St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-11-15
WORCESTER'S
Royal Quartz
DICTIONARY
ILLUSTRATED.
The National Standard Of the English Language
Twenty Thousand Copies already Printed.
The Best English Dictionary EXtant.
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 n"r ~,f,lers. We
subjOin Il few ,..r H'ruJ-.,,.I,,. mmcnda-
tions of the book
FROM PRESlUl.HI or COLLEGES.
LEONARD WooDs, d. D.. of Bowdoin College.
says: Your work appears to me 10 he alto
gcther unsurpassed"
JAMES +. CHAMrLrS, d. D., of Waterville
College, says You Dictionary is truly a
Thcsaurus of the English language"
n. LORD, d.. D., of Dartmouth College,
says No scholar, whatever other helps he
may see fit to use, can afford to he without
your Dictionary"
CALVIN PEAsE. ID. D., of University of Yer
mont, says 1.-The mature scholarship which
the work cvinceS is, to me, its most pleasing
feature, where we have learning without ped
nntry. and the fruits of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostcntatioE."
BENJAMIN LABAREE, D.. d., of Middlebury
College, says "Ihc 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-
cographcrs of the English language"
JAMES WALKER. d. d., of Harvard College.
says The correctness of its Orthography,
and the ~ncatncss of its definitions and method
Of notation, together with its greater general
completeness and thoroughncSS, as the latest
Of the great Dictionaries, will make it an au-
thority among scholars everywhere
c. G. FELTON,, Ii. d.. of Harvard College,
says I'm Orthography, Pronunciation and
Definition, the learned author has taken un-
wcaricd pains to ascertain the best usage. and
in all these respects. hc has, beyond Il doubt,
produced a work which will be of standard
authority in the United States and in Eng
land"
MARK HOPKINS D. D., of Williams College.
says at is II proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
Of great influence in pcrtccting and fixing, So
far rs is possible, the noblest language now
spoken on the globe"
4. +. CRAFNrI, of the Holy Cross, says /:
'' The work is great, and destined, not unlike
ly, to supcrScdc other English Dictionaries now
in use"
HOSEA ENLLnU. ID, ID. D. of Tufts College,
says "Iour octave Dictionary has been.
from its first appearance, my usual guide in
matters OF "rtIography, pronunciation, and
definition. Though | have not had leisure to
Examine the Quarto Dictionary with any de
gree of th~oroUghncSs, yet | cinnut but pre-
sumo. 10y anticipation. that the same CXCcllcn-
rrs will hr found to mark it that distinguished
your former editions and all that | have ftl-
len upon in cursory inspection Of the work
confirms this presumption
DANIEL Il. GOODWIN, ID. D.. of Trinity Col
legc, says - 1t is but Il 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 commentator
was honestly given at the time LH n0r il
must he ,rahdrG'cH IN .taror Of yoHrS. ] consider
your Dictionary, in almost every respect in
photography, pronunciation. and definitions
rs superior to any OF its predecessors. In
truth, | never expected to see an English Die
tionary SO thorough, complete and satistacto-
ry."
NJ. +. ANDERSON, IL. D., of University of
Rochester, says - 1t seems to Inc that you
have given to the world IL work, which, for
completeness and accuracy. is superior to any
Dictionary of our language in existence. You
have crowned the laIors of a life in the pro-
luction OF a treatise which will identity you
with the history of English ~leXicography in
all coming time"
Jonx MAcLa,N. = D.. .t ,w College OF
New jersey, 4tN ST. .|0Fa have examined
your Quarto D~t,'io.ur 3 h.@r .ound it to bc
accurate and reliable =. its exposition of the
language"
CHARLES COLLINS, d. D., of Dickinson Col
lcgc. saws 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 this
expectation has been more than met. \ no.
bier monument of profound learning, patient
| foil and critical discrimination in thn uSp and
power OF words, has not appeared. Its orthog-
raphy and orthoepY faithfully represent the
elegant use which the critics tell us gives law
to language and the ctymologies and dctini-
tions present Il treasury of learning in the lit
cratuIc of the language which is above price.
/ cannot speak too highly of the pictorial H.
Illustrations and diagrams which you have in
troduced, happily Oh Il scale not SO large as to
cucumber the page, and yet not too small for
the purpose of calculation. These, introduced
in their natural place, are not So prominent rs
to affect the general appearance Of the work
us a dictionary, and yet they give it many of
the advantages, without the cost, of an cncy-
clopedia.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE, ID. d., of O%glethorpe
University. says Il have examined the Die
tionary with care, and am not disappointed ia
my expectations. ] consider it decidedly the
most complete and Perfect Dictionary of the
English Language. 1t cannot fail to take pre-
cedcncc over all others. The great curse of
American Le~Xicography has been a lawlcss
spirit of innovation, tending to the corruption
of our noble mother tongue. You have, in
my honest Judgment, bit the golden medium.
and combined, most happily, the coHscrUatice
and the progressive. Your work is an honor
to American literature. and | proudly hope
will assert its righttul claims to become the
standard OF authority not only in the United
States, hut also III Great Britain"
j. y. LINDSEY, u. D., of University of
Nashville, says II know of no Dictionary in
the English language in all respects so com
pletc us the new edition OF Br. Norcestcr's.
1t is faithful and reliable guide to correct
spelling and pronunciation, ample in its vo-
clbulary and most excellent in its definitions.
Its accuracy and fullncSS, as regards the many
new scientific terms recently introduced. rem
der it valuable to the professional us well Us
for the general student"
Thomas c. ANDERSON, d. D.. of Cumberland
University. says After careful examination,
| unhesitatingly pronounce it the most com
pletc work of the kind cXtant.
The English Language has been enriched bv
several other valuable Dictionaries, which are
creditablc to their authors; but all
must yield in completeness and elegance to
your noble quarto.
REV. JOHN EARLY, of Georgetown College,
THE examination We have thus far
been able to make of DR.. Wurccstcr's Diction-
has been sufficient to convince us of its SUI
pcriOrity. We prefer it to Walkers because it
represents the present, not IL past state OF the
and to other works with which it is
compared, because its decisions are
founded upon recognized authorities, not on
pccuiiariticS, or the cCccntricitics of