The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-29
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tiOnary Of the English Language.

BYJ. e. WORCESTER, LII. d
One DOltsms, SEQ sheep, 1882 pages-Priee s 3 so
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony tothe excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionaryfullya yanswers
to its title. The VOCABULARY is 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 aretechni-
cal foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spe-
cally valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
TIoN. His system of Notation, which is easily
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 authorities inrclation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronourfcing e
Dictionary. In oRTHooRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage 10 various and
huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and TO
reduce to the same rules words of similar forma-
| ton. The insertion of Grammatical forms and ir-
| fiections of words to much greater extent than
they are gwen in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes on the photography the pro-
ANNEXATION, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical local, and Ameri-
can uses of words sinterspersed 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 Classicaland Scriptureproper names,
are important aPpendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was published and its already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers, ,and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony ofits merits. We
| confidently recommend it as containing ample
and careful view ofthe present state OF our Ian
guage.
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| Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
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