St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-12-06

! publication The demand for the work in
ersases daily and up to the present time NO
have been unable to supply our orders. We
suhjoin few short extracts from recommended
tions Of the book
FROM PRESIDENTS or COLLEGES.
Leonard WOODS, d. D., of Bowdoin College,.
says: Your work appears to me to be Alto
gcthcr unsurpassed
JAMES 4. CuANprIx. D. D., of Watervillc'
College, says - Your Dictionary is truly -
1hesaurus OF the English language" ...r..
~ 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 rEAsE, ID. D., of University Of tcf.
mont. says 1.-The mature scholarship which
the work evinces 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 ostcntation.'
BENJAMIN LAUAREE. ID. 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 lexi-
cographers of the English language
: JAMES WALKER, d. d., of Harvard College,
says: "1hc correctness of its orthography,
and the neatncss 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-
thorty among scholars everywhere"
G. c. FELTON,. IL. d., of Harvard College,
> says: " In Orhography, Pronunciation and
Definition, the learned author has taken un.
wcaried pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects. he has, beyond doubt
produced IL work which will be of standard
authority in the United States and in Eng
land"
MARK HOrKINs d. D., OF Williams College,
SAYS 1T is proud monument of accurate
|, scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
of great influence in pcrfecting and fixing, 30
far is possible, the noblest language now
spoken on the globe.
A. +. CRAINpI, of the Holy Cross, says
, The work is great and destined not unlike
ly, to superscde other English Dictionaries now
in use
HOSEA BALLoU, %, d. D, of Tufts College,
says: Your Octave Dictionary has been,
! from its first appearance, my usual guide in
p matters of orthugraphy, pronunciation, and
definition. Though ! have not had leisure to
examine the Quarto Dictionary with any de-
gree OF thoroughncss, yet | cannot but pre-
sumo, hy anticipation, that the same cxccllen.
ccs 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 Il. GooDwIN, d. D., of Trinity Col
lcgc says: - 1t is but Il short time since that
| was led to commend another Dictionary, as,
o. on the whole, and with some exceptions, the
e best and most complete thing of the kind
: within my knowledge. The commentator
. was honestly given at the time bat no,c
must be Tithdrda1 m fdror Of yours ! consider
" your Dictionary, in almost every respect-in
; orthography, pronunciation, and definitions
as superior to any of its predecessors. In
truth | never expected to see an English Die
c tionary so thorough, complete and satisfactO-
ry."
y NJ +. ANDERSON. IL. D., Of University Of
Rochester. says :. 1t seems to me that yOs
have given to the world work, which, for
:, completeness and accuracy, is superior to any
Z Dictionary of our language in existence. You
. have crowned the ltborS Of a life in the pro-
duction of treatise which will identify you
r with the history OF English lexicography in
5 all coming time.
a JouY MAcLEAN, D. D, of the College Of
b, New Jersey says: ''As far as have examined
your Qu.srto Dictionary, | have found it to be
70 accurate and reliable in its exposition of tho
re language
= CHARLES COLLINS, d. D.. Of Dickinson COL
lc legc says: - have examined the Dictionary
with care, and am free to say, that though
public expectation respecting it was high,
If based Justly Oh the high reputation Of its au-
al thor for lcxical 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 use and
x power of words, has not appeared. Its orthog-
F. raphy and olthocpv faithfully represent the
70 elegant use which the critics tell us gives law
d. to language; and the ctymologies and defni-
rs tons present treasury of learning in the lit
&c crature of the language which is above price.
| cannot speak too highly of the pictorial il
Illustrations and diagrams which you have in
d troduccd, happily on II scale not SO large as to
= cucumber the page, and yet not too small for
x the purpose of elucidation. These, introduced
T. in their natural place, are not so prominent as
.G to affect the general appearance of the work
re- as dictionary, and yet they give it many of
n the advantages without the cost, OF an ency-
N clopedia.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE d. D., of Oglethorpc
University, says: /" have examined the Die
tionary with care, and am not disappointed in
D. my expectations. | consider it 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 lawless
spirit of innovation, tending to the corruption
/. of our noble mother tongue. You have, in
- my honest Judgment, hit the golden medium,
c and combined, most happily, the conservative
N and the progressive. Your work is an honor
4 will assert its rightful claims to become the
lie standard of authority not only in the United
i States, bat also in Great Britain.
III J. h. LINDSEY, ID. D., Of University OF
,e Nashville says - | know of no Dictionary in
=, the English language i'll all respects SO COM
ii pletc as the new edition of DR. Worccster's s.
a 1t is a faithful and reliable guide to correct
N spelling and pronunciation, ample in its vo-
le clbulary and most excellent in its definitions.
Too, n,,l stll fh..I M
new scientific terms recently introduced. rem
der it valuable to the professional as well AZ
for the general student
CT Thomas c. ANDERSON d. d., of Cumberland
University. says: After careful examination,
! mnhestatingly pronounce it the most COM
pletc work of the kind eXtant.
The English Language has been enriched by
several other valuable Dictionaries, which are
highly Crcditable to their authors; but all
must yield in completeness and elegance to
your noble quarto.
REV. JonS EARLY, of Georgetown College,
says 4: 1.-The examination have thus far
-, been able to make of Dr. Worccster's Dction-
" AIRY has been sufficient to convince of its SUI
~ periority. We prefer it to Walkers because it
n represents the present, not past state of the
n language, and to other works with which it IL
% usually compared, because its decisions are
y founded upon recognized authorities, not on
% provincial peculiaritics, or the cccentricites Of
. the photographer.
q Dictionaries are to be found, in which the
q definitions of certain words evince more politt
g cal or religious rancor than political skill ;
g where the writers preferred to the praise Of
Z correctness. the qualification of partizan feel
4 ing. In further commentator of the edition
q submitted to our Judgment, it should be ad-
a ded that it is remarkably free from any such
q offensive partiality."
6 Hon. WILLIAM ii. ALLEN, of Girard College,
Is says "A work of such vast erudition and
: rare merit cannot fail to commend itself to the
8 lovers of pure, conservative English, wherev-
8 err our mother tongue is cultivated"
c. HENRY BARNARD, Ill. D., of Wisconsin Uni.
vcrsity, says ~ was not prepared to welcome
a work SO monumental as this 1t comes
much nearer to a standard of sound philobogi-
an cal principles, and the best usage of the hest
nr scholars of England and America, than ex-