Worcester daily spy., 1859-04-16

They propose to publish library edition of WoRcEs-
TERs QuARro DIcTIoNARY for subscribers. 1t will be
printed on extra nne paper with large margin, per
specimen copy, which may be seen at our counting
room.
The work is rapidly approaching completion, and
we hope to publish it in May, 1853 1t will be comprised
in about eighteen hundred pages and will contain full
vocabulary OF the words used in Literature Art and
Science together with such local and obsolete
read.
In oRHoGRApHY the work will present the usage
both i'll this country and in England
The PRoNuNcIATIoN of all the words will be exhib-
tied by system of notation which will be easily under
soou ana with regard TO words OF various doubtful
disputed pronunciation the best authorities for the differ
In the department ETYMoLoGY this Dictionary will
be found to be complete and satisfactory than any
of the investigations of the best writers this subject
The DEFINITIONS will be fully and accurately discrim-
mated, and distinguished by numbers and eXemphed,
whenever practicable by citations from the best authors
In the selection of examples the aim has been such
should be valuable thought sentiment they ex
press that this Dictionary will present in aconvenient
form for reference, rich collection of the maXims
gems of the language.
The treatment of SYNONYMS will form very valuable
feature OF the work Very few even of the best speak
ers and writer's become so thorougly masters of their
tive Language never to experience embarrassment in
discriminating between several expressions nearly rela
ed 1t is to help in overcoming this difficulty that Dr.
Worcester has prepared, in connection with those words
wch seem most to require It, notice OF the synonymous
terms showing at glance the distinctions to observed
III choosing among them
The grammatical forms and infections of words will be
given more fully than before in any English Die
onary and brief critical notes ON the photography the
pronunciation the grammatical form and construction
on the peculiar technical local. provincial and American
ume.
The ILLUSTRATIONS by wood cuts, of which there will
be about twelve hundred beautifully executed will form
another novel and useful feature of this Dictionary.
There are many TERMS the verbal explanations of which
however carefully made will convey much less
idea OF their meaning than pictorial representation,
and accordingly it is proposed adopt this method of
employing the definitions in all such seem to
quire it.
Much important and useful matter will he given in the
Introduction on the following subjects The Principles of
pronunciation; Orthography English Grammar: the Or
gin Formation, and Etymoogy OF tie English Language
Archaisms, Proyinciasms and Americanisms; and the
History of English BeXicography; with notice of En-
glish Orthoepss, and Catalogue of English Dicton
aries of the various Arts and Sciences Encyclopedias
&c.
In Appendix will be added Walkers Key to the Pro
nunciation of Classical and Scrptura Proper Names
much enlarged and mproved Pronouncing vocabulary
OF Modern Geographical names collection of Phrases
and Quotations from Foreign Languages: Authorizations
used in Writing and Printing, &c.
The price of the library edition, extra fine will
be $5O, which will be the retail price for the common
edition. Persons subscribing will therefore the
library edition at the same price that they would be
obliged to pay for the edition after its pubca
ton.
Those persons who desire to become subscribers to the
work Will please send their names to S. CLOUGH Co.
Providence, Publishers Agents for the State of Rhode
Island, Worcester and Bristol Counties, Mass. and Hart
ford, CT. dTh&S&wIt apl4