The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-14
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die =
tiOnary OF the English Language.
ByJ E. WORCESTER, LII.

bY }. T.. WORCESTER, LIZ.
One ooIume, 5ro. sheep, 1882 pages-Priee s so
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony to the excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary yfu lly answers
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 retechni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spe-
ciaily valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNCIA-
TIoN 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 orthoepists, gives
this work important advantages as a Pronouncing
dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPAY he has made no
otrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and to
reduce to the rules words of similar forna-
ton. The insertion of Grammatical G forms and ir-
iiectlons OF words to 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 iwordsinterspersed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value. The &C.
pous Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarg ged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciation of Cassicaland 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 land men of wide
learning, affords good testimony ofits merits. We
confidently recommend il containing an ample
and careful view the present state OF our Ian
guage.
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