The republic., 1851-12-18
Worcester's UniversaI and Critical Die
tionnry oftLe English Language.

BYJ. E. WORCESTER, LID
0ae oOIume, Spo. sheep, 1882 pages-Pries s 3 so
The publishers respectfully invite attention the
following eminent testimony to tho excellence Of
thlsstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionaryfullya yanswers
70 ITS title The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united Constant reference isInade to
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such arctechni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
oEFISfTIoNs are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spe-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
mas evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
rIoN His system of Notation, which is easily un-
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 in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orhoepists gives to
TINS work important advantages as Pronouncing
dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
nuctuating, he has aimed TO be Consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words of similar forma-
ton. Theinsertion of Grammstica cal forms and in
Elections of words to a much greater extent than
they are 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 words interspersed through the volume
give to this work much additional value. The &C
plouS vocabulary of Modern G Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciation of Classicaand Scriptureproper names
arc 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 ii as containing an ample
and careful view fthe present state OF our Ian
guage.
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Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
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Justice u. s. Supreme Court Ohio.
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Professor of Sacred Literature,
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Abbot Professor of Christian Theology ,Theo-
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President of Amherst College, Mass.
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President Of Williams College, Mass
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Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
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Professor of Bellies Lettrcs, Harvard uni
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Bishop of Pennsylvania
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Late Professor of Hebrew sc. Harvard Uni.
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President of Geneva College N. Y
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