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PicroRAt EDrfoN WEBsrERs DICTIONARY o. rHE Esg-
Lan LANGUAGE Revised and enlarged by Chhuncy A. Good.
ch Professor IN Yale College To which are now added
Pictorial Illustrations Table Of Synonyms Peculiar use Of
Words and Terms In the Bible Appendix Of New Words
pronouucing Table OF Names Of distinguished Persons Alb
brevaons Latin French Italian and Spanish Phrases etc.
Springfield a. 9. Merriam, 1859.
The publications Of Noahwebster have been successful
than those Of any American author His has appeared
upon the title page Of larger number Of books probably
than any writer ancient OF modern Over 4OOOO0 OF copies
OF his Elementary Spelling Book alone have been sold and II
st Published nt tho tate Of 100000 copies year. The
pay premun ofha cent on each copy supported bis mi-
during the long years he at work upon his great dicton-
ay lie died before the peouniary his abors
azod fnew copy rights Of his publications. having the usu.
Be worth balfa million Of dollars His Unabridged Dictionary
revised and enlarged by his sonnaw Prof Goodrich has
been the most successful publication that has ever been issued
in this country and It's has been richly deserved As
monument Of herculean labor original research and pro-
found scholarship Il has stood alone among other works OF
English eNcogaphy like the majestic oak amid the shrubbe
ry the hcke has been repubshed In England and has
the same reputation there and the Continent as 10 this
country 10 has been the substraum OF all subsequent Eng
sh dictionaries and IN the Of the great Imperial Die
tionay edited by Dr. Ogleye i is announced upon the title
page that the work is based Webster.
Whether Webster TO maintain its present relative position
with elesence TO other similar publications. remains to be
deed will be this generation of scholars Il to have
independent work that maintain the claim Of superiority,
or even OF equality In thatevent eyen the glory Of the great
American photographer would remain for can pre-
sumo to success in this Department. without using the mae
ais Of Noah Nebsers research and scholarship. Science
could have boased Keper rchn Brah m they had
not stood upon the broad shoulders of Gaeo Lapaee and
ons they bad not used the abos Of Newton and coperni
Gus. We shall most cordially welcome work, and
shall canddy examine e. and acknowledge whatever merit
may possess but from long and constant Of Webes
Unabridged we cannot speak oft In less complimentary terms
than we have Other dictionaries general and special we
have always at hand but never feel strong absuse
subject ofinquiry until have examied weworn copy
Of the Unabridged So exhaustive and satisfactory have
seemed hardly desirable.
edition. however, appears upon our table, embeished
with Illustrations and containing much matter consist
ing OIL 1900 very finely executed pictorial ustratiouof
objects in architecture herady mechanics natural history
mythology archaeology costume etc prepared expressly for
work. In the edition before the illustrations are pac
ed together as in the encyclopedias and arranged alpha
becay in classes by subjects being made from the
illustration to the text and in the text to the illustration
2 Table Of synonyms by Prof Goodrich. This table
have examned with much care and believe n to the
valuable compilation this subject published There
IN strict sense but few synonyms in our language what
are usually cassed are only so In very general serse
the Of called synonyms without reference to the
exact specific meaning Of each is very common but very
inelegant use of language Good writing and good eopyera
ton are characterized much ANYTHING by sci con Of
with reference to their nice shades Of meaning We
have had Cbbe Roget aud other compilations of synonyms
what have before is information 10 the exact shade
of differences like the following
ample COpioas, abundant Pleaous-These words agree
in representing thing oge but under different relations
cording to the image which is in Ample implies argnes
ample stores or resources ample provision COs carries
with IL the idea Of O, of collection at single point
ter song"-MLToS. Abundant and PleHte0Es refer to
lageness quantity abundant stores peneous harvess
3. Peculiar Of words and terms in the Bible
4. Appendix Of 10000 words These words we NAV
bless stars have not all been invented during the past ~
years Many OF them scientific and technical words that
have been incorporated in general vocabulary for the
St time 1t is fearful to how the English vocabulary is
increasing ana the ambition Of photographers shond he not
much to increase it. but to keep 1t within the smallest DOS
sibe limits We tendency in the editor of the volume
before to insert TO needless extent compound words aud
words of doubtful reputation that had better be
kept outside awhile longer probation. If enlargement goes
on it has of late years. the smallest vocabulary will
matter of boast.
8. Prononncng table of names Of 5000 distinguished per-
This able not only gives the pronunciation Of
the Of eminent persons living and dead but gives their
nationality and the departments OF literature science in
which they distinguished themselves.
g. Abbreviatons and arbitrary signs
T. Latin French Italian and spanish quotations. phrnses
notos &c that in EnSsh literature with their
ansationthe whole forming huge quaro of l7S pages
The only criticism that has ever been urged against Webster
his mode Of spelling few words and classes Of words
Derng less than 100 in ALL So far analogy argument
goes Webster and his advocates the advantage His
mode Of spelling these words is reasonable and
general The reader is that Webster is stand
ard. On hadozen words-theater center &cwe hes
ate while judgment approves the er II amusing TO
see also how many Of contemporaries spell according
Webster who would be shocked they knew the fact No pa
per is perhaps sensitive than the the Sd
inst neghbor had editorial of column half in
the form of judicial opinion against Webster and in favor Of
another dictionary. In this the editor charged against Web
other than Websteran fashion The article contained 1900
yord in which only three different words were used in the
peng of which Webster differs from Worcester These words
used in the article ten times in nine instances the spell
ing Webserian in instance according Wor-
ester The othogaphca argument heretofore against
Webster has nearly spent its force Usage gradually but
urey settling upon It, and II embodes better than any other
ystem the actual spelling of to-day.