Nebraska advertiser., 1860-08-09
NEW PICTORIAL EDITION.

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NEW PICTORIAL EDITION.
.N'-aI6o0 Pictorial Illustrations. r-.
Nehave5u st issued a new edition Of Webster's 9u-
abridgBd Dictionary, e%Oniaining Eo0 PictorialIllustra-
8 200 10 no. 600 NEW WORDS in the Vocabufarv.
Table Of SYNONYMS. by Prof Goodrich,
IN which more than two thsRsaRdWords are carefully
Disseminated. forming a fuller work on English synO-
nymt, Of itself, THAI any other issued, besides Crab,
and believed b adEense mt TqTTT
TsbIe. givihg P~ronaaGatfon of Tdhe Of 5000
ditfinguished Persons Of Modern Times.
fessilarsss 2. Megis eld gfrmsaHtltf slelsg5,..
OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS, ~ tstt
Comprised I'm a Vol. OfI95O pages.
We have seen specimen sheets Of the Pictorial Illus
~trAticns. They are well executed. and will often be
found useful in giving . much more correct idea Of an
bjeSil94Rea be estainsd Py a ds9allIgp;I-A .Ht-
We nave seen specimeu pages ~ portions IN srchl.
lecture aud ornitholoEy. and md them Of artistic beauty
hswell as o. great practical Fa~iue.-ChusidR Mirror,
we have seen specimen sheets Of these Illustrations,
and can hardly see how theyCan-Be improved in beauty
or accuracy -BOsf0n EveHfnq TrGaFrTpf.
WebSter'S Pictorial Dictionary in Boston.
So exhaustive and satisfactory we have uniformly
found ityto be that engagement and improvement
A. whole. the work has no parallel: nor is n at all
probable that IL 1DiH soon hare one, TrdUelsr
Leaves so little either fer the strict scho!Jr, the mar
Of general culture. or the limited employer Of common
words. 20 desire, that 81 may with truth be said, that
nOthingAf te lexicQgraphical line Is left to be desircdg
The criHesSG webster sre. as general thing Rousers
and mole hunters-BOSfO Ledger.
Somepf the foremost scholars Of the aga, both in Eu-
rope and this country, have been occupied Tor years in
the task 81 revision and addIticn.-BOsfOn Transcript
HirG6zedfuet q hui4g entity. and viii maintain
is place az fke most compiler and accurate Dictionary
Of ne taR5Wage egtGHt.-B Boston AhGsdud Bee. IS
Amonu1sent Of learning in this single line Of literary
OnOEt. such as ne previous age has seen.-BOs Recorder
HAking the entire work one which canDOt be surpassed
and which in our estimation will remain nnequailed.-
" - Farmer .a.-a I'd ..|."."+HH
Tbsse iubprtant improvements must make this Tar in.
advSnce Of any competitor in the ~feld-BOStOn CUneTe-
gaftOadliSt r--rl
Sible-B0u0a's Pictorial rt
Thi. new edition Jsa perfect mine0f Knowledfs and
most complete book OF refereRce-C0m. BnHefinr e.
Appears 20 be as complete as 1t is possible 10 be made
-BOsfOn Poet.
From Hon. ]. NJ, Gregory, Superintendent Of
Plblic Instruction. Mich.
oGc SUPE PNb. INST,
Lansing, June 30, 1882
GeSIrS. G. &C. MERRIAM,
- GeRtemen:
know not how 20 ex-
prsts my qualification with the valuable and beautiful
featuoes added 70 the great national work, Webster's
culrto Dictionary. They render 30 n possible still more
worthy Of che proud place a occupies as The great stand
ard dictionary % our coed English language. ] say
standard, for while q few scholars and others here aud
therO, prefer other dictionaries, webster's is beyond
dispute me book OF the people. the common standard OF
appeal among the masses. learned aud unlearued IN our
land. NoT need this be regretted. as i long a. tie publish
er6 take such unwearied pains 60 keep Il abreast with
eveCglmpfovemeut made in the language. u can only
express my very sincere hope that YOU may be fully re-
WaTded for che good work yOu are doing in the cause Of
sound ~lesrning,
with considerations o. high respect, 57s-
remain, gentlemen, Yours truly. g-
-Iisb se re M.lGREeORY.
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