New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-08

ton metalIurey and several other derivs, YES, f'om
METAL; eisveslsed, modelling, csviler, e1An"st"',
&c. uaTsballsT, marvellous, uAveuoasiy unsppN'
eled, channeled dishev.lled. gosp4l-d, groVehef'
pereiIleo camellaperd, osnceis.ec earcel led, cam
.r cobbie- ard ccber corslline lao cora's-. crA,-
lie, coraois councillor, counselled, cou1ee r sol
Hiot, eurvlipear, iiptiloos a'd dpayoas az 'sueI'
MEIER, dsesst e1aaIreller faggot snd fayo', n, aue
Gus sud faueous, generslisslno snd g-perAs-ih.,
giisssubtr, isinsglass, jeselery, lsarelei, i-'el
er, hballsr, Fbelsbt, hoell0us, hlhed filsn',
e :Hrous, r. ctlef, panieHsoon, lhpah0sh1E, PS.
pp al phil,ic, pupolo, rscc ,rn am r.eo n Si'
d'sh spi rsdi-h rssfy, ralery, sol raNery, reVeer
ribbon rbstd and Ilon, sevevIistt ant .enuis y,
sh-iitiaty ard -hsrfsliy, sherdton snf sheFiii9ni
sybin. ar ibilre solder, soder sd colder, stedi'
resi- tstlsr aud taller trspquhke transferable, raw
eL.r IN Dice. Of 1867, uucaUcrIed uneqaaJed, an
eveled unrvslled uhstsddy, an;ransieraoe, untrav-
efed, ~orshippsd, vic;ualer, wagon, ~ssgoniag,
wsggouer wsnIish and vanish, ~nlggsm and wing
nm, winner ard women. xOollen and wooden, wooIi-
ness arc wooiress, worshlpper.
A few words may have been inserted that do no.
strictly belong 10 this clsss but moet OF them do.
Webster does no. spell cry stalze With two s. as re-
ported BY the correspondent Of The TRIBUNE, giving
as reason that If is from the Greek, krus,slss but
with one az "crystsize, a. he does the denyhSes.
Webster not the first man TO lay down 40 absolute
rule and then demonstrate by his VI practices that
the exceptions numerous az to nulfy the rule
coed reason, a.os from ussge, requires the douo'
irg Of l. in traveller, councillor csvlDg, marvellous,
&c., contra 20 tie teaching Of Mr. Webster which IL
lhs Without the doubling OF l. these words are liable
TO be improperly pronounced-the liquid sound OF be-
ing Loot. To illustrate: shavelrg, travelling grove-
ing, diivelrg modelling. might from analogy DE pro-
nouuced ike the frst-shsye ling, lave ling grove
ling, drive irg mode ling. Double the and this liza
billy is prevented and, besides the correct, as u is
the oct agreeable pronuncistion u preserved HOY
much more pleasantly TIE sound of the word marvel
lous fss upon the than marvel.us lousli 60 OF
traveller, and most Of this class of words.
Class III.
~ Words properly spelled with ore which Webster
spells with twoRs Control enroll ntbrall," il il
asserted are speled alike by Webster and Worcester
Webster in his .Qnarto, has control, CONTROL. Dr'
Worcester gives iphra in preference to enthra; Bal
| ley Smart, Craig, ard others prefer nthral.
" 1t is the analogy of the language that prlmauves
ending with double corsonsnt retain both, when
in composition the sccent falls upon that sylaos, a.
in illness stiffness, &c. which DR.. Worcester spells
az quoted, but omts one in duRness, iahness fui'
fl instil, dstiR sklful, and wtul. Enthrsil, IN
der this principle, requires Worcester wrlte, me
"wOrd enthIalment mot en- but lnhra nent j Thicn
leads TO the of the short instead OF the broad
sound of a, in the accented syllable Notwltn'
standing the quotation from the correspondent OF INK
TRIBUNE Webster has already, altar, also, &C., aud
withai witha in duOdecimo) wherewithdi there with,
al &C., all " accented" befal, install, sc /. u said
would be mspronourced, hence betal, &c. III "eo'
ster has fulness, why not have fulfill, skiIub, &c.
