The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21
WOrcester's Universal and Critical Die
ionary OF the English Language.


BYJ WoRcEsrER, LII
One oolume, 5vo. sheep, 1882 pag"-Priee 3 3 80
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following eminent testimony to the excellence OF
thsstandard dictionary.
The execution this Dictionaryfully 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 as aretechn-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spc-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on rRoNuNCIA-
TON. 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 relation to words dlffe
emily pronounced by different thoepsts, gives to
TINS work important advantages az Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRArny he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage i. vn nrinn and
huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and te
reduce to the same rules words OF similar lorna
ton. Theinserton of Grammatical forms and in
Elections of words to much greater extent thar
they given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the orthography the pro-
nunciaton, the grammatical form and construc'
ton, and the peculiar, technical loca and Ameri
can uses of fwordsintersperscdt through the volume
CIV. 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-
nunciaUon Of Classcaland Scripturepropcr names
| are important appendages to the Dictionary
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among cultivated En- glish readers land men OF wide
learning, affords good testimony ofits merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing an ample
and careful view ofthc present state OF our Ian
guage.
Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University.
JOHN MCLEAN, LII. D.
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, Macs.
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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 Lettres, Harvard Uni-
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Bishop of Pennsylvania.
Late Professor of Hebrew, &C. Harvard Uni
versity.
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President of Geneva College N. Y.
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