The republic., 1852-01-15
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die :
iOMAry Of tho English Language.

BYJ K. WORCESTER, LIZ. d
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The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony to the excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dictionaryfullya answers
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constantrefercnce Is made to
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced and care is taken to note such etechni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms spc-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoHUScIA-
TloN. 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
entity pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGBAPHY he has made no ar
bltrary changes, but where usage is various and
tuctuating, he has Aiuaed to be c0nsiscnt, and to
reduce to the same rules words Of similar forma-
ton. Theinsertion of Grammatical forms and in
Elections Of words to much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the orthography the pro-
nunclatlon, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar technical local and Ameri-
can uses Of fwordsnterspersed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value The &C
pious Vocabulary Of Modern G Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlar geu
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nuncation of Classicaland Scriptureproper names,
arc important appendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed sncethis Dictionary
was published; and its already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers ,and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony ofitsmcrits. We
confidently recommend it as containing an ample
guaPe.
JARED SPARKS, LII. d.
Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University.
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Justice U. S. Supreme Court Ohio.
MOSES STUART, d. ID.
Professor of Sacred Literature,
Seminary, Andover, Mass.
EDWARDS A. PARK, ID. ID.
Abbot Professor of Christian Theology ,Thco.
logical Seminary, Andover, Mass
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President of Bowdoin College Me.
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President of Dartmouth College, N. H.
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President of Amherst College, Mas
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Prcsidento of williams College ,Mass.
Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Harvard University.
HENRY W. LoNGFELLow.A AN.
Professor of Bellies Lettrcs, Harvard UNI
ALoNzoypoTTER, D. D.,LL.D
SIDNEY WILLARD, A. M,
Lat. Professor of Hebrew, sc. Harvard U nj
versity.
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President OF Geneva College N. Y
ROBLEY DUNGLISON, M. ID.
Professor in Jefferson Med Col ,Philadclphia
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Editor Of the North Amcr ricon Review.
CHARLES FOLSOM, A. NJ
Librarian of the Boston Athcnnum.
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President of st. Johns College Maryland
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President of University Of NortbCarolina
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Prcs't of the University Of Nashville Tenn
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Professor Of Ancient Languages and Litera
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