Webster spells foretel with two H. as he does dieti,
fulfil &C. stating as reason that the consonant must
be doubled in the derivatives foreeller, diser, &c
| yet he spells debar trepsn, admit, whhou douo!ng
he frs consopant not ihstanding the reason Just
strong for doing IN foretel &c Tor the derlVa
tlyes require the doubling Of the fpsl consonant as
debarrirg admitting and trepanDing Notwithstanding
| dsti extll, &C., Webster has compel, dispel, OK
pei excel impel propel rebel, repel, &c all which
require the to be doubled in the derivatives lie mas
snDuipg spnuled, dissrnulling, &c. and snnnInent
dsannulment with single ana dstilment, tulhiment
&C., with II. lie has control parol handro with one
l. ard enroll disenroll psroll unrol, with u; control
| ment with one l. and enrolment with two us John
| son, Walker, and others, uniformly with one T.
CLASS ".
"Words properly terminating in re, which Webster
| spells er." ,
THE correspondent of THE TRIBUNE says: eve
"hope that in future editions o the nsDudged inc
French form will be omitted, except in three words
acre massacre, and iucre from the liability OF be-
"fore to be pronounced s.. Webster has msssacer,
massacre, in the quarto, and the duodec'mo puoshed
coon after; also in his last revision Of 1885, and not
wtbssndng he gives nossacer the preference, yet IN
the definition the word massacre occurs six times
Webster has egre, polacre, wseacre, thancre luere
belesettes; also ocher ocherous and ochrous; omber
| or ombre, 1898 and 1910.
"The present mode of spelling has" says Mr..
| Webster, " introduced an awkward mode OF writing
"the derivatives, as e. e, centred, scepTed, sepuf-
"chred-the regular derivatives being sceptered, CEN
"tered, sepulchered sepulchers centera lusterous,
&c" He has lustrous, nitrous hbrous, &C., instead
Of following bis rule, and giving ibsrous &c.
Worcester has metre" says the correspondent,
(Which the pupil would naturally pronounce me tree,
Z" and TO guard against the author has respeled It
"[meter which is the orthography Of Saxon word
| Webster has, as already seeD, acre, ~hch, With a.
much propiey might be said TO have been respeiled
(aLer lest the pupil should pronounce it cree and
Of the other similar words Acre IL acer IN Saxon
The word lGster for lusre may possibly mislsadi a.
Where row, without boa,, come u.tre lle'-P''o".
| Where now, without bcas' some lister Hes
| Does luster signify brightness or longing desire,
coucupncence, or one who is esger 70 indulge his
sppetites or passions But mu,iny is already rfe in
the camp e1clsims the correspondent Of THr
| TRIBUNE CaliJre, the captain of his DR.. Worces'
teI squad has already gone over to the enemy camp,
| H. g. to Webster's "squad," to quote the elegant
tsml and the rect CT the column liz wavering. DR..
Worcester has csber and calibre Bailey wrote capsr,
con, cal,5tr Crabb, csIber csiper, eide calliPsr
Richardson, caiber caver, caibre; Ogilye, caliber
| or calibre and calbre; Craig, canber or calibre
| Clarke, caiber cslibre; Simmonds Msunder, and
Stoequeler, calibre Smart, caiber, in gunDery, and
cabre When used in reference TO the capacity of the
| mind, which definition Webster Omits.
Thus have been examined sertdtIm the list OF words
| commented upon by the correspondent OF The TRiB'
USE, whose article wa Published IN that paper June
o. II will be borne in mind that this writer asserted
at the outset that Worcesters photography neither
American nor Erglish, but Il monere vacilsting
compilation, without purpose or system, other than
assumed usdge. Did he confirm this charge, 40 Pc
cuarly WebsteIiAn, as to it, elegance oftsste dcton
and spnt II Is admitted that the photography Of DIR.
| Worcester dictionaries is not American but Englsh,
and could not, therefore, be expected 70 correspond
with that OF the " American Dictionaries, compiled
| by DR.. Webster, and God graft, be il reveren,ly
spoken, il never may for one American Dictionary,
with lie compendiums is enough to unsette the orthog
rsphy Of Newspaper writer's and publishers together
| with many school-boOk compiers and publishers.
Has he, In the second place, proved tina. DIR. Wor-
oestsrs orthogrspby is mongrel vscllating com
"pila,ion, without purpose or system ~
Ard, thirdly, has be shown inst 1t has nsusht but
aour.ed usage, mark the word "assumed." j. e., a..
cording TO Webster taken without proof arrogsted,
pretended" Who does not know, that know. any