St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-23

ry is altogether unparalleled in the annals of
publication. The demand for the work in
crcascs daily and up to the present time we
have been unable to supply our orders We
subjoin 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
gcthcr unsurpassed
JAMES r. CuAMrLrS, d. D.. of Watcrvillc
College, says Your 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 be without
your Dictionary
CALVIN PEAsE, d. D.. of University of Yer
mont, says The mature scholarship which
the work cvinCcs is to me, its most pleasing
feature, where we have learning without ped
antry, and the fruits of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostcntaton.'
BENJAMIN LABAnEE, d. d., of Middlebury
College, says 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 lcXi-
cographcrs of the English language
JAMES WALKER, d. D., of Harvard College,
says: 1.-The correctness of its orthography,
and the neatncSs 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. c. FELroN, IL. D.. of Harvard College,
says In Orthography, Pronunciation and
Definition, the learned author has taken I'M
wearied pains to ascertain the best usage, and
| in all these respects, he has, beyond doubt.
produced work which will be of standard
authority in the United States and in Eng
land"
MARK HoPKINs d. ID. of Williams College,
says :" 1t is proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
of great influence in perfeCting and fixing, so
iAr as is possible, the noblcst language now
spoken on the globe"
A. f. CRAINPI. of the Holy Cross, says
- The work is great, and destined, not unlike
ly, to supcrScde other English Dictionaries now
in use
HOSEA BALLor, 81. D. n. 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-
gree of thoroughncss, yet | cannot but pre-
sumo by anticipation, that the same eXccllcn-
ces will be found to mark it that distinguished
your former editions and all that | have fall
len upon in cursory inspection of the work
confirms this presumption
DANIEL r. GooDwrx, ID. D., of Trinity Col.
legc, says " 1t is but short time since that
| was led to commend another Dictionary, rs,
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; bit nor Il
must be WthirGrn an tdr0r Of yours. | consider
Your Dictionary, in almost every rcspect-in
photography, pronunciation, and definitions
as superior to any of its predecessors In
truth never expected to see an English Die
tionary 50 thorough, complete and satistacto-
ry.'
NJ. b. ANDERSON. IL. D., of University OF
Rochester. says 4" 1t seems to me that you
have given to the world work. which, fol
completeness and accuracy, is superior To any
Dictionary of our language in existence. YOU
have crowned the labors of a life in the pro
Iuction of treatise which will Identity you
with the history OF English lcXicography in
all coming time"
| JONI MAGELLAN, ID. D., of the College OF
| New jersey, says LAS Mr. as have examined
your Quarto Dictionary, l have found it to be
accurate and reliable in its exposition of the
language"
CHARLES COLLINS, d. D., of Dickinson Col.
lcGe, says: - ! 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
power Of words has not appeared. Its orthog,
raphy and olthoepy faithfully represent the
elegant Use which the critics tell us gives Law
to language; and the ctymologics and deiini
tions present treasury of learning in the lit
crature of the language which is above price
cannot speak too highly of the pictorial il
lustations and diagrams which you have in.
PRODUCED, happily on a scale not so large as tc
cucumber the page, and yet not too small fol-
the purpose of clucidatiOn. These, introduced
in their natural place, are not SO prominent a.
to affect the general appearance of the work
us dictionary and yetthey give it many OF
the advantages, without the cost, OF an ency-
lclopedia.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE, d. D., of Oglethorpe
University, says: Il have examined the Die
tionary with care, and am not disappointed in
my expectations. ] consider il decidedly the
most complete and Perfect Dictionary of the
English Language. 1t cannot fail to take pre-
Cedencc over all others. The great curse OF
American Lexicography has been a lawless
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 but also in Great Britain
J. B. LINDSEY, ID. D., of University of
Of
the English language in all respects SO COM
plete as the new edition of Dr. Worcesters
| 1t is IA faithful and reliable guide to correct
spelling and pronunciation, ample in its vo-
cabulary and most excellent in its definitions
Its accuracy and iullness, as regards the many
new scientific terms recently introduced rem
der it valuable to the professional as well as
for the general student
| THOMAS c. 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 authors; 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 DR.. Worcester Diction-
airy has been sufficient to convince us of its SUI
periority. We prefer it to Walkers because it
represents the present, not 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 peculiuities, or the eccentricities of
the photographer.
Dictionaries are to be found, in which the
definitions of certain words evince more polti-
| cal o. religious rancor than political skill ::