Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-15
LATE EDUCATIONAL TESTIMONY.

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great standard dictionary of our good English
language. | say standard, for while few
scholars and others here and there, prefer 9TH
er dictionaries, Webster's is beyond dispute
the book of the people, the common standard
of appeal among the great masses, learned
and unlearned of our land.-HOn. j. NJ Greg
Org, Sup. Pub. his. Mich.
at is noble work, and does you infinite
credit. "-HOn L. c. Draper, State Supt, Mich
igan
More than ever is the book a necessary ar
ticle IN the school-house, and in the family
where learning and literature have place
We had the curiosity to examine with mag
infer some of these engrayings, and compared
them with steel engravings in bank notes, and
found the Illustrations often equally good,
sometimes superior. None but teacher, or
an intelligent parent, can estimate how valua-
bic these eighty pages OF illustrations are.
The placing all the illustrations in a separate
part Of the volume has allowed the printing of
them to be executed in much better style
than if they had been incorporated in the
teXt.-HHEOiS Teacher.
In Defniii OnS Webster is unrivaed Web
ster's EtymOLOgy is admirable. Nearly all a.
merican newspapers and books spell according
TO Webster. To dethrone Webster from the
affections of the American people would be
greater revolution than has been witnessed
since the Crusades. Cor. Mich. Jour. Educa-
ton.
The value of the dictionary is materially in
creased by the additions, and we do not see
how it can be improved in any respect. The
acknow lodged standard in our State; the
thanks of the public are due the enterprsing
publishers for their unremitting eXertIons in
keeping the work fully up to the progress of
our language.-WiS. Jour. Education
In our daily teaching we have had upon our
table the new edition of Webster and have
subjected il 10 constant test. Each feature is
really important. Not word is necessary
concerning the mailer Of Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary, il is Webster.-HO .MegiStOS.
The Table Of Synonyms is of almost inesti-
mabe value. a case occurred the other day
in our school. The Pictorial Illustrations are
henceforth a sine qua non for every large die
tionary. By having them separate like most
Encyclopedias, all illustrations Of AIchitec-
ture, Heraldry, Botany or of Mechanics, can
be brought together. The best Lexicon Of the
English Language ever issued from the Press.
R l. SchoOimdSter.
In all respects a book Of unsurpassed worth.
Conn Com. School Journal.
We consider that the additions have more
than doubled the value of the work for ordlna-
ry use.-Ind. SchOoIJour.
That this will be the most valuable edition
of any Dictionary in the English language no
one can for q moment doubt.-IOi0G School Jour
nal.
The illustrations are finely cut and printed,
and form a novel and valuable feature.-.4la.
Educational Journal
We may safely say, that Webster's Dictiona-
~, Pictorial Edition Unabridged is the most
complete Dictionary of the English Language
that we have ever seen. In the completeness
of its vocabulary Of our language, and in the
accuracy and fulness of its definitions, Web
ster's Dictionary stands pre-eminent /; and IN
photography it is followed by majority of A
merican writer's, so far as our observation ex-
tends.-.N Carolina Jour. Of Education.
1t has retained all the good of its predeces-
sors, and has added new and valuable improve
ments.
Hon. Horace Mann has said at is the best
defining Dictionary in the English Language"
and eminent scholars and orators, like Daniel
Webster, VIM. II. Prescott, and others, have
declared themselves decidedly in favor Of the
accuracy and extent of Us definitions. In this
respect, Webster's works appear 10 US al least
as good and authoritative rs any we have seen.
These alterations photography appear to US
not only reasonable, but also popular, when we
are told that ten million school books are an
nuaIly published in the United States, comp-
led by authors who recognise Webster as their
standard of photography. Too high praise
cannot be bestowed on the execution Of the
woodcuts. To present these cuts all by them
selves is an advantage, because they could
thus be printed on better paper, and be easier
and to greater advantage classified under dis
tinct heads. ..-- Oct 6-4m