The republic., 1852-01-05
W0roeSter's Untvcrsa1 and Critical DIE
iOnnry Of tho English Language.
BYJ. e. WoRcEsrER, LII. D

BYJ.E WoRcEsrER, LID
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following eminent testimony tothe excellence oil
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dictionaryfullyanswer
to its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that OF all preceding En- giish
Dctions ries united Constant reference is made to
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and is taken to note such arctcchni-
cal foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFISITIoss are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms are spe-
caly valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNuNcD-
rioN. His system of Notation, which is easily UNI
derstood, nd founded more com pcte analysis
of the vowel sounds than VIC have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepiss gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncng
Dictionary. In oRrHooRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
hrctuahDg, he has aimed to be consistent and to
reduce to the same rules words Of similar forIna-
ton The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections OF words to a much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short on the orthography the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local and Ameri-
can uses of wordsinterspersed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value The &C
pious Vocabulary of Modern Geogra phica names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciation of ofClassicaland Scripturcpropcr names,
are are important aPpendages TO the Dictionary.
was published; and its already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers, and Of wide
learning, affords good testimony oiits merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing ample
guage.
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Mclean Professor of Ancient and Mode IN
History, Harvard University.
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Justice U. S. Supreme Court Ohio.
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