The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-06-08
LATE EDUCATIONAL TESTIMONY.

Worthy Of the proud place IL occupies as the
great standard Dictionary OF our good English
language, | say standard, for while a few
scholars and others, here and there. prefer
other dictionaries, WcbSter's : Is beyond dspute
the book of the people, the common standard
of appeal among the great masses, learned and
unlcarncd of our land.-lllon. j. VI. GREGORY,
Sup. Pub. lns. Mich, June, lSio.
1T Is II noble work, and does you infinite
credit. - tilnn. l.. G.. DHApER, State Supt.
Michigan, August, lS59.
more than ever is the book 4 necessary ar.
ticlc ia the school house, and IN the family
where learning and literature have u place.
We had the curiosity tu examine with a
magnfer some OF these engrayings, and com.
pared them with steel engravings in bank
notes, and found the illustration often equal.
ly good, sometimes superior. None but n
Teacher, ar AN intelligent parent, can estimate
how valuable these eighty pages oi ilustra.
tons are. The placing all the illustrations in
II separate part uf the volume has allowed the
printing Cf them tu he executed IN much better
style than II they had been incorporated Ia
the tcSt.-t Illinois Itucher, August, lsjY.
/ In Defniiions Webster is unrivalcd. Web.
Sl"r's Efymuiogy IS admirable. Nearly all
/ American newspapers and books sprH accord.
ing H. Webster, 10 dethrunc Webster from,
the affections Of the American people would
/ hc "A greater revolution than has been witness
ed since the CruS.tdcs.--tCOr Mich. Jour. Edu.
cation, August, lNj3.
/ Tho value Of the Dictionary is materially in.
creased by the additions. and we dc NOT see
how II can be improved III any respect. The
acknowledged standard IN our state; the
thanks oi the public are due tho cnterprsing
Publishers Tor their unrcmttng eXertluns IN
kccplng the work iullv up To- the progress OF
our laneutSc.-t His. jour. Education, August.
|lsjJ.
B In our daily teaching we have had upon cur
table the new edition ol Webster. aud have
subjected II tp constant test. Each lra.
turc Is really Important. Not a word IL
necessary concerning the nidtier "f Webster :
Unabridged Dictionary, tits Webster-IiO Ne.
lSistos. The Table Of Synonyms Is of almost IN.
lestimable value. case occurred the other
lday in our school, The piciOriuI H.
lery large Dictionary. BIZ having them
separate, Ike most Eucycnpcdits all ilulSirt.
tluns of Architecture. IleIildry. botany. ur OF
Mechanics, can be brought together.
,S't'd from The press.-tR. l. SchOoin,ast,r, July,
/ lSiJ.
In all respects 4 book of unsurpassed worth,
-lCOhn. Com. School Journal Aug Isl
! We consider that the additions have more
! Than doubled the value oI the work tor nrdi
nary usc.-l lad. School Journal. August, lsjy.
THAT this will be the most valuable edition o
ANY Dictionary IA HE English language, ne uu,
','n ter u moment doubt. lara school Journal
July, l>j2.
The Illustrations are finely cut and printed
aud form novel and valuable feature. - iL,
kdUcDiiOnH JJU'ndi, August, lNj9.
We may safely say, that reJstsrs Dicfion
,drg, PictOTidi Edition, Indbriissd. is the mos
complete Dictionary ui the English Language
that We have ever seen. In the completeness,
lui its rOcdJuidryof our language, and III the ac
lcuracy and iulness OF its definitions, Webster.
dictionary stands pre'cmlncnt; and in O'ihos
lTdphy II u followed by majority of American
Writers, 50 far rs our observation extends.
Nv. Ca'oina Jour. Education, Aug. 1859.
It has retained all the good Of its predeces
surs, and has added new and valuable improve
lmeuts. Hon. HORACE NAM h;,.
said: ut is the best defining Dictionary IN the
English Language and eminent scholars anC
orators, like DANIEL Webster William n. Pres
Icott, and others, have declared themselves de
cidedly in FAVOR ui the accuracy and extent %
It's definitions. In this respect, (pJO,,incia
tiOn) Webster's works appear to us at least Il.
good and authoritative as any We have seen.
These alterations (o"hogTdphy) appear to II,
mot only reasonable, but also popular, wheI
we are told that ten millions school books are
ANNUALLY published in the United States, com
piled by Authors who recognise Webster Il,
their standard otorthugraphy. ot Too higl
praise cannot he bestowed on the execution o
the w0Od cuts. To present these cuts all by
themselves Is AN advantage, because theS
could thus lac printed on better paper, and bt
easter and 10 greater advantage classified un
der distinct heads. Table Of SnlOnyIns
by Prot Goodrich, occupying seventy quart,
pages, and containing over 2O00 words, the
meaning and use OF which are shown more
clearly and mnulcly than IN any other work
with which We are acquainted. n,
unimp0rtant and arbitrary compounds hav,
been admitted in the appendix OF this edition
u That volume like
this, ofl750 quarto pages, handsomely got up
proinsely illustrated, alike substantial and at
ltractive, and embodying an amount OF literary
labor found in few other works, can be pur
lchased as low as this, is one OF the marveis o.
Imndern skill and entorprise.-t dcLusftt,
1fac.er. september, 1853.
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