The republic., 1851-12-16
Universal and Critical Die
tionAry OF the English Language.
BYJ. WoRcEsTER, LID

BYJ Z. WoRcEsTER, LII.
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The execution Of this Dictionary fully answers
TO It's title. The VOCABULARY 10 probably more
comprehensive than that Of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference smade TO
AUTHoRITIEs with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken TO note such aretechn-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar The
oEFINiTIoNs 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 laboron PRoNusoIA-
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 met
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
best English authoritiesl relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHooRAPHY he has made no r.
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuatng, he has aimed to be consistent send TO
reduce to the same rules words of similar forTna-
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 photography the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar technical local and Ameri-
can uses of wordsinterspersedt through the volume,
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pious Vocabulary Of Modern @ Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition Of Walkers Key TO the pro-
are important appendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was publshed and tsalready extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony ofits merits. We
confidently recommend ii as containing an ample
and careful view ofthe present state ofour Ian
guage.
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History, Harvard University.
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