The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-15
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tioilary OF the English Language.


BYJ. Z. WoecEsTER, LII. d
One Uo!une, 500. sheep, 1882 pages--Price $3 so
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony tothe excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionaryfull yanswers
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference ismade TO
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced and care is taken to note such aretechni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. dse
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 PKoNuEcIA-
TIoS. 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 words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
tins work important advantageous Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRrHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
uctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and 10
reduce 20 the same rules words of similar forma-
ton. Thelnsertion Of Grammatical forms and iD-
nectlons Of words TO 4 much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes 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.
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
published; and its already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers, land men of wide
learning, affords good testimony oflts merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing an ample
and careful view of the present state OF our Ian
guage.
JARED SPARKS, LIZ ID.
Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University.
JOHN MCLEAN, LII. d.
Justice U. s. Supreme Court Ohio.
MOSES STUART, ID. ID.
Professor of Sacred Literature,
| Seminary, Andover, Mass.
EDWARDS A. PARK, ID. ID.
Abbot Professor of Christian Theology ,Theo-
logical Seminary, Andover, Mass.
LEONARD WOODS, Jr., D. d.
N.LoRD, B. fS.''A' D. q DO"o0iA o0'iss N'
~, President Of Dartmouth College, N. H
| EDWARD HITCHCOCK, ID D., LII. ID.
President of Amherst College, Mass.
MARK HOPKINS, ID. d.
President of Williams College Mass.
EDWARD L. CLAIMING, LII. d.
Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Harvard University.
HENRY w. .LONGFELLOW, A. Nj.
Professor of Bellies Lettres, Harvard Uni
ALoNzo POTTER, d. D., LID.
s,nNpv w,11.pn BiShSP Of Pennsylvania
Late Professor of Hebrew, SC, Harvard Uni
| BENZ. HALE, d. d.
President of Geneva College, N. Y
ROBLEY DUNGLISON, NJ. ID.
Professorin Jefferson Med. Col. Philadelphia
| FRANCIS BOWEN, A. M.
Editor of the North American Review
CHARLES FOLSOM, A. M.
| Librarian of the Boston Atheneum
HECTOR HUMPHREY, ID. d.
President of st. John College, Maryland
DAVID l.. SWAIN, LII. ID.
President of University of North Carolina
PHILIP LINDSLEY ID. ID.
Pres't of the University of Nashville, Tenn
N. LAWRENCE LINDSLEY, A. M.
Professor of Ancient Languages and Litera
ture, Cumberland University, Tenn.
Published by WILKINS, CARTER, & co,
| 10, Water street, Boston
And for sale by the Booksellersge generally.
Boston. June 29-tf