The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-07
wOrcester's UniversAI and Critical Die
ionary OF the English Language
BY. WoRcEsrER,LLD


One uoIumf, Sro. sheep, 1882 paSes-Priee s 8 so
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony to the xc ellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution ofthis Dictionaryfullyanswer
TO It's title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that Of all preceding En- glisk
Dictionaries united. Constant referenc is ma de 10
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced ana care Is take to note such techni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar The
DEFlNITleNs are clear and exact and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific te rms are spe-
ciahy valuable to the general reader The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on rRoNUNcIA-
TON Hls system Of Notation, which is easily un
derstood, and founded on a more complete analys
OF the vowel sounds than we have elsewhe re met
with, together with his plan Of exhibiting III the
best English authorities relation to words differ.
emily pronounced by different thoe psts Civ es to
TINS work important advantag ges as a Pronouncine
D.ctohary In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
oltrary changes, but where usage ia various and
huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent and to
reduce TO the same rules words of similar forma-
Lioh. Ihelnsertlon OF Grammatical forms and n-
necions OF words to much greater x tent than n
they are gwen in other English Dictionaries and
the short critical notes the orthograp the pro-
nuhclatlon, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical local a nd Ameri
can uses OF fwordsinterspersed through the volume
give to tins work much additional value. The &C.
pious Vocabulary of Modern G eogra phica names
win their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciaton OF fClassicaland Scripturepropcr names,
arc important appcndages to the Dictionary
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was PuDnsned; and ITS already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony ofits merits We
confidently recommend it as containing al annie
and careful view ofthe present state four Ian
guage.
JARED SPARKS. LID.
Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University
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Professor of Sacred Literature,
Seminary, Andover, Mass
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Abbot Professor Of Christian 1neviogy .Theo-
logical Seminary, Andovcr, Mass
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President Of Bowdoin College Me.
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,,,, President of Amherst College, Mass
MARK HOPKINS, ID. ID.
Presidentof Williams College Mass.
EDWARD T. CLAIMING, LII. d. '''''''
Boyiston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
| Harvard University.
HENRY w. LONGFELLOw AM.
Professor of Bellies Lettrcs, Harvard Uni-
versity
ALoNZoPoTTER, D. D.,LL.,D.
SIDNEY WILLARD, A. NJ. eAn'y'aniA'
Late Professor of Hebrew & c. Harvard Uni
versity.
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President of encva College n v
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Professorin Jefferson Med Col. ,Philadelphia.
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Editor of the North Ame erican Review
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Librarian OF the Boston A thenrum
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President of University Of ortbCarolina
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