Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29
LATE EDUCATIONAL TESTIMONY.
NEW PICTORIAL EDIT


Worthy OF the proud place t occupies as the
great standard dictionary of our good English
language. | say standard, for while a rev
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 uuIearned OF our laud.-Hon j. VI Greg
Org Sap. PUb ms. Mich.
lit Is a noble work, and does YOU infinite
credIt."-Lion. L. c. Draper, State SrPL, Mich
igan.
more than ever is the book a necessary ar
tIce IN the SchoOl-house, and IN tie iamiy
where learning aud literature have place
We had the curiosity to examine with mag
infer some of these engravIngS, and compare d
them with steel engravlnSs IN bank notes, aud
found the illustrations often equally good,
sometimes superior. None but teacher, or
an intelligent parent, can estimate how Ndlua-
bile 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
leXt.-HitEois Teacher.
In Definitions Webster is unriyaled. Web
stcr's Etymology is admirable. Nearly all A.
meriCan newspapers aud books spcH according
to Webster. To dethrone Webster from the
affections of the American people would be a
greater revolution than has been witnessed
since the Crusades. Cor. Mich. Jour. Educd-
lion.
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
acknowledged standard in our State; the
thanks Of the public are due the enterprislng
publishers for their unremtting eXcrtions IN
keeping the work fully up to the progress of
our language.-WTS. Jour. Education.
In our daily teaching we have had upon our
table the new edition Of Webster aud have
subjected II TO constant test. Each feature is
really important. Not word is necessary
concerning the matter of Websler's Unabridged
Dictionary, it is Webster.-Lo .Ncgistos.
The Table Of synonyms is of almost inesti-
mabc value. \ case occurred the other day
in our school. The Pictorial Illustrations are
henceforth sine qua non for every large die
tionary. BY having them separate like most
CyclopedIas, all illustrations OF ATchItec-
ture, HeraIdry, Botany or of Mechanics, can
be brought together The best Lexicon Of the
English Language ever issued from the Press.
r.. SchoOtmaSier.
In all respects book Of unsurpassed worth
Conn. Com. School Journal.
We consider that tie additions have more
than doubled the value Of the work for ordIna-
~ use.-Ind. SchOolJour.
That this will be the most valuable edition
Of any Dictionary in the English language no
one can for moment doubt.-IOTd School Jour
nal.
The illustrations are finely cut and printed,
and form a novel aud valuable feature.-.ilG
Educational Journal.
We may safely say, that WeBsisr's DiciionG-
ry 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 fullness of its definitions, Web
ster's Dictionary stands pre-eminent and m
photography it is followed by majority of a.
merican writers, 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 aud valuable improve
ments.
Hon. Horace Mann has said cit is the best
defining Dictionary in the English Language"
and emlheD. scholars and orators, like Daniel
Webster, VIM. H. Prescott, and others, have
declared themselves decidedly IN favor of the
accuracy and extent of is definitions In this
respect, Webster's works appear to US at 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 an
uually published in the United States, cOmpi-
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 Sim
IOHN REED LIP