The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-05
VOL. XII.
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New attn English School Lexicon, on the gs,
OF the Laun-Germsn Lexicon Of DR. c. F. Ineer...,
BY G. X. Crooks, D. D., late Adjunct Professor Of A.
cient Languages in Dickinson College, and A I
Schem, A. NJ Professor of Hebrew and Modern La,
guages in Dickinson College. Philadelphia J 2
Lippincou Co 1855. For sale by Franek Tsyro,
Washington d. C.
Lexicography has made great advances with.
in The last quarter of century. This is trus
in reference to all languages nor in any mora
80 than the Greek and Latin. New lexicsI
principles have been proposed and adopted
and more discrimination exercised in seps.
rating and classifying the shades of meaning
genealogical Investigations, too, have been
carried out more accurately; so that the studep,
of every grade is furnished with facilities 70,
acquiring or prosecuting knowledge of clas.
steal authors, such as were never before En-.
joyed. The labors of Scheller, Freund, Ka-.
cher, Koch, Klotz, Georges, Mailman, Inger
slew, and others, have resulted in most valuable
Latin and German Lexicons; while il the
Latin. English, we have had Leverett, Andrews.
(based on Freund,) and w. Smith, in which
these products of the interchangeable application
and varied learning of continental scholars
have been brought within the reach of the edu.
Gated and educating classes in THE country.
The volume before US owes its existence to
this spirit of advance and results of investira.
ton. 1t il based on the Latiu. German Lexicon
OF DIR. lngerslev, whose work has received high
praise among the German critics. The original
intention, by its authors, of translating that Lex
icon, was, however, changed into purpose of
preparing an independent one on ouch a basis
using also for consultation the other larger
works. 1t is strictly School Lexicon. The
aim is not to furnish Reference Latin Die.
tionary for the matured scholar, but prac,i.
cal one, to be used in the study OF the classics
in schools, and the authors regard this object
as to be attained "by excluding matter not
needed by those who are still in the school, AID
by including and devoting especial attention
to other matter of more Importance to them
On this plan they omit words exclusively BE-.
longing to writers after what is called the silver
age of Latin literature, the church fathers, and
middle ages, confne themselves to classic
prose writer's aud poets, cut off many mere ex.
amples and terms required in advanced study.
abbreyiate, refer to etymologists aud so con.
dense much matter in the compass of nearly
one thousand pages octave.
The book is finely printed, the leading si0pi.
ications are marked "by heavy broad faced
type" and the Italic is used for rarer mean.
.iDgs," for definitions less direct, and for exam.
Piles.
The execution of the plan is well carried
out, and valuable School Lexicon, embracing
the best features of perhaps the best School
Lexicon in Germany, and Incorporating still
further improvements, is secured. We have
looked over it, to fad some example we could
quote, giving nearly all the varieties of charac.
teristics; but to do this we should have 70
take one of the Longer articles, for which there
is no room. The following shorter one, how
ever, may help to give some idea of the method
adopted and we may just observe that such
School Lexicon would have been of great use
to Judge Daniel, in his opinion on the bred
Scott case, as it would have saved him from
such humiliating exposure of his blunders in
translation from Latin as he received from
President Woolsey, of Yale College.
"LIBERTINUS. a, UNI. adj. [libertus. Be
longing to the condition of freedman. (opp
to ingenuus, belonging to tie condition of a
freedom person, and also to servus } ordo
(genus) |. the condition, rank cf freedmen
homo, l., a freedman; muller l., a fTeedaooman.
Most freqr su6St. Libertinus, i, m, aud Liber.
tina, az !. freedman, freedwoman, with ref
erence to his master, the freedman was called
libertus but "libertus" with reference to
his rank in the State. CT. d" lbertus")
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