The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-11
woreester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language
E. WoRcEsrER, Ii. |

BYJ. E. WORCESTER, LII.
One uOIume, SEQ. sheep, 1882 Pages-PTtee 3 oO
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony to the excellence Of
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionaryfullyan answers
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 as aretechni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar The
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 PRoNuNcIA-
TIoN. 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 to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronounclng
Dictionary In oRTHoGRAPHY 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. Theinsertion of Grammatical forms and in-
| fections of words to much greater extent than
they gwen in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes on the photography the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar technical, local. and Ameri-
can uses of ofwordsinterspersed through the volume,
| give to this work much additional value. The &C.
piouz Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names
! with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciation of Classicaand Scriptureproper names,
are important appendages to the Dictionary.
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| learning, affords good testimony ofits merits. We
| confidently recommend it as containing an ample
and careful view ofthe present state OF our Ian
guage.
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