St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-11-08
The Best English Dictionary Extant.

The success of Worccstcr's Quarto Dictiona-
ry is altogether unparalleled in the annals OF
publication. The demand for the work in
creascs daily and up to the present time we {
have been unable to supply our orders. We
suhjoin "A few short extracts from recommends
tons of the book
FROM PRESIDENTS OF COLLEGES.
LEONARD WOODS, d. d., of Bowdoin College,
says: Your work appears to me to be alto
gethcr unsurpassed
JAMES L. CHAMrIIy, u. D.. of Watervillc
College. says Your Dictionary is truly a
Thesaurus of the English language
\. LORD, ID. 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, ID. D., of University of Yer
mont, says THE mature scholarship which
the work evinces is. to me, its most pleasing
feature, where we have learning without ped
antry, AMI the fruits Of the most accurate and
liberal research without oStcntation."
BENJAMIN LARAREE. II. D.. of Middlcbury
College, says Tho 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 lcXi-
cographers of the English language"
JAMES WALKER, D. D., of Harvard College,
SAYS: The correctness of its orthograpliy.
and the ncatncsS of its definitions and method
of notation, together with its greater genera!
completeness and tlIuroughncss, as the latest
of the great Dictionaries, will make it an au-
tlOrity among scholars everywhere
c. G.. FELTON,. IL. d., of Harvard College,
says In Orthography, Pronunciation and
Definition, the learned author has taken un.
wcaried pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects, he has, beyond a doubt,
produced n work which will be of standard
authority in the United States and i'll Eng
land"
MARK HOPKINS d. D., of Williams College,
says 1T is a proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
of great influence in perlccting and fixing, so
far as is possible, the noblest language now
spoken on the globe"
A.. +. CRAINrI, of the Holy Cross, says !:
" The work is great. and destined, not unlike
ly, to supcrscde other English Dictionaries now
in use"
HOSEA BALLou. ID, u. d, of Tufts College,
says "Your Octave Dictionary has been,
from its first appearance, my usual guide in
matters Of photography, pronunciation, and
definition. Though | have not had leisure to
examine the Quarto Dictionary with any de
I-ltt vi tll'louS lti'NS. WV i HI p'tt IiN
sumo, 10y anticipation, that the same eXccllcn-
COS will be found to mark it that distinguished
your former editions and all that | have fall
len upon in curs0ry inspection OF the work
confirms this resumption
DANIEL II. GooDwIN, d.. D., of Trinity Col
legc, says /" II is but Il short time since that
| was led to miner another Dictionary, as,
On the whole, and with some exceptions, the
best and most complete thing of the kind
within my knowledge. The commentator
was honestly given ut the time but NOR ii
must be nitbdrdTH IN tapOr IF yours. ! consider
your Dictionary, i'll almost every respect in
photography. pronunciation, and definitions
ts superior to any of its predecessors. In
truth, ! never expected to see an English Die
ti"nary SO thorough, complete and satisfacto-
ry."
NJ. b. ANDERSON, Ii. D., of University OF
Rochester, says : 1t seems to me that you
have given to the world IA work, which, fUI
completeness and accuracy, is superior to any
Dictionary of our language in existence. You
have crowned the labors of Il life i'll the pro
luciiun of a treatise which will identify you
with the history of English photography il
Ill coming time"
Joux MAcLEAy, d. D., of the College o.
New Jersey. says AS far aS | have examined
vuur QuaIto Dictionary, ! have found it To bt
accurate aud reliable in its exposition of the
language"
CHARLES COLLINS, ID. D., OF Dickinson Col,
lc@c, says Il have examined the Dictionary
with care, and am free to say, that though
public expectation respecting it was high,
based Justly on the high reputation of its au,
thor for leXical ability, yet in my opinion thi,
expectation has been more than met. \ no
|, bier monument of profound learning, patient
toll, and critical discrimination in the use and
mower uf words has not nprparaI Its nrtlnr.
raphy and orthoepy faithfully represent til,
elegant uSc which the critics tell us gives law
to language and the etymOlogics and defini
tons present a treasury of learning in the lit.
]rraturc of the language which is above price.
| annot speak too highly Of the pictorial il,
Illustrations and diagrams which yOu have in,
troduccd, happily ON a scale not SO large As IL
cucumber the page, and yet not too small fol
the purpose of calculation. These, Introduce
in their natural place, are not SO prominent as
to affect the general appearance of the work
rs Il dictionary, and yet they give it many OF
the advantages, without the cost, of an ency-
clopedia.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE, d.. d., of Oglethorpe
University. says: - have Examine the Die
tionary with care, and nm not disappointed in
my expectations. ! consider it decidedly the
most complete and Perfect Dictionary of the
English Language. 1t cannot fail to take pre-
CctlCllCC oNtI All othtiS. IL great tulSt VI
American Lcxicography has been a lawlcss
spirit of innovation, tending to the corruption
of our noble mother tongue. You have, in
my honest judgment, hit the golden medium,
and combined, most happily, the conservative
and the progressive. Your work is an honor
to American literature. and ! proudly hope
will assert its rightful claims to become the
standard of authority not only in the United
States, bat also in Great Britain
J. Il. LINDSEY, ID. D., of University of
Nashville, says Al know of no Dictionary in
the English language in all respects SO com
plctc as the new edition of DIR. WOrCcster's.
1t lisa faithful and reliable guide to correct
spelling and pronunciation, ample in its yo-
Cabulary and most excellent in its definitions.
Its accuracy and lullncss, as regards the many
new scientific terms recently introduced, rem
der it valuable to the professional as well as
for the general student"
Thomas e. ANDERSON, ID. d., of Cumberland
University. says: After careful examination,
! unhcsitatingly pronounce it the most com
plete work of the kind eXtant.
The English Language has been enriched by
several other valuable Dictionaries, which are
highly creditable to their anthors but all
must yield in completeness and elegance to
your noble quarto.
Rev. JoIN EARLY, of Georgetown College,
says 1.-The examination We have thus far
been able to make of DIR. Worcestcr's Diction-
airy has been sufficient to convince us of its SUI
pcriority. We prefer it to Walker because it
represents the present, not a past state of the
language, and to other works with which it is
usually compared, because its decisions are
founded upon recognized authorities, not on
provincial peculiarities, or the eccentricities of
the photographer.
Dictionaries are to be found, in which the
definitions Of certain words evince more politi-
cal or religious rancor than political skill;
where the writer's preferred, to the praise of
correctness, the qualification of p~artizan feel