The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-14
Universal and Critical Die
tIonary of the English Language.
BY ]. e. WoncEsrER, IL. p

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One UoItsne, SEQ. sheep, 1882 pagss-Pr s 3 SO
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following eminent testimony to the excellence o
thsstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dctionaryfully yanswcri
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that Of all preceding Englist
Dictionaries united. Constant reference ismade tC
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such " techni
call foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spc-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
TIoN. His system of Notation, which is easily In-
derstood, and founded a more complete M lysis
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 u aPronouncing
Dictionary In oRTHoGRArhY he has made no ar
bltrary changes, but where usage is various and
fiuctuating, he has aimed to be consistent and tc
reduce to the same rules words of similar forIna
tion. The einsertion Of Grammatical forms and in
iiectlons of words to much greater extent thar
they are given in other English Dictionaries, ano
the short critical notes the orhography the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical local, and Ameri
can uses OF twordslnterspersed through the volume
give to this work much additional value. The c.
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with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciation of Classcaland Scripturepropcr names,
are important appendages TO the Dictionary.
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learning, affords good testimony ofits merits. We
confidently recommend it containing an ample
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guage.
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