The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-02
yTToRcksrER.s NEW DICTIONARY.


| T0RrESTER'S RoI,4L QUARTO DICTfON-
Any
| Is raPdlv approaching completion. Literary men
! who have examined the proof sheets unite de-
| raf;nE that twill he the best Dictionary Of the
| En- liSh Ian ,uase.
| BRYANT. Washington Irving. + av. Dr. Burrap. and
the North American Review, will be read with in
have looked over: with great satisfaction part
Of The sheets OF Or. Worcesters New QuaTto Die
t.onary-the WORK beng yet unpublished. Doctor
Worcester has performed with rare industry and
admirable Jud ment the proper task of the sxco-
-raiher that OF ascertaining and recortn lsages
The new and authentic etymolo lies. the CON
essences and completeness OF the defnitions, the
meet, with which the different shades Of meaning
IN non, MS are distinguished, and the conscien
tions accuracy of the work IN all ITS dspartments
give it, in ny juds ment, the highest claims to the
| pGhllc faEor 49, W. T.. BRYANT.
8 concur with the opinion of Mr.. Bryant
Sunnysdo, May H. 1891
II regard Worcester's New Quarto Diction,r,
the most coplons. learned critical and exact Of
:; Baltimore, May 81 1889"
am inclined TO think no American Dictionary
sc careful as to definitions as this one
Baltimore, May %, 1897 '' N-- ''O ''>A
We copy the following notice of Worcester's
Quartz Dctonary from the North American Re
view. and there is no better authority:
we have examined a sufficient portion of it to
feel sure that II will meet the public
The etynolo2ical department gives not only the
authors mature opinion in each case, but on con
troverted points the alternative opinions The de-
hnltIons are full precise ard discriminating aS the
capacity OF 0Ur LANGUAGE will suffer them be, and
wherever practicable, are coplously aud pertinent
" illustrated BY quotations from standard authors.
The number al technical words defined IS so LARGE
and various that the work Will serve all the ordl-
nary purposes of dictionary for each separate
science and art-expetts having been, we are
informed, Lars ely employed in this part of the en-
teTprise. Word cuts are introduced wherever the
verbal definition would be inadequate. The va
and Appendix will supply the place of raj sep
arate manuals. In fine, the work must take lis
unchaiiens ed VI ace far IN advance of any pre-
vous attempt in this direction. and as necessarily
the standard dictionary OF the English lar. uage
until It's accessions and changes at some very dis
tant day shall demand that the same labor is ra-
newed."
1t will be comprised in about EIGHTEEN HUN
DRIED PAGES with TWELVE HUNDRED PIC
TORIAB Ill. Is IRA IONS ofterms in BOTANY
AhCHIT ECTt IL. NATURAL HISTORY. ME-
CHANCES and HtRALDRY, and full trea tmept
OF SYNONYMS. Both ILLUSTRATIONS and
SYNONYMS are incorporated in the body of the
text saving all venlence of reference to other
books, OF to other parts oil the anne work.
Upwards of three thousand subscribers have al
ready been Obtained for the Library Edition. which
Will be printed on fine paper with white margin and
elegantly bound. This edition will be sold only 10
should snhscr be soon, as only a united number
will be printed. The regular edition will be for sale
by booksellers generally thIous bout tho United
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Specimen cops may be seen at the Bookstore of j.
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