The republic., 1851-12-20
Woreester's UnIversaI and Critical Die
tIonRry Of the English Language

BY. E. WORCESTER, LID
One Uoiume, $40. sheep, 1882 pGgss-Pries $3.50
The publishers respectfully invite attention tn,
following eminent testimony to the excellence Of
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary fullyanswerf
to it's title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding Englisi
Dictionaries united. Constant reference is made C.
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such aretechni
cal, foreign obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS 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 PRoNUNcIA-
TIoN. His system of Notation, which 10 easily un-
dcrstood, and founded on more comp plcte analysis
OF the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere mel
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all tho
best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different rthoepsts gives tC
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuatlng, he haf aimed to be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words OF similar forina-
ton. The einsertion 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 fwordsinterspersed 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
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
| nunciation of Classicaland Scriptureproper names
are important appendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary ry
was published and its already extensive use, botl
among cultivated English readers and men of wide
confidently recommend it as containing ample
| and careful view ofthe present state OF our Ian
guage
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