The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-03
I1roRCEsrER,s NEW DICTIONARY.

WofcEsTES's RotfI YQVARTo Dic71oN-
Tsrapidly approaching completion Literary men
who have examined the proof sheets unite IN de-
clarny that it will be the best Dictionary OF the
ENGLISH lanxuage -
The following testimony from William Cullen
BRYANT. Washington Irving, Rev. DR.. Burnap. and
the North American Review, will be read with in
terest
of the sheets OF pr, Worcesrsrs New Quartz DC
Worcester has performed with rare industry and
admirable ud ,ment the proper task OF the Lexico
grapher, that of ascertanlng and recording usages
The new and authentic etymoogies, the con-
cisaness and completeness of the definitions, the
meet, with which the different shades of meaning
in sy nony MS are distinguished. and tho conscIen
tious accuracy of the work IN all It's departments,
give it. In my Judgment the IN nest claims to the
New York. May 18th.
al concur with the opinion OF Mr.. Bryant.
srnpyside May IA, 1897
~ regard Worcester's New Quarto Dictionary
as the most copious, learned, critical and exact of
yet appeared. GEo. w. BuKNAP.
. Baltimore, May 81, 1882
lam inclined to think no American Dictionary
SO careful as to definitions as TINS one. g..
Baltimore, May 20, 1882
We copy the following notice of Worcester's
Ouarto Dictionary from the North American Re-
view. and there is no better authority:
I'VE have examined q sufrcIent portion oil IL 10
feel sure that it will meet the public expectation
The ETY. molo. ical department gives not only the
authors mature opinion IN each case, but on con
troverted points the alternative opinions. The de-
tntions full precise and discriminating as the
capacity of our language VIII suffer the IN to be- and
wherever practicable, are copouSly and pertinent
Nv illustrated by quotations from standard authors
The number of technical words defined IN SO large
and various that the work Will serve sill the ordt-
nary purposes of dictionary for each separate
science and t-expefts having been, as we are
informed, largely employed IN this part of the en-
terprise. Wood cuts are introduced wherever the
verbal definition would be inadequate. The va
valuable matter contained in the introduction
and Appendix will supply the place of several sep
arate manuals. In fine, the work must take its
unchailenged place as far in advance of any pro
the standard dictionary of the English language
until It's accessions and changes at some very dis
tant day shall demand that the same labor is "a
newed."
II will he comprised in ABOUT EIGHTEEN HUN
DRIED PAG ES. with TWELVE HUNDRED PIC
TORIAL SrRATI0N rs ofterms in BOTANY.
ARCHIrECTUR NATURAL HISTORY. ME-
CHANCES and HERALDRY, and full treatmest
oil SYNONYMS. Both ILLUSTRATIONS and
SYNONYM s are incorporated in tho body of the
text saving all inconvenience of reference to other
books, or to other parts OF the anne work.
Upwards of three thousand subscribers have al
ready been obtained for the Library Edition, which
will be printed on line paper with white margin and
elegantly bound. This edition will be sold only to
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should subscribe soon, AS only 4 limited number
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