St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-02
The Best English Dictionary Extant.

The Best English Dictionary Extant.
The success of Worcesters 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
subioin few short extracts from recommended
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 Il. CHAMpLIy. u. D., of Watcrvillc |
College, says Your Dictionary is truly a
Ihesaurus of the English language
n. 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 cVlnCeS 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 oStcntatiun."
BENJAMIN LAHAEEE, y. D.. Of Middlcluy
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
coEraphcrs of the English language"
JAMES WALKER, ID. D., of Harvard College. |
says: The correctness OF its photography. |
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.
G. c. FEiroX. IL. d., Of Harvard College, |
says /" In Orthugraphy, Pronunciation and |
Definition the LEARNED nutlnr has taken
wcaricd pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects. he has. beyond doubt. |
produced work which will he of standard |
authority in the United States and in Eng |
land. ."
| MARX IIorKIxs D. D., of Williams College. |
says 4" 1t is proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
OF great influence in pcrlccting and fixing, so
far us is possible, the noJlcst language now
spoken on the globe"
a. +. CnArNrI, of the Holy Cross, says
The work is great. and destined. not unlike
| ly, to superscdc other English Dictionaries now
in use.
HOSEA BAILor, ID, u. D.. of Tufts College.
says: "Iour Octave Dictionary has been,
from its first appearance my usual guide in
matters OF orthugraphy, pronunciation, and
! definition. Though | have not had leisure L"
& famine the Cuarto Dictionary with any de-
! gree of thurougiImcSS. vet | cannot but pre-
sumo. 10y anticipation, that the tmr cNCrllru-
cra will be found t. mark it that distinguished
your former editions and all that have fall
len upon in cursory inspection Of the work
confirms this prcSumptiom
DANIEL Il. GOODWIN, u. D., Of Trinity Col
q, cgr. slys - L is but Il short time since that
| Wat, l-t to commend another Dictionary, as
~ the whole, and with some exceptions, the
! best and most complete thing ui the Kind
within my knowledge. The commentator
was honestly given at the time tut How +
lg2st bc wnhdruu, in .tiwar ot Yoty&. consider
! your Dictionary, in almost every respect in
urth0graphy. pronunciation, ana definitions --
! ls superior to any "f its predecessors. In
truth, ncvcrcNprctrl to see an English Die
tionWy 50 thorough, complete and satist,lcto
ry.'
NJ i. ANDERSON. IL. D.. of University of
Rochester, says: " 1t seems 10 me that You
| have given to the world work, which, for
! completeness and accuracy, is superior to any
| Dictionary OF our language in existence. You
have crowned the lahors of II life in the pro-
,luoium ot "a treatise which will identity YOU
with the history OF English lcNico@raphy in |
all coming time.
.I"uX MAGICIAN, ID. D., of the College of
| New Jersey, says AS far as have examined
your Quarto Dictionary | have found it to he
| language"
Cu,plrs Corr,xs. ID n. of Dickinson COL
L..,n s,,s :. | h,v, ,x,uineJ tLc pi,tiorar,.
with carr. and am free to saw. thnt thnrrL
public expectation respecting it was high, |
based Justly on the high reputation of its au
thor for lcXical ability, yet in my opinion this
rHpcctation has been more than met no.
bier monument of profound learning. patient
toll, and critical discrimination in the use and |
,,f, has Il IT, .,tl
rIphy and urthocpY faithfully represent the |
elegant USE which the critics tell us gives law
To language; and the ctymologics and deiini- |
tons present treasury OF learning in the lit
ciatNc OF the language which Is above pllcc. |
cannot speak t"" highly of the pictorial il |
Illustrations aud diagrams which You have in |
trodurci, happily on Il scale not ;" large as to
cucumber the page and yet not too small for
the purpose OF cluCidttlon These, introduced |
III 'neir ht'ufai pace are not SO prominent as
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SAMUEL *. TALMAGE ID. d.. Of Oglethorpc |
University, says: - have examined the Die
tI"nary with care, and am not disappointed IN
my expectations. consider it decidedly the
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