St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-17
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FROM PRESIDENTS OF COLLEGES.
LEONARD WooDs, d. D., of Bowdoin College,
SAYS Your work appears to me to be alto
U, her unsurpassed.
JAMES +. CuAMpLIN, d. D., of Watcrvillc
{, llege says Your Dictionary is truly a
rnes..urus OF the English language
\. LORD. D. D., of Dartmouth College,
says " No scholar whatever other helps he
may see fit to use, can afford to be without
your Dictionary {
CALVIN PEAsE, d. D., Of University of Yer
mont. saws The mature scholarship which =
L..e work evinces is, to me, its most pleasing
future. where we have learning without ped
nntry. and the fruits of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostcntation.'
BENJAMIN LAnAREE, d. D., of Middlebury
College. saws The Dictionary will prove an
enduring monument Of the learning, industry,
patience, and scholarly wisdom of its author,
and will place him high among the great leXl-
JAMES WALKER, d. d., of Harvard College,
saws: 1.-The correctness of its photography,
and the neatness OF its definitions and method
of notation, together with its greater general
completeness and thoroughness, AS the latest
of the great Dictionaries, will make it an au-
thority among scholars everywhere.
C. FELTON,, Ii. D., of Harvard College,
saws In Orthography, Pronunciation ana
definition, the learned author has taken un,
wearied pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects, lac has, beyond doubt
produced work which will be of standard
authority in the United States and Ill Eng
and. -
MARK HOPKINS D. D., of Williams College,
SAYS at is Il proud monument OF accurate
scholarship and vast rcscarch, and cannot tail
of great influence in pcrlecting and fixing, so
far as is possible the noblest language now
spoken on the globe
AT. CRAryrI, of the Holy Cross, says ;
1.-The work is great, and destined, not unlike
", to supcrscde other English Dictionaries no"
in use"
HOSEA BALLou, %, D. D., of Tufts College,
saws: Your Octave Dictionary has been,
from its first appearance, my usual guide IN
matters of orthography, pronunciation ana
definition. Though have not had leisure to
examine the Quarto Dictionary with any de-
sumo, by anticipation, that the same excellen-
ccs will be found to mark it that distinguished
Your former editions and all that have tai
len upon in curSory inspection OF the work
confirms this Presumption
DAyIEI. r. GOODWIN d. D., of Trinity Col
lege saws d" 1t is but short time since that
/ was led to commend another Dictionary, as,
on the whole, and with some exceptions, the
best and most complete thing OF the KIND
within my knowledge. The commentators
sas honestly given at the time but noto
must be rithdrarn in faror Of yours. conside
Your Dictionary, in almost every respect
photography, pronunciation, and definitions
as superior to any OF its predecessors l
truth, | never expected to see an English Di'
tionary so thorough, complete and satisfactc
y."
NJ b. ANDERSON, IL D., of University
Rochester, says " 1t seems to me that yo
have given to the world work, which, fl
completeness and accuracy, is superior to an
Dictionary of our language in existence. 10
have crowned the labors Of a life in the pr'
duction of treatise which will identify W
with the history of English photography
all coming time
JOIN MAGICIAN, d. D., of the College
New Jersey, says LAS far as have examine
YOUR Quarto Dictionary. | have found it to l.
accurate and reliable in its exposition of tn
language
CHARLES COLLINS D. D., of Dickinson Col
lego, says D.: - ] have examined the Dictionar
with care, and am free to say, that though
public expectation respecting 1t was high
based Justly on the high reputation of its au
thor for lcxical ability, yet in my opinion thi
expectation has been more than met. A no
bier monument of profound learning, patien
toll, and critical discrimination in the use an
power of words has not appeared. Its orthog
raphv and orthoepy faithfully represent tn
elegant use which the critics tell US gives LAY
/, language; and the etymologics and deiin
tons present II treasury Of learning in the III
crature of the language which is above price
] cannot speak too highly of the pictorial il
Illustrations and diagrams which you have in
PRODUCED, happily on a scale not SO large as t
cucumber the page, and yet not too small 10
the purpose of calculation. These, INTRODUCES
in their natural place, are not so prominent a
to affect the general appearance OF the worl
as q dictionary, and yet they give it many o
the advantages without the cost, of an ency
clopedia
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE, d. D., of Oglethorp
University, says: - have examined the Die
tionary with care, and am not disappointed i
my expectations. i consider it decidedly tn
most complete and Perfect Dictionary of tn
English Language. 1t cannot fail to take pre-
ccdcnce over all Others. The great curse {
American Lexicography has been a lawles
spirit Of innovation, tending to the corruptio
Of our noble mother tongue. You have, /
my honest Judgment, hit the golden medium
and combined, most happily, the conssraet'
and the progressive. Your work is an hont
to American literature, and proudly hoI
will assert its rightful claims to become Il
standard of authority not only in the Unit,
States but also in Great Britain
J. b. LINDSEY, d. D., of University
Nashville. says :. know of no Dictionary
the English language in all respects so col
plete as the new edition of DIR. Worcester
1t is q faithful and reliable guide to CORE
spelling and pronunciation, ample in its V
cabulary and most excellent in its definition
Its accuracy and fullness, as regards the mai
new scientific terms recently introduced re
der it valuable to the professional as well
for the general student
TnoMAs C. ANDERSON, d. D., of Cumberla
University, says "A After careful examinatic
unhesitatingy pronounce it the most CO
pete work of the kind extant.
The English Language has been enriched
several other valuable Dictionaries, which
highly creditable to their authors; but
must yield in completeness and elegance
your noble quarto.
REV JOIN EARLY, Of Georgetown Collie
says: 1.-The examination we have thus
been able to make OF Dr. w OrccStcr DlctI
airy has been sufficient to convince us of its
periorty. We prefer it to Walker S becaust
represents the present, not past state OF
language, and to other works with which i
usually compared, because its decisions
founded upon recognized authorities, not
provincial peculiarities, or the eccentricities
the photographer.
Dictionaries are to be found in which
definitions of certain words evince more pol
cal or religious rancor than political SIX
where the writer's preferred, to the prais
correctness, the qualification Of partizan I
ing In further commentator OF the edi'
submitted to our judgment, it should be
ded that it is remarkably free from any S
offensive partiaity.'
Hon WILLIAM II. ALLEN, of Girard Cole
saws: "a work of such vast crudition
rare merit cannot fail to commend itself to
lovers of pure, conservative English, whel
ct our mother tongue is cultivated
Henry BARNARD, IL. d., of Wisconsin
versity, says: 81 l was not prepared to welc'