The republic., 1851-04-18
Worcester's Universal and Critical DAc-
tionary OF the English Language
BYJ. e. WoncEsrEn, Ii. D

By j. E. WORCESTER, LII. ID
One rolume, spo. sheep, 1882 pagn--Price $3.50
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following eminent testimony to the excellence Of
this standard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary fully answers
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 ia taken to note such techni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
pHFINIrIoNs 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 rRoNuNcIA-
rIoN. 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
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoaRAPHY he has made no arr
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
fiuctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words of similar forma-
ton. The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections of words to much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical noes the photography the pro-
nunciaton, 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.
pioun Vocabulary Of Modern Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and 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
published; and its already extensive use both
among cultivated English readers, and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony of its merits. We
confidently recommend ii as containing an ample
and careful view Of the present state OF our Ian
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