The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-04
Woreester's Universal and Critical Die
tIonary OF the English Language.
r. WORCEsTER, Ii. I

By j, Il. w oRCEsTER, LII.
One rolt.,ne loo sheep, 1882 pGses-Priee s so
The nublisbers respectftlly invite attention 10 the
following eminent testimony tothe excelenceoi Oh
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dctionaryfully y answers
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding EngnsE
Dictionaries united. Constant reference is made 10
AurHoRITIEs with respect to words newly nitro
duced, and care is taken to note such as
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial or vulgar. .
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 PaoSuNcIA-
TON. His system of Notation, which 10 easily un-
derstood and founded on more complete analysts
of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan OF exhibiting al the
best English authorities In relation TO words dler-
emily pronounced by different orthoePists, givesto
this work important advantages as a Pronounclng
Dictionary. In oRrHosRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
iuctuating, he has aimed TO be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words Of similar forma~
ton heiusertion of Grammatical forms and in-
hections OF words to a much greater extent than
they are gwen in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes on the ortnog tine pro
nunciation the grammatical form and construc-
ton and the peculiar, technical, Iocal, and Amerl-
can uses of fwordsinterspersed through the volume
give TO this work much additionalYalne The &C.
pious Vocabulary of Modern Biographical names
with their pronunciation, and a greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciation of Classcaland Scriptureproper names,
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was publshed; and its already exteDs slYe use, both
AMONG cultivated English readers, ana men OF wide
learning, affords good testimony otlts merits. we
confidently recommend il as containing an amplo
and careful view ofth present state OF our Ian
guage.
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