St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-12-20

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have been unable to supply our orders. We
subjoin 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 T.. CmAMPLIN, d. D., of Watcrvillc-
College, says Your Dictionary is trulya
Thcsaurus of the English language"
n. LORD d. D., of Dartmouth College,
says 50 No scholar whatever other helps he
may see fit to use, can afford to be without
your Dictionary"
CALVIN PEAsE, u. 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
antry, and the fruits of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostentation."
| BENJAMIN LABAREE, ID. D., of Midllcbury
College. says 1.-The Dictionary will prove All
enduring monument of the learning, industry,
patience, and scholarly wisdom of its author,
and will place him high among the great lexi-
cographcrs of the English language"
JAMES WALKER, ID. D., Of Harvard College,
says: 1.-The correctness of its orthography,
and the ncatncsS 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"
G. c. FELTON,, IL. d., of Harvard College,
says: " In Orthogmphy, Pronunciation and
Definition, the learned author has taken I'M
wcaried pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects, he has. beyond Il doubt.
produced a work which will be of standard
authority in the United States and IN Eng.
land"
MARK IIorKISs d. D., of Williams College,
says " 1t is II proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research and cannot fail
of great influence in pcriccting and fixing, 80
far as is possible. the noblcst language now
spoken on the globe
A. +. CRAINpI, of the Holy Cross, says:
The work is great, and destined, not unlike
ly, to supe,sede other English Dictionaries now
in use
HOSEA BiLror, ID, ID. 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-
gree of thorOughncSS, yet | cannot but pre-
sumo by anticipation, that the same cxcelcn-
ccs will he found to mark it that distinguished
your former editions and all that have fall
len upon in curSory inspection of the work
tpilliilns tiiS NicsuiifticH
DANIEL Il. GOODWIN, d. D., of Trinity Col
lcgc, says: - 1t is but short time since that
| was led to commend another Dictionary, ~,
or 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 now Il
must he Wthdrawn IN tdrOr Of yours. | consider
your Dictionary, in almost every respect-in
orthogmphy, pronunciation and definitions
-. Ia
truth, never expected to see an English Die
tionary so thorough, complete aud satisfacto-
ny.
, NJ. Il. ANDERSON, IL. D., Of University Of
Rochester, says lit seems to 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 lalors of life in the pro-
duction of II treatise which will identify you
with the history of English leXicography in
all coming time
JouS MAGICIAN, D. d., Of the College Of
&, New Jersey SAYS - As far as have examined
your Quulto Dictionary, have found it to bs
accurate and reliable in its exposition Of the
e language
u CHARLES COLLINS, D. d, of Dickinson Col
{ lcsc. says " | have examined the Dictionary
with care, and am tree to say, that though
public expectation respecting it high,
based justly on the high reputation Of its au-
i thor for lcXicg.l ability, yet in my opinion this
> expectation has been More than met. 4 no
bier monument of profound learning, patient
toll, and critical discrimination in the and
2 power of words has not appeared. Its orthoc
: raphy and orthocpy faithfully represent the
> elegant use which the critics tell us gives law
to language; and the etymologies and detin.
tons present Il treasury of learning in the lit
9 crature OF the language which is above price.
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Illustrations and diagrams which you have in
l troduccd, happily Oh scale not SO large as to
{ cucumber the page, and yet not toe small for
!, the purpose of clucidation. These, introduced
in their natural place, are not SO prominent as
e to affect the general appearance of the work
It's dictionary, and yet they give it many Of
the advantages, without the cost, of an ency-
Il clopcdia.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE ID. D., of Oglcthorpc
University, says; - have examined the Die
tionary with care, and am not disappointed in
my expectations. | consider it decidedly the
most complete and Perfect Dictionary Of the
English Language. 1t cannot fail to take pre-
ccdcnce over all others. The great curse Of
American Lexicography has been lawlcss
spirit Of innovation, tending to the corruption
h 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 hut also in Great Britain"
! J. b. LINDSEY, ID. d., of University Of
Nashville, says: Il know of no Dictionary in
the English language in all respects COM
/, plcte as the new edition OF DIR. Worcester's
1t is faithful aud reliable guide to correct
, spelling and pronunciation, ample in its vO-
, cabulary and most excellent in its definitions.
Its accuracy and fullncSs, 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,
| unhesitatngly pronounce it the most COM
plete work of the kind cXtant.
The English Language has been enriched BY
several other valuable Dictionaries, which are
highly credtable to their authors but all
must yield in completeness and elegance to
your noble quarto.
REV. JOHN EARLY, of Georgetown College,
says: The examination have thus far
been able to make OF Dr. Worccster's Diction-
AIRY has been sufficient to convince us of its su-
periority. We prefer it to Walkers because It
represents the present, not a past state of the,
language, and to other works with which il 10
usually compared, because its decisions are
founded upon recognized authorities not on
provincial peculiarities, or the eccentricities Of
the Lexicographer.
Dictionaries are to be found, in which tho
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 partizan feel
ing. In further commentator of the edition.
submitted to our judgment, it should he ad-
Died that it is remarkably free from any such
offensive partiality.'
Hon. WILLIAM II. ALLEN of Girard College,
says: "A work of such vast erudition and
rare merit cannot fail to commend itself to the
lovers of pure conservative English whercv-.
err our mother tongue is cultivated"
Henry BARNARD, IL d., of Wisconsin Uni.
yersty, says 8 was not prepared to welcome
a work monumental as this. 1t comes,
much nearer to a standard of sound philologi-
cal principles, and the best usage Of the hest
scholars of England and America, than ex--
pectcd to see in my day.